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Kickstarter announces new recommendations and rules to discourage creators from using exaggerated claims about a product, launches a tool to flag exaggerations (Ashley Carman/The Verge)

Ashley Carman / The Verge: Kickstarter announces new recommendations and rules to discourage creators from using exaggerated claims about a product, launches a tool to flag exaggerations  —  No more exaggerating  —  Kickstarter is asking creators to stop claiming that their projects are “the world’s best,” … Kickstarter announces new recommendations and rules to discourage

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Sources: GE Ventures has been shopping itself for several months, looking for a buyer for its portfolio of more than 100 start-ups (Christina Farr/CNBC)

Christina Farr / CNBC: Sources: GE Ventures has been shopping itself for several months, looking for a buyer for its portfolio of more than 100 start-ups  —  KEY POINTS  —  GE Ventures is looking for a buyer for its portfolio of more than 100 start-ups, according to people familiar with the matter … Sources: GE

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Uber plans to start delivering McDonald’s hamburgers by drone this summer

This week Uber announced plans to begin testing the first-ever commercial application of drone food delivery in high-density urban areas, joining companies like Amazon and Google that are seeking to make make unmanned commercial deliveries using the same technology. Uber plans to start delivering McDonald’s hamburgers by drone this summer Source: Washington Post Tech

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How to back up your Google Photos

So now that automatic synchronization between Google Photos and Google Drive is going away, how can you be sure that your photos and videos are being backed up safely? It’s actually pretty simple. Your photos can be backed up to Google Photos either via its mobile app or using Google’s Backup and Sync application for

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UK-based digital bank Monzo launches in the US, says it doesn't have its own US banking license and won't be lending US customers money (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge: UK-based digital bank Monzo launches in the US, says it doesn’t have its own US banking license and won’t be lending US customers money  —  Monzo’s mobile-only bank has helped revolutionize British spending  —  British mobile-only bank Monzo is making its way across the pond to the US today. UK-based

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