Articles filed under Washington Post
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Researcher thinks certain drugs might slow agingJan 04, 2016 12:00 am - Can people reach 100 if they don't have the genes? Science doesn't know yet, but Nir Barzilai, director of the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein Colleg...
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Being able to handle stress might help you become a centenarianJan 04, 2016 12:00 am - The New England Centenarian Study began studying very old people and their offspring in 1995, setting out to determine - among other things - which characteristics peopl...
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This guy had a great year betting against ETFsJan 03, 2016 6:37 am - NEW YORK - In a town of financial wizards, David Miller stood out this year. The Michigan-native is betting against one of the most popular investment vehicles for mom-a...
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AT&T is doing away with the 2-year contract once and for allJan 03, 2016 6:00 am - Starting Jan. 8, you'll no longer be able to get a cellphone from AT&T on a two-year contract. You won't even be able to quietly ask for one in AT& T retail stores anymo...
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Microsoft to warn users of possible government hacking attemptsJan 02, 2016 6:37 am - Microsoft this week said it will warn consumers if it suspects governments are trying to hack into their accounts to access things, including Outlook email and the compa...
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Facebook is saying you and your friends go back 46 yearsJan 02, 2016 6:35 am - Like many of you out there in Internet land, I woke up Thursday morning to an interesting bug on my Facebook page. According to my own account, I had a lot to celebrate,...
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A new version of Google Glass shows up in FCC filingsJan 02, 2016 6:34 am - Despite being declared dead quite a few times, a new version of the Google Glass headset may be coming soon. Though Google may have stopped selling the $1,500 "Explorer"...
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Why hoaxes flourish on FacebookJan 02, 2016 6:31 am - If you are a chain letter hoax, then heaven is for real and it is Facebook. The site has hosted an army of copyright and giveaway hoaxes in recent years with a fury not ...
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2015 is the year that Tumblr became the front page of the InternetJan 02, 2016 5:12 am - The Internet story of the year - perhaps of many years - began with a breezy, under-punctuated blog post on the Tumblr of some 21-year-old no one had previously heard of...
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5 turning points for technology in 2015Jan 01, 2016 6:04 am - Looking back, 2015 was filled with major moments in technology and media. Comcast failed to close its megamerger with Time Warner Cable, after regulators effectively spi...