Saturday, May 27, 2017

On topic: Tech news to know now

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Here’s what’s on the Friday menu.

Facebook, Amazon and other tech companies urge Congress to make changes to online surveillance laws. (Reuters)

Apple News is getting an editor in chief: Lauren Kern, executive editor of New York Magazine. (CNN)

The Anita Borg Institute for women in tech has cut ties with Uber over the sexism and harassment allegations the company is facing. (Recode)

New MIT study: Consumers don’t really want self-driving cars.

The AlphaGo matches continue. Google’s AI teams with the world’s top Go players. (Game schedule)

San Francisco high-end-meal delivery startup Sprig is shutting down. (Business Insider)

Reid Hoffman, Sam Altman, Bill Gates invest in Change.org. (Fortune)

ICYMI: Zillow has launched the Zillow Prize, a contest to improve its home-price-estimate algorithm. (NYT)

 

Photo: A protester with the organization Code Pink wears giant glasses with the message “Stop Spying” to protest NSA surveillance in 2013. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

May 27, 2017 at 12:10AM

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