Articles filed under Washington Post
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How Apple uses its App Store to copy the best ideasSep 07, 2019 6:25 am - Clue, a popular app women use to track their periods, has risen to near the top of Apple's Health and Fitness category. It could be downhill from here. Apple plans this ...
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An AI first: Voice-mimicking software reportedly used in a major theftSep 07, 2019 6:15 am - Thieves used voice-mimicking software to imitate a company executive's speech and dupe his subordinate into sending hundreds of thousands of dollars to a secret account,...
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Young adults use their phones 6 hours a day but barely touch their news apps, study showsSep 07, 2019 6:09 am - If the little square boxes on our phone screens are candy, then news apps, to young users, are the equivalent of chewy, high-fiber granola bars. They're on the screen, s...
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Viral Chinese app replaces your face with Leonardo DiCaprio's in 'deepfake' videosSep 07, 2019 6:00 am - An app that allows users to virtually graft their faces onto actors in scenes from movies and television shows became the most popular iPhone download in China last week...
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Samsung's redesigned Galaxy Fold should hit U.S. this monthSep 06, 2019 6:00 am - Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy Fold goes on sale Sept. 6 in its home market of South Korea, following a monthslong delay caused by the discovery of a severe defect in ...
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U.S. economy added just 130,000 jobs in August amid concerns economy is deterioratingSep 06, 2019 1:00 am - The U.S. economy added a disappointing 130,000 jobs in August, the Labor Department said Friday, heightening fears that President Donald Trump's trade war is starting to...
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New Google policy bars ads for unproven stem cell therapiesSep 06, 2019 1:00 am - Responding to ubiquitous online marketing by stem cell clinics selling unapproved treatments for everything from achy joints to Alzheimer's, Google announced Friday it w...
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Tests show contaminant found in vaping products linked to deadly lung illnessesSep 05, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - State and federal health officials investigating mysterious lung illnesses linked to vaping have found the same chemical in samples of marijuana products us...
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It doesn't matter if it's sugary or diet: New study links all soda to an early deathSep 05, 2019 1:00 am - Hold up, diet soda drinkers. Regular consumption of soft drinks - both sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened - was associated with a greater risk of all causes of d...
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Dorian blasts Carolinas with coastal flooding, damaging winds and torrential rainSep 05, 2019 1:00 am - Powerful Hurricane Dorian is unleashing its full array of hazards on the Carolinas just days after causing a humanitarian crisis in the northwestern Bahamas and then zag...