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How 'interlocks' stopped 1.8 cases of drunken driving

Dan Morse Washington Post
Feb 14, 2016 6:00 am - Automobile “interlocks” that require motorists to breathe into a tube before trying to start their cars have stopped 1.8 million cases of drunken driving nationwide, acc...
The 'Uber for friends' plans to save millennials from loneliness

Caitlin Dewey Washington Post
Feb 13, 2016 5:28 am - Clay Kohut's pitch for his new app, Ameego, is so absurd that it's best to let him deliver it. "With Uber, you rent a stranger's car," he begins. "With Airbnb, you rent ...
Relive the nightmare of an old-school computer virus at the new Malware museum

Abby Ohlheiser Washington Post
Feb 13, 2016 5:07 am - In the early days of computer viruses, a lot of malware had a tendency to announce its presence with some text or a flashy graphic. Now you can relive the sometimes funn...
Swiping for BFFs: Dating-style apps are breaking into the friendship market

Jessica Contrera Washington Post WP Bloomberg
Feb 12, 2016 10:00 pm - If you're in your 20s or 30s, the idea of swiping right to find your next date sounds pretty unsurprising by now. But what about swiping to find your next best friend? L...
This is how Twitter's new timeline works

Hayley Tsukayama Washington Post
Feb 12, 2016 10:00 pm - Well, Twitter fans. The apocalypse has come. Twitter's reordered timeline is here. And it's, um, not so bad, actually. In a company blog post, Twitter engineering manage...
Why it's so hard to upgrade your old car with latest safety technology

Matt McFarland Washington Post
Feb 12, 2016 10:00 pm - Cars increasingly roll off the assembly line with safety technology shown to prevent crashes. But with the average U.S. car nearly 12 years old, most drivers aren't rece...
Analysis: Twitter isn't Facebook, but Wall Street expects it to be. That's a problem.

Hayley Tsukayama Washington Post
Feb 12, 2016 10:00 pm - There was a whole lot of uproar over over reports that Twitter is planning to change its real-time messaging feed into something more like the Facebook News Feed. Under ...
In 2 years, your phone could have a 7-day battery life

Jessica Shankleman Bloomberg
Feb 12, 2016 10:00 pm - A British fuel-cell developer that was first to put the technology harnessing the power of hydrogen into London's distinctive black cab said it's working on a system tha...
App reviews: Save the Line, Pac Man

Hayley Tsukayama Washington Post
Feb 12, 2016 10:00 pm - This quick little puzzler requires fast reflexes and lots of patience. Players are the stewards of a line, which you have to save from hitting all the obstacles the game...
Google's driverless cars are now legally the same as a human driver

Brian Fung Washington Post WP Bloomberg
Feb 12, 2016 10:00 pm - If you hop into one of Google's pod-like self-driving cars, you won't be considered the driver, according to a letter sent to Google by federal transportation officials....

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