Articles filed under Washington Post
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Analysis: Delaying retirement can have remarkable benefitsJan 28, 2018 12:00 am - You're 49 years old, you make $113,000 a year and you're starting to get worried about financing your retirement. You could take the drastic step of upping your retireme...
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Union membership remained steady in 2017, but will that trend hold?Jan 28, 2018 12:00 am - Union membership held steady in 2017 at 10.7 percent of the workforce, according to figures released recently by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. An additional 1.2 percen...
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Understanding doctors can be challengingJan 27, 2018 6:30 am - Few simple questions are as difficult to answer as the perennial "What did the doctor say?" The words are so natural as to be virtually automatic. They spring from our l...
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Is 'Trap Adventure 2' the hardest video game ever?Jan 27, 2018 6:00 am - When developer Hiroyoshi Oshiba released the video game “Trap Adventure 2,” he included a strongly-worded warning for potential players: try it at your own peril. “Cauti...
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New gadgets that take smart homes to the next levelJan 27, 2018 12:15 am - If you have ever wanted to experience zero gravity but can't afford a trip to the moon, the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas may have a solution. A new bath...
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Apple's HomePod is finally ready, but is it too late?Jan 27, 2018 12:10 am - Apple on Tuesday announced a Feb 9. release date for its smart speaker called the HomePod - allowing the company that first popularized virtual assistants through its sm...
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Analysis: The trouble with Facebook's plan to rate media credibilityJan 27, 2018 12:10 am - When Facebook announced a plan to rely on surveys of users to rank news organizations' credibility and give greater prominence to "broadly trusted" outlets, it shared fe...
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How would it work if Facebook were run like your cable company?Jan 27, 2018 12:00 am - As Facebook seeks to weather a storm of criticism over its handling of news and politics, one of the world's biggest media titans argued Monday that the social network c...
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A look at who owns bitcoin (young men), and why (lack of trust)Jan 27, 2018 12:00 am - Chances are, you've heard of bitcoin. But the odds are much smaller that you actually have a stake in it. Nearly 60 percent of Americans have heard or read about the wor...
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Trump ready to apologize for retweeting anti-Muslim videosJan 26, 2018 12:00 am - President Donald Trump said in a British television interview Friday that he was ready to apologize for retweeting anti-Muslim videos from a far-right British group, and...