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Researchers are working on software to identify false information on the internet

To chaff real news from rumor on social media, a team of European researchers are working on a software that will identify lies before they go viral online. The task will be accomplished by...

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Square launches national ad campaign to attract more merchants

Payments company Square is debuting six new TV ads today, in a big marketing push towards attracting merchants on the platform. A spokesperson for Square tells us the ads will air...

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Designers want to blend advanced technology with affordable fashion

Welcome to the technological future — of fashion. New Yorkers got to peak into the future Wednesday evening with a tech fashion show hosted by Tech In Motion. The show, held in...

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Facebook creates “look back” videos for the deceased

Facebook on Friday said it is changing the way it handles memorialized Facebook pages in response to requests from people who want to remember loved ones who have died. Until now,...

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Flyfit is a fitness tracker you strap to your ankle instead of your wrist

It's hard to stand out from the crowd of fitness trackers, but the FlyFit hopes to do so via crowdfunding, and by attaching itself to a different body part than normal. The...

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World’s first Bitcoin vending machine gets installed at a cigar shop in Albuquerque

Many years from now, a cigar shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico will have gone done in history for having the first Bitcoin vending machine available to the public in the...

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AT&T’s first transparency report shows 300,000 requests for customer data

If one silver lining exists from all of the news surrounding the U.S. government’s increasingly invasive data requests from communications companies, it’s the new trend of transparency reports. Following Verizon’s report last month, AT&T...

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Hula app makes discussing STDs and STD tests much less awkward

Hula is making it easier for students to share STD reports. CEO Ramin Bastani created the app to make discussing STD testing results with partners less intimidating and more “flirtatious and fun.” Hula, Bastani’s website and mobile...

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Pinterest brings GIFs to mobile and Place Pins to the iPad

Pinterest isn’t just for elaborate napkin crafts for your book club soiree, or for bragging about inhuman feats of supernatural cupcakery; it also makes a pretty stellar travelogue. A new...

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Google acquires Israeli security startup SlickLogin

Google is acquiring the security startup SlickLogin less than two months after the company was officially formed. The company only began developing its product last August, presented it at the TechCrunch...

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