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How a computer algorithm caused a grading crisis in UK schools

Gavin Williamson, UK Secretary of Defense, will attend a weekly meeting of Cabinet Ministers at 10 Downing Street in London, United Kingdom, on Tuesday 23 April 2019. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Britain is in the midst of a nationwide rating debacle after an automated algorithm downgraded the A-level …

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Trump approves of Oracle’s attempt to buy TikTok

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced support for Oracle Corp. to buy the US operations of TikTok, adding a fresh wrinkle to the offering for the Chinese-owned video-sharing app. Oracle ORCL, + 2.20% is a new contractor in the negotiations for TikTok, whose owner ByteDance Ltd. a fall deadline for …

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