Articles filed under Washington Post
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Administration wants to change how often debt collectors can call, text or emailMay 12, 2019 6:00 am - Christopher Fultz peered at his phone during a break at his job as a paramedic and saw an unusual text displaying his name in all caps. Click on the link, said the messa...
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In Australia, 46 million bank notes are circulating with typosMay 12, 2019 6:00 am - Bank notes can have some similarities with books we put into our shelves to show off, but have never really closely examined - let alone read. Millions of copies, tucked...
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Don't call them back: FCC warns of late-night phone scamsMay 12, 2019 6:00 am - In the middle of the night, the calls come in waves, going silent after a ring or two. It's no one you know, just someone who really wants you to call back. That's the s...
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Analysis: Alexa has been eavesdropping on you this whole timeMay 11, 2019 6:24 am - Would you let a stranger eavesdrop in your home and keep the recordings? For most people, the answer is, "Are you crazy?" Yet that's essentially what Amazon has been doi...
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How the Apple store lost its lusterMay 11, 2019 6:23 am - Web Smith's recent experience at his local Apple store in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio, has been an exercise in frustration. There was the time he visited the Easton To...
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Inside Facebook, the second-class workers who do the hardest job are waging a quiet battleMay 11, 2019 6:20 am - AUSTIN, Texas - The thousands of people who do the bulk of Facebook's work keeping the site free of suicides, massacres, and other graphic posts are not Facebook employe...
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Google vows greater user privacy, after decades of data collectionMay 11, 2019 6:09 am - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google is jumping on the latest tech trend: privacy. At its annual conference for software developers, the search and advertising giant showed of...
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Video game 'loot boxes' could be outlawed in many gamesMay 11, 2019 6:00 am - Video games popular among kids would be prohibited from offering “loot boxes” or randomized assortments of digital weapons, clothing and other items that can be purchase...
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Humanoid robot easily crosses a balance beam in videoMay 11, 2019 6:00 am - At first glance, a humanoid robot walking between two platforms across several cinder blocks may look like a simple feat. How many times, after all, have you crossed a s...
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'They didn't find it funny': Florida man regrets trying to pawn his baby for laughs on SnapchatMay 10, 2019 1:00 am - Brian Slocum thought he had a pretty good idea for a joke. The 43-year-old was driving down the main commercial thoroughfare in Sarasota, Florida, on Tuesday evening whe...