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Aggressive Amazon tactic pushes you to consider its own brand before you click 'buy'

By Jay Greene The Washington Post
Aug 31, 2019 6:15 am - Amazon has introduced a feature that pitches its own private-label brands right before customers add rival products to their shopping carts, illustrating the e-commerce ...
Google wants to help you catch your grammar mistakes

Marie C. Baca The Washington Post
Aug 31, 2019 6:12 am - There, their, they're. If you stumble over your grammar, take comfort in this: tech companies are supercharging their digital grammar editors with artificial intelligenc...
Video game 'loot boxes' are going away and it could crush Rocket League's black market

By Teddy Amenabar The Washington Post
Aug 31, 2019 6:00 am - The developers behind Rocket League are preparing to rid the game of its loot boxes, a system for randomized in-game purchases critics say amounts to gambling. While mos...
Before you install security cameras in your home, check the law

By Laura Daily The Washington Post
Aug 31, 2019 6:00 am - Enterprising homeowners are no longer using security cameras and video doorbells simply to spot criminal activity track deliveries. They're keeping tabs on their pets, t...
Tesla owner wanted to control her Model 3, so she implanted a valet key in her arm

By Peter Holley The Washington Post
Aug 31, 2019 6:00 am - Last year, after placing an order for Tesla's recently unveiled Model 3, Amie Dansby began to ponder an ambitious idea. Because of its many high tech features, she knew ...
Why so many of your favorite YouTube videos are secretly infomercials

Abby Ohlheiser The Washington Post
Aug 31, 2019 6:00 am - The Try Guys are playing Jenga Truth or Dare, dressed in animal onesies and having a great time for their 6 million YouTube fans. On the surface, it's a typical video fr...
Google researchers uncover iPhone hack tied to malicious websites

Taylor Telford The Washington Post WP Bloomberg
Aug 30, 2019 1:00 am - Security researchers at Google uncovered a "sustained" - at least two years - and indiscriminate campaign to hack iPhones through certain websites, allowing attackers to...
Facebook is launching local alerts to keep you safe during emergencies, including severe weather

Jason Samenow The Washington Post
Aug 27, 2019 1:00 am - Severe weather, traffic incidents and crime disrupt routines and threaten lives. Facebook announced Tuesday that is arming state, city and local government emergency man...
The spy in your wallet: Credit cards have a privacy problem

By Geoffrey A. Fowler The Washington Post
Aug 26, 2019 1:00 am - I recently used my credit card to buy a banana. Then I tried to figure out how my credit card let companies buy me. You might think my 29-cent swipe at Target would be j...
Ransomware attacks are expensive threats to city and state governments

Rachel Siegel The Washington Post
Aug 25, 2019 6:18 am - Upon learning that Riviera Beach's computer systems were being held hostage earlier this summer, KaShamba Miller-Anderson's first instinct was to assume it was a joke. H...

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