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” Via The Verge : “ Microsoft secures $480 million HoloLens contract from US Army.” ” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge. Via Mashable : “The e-waste nightmare lurking in your kid’s toy box.” Such a small world.

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Via The Backchannel : “ Microsoft Weaponizes Minecraft in the War Over Classrooms.” “ Elsevier Wants CloudFlare to Expose Pirate Sites,” TorrentFreak reports. ” “ 2016 E-Rate Trends.” ” weaponized minecraft — Ed-Tech Weaponized (@weaponizedu) September 15, 2016.

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For your “yes, Microsoft is still horrible files,” this from The Washington Post : “ E-waste recycler Eric Lundgren loses appeal on computer restore disks, must serve 15-month prison term.” Via The Wall Street Journal : “Some Colleges Try to Burnish Student-Loan Default Rates.”