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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. Microsoft had a media event this week. Via The New York Times : “Microsoft Looks to Regain Lost Ground in the Classroom.” Here is the Microsoft blog post announcing its new products.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Backchannel : “ Microsoft Weaponizes Minecraft in the War Over Classrooms.” Closes $10m Financing Round To Help Improve Learning For All.” The “game-based learning platform” company has raised $16 million total. ” Let’s ask Palmer Luckey what he thinks about this!

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Hack Education Weekly News

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. “Big Venture Investments in HR Startups & What it Means for Education” by Learn Capital’s Tom Vander Ark. Via Techcrunch : “ Microsoft’s Imagine Cup crowns its 15th winner, the X.GLU smart glucose meter for kids.” Microsoft plans to axe Microsoft Paint. Contests and Awards.