This US startup is fighting fake news and forgery – and Qualcomm just joined in


  • TECH
  • Friday, 22 Mar 2019

Craig Stack, founder and COO of Truepic, stands with framed patents the company earned for its image verification software, on Feb. 28, 2019 at the company’s headquarters in San Diego, Calif. (Eduardo Contreras/San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS)

Qualcomm is working with a San Diego software startup that's trying to stamp out Internet fakery by flagging photos and videos that have been tampered with. 

The duo has ambitions of one day helping online communities sort real content from the fictitious. 

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