10 things in tech you need to know today

Here is the tech news you need to know this Tuesday. The mother of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has died in a boating accident. His father is in a "serious" condition. The pair married at their home in Brentwood, California. DeepMind now plans to apply its algorithms to more scientific matters. The "social change platform" is best known as a site for activists to post petitions to the public.