Articles filed under Washington Post
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Amazon's deep discounts on smartphones come with a catchJul 02, 2016 7:18 am - Amazon's push into making smartphones may have been a failure, but that doesn't mean it has given up on offering its own spin on the market quite yet. The company announ...
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New Windows 10 update makes Cortana more usefulJul 02, 2016 7:17 am - Microsoft is set to release a new, major update to Windows 10 on Aug. 2 - just a few days after the system's first anniversary. The company made clear when Windows 10 de...
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Dear Google: Please make smartphones interesting againJul 02, 2016 7:15 am - Get ready for the Google phone? According to a new report from the Telegraph, Google may be working on its own high-end smartphone and looking to compete head-to-head wi...
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App reviews: My TSA, Lonely PlanetJul 02, 2016 7:14 am - My TSA The Transportation Security Administration offers a practical, bare-bones app designed to get you as smoothly as possible through that curse of the modern tr...
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I will remain: A dating app to heal your broken Brexit heartJul 02, 2016 7:13 am - It started out as a joke: a dating app to connect Britain's brokenhearted Remain voters. But the two founders of Remainder, identifying themselves only as Andy and Tim, ...
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Analysis: Facebook tries again to explain the News FeedJul 02, 2016 7:11 am - Facebook on Wednesday published its "News Feed Values," an attempt to offer a clear explanation of how it chooses the stories that appear at the heart of its social netw...
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How wearable technology could change the way we think about air pollutionJul 02, 2016 7:11 am - A new report from the International Energy Agency is driving home, yet again, the immense importance of cutting down on pollution and protecting air quality worldwide. T...
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Meet the man whose Twitter death hoaxes have fooled millionsJul 02, 2016 7:09 am - You would think that, after two decades, Tommaso Debenedetti would have tired of hoaxes. He's had a pretty good run, after all - everyone from The New York Times to Nico...
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Google's killing the sites that serve up song lyricsJul 02, 2016 7:08 am - If you're a child of the '80s or early '90s, you probably have fond memories of sites like AllMusic: places that finally made it possible to memorize the latest Oasis or...
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This backpack can lift 150 pounds of gear, thanks to rocket scienceJul 02, 2016 7:04 am - History is littered with technologies that wound their way from the defense and aerospace industries into our everyday lives. From radar to GPS, civilians have benefited...