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May 21, 2018, 11:05 AM

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David Ku / The Official Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft acquires Berkeley-based conversational AI startup Semantic Machines  —  AI researchers have made great strides in recent years, but we are still at the beginning of teaching computers to understand the full context of human communication.  Most of today's bots and intelligent assistants respond …
Mark Scott / Politico:
European Parliament President says Mark Zuckerberg's meeting with MEPs on Tuesday will be livestreamed  —  Turnaround comes after plans for a closed-door meeting with the Facebook chief and select MEPs prompted widespread criticism.  —  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's meeting with MEPs …
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:
TeenSafe, an app for parents to monitor kids' phone use, stored some app login passwords and kids' Apple ID credentials in plaintext on an unsecured AWS server  —  Exclusive: A server stored teenagers' Apple ID email addresses and plaintext passwords.  —  At least one server used by an app …
David McCabe / Axios:
Progressive groups including Demand Progress to launch a “six-figure” ad offensive Monday telling FTC to break off Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger from Facebook  —  A collection of progressive groups will launch a six figure digital ad offensive Monday telling the Federal Trade Commission …
Richard Lai / Engadget:
OnePlus 6 review: great value, smooth interface, solid battery life, and improved camera, but no wireless charging, and no microSD expansion  —  I still remember that day, more than four years ago, when OnePlus came out of nowhere with its promise “to spare no expense” to bring us “the perfect smartphone.”
Michael J. Coren / Quartz:
Profile of Duolingo, a language learning app that has 25M MAUs and offers courses, mostly created through crowdsourcing, in 31 languages  —  Duolingo has pulled off a remarkable feat.  The startup, valued at $700 million, has built one of the world's most popular language learning apps while only hiring a handful of translators.
Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:
Crunchbase data shows VC investments in blockchain-related startups, excluding ICOs, reached $1.3B in 2018, exceeding investment totals of previous 18 months  —  Although bitcoin and blockchain technology may not take up quite as much mental bandwidth for the general public as it did just a few months ago …
CNBC:
IT services firm Roper Technologies to acquire tax and budgeting solutions provider PowerPlan for $1.1B in an all-cash deal from PE firm Thoma Bravo  —  IT services provider Roper Technologies said on Monday it would buy software company PowerPlan for $1.1 billion in an all-cash deal from private equity firm Thoma Bravo.

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