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10 things in tech you need to know today

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January 30, 2017

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Good morning! Here is the tech news you need to know this Monday.

1. Here's how tech titans are responding to Trump's immigration ban. Over the weekend, CEOs of companies like Google, Apple, Facebook, and Airbnb shared their near-unanimous opposition to Trump's order.

2. Elon Musk is getting closer to Trump's administration. The SpaceX and Tesla CEO was selected to join President Donald Trump's Manufacturing Jobs Initiative, CNBC reported Friday.

3. Thousands of Uber customers are deleting the app and posting the evidence to social media after drivers tried to do business at JFK airport during a taxi strike. The NY Taxi Workers Alliance called for all drivers to avoid JFK Airport on Saturday in order to facilitate protests against Trump.

4. Google has set up a $4 million emergency immigration fund to help non-US Googlers that are impacted by President Donald Trump's new immigration laws. The fund is reported to be Google's largest crisis campaign ever.

5. Details on Snap's IPO are expected to be revealed. Sources have told Business Insider that the offering could value Snap between $20 billion and $25 billion.

6. Apple has finally joined an artificial intelligence (AI) research group that includes the likes of Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft. The group wants to ensure that AI is developed safely and ethically

7. Microsoft's market capitalization topped $500 billion for the first time since 2000 on Friday. The valuation came as the technology giant's stock rose following another quarter of results that beat Wall Street's expectations.

8. Two international university teams clinched top honors for the first test phase of Elon Musk's Hyperloop competition that ran this weekend. The Delft Hyperloop team, of Delft University in the Netherlands, got the highest overall score, while Technical University of Munich, Germany, secured the award for the fastest pod.

9. Apple CEO Tim Cook was spotted on Thursday having a Washington, DC-style power dinner with Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, a senior adviser to Trump. They went to a high-end Italian restaurant a few blocks from the White House, according to Politico.

10. Airbnb is offering free housing to people stranded by Trump's travel ban. So far, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky is amongst the strongest and loudest voices of opposition to the travel ban in Silicon Valley.

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