Articles filed under Washington Post
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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...
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Top remaining NFL draft prospects entering the second roundApr 26, 2019 1:00 am - There were a few surprise selections in the first round of the NFL draft, and as a result there are several impressive prospects still available entering Friday's second...
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What it's like to lose to unstoppable 'Jeopardy!' champion James HolzhauerApr 26, 2019 1:00 am - Just picture it: You've always dreamed of being on "Jeopardy!" You take the online test. You impress producers at the in-person audition. You beat out thousands of other...
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Trump: U.S. did not pay any of the $2 million North Korea sought for Otto Warmbier's careApr 26, 2019 1:00 am - WASHNGTON - President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States did not pay any money to North Korea, which had issued a $2 million bill for the hospice care of Am...
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Best and worst picks of first round of the NFL draftApr 26, 2019 1:00 am - A defense-heavy first round of the 2019 NFL draft concluded late Thursday night, with three quarterbacks coming off the board in the first 15 picks. Who were the biggest...