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Sources: President Trump and Mark Zuckerberg had a phone conversation on Friday that was described by both sides as productive (Mike Allen/Axios)

Mike Allen / Axios: Sources: President Trump and Mark Zuckerberg had a phone conversation on Friday that was described by both sides as productive  —  In the week that President Trump took on social media, Axios has learned that he had a call Friday with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that was described by both sides

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Benchling, which makes software for tracking and managing data from biotech research, raises $50M at a $850M valuation, bringing its total raised to $114M (Amy Feldman/Forbes)

Amy Feldman / Forbes: Benchling, which makes software for tracking and managing data from biotech research, raises $50M at a $850M valuation, bringing its total raised to $114M  —  Sajith Wickramasekara started working on an idea for a cloud-based Crispr design tool for scientists during college at MIT eight years ago. Benchling, which makes software

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US is taking a state-by-state approach to COVID-19 contact tracing apps, which could cause security and privacy issues in addition to hindering interoperability (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

Andy Greenberg / Wired: US is taking a state-by-state approach to COVID-19 contact tracing apps, which could cause security and privacy issues in addition to hindering interoperability  —  With no nationwide Covid-19 notification software in sight, security and interoperability issues loom large. US is taking a state-by-state approach to COVID-19 contact tracing apps, which could

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