1. Should we be worried about the new Internet security pact between China and Russia?
By Cyrus Farivar in Ars Technica
2. Here’s a roadmap for building an innovation ecosystem in Africa.
By Jean Claude Bastos de Morais in IT News Africa
3. What if junk food actually kills off the bacteria that keeps us healthy?
By Luke Heighton in the Telegraph
4. We’re about to lose the best way to measure how well we educate poor kids.
By Jill Barshay in the Hechinger Report
5. Want to end the War on Drugs? Don’t talk to Washington. Lobby your local police department.
By Ben Collins in the Daily Beast

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