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 ## NEWS
 
-*NEW: version 1.5.2 (2018-05-27) the license was relaxed to MIT from BSD+Patents. Read LICENSE for details.*
+*NEW: version 1.5.2 (2019-05-27) the license was relaxed to MIT from BSD+Patents. Read LICENSE for details.*
 
 *NEW: version 1.5.0 (2018-12-19) GPU binary flat index and binary HNSW index*