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Google's AI Takes Historic Match Against Go Champ With Third Straight Win — SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — Google's artificially intelligent Go-playing computer system has claimed victory in its historic match with Korean grandmaster Lee Sedol after winning the third straight game in this best-of-five series.
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At SXSW, President Obama advises tech industry to compromise on encryption now instead of waiting for Congress to act — Government Can't Let Smartphones Be ‘Black Boxes,’ Obama Says — Obama advises tech industry to compromise before Congress acts — President appears at South by Southwest as FBI sues Apple Inc.
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Michael Goguen, longtime partner at Sequoia Capital, is out after suit unrelated to firm alleging sexual and physical abuse — Longtime VC Michael Goguen was just hit with an explosive lawsuit — Michael Goguen, a longtime partner at Sequoia Capital who joined the tony Sand Hill Road …
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Instacart says ads from General Mills, PepsiCo, and other consumer goods makers account for 15% of its revenue — Instacart Gets Red Bull and Doritos to Pay Your Delivery Fees — The grocery delivery startup says ads from General Mills, PepsiCo, and other consumer companies account for 15 percent of revenue.| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Instacart cuts commissions for couriers by 50%, reduces fees per drop-off to $1.50 from $4 in SF, LA, and some other metro areas — Grocery-Delivery Startup Instacart Cuts Pay for Couriers — Instacart is the latest on-demand startup to try to contain costs in a tighter funding environment
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| Amar Toor / The Verge: |
AdBlock replaces ads with messages from anti-censorship activists through Saturday, in partnership with Amnesty International — Snowden, Pussy Riot, and Ai Weiwei launch AdBlock campaign to protest censorship — Ai Weiwei, Edward Snowden, and Pussy Riot have partnered with AdBlock …
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Microsoft launches tool to help Evernote users on Windows move their notes to OneNote — Microsoft launches OneNote importer tool for Evernote users — Microsoft today launched a OneNote importer tool that lets Evernote users bring their content to Microsoft's note-taking tool.
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Hands-on with Android N: Increased customization, better notifications, and more — We cover everything new we could find in Android's latest update. — The new Android N Developer Preview starts off with a warning and then gives you an option to jump into vision or emergency contact settings.
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How Kyle Vogt Sold Cruise Automation to GM, Twitch to Amazon — Ten years ago, Justin Kan and Emmett Shear had just sold their app company, Kiko, and were itching for another venture. They had a concept — livestream video — but no idea how to build it. So they sent an email …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Coming at Apple's March 21st event: 4-inch iPhone SE, 9.7-inch iPad Pro & new Apple Watch models — If Apple's most recent hardware events were about going bigger (larger iPhones, a jumbo iPad, and a new Apple TV), Apple's March 21st event is about going smaller.
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TP-Link blocks open source router firmware in clumsy effort to comply with new FCC rule regarding RF interference — TP-Link blocks open source router firmware to comply with new FCC rule — Rules for limiting interference could prevent use of DD-WRT and OpenWRT.
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| Mihăiă Bamburic / BetaNews: |
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