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Google is giving away AI that can build your genome sequence — Wired

Google announced the open source release of DeepVariant, a deep learning technology to reconstruct the true genome sequence from HTS sequencer data with what the company says significantly greater accuracy, than previous classical methods.

DeepVariant is just the front end of a much wider deployment; genomics is about to go deep learning, Wired’s Megan Molteni writes. Here is the link – https://www.wired.com/story/google-is-giving-away-ai-that-can-build-your-genome-sequence/

Here is the link to Google’s blog post on DeepVariant – https://research.googleblog.com/2017/12/deepvariant-highly-accurate-genomes.html

DeepVariant is a suite of Python/C++ programs that run on any Unix-like operating system. Here is the link to the codebase on GitHub – https://github.com/google/deepvariant

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Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone — The Verge

Microsoft is starting to enable ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 for all users, writes Tom Warren. 

Biden signs TikTok ‘ban’ bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it — The Verge

President Joe Biden signed a foreign aid package that includes a bill that would ban TikTok if China-based parent company ByteDance fails to divest the app within a year, writes Lauren Feiner.

IBM to acquire HashiCorp for $6.4B

IBM and HashiCorp have entered into an agreement for IBM to acquire HashiCorp, a provider of infrastructure and security management products, for $6.4 billion.

Oracle is moving its world headquarters to Nashville to be closer to health-care industry — CNBC

Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison said Tuesday that the company is moving its world headquarters to Nashville, Tennessee, to be closer to a major health-care epicenter, writes Ashley Capoot.