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    • US cybersecurity company Cofense, formerly PhishMe, says Russia-linked Pamplona Capital seeks to sell its stake in the firm by July as part of CFIUS agreement (Carl O'Donnell/Reuters)

    Carl O’Donnell / Reuters: US cybersecurity company Cofense, formerly PhishMe, says Russia-linked Pamplona Capital seeks to sell its stake in the firm by July as part of CFIUS agreement  —  (Reuters) – U.S. cybersecurity firm Cofense Inc said on Wednesday that buyout firm Pamplona Capital Management is seeking to sell … US cybersecurity company Cofense,

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    • A brief look at why most programming languages are based on English and why on a technical level it doesn't have to be that way (Gretchen McCulloch/Wired)

    Gretchen McCulloch / Wired: A brief look at why most programming languages are based on English and why on a technical level it doesn’t have to be that way  —  THIS YEAR MARKS the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web, so there’s been a lot of pixels spilled on “the initial promises of the

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    • Disney is expected to reveal details of its Disney+ streaming service, reportedly launching in November, in a presentation to investors on Thursday (Erich Schwartzel/Wall Street Journal)

    Erich Schwartzel / Wall Street Journal: Disney is expected to reveal details of its Disney+ streaming service, reportedly launching in November, in a presentation to investors on Thursday  —  The entertainment giant rose to the top of Hollywood on the strength of its ability to pack movie theaters and theme parks. Disney is expected to

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    • Democratic senators propose the Algorithmic Accountability Act, which would require large companies to audit machine learning-powered systems for bias (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

    Adi Robertson / The Verge: Democratic senators propose the Algorithmic Accountability Act, which would require large companies to audit machine learning-powered systems for bias  —  US lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require large companies to audit machine learning-powered systems — like facial recognition or ad targeting algorithms — for bias. Democratic senators propose

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    • The Pentagon says Amazon and Microsoft are the final candidates for its $10B JEDI contract and that IBM and Oracle didn't meet the minimum requirements (Karen Weise/New York Times)

    Karen Weise / New York Times: The Pentagon says Amazon and Microsoft are the final candidates for its $10B JEDI contract and that IBM and Oracle didn’t meet the minimum requirements  —  The Pentagon said Wednesday that Amazon and Microsoft were the final candidates for a hotly contested $10 billion contract to bring modern cloud

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    • Sources describe Amazon Alexa's AI-training process, where workers transcribing voice clips see customer account numbers and hear private conversations (Bloomberg)

    Bloomberg: Sources describe Amazon Alexa’s AI-training process, where workers transcribing voice clips see customer account numbers and hear private conversations  —  Tens of millions of people use smart speakers and their voice software to play games, find music or trawl for trivia. Sources describe Amazon Alexa's AI-training process, where workers transcribing voice clips see customer

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    • Coinbase launches Coinbase Card, a Visa debit card for UK customers to spend cryptocurrencies in-store and online, will expand to other EU countries in months (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)

    Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: Coinbase launches Coinbase Card, a Visa debit card for UK customers to spend cryptocurrencies in-store and online, will expand to other EU countries in months  —  When you buy cryptocurrencies on Coinbase, many users simply don’t know what to do with them.  Customers in the U.K … Coinbase launches Coinbase Card,

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    • Google says Cloud SQL will support Microsoft's SQL Server later this year and that it is launching a managed service of Microsoft's Active Directory in alpha (Tom Krazit/GeekWire)

    Tom Krazit / GeekWire: Google says Cloud SQL will support Microsoft’s SQL Server later this year and that it is launching a managed service of Microsoft’s Active Directory in alpha  —  Google is expanding the quiet relationship it has with Microsoft’s commercial software division, with plans to offer a managed version … Google says Cloud

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    • Amazon says it has acquired Colorado-based warehouse robotics startup Canvas Technology, which raised $15M in 2017 led by Andy Rubin's Playground Global (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)

    Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Amazon says it has acquired Colorado-based warehouse robotics startup Canvas Technology, which raised $15M in 2017 led by Andy Rubin’s Playground Global  —  Amazon has acquired Boulder, Colo.-based warehouse robotics startup Canvas Technology, TechCrunch has learned. Amazon says it has acquired Colorado-based warehouse robotics startup Canvas Technology, which raised M in

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