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Dell Technologies, the world’s largest technology company, is planning to go public again, five years after it became a private company, Bloomberg reported
• The company said it will buy out its tracking stock (DMTV), created to mirror VMware’s value, combining cash and shares for a deal valued at $21.7 billion
• VMware will pay shareholders an $11 billion cash dividend, with Dell offering more shares or cash to make up the difference Continue reading Dell to Return to Public Markets With Tracking Stock Buyout→

Microsoft is getting close to getting the certification needed to host the government’s most sensitive, classified information — something Amazon Web Services already has, Bloomberg reported
• The certification would give Microsoft an edge over other bidders for the contentious multibillion-dollar cloud services contract Pentagon is seeking to award
• A federal market analyst for Bloomberg Government said there were only two real competitors for the contract — Amazon and Microsoft — based on the security accreditation process alone
• The Defense Department is moving slowly toward issuing a final request for proposals for the JEDI, or Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, contract Continue reading Microsoft Catching Up to Amazon in Security Clearances for Cloud→

Babylon Healthcare Services Ltd., the fast-growing mobile medical consultation service, said its artificial intelligence software, in tests, can assess common conditions more accurately than human doctors. Continue reading What's Up Doc? This AI Might Know Better Than Your Physician→

Microsoft Corp. agreed to pay $7.5 billion for GitHub earlier in June, but it wasn’t the only interested party. Google was in the running too, according to Diane Greene, head of the company’s cloud arm. Continue reading Google Exec Says Microsoft Beat Search Giant to Buy GitHub→

The biggest patent battle of the modern technology world has finally come to an end after seven years. Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. told a judge Wednesday they’d resolved the first filed but last remaining of the legal disputes that once span… Continue reading Apple, Samsung Declare Peace in Biggest Modern Tech Patent Fight→

MediaTek Inc., which manufactures modems, might displace Intel for the product at Apple, which he says has been rumored to be working on their own modem. Apple is allegedly planning to phase out Intel chips in Mac computers as soon as 2020. Continue reading Intel Blows Keep Coming as Apple Modem Contract May Be at Risk→

Salesforce.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Marc Benioff rejected calls from employees to reconsider business ties with U.S. Customs and Border Protection over the separation of immigrant families. Continue reading Salesforce's Benioff Keeps Ties to Border Agency After Protest→

Microsoft Corp. women engineers who claim discrimination in pay and promotions won’t be allowed to pursue their lawsuit as a class action, in a major blow to the leading case attacking the male-dominated tech industry. Continue reading Microsoft Women Suing Over Bias Denied Class-Action Status→

A former top U.S. Defense Department official said Tuesday he was “alarmed” by a recent decision by Alphabet Inc.’s Google to withdraw from work on a department initiative applying artificial intelligence tools to analyzing drone footage. Continue reading Ex-Defense Official ‘Alarmed’ About Google Retreat From AI Plan→

The coalition of companies jockeying with Amazon.com Inc. for a lucrative Pentagon computing contract is far bigger than previously reported, signaling there’s added heft behind efforts to keep the work from going exclusively to the world’s largest clo… Continue reading Amazon Has Plenty of Foes in Pentagon Cloud Deal→