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Google scans emails to send you advertisements and sometimes to fight crime I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNET update this tech roundup starts off with a serious story you may have heard about a man in Houston Texas who was arrested for being in possession of child pornography when Google found images of child sexual abuse in his gmail account Google's tip to police is what led to his arrest and it has some wondering how ghoul can detect these images and what else does Google's scan for in our email well for starters when you use Gmail you give Google permission to scan the content of the messages Google scans to send you advertising and block out spam and malware but Google also works with agencies around the world to put a stop to child sexual abuse online as part of that effort when someone or some group notifies Google about illegal images the photos are taken off search results and the illegal photos are also given a unique digital fingerprint Google's system scan for that fingerprint it's known as a hash so it knows when someone's uploading that photo to Google services like Gmail Google says it's only scanning emails for these reported photos and the system is not scanning for words that could be associated with other criminal activity so now you know how it works switching gears there's a new gadget for your car that's getting quite a bit of buzz it's called the navdy you put it on your dashboard and it projects information from your smartphone onto a transparent screen so instead of looking at your smartphone you're looking at the alerts straight ahead of you in the example video the creators show that you can use hand gestures to control it along with voice commands the startup is taking pre-orders now for $300 during this crowdfunding phase later the price will go up to $500 speaking of crowdfunding remember the great potato salad Kickstarter project that took the internet by storm last month Zach brown asked the internet for a $10 donation to buy ingredients to make some salad the ridiculous request gained fame and nearly 7,000 people from 74 countries donated more than $55,000 it was the fourth most viewed project in kickstarter history potato salad attracted more eyeballs than the oculus rift and looking ahead the next iPhone may only be a month away it seems Apple will announce the iPhone 6 on September 9th that's according to a report from recode and it also falls into place with apples typical timeline of launching iPhones in September that's your tech news update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey