Articles filed under Washington Post
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Boss labors under delusion that new mom should work 3 days after childbirthAug 04, 2019 6:00 am - Q: I have worked at a smallish company (about 100 employees) for six years. Only one other employee has ever taken maternity leave there. Earlier this year, I was thrill...
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A lawmaker wants to end 'social media addiction' by killing features that enable mindless scrollingAug 03, 2019 6:17 am - WASHINGTON - The youngest senator in Congress, and one of its toughest crusaders against Big Tech, proposed a bill Tuesday meant to curb social media addiction by regula...
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Sony's wearable air conditioner lets you control your body temperatureAug 03, 2019 6:15 am - A quick browse through Amazon reveals that designers have been hard at work attempting to conquer new territory in the world of fashion: air-conditioned clothing. There ...
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'Emotion detection' AI is a $20B industry. But can it do what it claims?Aug 03, 2019 6:12 am - In just a handful of years, the business of emotion detection - using artificial intelligence to identify how people are feeling - has moved beyond the stuff of science ...
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Capital One hack comes at a tough time for Amazon Web ServicesAug 03, 2019 6:07 am - The data breach that appears to have exposed more than 100 million applications for Capital One credit cards couldn't have come at a worse time for Amazon Web Services, ...
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YouTube overhauled its algorithms for kids' content amid FTC talksAug 03, 2019 6:00 am - In early July, YouTube made a significant change to its software to boost what it deems “quality” children's content, sending waves of traffic to certain video producers...
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Did Andrew Yang succeed in stoking a debate on AI and universal basic income?Aug 03, 2019 6:00 am - Tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang joined the race with the goal of making it to a debate to stoke a national conversation about the threat artificial intelligence poses to A...
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Cisco settlement over hackable technology a warning to government contractorsAug 03, 2019 6:00 am - The $8.6 million settlement Cisco will pay to settle claims it sold states and federal agencies hackable surveillance software marks a sea change in how seriously the go...
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US hiring slows modestly, but employers still say this is a golden age to get a jobAug 02, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Hiring slowed modestly in July as construction and warehouse companies didn't add many workers, but employers still say this is a "golden age" to get a job ...
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A raccoon got its head stuck in a sewer grate. Freeing it was 'quite the operation.'Aug 02, 2019 1:00 am - The call for help came in shortly after 10 a.m. on Thursday, prompting a team of firefighters to suit up and rush to a residential area in Newton, Mass. "We sent our res...