Day two of Google’s Cloud Next conference, an update on the unicorns still queueing up to come to market, the heat death of iTunes is closer to reality, and Walmart doubles down on robots.
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Google Assistant now works with your G Suite work calendar (GeekWire)
Google launches new security tools for G Suite users (TechCrunch)
Google launches an end-to-end AI platform (TechCrunch)
Remove, Reduce, Inform: New Steps to Manage Problematic Content (Facebook Newsroom)
Exclusive: Uber plans to sell around $10 billion worth of stock in IPO - sources (Reuters)
Slack Is Fetching High Prices in Private Stock Deals Ahead of Public Offering (Bloomberg)
Zoom is poised to be one of the most richly valued tech companies after it goes public (CNBC)
Next major macOS version will include standalone Music, Podcasts, and TV apps, Books app gets major redesign (9to5Mac)
Walmart Is Rolling Out the Robots (WSJ)
Mysterious safety-tampering malware infects a second critical infrastructure site (ArsTechnica)
Congress is about to ban the government from offering free online tax filing (ArsTechnica)
Falcon Heavy making only second flight, but it’s already changing the game (ArsTechnica)
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