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Cade Metz / Wired:

Google's AlphaGo wins historic match against Go grandmaster after three consecutive wins in five-game series — 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 …

Sam Byford / The Verge:

DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis on how AI will shape the future — DeepMind's stunning victories over Go legend Lee Se-dol have stoked excitement over artificial intelligence's potential more than any event in recent memory. But the Google subsidiary's AlphaGo program is far from its only project — it's not even the main one.

More: Business Insider, Fortune, Tech Insider and International Business Times. Tweets: @atmostbeautiful

Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:

Sources: Justice Department debating how to resolve standoff with WhatsApp over encryption in non-terrorism investigation — WhatsApp Encryption Said to Stymie Wiretap Order — WASHINGTON — While the Justice Department wages a public fight with Apple over access to a locked iPhone …

More: Ars Technica. Tweets: @csoghoian, @puiwingtam, @headhntr, @gaberivera and @csoghoian

Justin Sink / Bloomberg Business:

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.

Steven Levy / Backchannel:

US government reigniting the crypto wars of the 90s as tech companies implement strong encryption by default post-Snowden — Why Are We Fighting the Crypto Wars Again? — The iPhone Crisis reignited a conflict that should have been settled in the 90s. The loser is our national security.

Tweets: @christophera and @eff

Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:

Amazon Echo, initially ridiculed, could be the next must-have gadget — The Echo From Amazon Brims With Groundbreaking Promise — Many of the world's largest technology companies have spent the last five years searching in vain for the holy grail, a machine to succeed the smartphone as the next must-have gadget.

More: CNBC, Forbes, Fortune, Tech Times, BGR, Silicon Valley Business …, VentureBeat, Yahoo! Finance, International Business Times, Business Insider, The Verge, Guardian, Neowin, CNET, TWICE and MediaShift

Peter Bright / Ars Technica:

Epic's Tim Sweeney is missing the point: the restrictions of the Universal Windows Platform make PCs easier to use and more secure — Tim Sweeney is missing the point; the PC platform needs fixing — Op-ed: Bringing the console model to Windows wasn't an accident.

More: VentureBeat, VentureBeat, Develop Feed, Tech.pinions, PCWorld, Neowin and WinBeta

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 …

More: Wired, Amnesty International, The Daily Dot, Ars Technica, Engadget, Mashable, Billboard, bangkokpost.com, amnesty.org.uk, The Drum, ABC News, Hit & Run, Fortune, CNET, Guardian, BetaNews and The Next Web

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch:

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 …

More: Re/code, Business Insider and Fortune

Tweets: @sequoia, @caseynewton, @caseynewton, @mariachong, @danprimack and @sarahcuda

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.

More: ZDNet, Mashable, AppleInsider, Dice Insights and Pocket-lint

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.

More: PC Magazine, TrustedReviews, AnandTech, The Next Web, TechnoBuffalo, Gizmodo, TechnoBuffalo, MobileSyrup.com, PhoneDog.com, Engadget, ZDNet and Android Police

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

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.

More: The Next Web, The Register, Lifehacker, DSLreports, Liliputing and The White House

Ellen Huet / Bloomberg Business:

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.

More: Re/code and The Awl. Tweets: @bendwalsh and @ellenhuet

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

More: Ars Technica, Business Insider, Guardian, TechCrunch, SiliconBeat, VatorNews and Fortune

Tweets: @scottmaustin, @mattbuchanan, @dangillmor, @mikeisaac and @caseynewton

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