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South Korean Go champion Lee Sedol (right) poses with Google DeepMind head Demis Hassabis. On Wednesday, Sedol will begin a five-match series against a computer.

How Google's Neural Network Hopes To Beat A 'Go' World Champion

On Wednesday in South Korea, a Google AI program will take on a top-level player in the ancient game of Go. Here's what you need to know.

A Google sign at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google is launching a two-week-long patent marketplace next month, where sellers can name their own price.

Google Experimenting With Patent Marketplace To Combat Trolls

Google will allow patent holders to "tell Google about patents they're willing to sell at a price they set." Tech firms have been targeted by "trolls" who own patents and charge them licensing fees.

Apple, Google Ordered To Unlock Smartphones Since At Least 2008

New court records obtained by the ACLU show how the fight between Apple and the FBI in San Bernardino is one of many cases in which the government has asked tech companies to help unlock cellphones.

Renee Bach, 30, is being sued in Ugandan civil court over the deaths of children who were treated at the critical care center she ran in Uganda. She has left Uganda and is now living in Bedford County, Virginia, where she grew up.

American With No Medical Training Ran Center For Malnourished Ugandan Kids. 105 Died

When she was 19, Renee Bach founded a charity that went on to care for over 900 severely malnourished babies and children. Now she is being sued by two of the mothers whose children died.

Google's New Search Algorithm Stokes Fears Of "Mobilegeddon"

This week, Google started prioritizing mobile-friendly websites in Google searches made on a smartphone. The change could hurt businesses whose sites don't pass Google's mobile-ready test.

Assemblyman Ed Chau, D-Arcadia, left, and Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, celebrate after their internet privacy bill was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Tuesday, June 26, 2018.

California Lawmakers Advance Last-Minute Data Privacy Bill

California state senators advanced a last-minute internet privacy bill Tuesday ahead of a deadline while acknowledging it would need changes if it becomes law.

Also: More controversy over a secret Congressional memo on alleged FBI violations; Sen. Tammy Duckworth announces her pregnancy; and decoding the jargon used at the Davos Economic Forum.

Jenelle Riley, director Tom McCarthy, Dylan Minette, Katherine Langford, Kate Walsh and executive producer Brian Yorkey seen at '13 Reasons Why' Netflix FYSee exhibit space with a Q&A at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Friday, June 02, 2017.

Study Suggests Netflix's '13 Reasons' Might Have Triggered Suicide Searches Online

A popular TV series that showed a teen ending her life may have triggered a surge in online searches for suicide, including how to do it.

South Korean professional Go player Lee Se-Dol reviews the match with other professional Go players after the fourth match against Google's artificial intelligence program, AlphaGo.

Achievement Unlocked: Google AlphaGo A.I. Wins Go Series, 4-1

A top world Go champ lost the last of five games against Google's AlphaGo. But both sides are going home from the match with a lot more to learn.

Villagers in Canchayllo stand by a reconstructed canal.

Climate Change Is Bad For Peru's Pastures ... But There's A 1,200-Year-Old Fix

Climate change has shrunk the wetlands in the Andes where livestock graze. Could reviving ancient water systems bring back the grass?

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