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there are more reasons to have trust issues with the currency app and HP creates a whole new type of computer I'm Bridget Carey and this is your scene at updates the controversial currency mobile payment app has achieved a remarkable feat it's been hacked even before it fully launched early testers and anyone who signed up to get alerts about the service have been notified that their email addresses have been stolen by hackers the currency app is supposed to launch next year as a rival to Apple pay and Google Wallet and it's stirring up resentment toward the retailers that are supporting it instead of the end of seat technology that's used by Apple pay and Google Wallet you see unlike Apple pay this app requires customers to scan a QR code at checkout it collects data on your shopping habits and there are doubts about how safe it really is the app is a product of mcx and that's supported by a group of more than 50 retailers led by wal-mart mcx will not say what personal information it collects from users and it also has not been open in addressing some security criticisms such as why early testers of the app need to provide a Social Security number and driver's license number which is something referenced on the user support page now while this drama plays out there are other payment technology innovations popping up take for instance point it's a new type of payment terminal that small business owners can use to scan your credit card or use NFC tap to pay this dual screen system was cooked up by the creator of Google Wallet it accepts the more secure chip and pin cards but the point looks completely boring compared to a new computer designed by Hewlett Packard check out the sprout it's a Windows 8 desktop computer that has a projector and cameras hooked onto the top of the monitor the projector beams down images to a touch sensitive pad below and it also has a 3d camera so it can scan 3d models of objects the sprout hit stores November 9 to 4 and $1,900 this is for creative because HP wants you to take that object you scan and send it to a 3d printer in fact they're making their own massive 3d printer it's called the multi jet fusion but it won't become available until 2016 now if you have iOS 8 there's a new app that's more fun than a 3d printer you can finally send your friends emojis that look like you the makers of bit strips you know those popular cartoons that are all over Facebook they've put the cartoon into an iOS keyboard app it's called bitmoji you create a character that looks like you and it creates emoji cartoons in your likeness you can insert them in text and in chat apps that your tech news update and you can always find more at C net comm from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey