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I have 5 digital 'personal assistants' and still can't get anything done

By Hayley Tsukayama Washington Post
Jan 09, 2016 6:00 am - There comes a point in every adult's life when one stops and thinks: I could really use a personal assistant. I know I could. The Washington Post's budget, however, does...
Des Plaines to consider new camera security system

Daily Herald report
Jan 03, 2016 12:00 am - The Des Plaines City Council on Monday will consider approval of a $98,313 contract to replace an analog video camera security system with a digital system. The current ...
Why Google's quantum computer could launch an artificial intelligence arms race

By Dominic Basulto Washington Post
Jan 02, 2016 6:38 am - Ever since the 1980s, researchers have been working on the development of a quantum computer that would be exponentially more powerful than any of the digital computers ...
Facebook is saying you and your friends go back 46 years

By Hayley Tsukayama Washington Post
Jan 02, 2016 6:35 am - Like many of you out there in Internet land, I woke up Thursday morning to an interesting bug on my Facebook page. According to my own account, I had a lot to celebrate,...
A new version of Google Glass shows up in FCC filings

By Hayley Tsukayama Washington Post
Jan 02, 2016 6:34 am - Despite being declared dead quite a few times, a new version of the Google Glass headset may be coming soon. Though Google may have stopped selling the $1,500 "Explorer"...
These apps can save you from drunk texting

By Caitlin Moore Washington Post
Jan 02, 2016 6:32 am - It's happened to the best of us. Despite our better judgment, once alcohol enters our system, we want to talk to people we shouldn't be contacting in an altered state, w...
Why hoaxes flourish on Facebook

By Abby Ohlheiser Washington Post
Jan 02, 2016 6:31 am - If you are a chain letter hoax, then heaven is for real and it is Facebook. The site has hosted an army of copyright and giveaway hoaxes in recent years with a fury not ...
2015 is the year that Tumblr became the front page of the Internet

By Caitlin Dewey Washington Post
Jan 02, 2016 5:12 am - The Internet story of the year - perhaps of many years - began with a breezy, under-punctuated blog post on the Tumblr of some 21-year-old no one had previously heard of...
5 turning points for technology in 2015

By Brian Fung Washington Post
Jan 01, 2016 6:04 am - Looking back, 2015 was filled with major moments in technology and media. Comcast failed to close its megamerger with Time Warner Cable, after regulators effectively spi...
'How should a dog wear pants' is the meme we deserve for the end of 2015

By Abby Ohlheiser Washington Post
Jan 01, 2016 6:03 am - The last big meme of 2015 will probably be an argument about how a dog should wear pants, brought to the attention of the Internet at large via an image swiped from Face...

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