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Facebook says it wants your face data in the name of privacy

Hayley Tsukayama The Washington Post
Dec 19, 2017 12:00 am - Facebook will let you know when someone posts a photo of you - even if you aren't tagged in it - becoming the latest tech giant to add more facial recognition technology...
This angry inventor has a special gift for package thieves: Revenge

By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. The Washington Post
Dec 19, 2017 12:00 am - The more time and money Jaireme Barrow spent to keep people from swiping packages off his front porch, the angrier he got. He'd show police in Tacoma, Washington, crysta...
New Bitcoin-based security slightly higher in debut on CME

By KEN SWEET and ALEXANDRA OLSON Associated Press
Dec 18, 2017 12:00 am - NEW YORK - A new security based on the price of the digital currency bitcoin was trading slightly higher Monday after its debut on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, a wee...
Will electric vehicles doom your neighborhood auto mechanic?

Peter Holley The Washington Post
Dec 16, 2017 6:24 am - Craig Van Batenburg began his career as an auto mechanic in 1970 after falling in love with the internal combustion engine. But for several years, the 67-year-old from M...
Analysis: Is Alexa really eavesdropping on you?

Brad Stone Bloomberg
Dec 16, 2017 6:22 am - I've gone all-in on Amazon's line of Alexa-powered speakers, installing them throughout my home and buying them for family members. We use them to play music and news, t...
Analysis: Five myths about bitcoin

Joseph Bonneau and Steven Goldfeder The Washington Post
Dec 16, 2017 6:22 am - This month, bitcoin, the digital currency launched by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009, hit a record price of $17,428.42 per coin. It got its own futures market at a traditional...
Analysis: No, Bitcoin mining won't melt the polar ice caps

Elaine Ou Bloomberg
Dec 16, 2017 6:19 am - While much of the world marvels at bitcoin's meteoric rise, another part is focused on an environmental byproduct: The sheer amount of electricity that crypto-currencies...
Ex-Facebook VP: Social media is destroying society

Amy B Wang The Washington Post
Dec 16, 2017 6:18 am - A former Facebook executive is making waves after he spoke out about his "tremendous guilt" over growing the social network, which he feels has eroded "the core foundati...
How Twitter is making tweetstorms official

Hayley Tsukayama The Washington Post
Dec 16, 2017 6:18 am - If you have a Twitter rant you really need to get off your chest, then it's your lucky day. Twitter announced Tuesday that it's adding a tool that makes it easy to threa...
Why Apple is buying Shazam now after years of declining popularity

Travis M. Andrews The Washington Post
Dec 16, 2017 6:18 am - Shazam was one of the earliest smartphone apps to capture the public's attention. Its simple yet useful function - identifying a song that's playing on the radio or else...

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