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Spectators watch the world's top-ranked Go player, Ke Jie, square off against Google's artificial intelligence program, AlphaGo, during the Future of Go Summit in Wuzhen, China, on Tuesday. The program beat Ke in the first of three matches.

'Like A God,' Google A.I. Beats Human Champ Of Notoriously Complex 'Go' Game

"Last year, it was still quite humanlike when it played," the world's No. 1 Go player, Ke Jie, said after losing the first of a three-match series. "But this year, it became like a god of Go."

The Department of Labor is suing Google to obtain payroll data to determine whether the company is complying with equal opportunity laws. Google's lawyer has called the lawsuit a "fishing expedition."

Google Accused Of Underpaying Female Employees

The U.S. Department of Labor is investigating Google for what an official called "systemic compensation disparities" between men and women. The government is suing the company to release its records.

"Zeta" serves up zombies Indonesian style, which means you'll find more melodrama than horror and that might make for better escapism and less anxieity.

Zombies Vs. Coronavirus: Which Pandemic Do You Prefer?

New undead films from Indonesia and South Korea to infect you

NPR's Nina Totenberg with the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2018.

A 5-Decade-Long Friendship That Began With A Phone Call

NPR's Nina Totenberg first encountered law professor Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 1971. They became close friends after Ginsburg moved to Washington to serve on the federal appeals court.

Google launched its first servers in Cuba this week. Above, people use public Wi-Fi to connect their devices on a Havana street in October 2016.

Google Spins Up Its First Servers In Cuba

The company can speed up delivery of high-bandwidth content like YouTube videos because the servers will now store data locally. But accessing the Internet in Cuba remains difficult and expensive.

Waymo alleges that in early 2016, Anthony Levandowski downloaded 14,000 files related to autonomous vehicle design before leaving to found his own self-driving truck startup with several Google engineers.

Battle Over Self-Driving Cars Goes To Court In Case Between Google's Waymo And Uber

At issue is whether Uber stole intellectual property when it hired Waymo's star engineer, Anthony Levandowski. Waymo alleges he downloaded files related to autonomous vehicle design before leaving.

Helen Harris, a former systems engineer for Dell, says her career was derailed a few years ago because of the way she looks. She was born and identifies as a woman.

'It's A Career Ender': 2 LGBTQ Former Dell Workers Share Their Stories

A former Dell worker said she had such a rough time at the company because of her appearance that she filed a human rights complaint. Another former worker alleges bias over her gender transition.

Ke Jie, the world's No. 1 Go player, stares at the board during his second match against AlphaGo in Wuzhen, China, on Thursday. The 19-year-old grandmaster dropped the match in the best-of-three series against Google's artificial intelligence program.

Google A.I. Clinches Series Against Humanity's Last, Best Hope To Win At Go

Ke Jie is a wunderkind — the 19-year-old undisputed master of what might well be the world's most complex game. And he just soundly lost a best-of-three series to an artificial intelligence program.

As people make efforts to stay apart from each other physically, video games are filling the socializing gap.

As Hanging Out Gets Difficult, More People Are Turning To Social Video Games

Online video games are proving popular as people look for a way to socialize during this time of social distancing. Some game developers are even changing games' rules to cater to the new reality.

WhatsApp Tries To Curb Misinformation, And Annoying Aunts And Uncles

WhatsApp has been accused of being used to spread rumors — with serious consequences. Now the ubiquitous messaging app is moving to limit how many people users can forward messages to.

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