Here’s what’s going on in tech.
By winning second game, Google’s AlphaGo clinches series win over Chinese Go master. (Reuters)
Apple says the number of U.S, government requests for user data skyrocketed in the second half of 2016. (Hill)
Facebook signs BuzzFeed, Vox, etc. for original video shows. (Reuters)
Social media companies are under even more pressure in Europe after U.K. bombing. (Bloomberg)
HP Inc. results show growth in PCs and printers for the first time in more than five years. (Bloomberg)
Uber HR chief: The problem at Uber isn’t sexism, it’s that workers need more pay and love. (USA Today)
Some Lyft and Uber riders are giving up their own cars, according to a new poll. (Reuters)
Jony Ive of Apple champions immigration and diversity in the U.K. (BBC)
Eugene Kaspersky of Russia-based Kaspersky Lab hits back at U.S. cyber-espionage claims, offers to testify. (Australian)
Faraday Future, maker of electric cars, is reportedly planning to raise $1 billion on its own as its main backer, LeEco, struggles. (Bloomberg)
Fitness trackers are OK at monitoring heart rate but not so reliable at tracking calories burned, according to new research. (Guardian)
Bitcoin at record high of $2,500. It has doubled this year. (Fortune)
Photo: Ke Jie reacts as he plays a match against Google’s artificial intelligence program, AlphaGo, during the Future of Go Summit in Wuzhen in eastern China’s Zhejiang Province, Thursday, May 25, 2017. AlphaGo beat China’s top player of Go, one of the last games machines have yet to master, for a second time Thursday in a competition authorities limited the Chinese public’s ability to see. (Chinatopix via AP)
May 25, 2017 at 10:45PM
from Levi Sumagaysay
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