Articles filed under Washington Post
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Saving for retirement is hard. Knowing how to spend it down is harder.Apr 28, 2019 6:00 am - One of the biggest things on my mind these days is retirement. I am a few months from turning 64, so I'm not putting in my notice anytime soon. But 25 million or so Amer...
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Long overlooked by science, pregnancy is finally getting attention it deservesApr 27, 2019 7:30 am - For two years, a group of world-class scientists pitched their idea for a hot new biotech company to investors: a startup focused on a promising therapy for pre-eclampsi...
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Analysis: On 5G, the US is building Betamax while China builds VHSApr 27, 2019 6:17 am - When President Donald Trump unveiled his administration's plan for "winning the race" to 5G, he neglected to mention that the United States is building its network using...
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Here's how to get the most out of online reviewsApr 27, 2019 6:16 am - In the world of online shopping, often buyers will purchase an item only after they see that other people also like it. And the easiest way to find out consumer sentimen...
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Fudged data and fake names: The low-tech ways women protect their privacy on pregnancy appsApr 27, 2019 6:14 am - When Heather Irvine used the Ovia apps to track her trying-to-conceive months and first pregnancy, she logged pretty much everything going on with her body, from the loo...
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The data is in: More Americans received tax refunds in 2019, but checks were leanerApr 27, 2019 6:10 am - The first tax filing season under President Donald Trump's new tax law is over and the results show that slightly more Americans received tax refunds, but the checks wer...
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Amazon's Alexa reviewers can access customers' home addressesApr 27, 2019 6:00 am - An Amazon.com Inc. team auditing Alexa users' commands has access to location data and can, in some cases, easily find a customer's home address, according to five emplo...
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DirecTV Now has lost nearly 20 percent of its subscribers in the past 6 monthsApr 27, 2019 6:00 am - DirecTV Now, AT&T's streaming video app, has seen sharp customer declines in recent months that all but wiped out a year's worth of subscriber growth, according to the c...
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Twitter launches reporting tool to curb misinformation during electionsApr 27, 2019 6:00 am - Twitter on Wednesday unveiled a new reporting tool designed to prevent deliberate attempts to misinform voters. As part of the social media company's efforts to curb ele...
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How Nest, designed to keep intruders out of people's homes, effectively allowed hackers to get inApr 27, 2019 6:00 am - Tara Thomas thought her daughter was just having nightmares. “There's a monster in my room,” the almost-3-year-old would say, sometimes pointing to the green light on th...