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Social media as breaking-news feed: Worse information, faster

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April 19, 2013

CNET Weekly News

Social media as breaking-news feed: Worse information, faster

commentary The unfolding of breaking news on social media can create a dangerous well of misinformation, witch-hunting, and egomaniacal info-spewing. Time for some ground rules for the Internet.

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With #Music, Twitter speeds its media domination march

Twitter's latest big move may be evidence that its goal is to create -- and control -- a series of media channels across music, TV, movies, and more.

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NASA has found 3 nice, habitable planets for us to choose from

The agency's Kepler space telescope locates three planets -- in two new planetary systems -- that are the right distance from their suns to make them potentially life-supporting.

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Microsoft working on 'small touch devices' running Windows

Outgoing chief financial officer all but confirms rumors that Microsoft is developing a Windows 8-powered tablet.

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iPad 5 said to be 15 percent thinner, 25 percent lighter

The next iPad will be both thinner and lighter, according to an analyst with a very solid track record of Apple tea leaf reading.

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Google will brick Google Glasses if owners resell or loan them out

Terms of service warn users that their $1,500 high-tech specs will be deactivated if they try to resell or loan them to another person.

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Verizon's new phone upgrade policy draws scrutiny

Verizon Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo says he doesn't believe the company will face a backlash from extending the upgrade period to 24 months.

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Apple's iPhone 5S, low-cost iPhone, iPhone 6 may be delayed

After visiting the tech giant's Asian suppliers, a Jefferies analyst concludes that "preproduction issues" could cause mass production delays on the majority of Apple's mobile devices.

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Stephen Hawking: So here's how it all happened without God

In a speech in Pasadena, Calif., the famed physicist wonders what God was doing before the universe was created and says he's grateful that he wasn't subject to a church inquisition.

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Wireless spectrum is the key to Dish's $25.5B bid for Sprint

Dish and Sprint have complementary spectrum holdings that would make a marriage of the two companies a match made in heaven. But there are obstacles to getting the deal done.

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Hands-on with Samsung Galaxy S4's Group Play features (pictures)

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