Your office air is making you stupider

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Presented by   When you're looking at images online, it's increasingly hard to know whether what you're looking at is real, fake, or just misleading—whether it's a dating profile, a product, or a vacation rental. That's why the content provenance company Truepic is launching a new software development kit that aims to bring the company's photo authentication technology to consumer apps. To do so, the startup has raised $26 million from some of the heaviest hitters in the burgeoning content provenance space space: Microsoft and Adobe. Read more about Truepic's plan to bring trustworthy, verified photos to every app with a camera here. —Katharine Schwab   tech You can’t trust images on dating apps and social media. This startup has a solution SHARE THIS STORY Image verification startup Truepic is launching a software development kit to bring its technology to consumer apps, powered by a $26 million Series B. READ MORE   co.design Your office air is making you stupider A landmark study should have all businesses rethinking their offices. READ MORE   coronavirus COVID pushed 31 million people into extreme poverty And as the world’s poor countries continue to be shut out of vaccine access, recovery isn’t happening equitably. READ MORE

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