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Microsoft just booted up the first “DNA drive” for storing data — MIT Technology Review

Microsoft has helped build the first device that automatically encodes digital information into DNA and back to bits again, writes Antonio Regalado.

Here is the link: https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613158/microsoft-just-booted-up-the-first-dna-drive-for-storing-data/

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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.