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LinkNYC to bring free, public Wi-Fi to New York (pictures)

For Road Trip 2015, CNET checks out a project in New York that will replace old payphones with Wi-Fi hotspots.

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Titan's Chief Strategy Officer Dave Etherington is helping to drive the LinkNYC project, which will require more than 500 miles of fiber optic cable to provide high-speed broadband throughout New York City.

In New York, Starbucks and now Internet on almost every corner

On Road Trip 2015, CNET gets up close with a new structure that will supply the city with free, public Wi-Fi via a project that swaps phone booths for hotspots.

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Persin created this fake profile to lure the girls.

Viral video shows how easily predators lure kids on social media

A YouTube video of a "social experiment" exploring the vulnerability of underage kids to predators on social networks gets more than 17 million views in just two days.

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The Niantic spinoff comes days after a massive Google restructuring.

Google to spin out game maker Niantic Labs as independent company

The search giant is splitting from the maker of the game Ingress, only days after Google announced a massive restructuring.

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Snapchat goes wild with emoji, saves you from wasting data

Slap endless emoji on your Snapchat posts, and learn about a new feature to stop the app from draining your data. Also, the popular messaging app is the latest tool for presidential campaigning.

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Firefox 40 wants to be your default Windows 10 browser.

Firefox tries to edge out Microsoft in Windows 10 browser battle

The latest version of Mozilla's web browser is looking to unseat Microsoft Edge as the default browser in Windows 10.

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Judge orders Cablevision to stop calling Verizon a liar

A federal court hands Verizon a legal victory by ordering Cablevision to stop running advertisements calling Verizon a liar over claims that it offers the fastest Wi-Fi network.

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Tech titans warn MovieTube suit could revive Stop Online Piracy Act

Google, Facebook among those that say the film studios' suit against the MovieTube site aims to resurrect the wide powers that copyright holders would have had if SOPA had become law.

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As part of Google's restructuring, CFO Ruth Porat will be CFO of Alphabet, as well as Google.

The ABCs of Google's Alphabet announcement

Part of Google's bombshell restructuring, under a new parent called Alphabet, is that its most recent top hire -- CFO Ruth Porat -- gets even more power. Here's what the financial issues look like for Porat and Co.

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Ad-based music streaming far from dead, research shows

Revenue from "freemium" music-streaming services is expected to surpass $1 billion by 2017, according to Juniper Research. Ultimately, they may also persuade more users to pay for subscriptions.

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MAY 15: Larry Page, Google co-founder and CEO speaks during the opening keynote at the Google I/O developers conference at the Moscone Center on May 15, 2013 in San Francisco, California. Thousands are expected to attend the 2013 Google I/O developers conference that runs through May 17. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Alphabet lets Google be more ambitious, more boring and more crazy at the same time

The company is taking a page out of the playbook of Warren Buffett -- a longtime hero of co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin -- as it prepares for its next stage of growth.

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<p>Google's co-founders Sergey Brin (left) and Larry Page are now president and CEO, respectively, of Alphabet.</p>

Google's new Alphabet, from A to Z (pictures)

Google will become part of a new parent company called Alphabet Inc.

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