Articles filed under Washington Post
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What industry has seen pay fall below average in the most states? Public schools.Feb 03, 2019 5:09 am - In a search for jobs that once paid well but have fallen below average in most states, we considered hundreds of industries. Public schools stood out. In the early 1990s...
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Harassment safeguards should work against false claims, tooFeb 03, 2019 5:00 am - Q: I'm a male program manager in my thirties. I often have to request information from other departments. Recently, I asked "Stacey," a female co-worker in her mid-twent...
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Tomorrow's jobs demand higher academic degrees as economic fates divergeFeb 03, 2019 5:00 am - This century has already been tough on Americans who have only a high school education. The current decade is poised to add insult to injury. The fast-declining occupati...
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How long is the airport security wait? We test the apps that tell us the time.Feb 02, 2019 5:16 am - Airport security lines can behave like curly hair: One small change in the atmosphere and everything can go out of whack. Weather, holidays and most recently the partial...
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Analysis: Apple vs. Facebook: It's not all about privacyFeb 02, 2019 5:07 am - This week brings a useful reminder that Facebook is not in the helping-you-keep-in-touch-with-friends business. It's in the ad-selling business - a business that require...
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Study: Deactivating Facebook leaves people less informed but happierFeb 02, 2019 5:00 am - Around the world, more than 2.3 billion people are on Facebook, actively communicating and posting and consuming on the platform, a figure that continues to grow and dri...
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Longtime dream of cloud-based gaming is closer than ever to coming trueFeb 02, 2019 5:00 am - When Cory Burdette awoke recently to learn that Winter Storm Gia had caused a two-hour school delay in Reston, Virginia, he seized the chance to do a little family bondi...
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6 privacy tips for owners of video doorbells, home security camerasFeb 02, 2019 5:00 am - Ding-dong, your doorbell is looking a bit creepy. Ring video doorbells, Nest Hello and other connected security cameras are the fastest-growing home improvement gadgets ...
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Why the shutdown didn't tank the January jobs reportFeb 01, 2019 12:00 am - There were a lot of gasps and "wow!" exclamations when the U.S. Labor Department announced Friday that the economy added 304,000 jobs in January. That was the best month...
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Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey joins the 2020 presidential raceFeb 01, 2019 12:00 am - Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey said Friday that he will seek the Democratic nomination for president, adding his name to a growing and increasingly diversified field of ...