Articles filed under Washington Post
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How Stitch Fix, Amazon are training bots to be personal stylistsAug 25, 2018 1:11 am - Can't decide what to wear? Uniqlo, the Japanese fast-fashion chain, has a solution: A chatbot that gives clothing recommendations based on human input, as well as your p...
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Why it's almost impossible to escape Google's trackingAug 25, 2018 1:08 am - Google's sweeping capability to collect data makes it nearly impossible to escape the tech giant in the course of normal online activity, according to a new study publis...
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Nikon takes on Sony with mirrorless camerasAug 25, 2018 1:05 am - Nikon unveiled its first full-frame mirrorless cameras, seeking to make up lost ground against Sony in the professional photography market. The new Nikon Z7 and Z6 devic...
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Teens are texting and using social media instead of reading books, researchers sayAug 25, 2018 1:05 am - A new study has alarming findings but is probably not surprising to anyone who knows a teenager: High schoolers today are texting, scrolling and using social media inste...
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Analysis: Sony is relaunching its Aibo robot dog - and, it hopes, its brandAug 25, 2018 1:03 am - Sony was once the king of consumer electronics, the Apple of its day. It had a slew of iconic products. The Walkman. The Discman. The Trinitron Television. The brand was...
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Google's revamped fitness app tracks 'Move Minutes' and 'Heart Points'Aug 25, 2018 1:03 am - Google's trying to get you off the couch by simplifying the look of its Fit app to measure just two things: how much you move and how good that is for your heart. The co...
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Analysis: Netflix forever changed traditional television. Now, it's becoming traditional television.Aug 25, 2018 1:00 am - Netflix forever changed the way we watch television, but recent announcements suggest the company might slowly be normalizing. One of the service's primary appeals is th...
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Net neutrality activists, state officials are taking the FCC to court. Here's how they'll argue the case.Aug 25, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Opponents of the Federal Communications Commission have outlined their chief arguments on net neutrality to a federal appeals court in Washington, in hopes ...
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Apple, Google face growing revolt over app store 'tax'Aug 25, 2018 1:00 am - A backlash against the app stores of Apple and Google is gaining steam, with a growing number of companies saying the tech giants are collecting too high a "tax" for con...
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Google refused order to release data. Will other companies bow under pressure?Aug 25, 2018 1:00 am - It was a case that gave a new meaning to the phrase "Google search." Earlier this year, a federal judge signed a search warrant for a windfall of private information to ...