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    • Survey of 500 IT executives finds 58% of enterprises deploy a new build daily, and 26% at least hourly, but only about one-third support continuous testing (Joe McKendrick/ZDNet)

    Joe McKendrick / ZDNet: Survey of 500 IT executives finds 58% of enterprises deploy a new build daily, and 26% at least hourly, but only about one-third support continuous testing  —  Survey finds enterprises refresh software at least once day, but less than one-third support continuous testing. Survey of 500 IT executives finds 58% of

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    • Creative Commons says copyright can't protect photos from being used for facial recognition, like IBM did, and that public policy should address privacy issues (Ryan Merkley/Creative Commons)

    Ryan Merkley / Creative Commons: Creative Commons says copyright can’t protect photos from being used for facial recognition, like IBM did, and that public policy should address privacy issues  —  Yesterday, NBC News published a story about IBM’s work on improving diversity in facial recognition technology and the dataset that they gathered to further this

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    • A look at BNB, a coin from Binance, the world's largest digital-asset exchange by trading volume, which has more than tripled in value in the last three months (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

    Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: A look at BNB, a coin from Binance, the world’s largest digital-asset exchange by trading volume, which has more than tripled in value in the last three months  —  – Binance Coin has tripled in value in the past three months  — Buyback renews questions of whether the token is a

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    • A look at how AI is being used in science, from probing the evolution of galaxies and calculating quantum wave functions to discovering new chemical compounds (Dan Falk/Quanta Magazine)

    Dan Falk / Quanta Magazine: A look at how AI is being used in science, from probing the evolution of galaxies and calculating quantum wave functions to discovering new chemical compounds  —  The latest AI algorithms are probing the evolution of galaxies, calculating quantum wave functions, discovering new chemical compounds and more. A look at

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    • Lightbits Labs comes out of stealth, says it has raised $50M led by Dell EMC, Cisco, Micron, and others for its datacenter software with "hardware acceleration" (Lilach Baumer/CTech – 24/7)

    Lilach Baumer / CTech – 24/7: Lightbits Labs comes out of stealth, says it has raised $50M led by Dell EMC, Cisco, Micron, and others for its datacenter software with “hardware acceleration”  —  Co-founded by celebrated Israeli entrepreneur Avigdor Willenz, the datacenter software company counts heavyweights Cisco, Dell, and Micron as backers Lightbits Labs comes

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    • Sources: Lyft will seek to raise around $2B at a valuation of up to $23B as it starts its IPO roadshow this week (Maureen Farrell/Wall Street Journal)

    Maureen Farrell / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Lyft will seek to raise around $2B at a valuation of up to $23B as it starts its IPO roadshow this week  —  Lyft plans to peg its valuation at between $21 billion and $23 billion when the ride-hailing service kicks off the roadshow to market its initial

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    • As Garageband turns 15, artists discuss how they have used the app as it has evolved, and Apple shows off its studio where the pre-installed sounds are made (Amy X. Wang/Rolling Stone)

    Amy X. Wang / Rolling Stone: As Garageband turns 15, artists discuss how they have used the app as it has evolved, and Apple shows off its studio where the pre-installed sounds are made  —  A secret recording studio on Apple’s Cupertino campus has made the beats of some of your favorite hits for the

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    • Social media took effective action when faced with a deluge of ISIS content years ago; big tech should take equally-large, public steps against white supremacy (Alex Koppelman/CNN)

    Alex Koppelman / CNN: Social media took effective action when faced with a deluge of ISIS content years ago; big tech should take equally-large, public steps against white supremacy  —  New York (CNN Business)Among the many tragedies of the massacre at two New Zealand mosques on Friday is a bitter irony … Social media took

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    • Why Cosmos, designed as a hub to connect other blockchains to one another, may become one of the most important blockchains, if it works as intended (Jon Evans/TechCrunch)

    Jon Evans / TechCrunch: Why Cosmos, designed as a hub to connect other blockchains to one another, may become one of the most important blockchains, if it works as intended  —  Last week the Cosmos Network launched, which I believe to be a major event.  Yes, it’s a blockchain initiative — but definitely not just

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