Articles filed under Washington Post
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Review: Siri just got less intelligent on the HomePodFeb 17, 2018 12:12 am - Siri, we need to talk. You're embarrassing yourself. You were the Neil Armstrong of voice assistants. When you arrived on the iPhone in 2011, Alexa wasn't a glimmer in A...
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Have Silicon Valley singles given up on the algorithms of love?Feb 17, 2018 12:00 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. - Kate Chan, a 30-year-old digital marketer in Silicon Valley, first approached dating apps with a blend of curiosity and hope that they'd help her fin...
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Does Apple Music finally have the muscle to knock off Spotify?Feb 17, 2018 12:00 am - Apple is turning up the volume on Apple Music, the streaming subscription that comes loaded on its devices, including the new HomePod smart speaker. But that could mute ...
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Analysis: Microsoft's plot to kill passwords can't happen soon enoughFeb 17, 2018 12:00 am - Microsoft is trying to kill the password, and it's about time. This week, the company said the next test version of its stripped-down Windows 10 S operating system will ...
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Meet the teen who created an app to feel safer while walking aloneFeb 17, 2018 12:00 am - Medha Gupta sometimes felt uneasy making the 20-minute walk from the corner where the school bus dropped her off to her home in Herndon, Virginia, - especially during th...
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Prison for 'e-waste' recycling innovator trying to extend life of PCs?Feb 17, 2018 12:00 am - Eric Lundgren is obsessed with recycling electronics. He built an electric car out of recycled parts that far outdistanced a Tesla in a test. He launched what he thinks ...
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How Apple plans to root out bugs, revamp iPhone softwareFeb 17, 2018 12:00 am - Apple's annual software upgrade this fall will offer users plenty of new features: enabling a single set of apps to work across iPhones, iPads and Macs, a Digital Health...
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What Google's Chrome ad blocker means for users, advertisersFeb 17, 2018 12:00 am - Google, already one of the dominant players in the online advertising world, may soon have even more power in that space. It is now taking on the challenge of determinin...
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In the Olympic reality show, the co-stars are named 'Mom' and 'Dad'Feb 16, 2018 12:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - The mom already had hugged the dad, and already had received congratulations from people to her right and her left and behind her, and then sh...
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Jacobellis still doesn't have Olympic gold, placing fourth in snowboard crossFeb 16, 2018 12:00 am - BONGPYEONG, South Korea - All around her, right before the finish line, there was chaos. Later, she would say she saw shadows all around her. She saw other riders in her...