Articles filed under Washington Post
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The Internet's favorite conspiracies would involve too many people to stay secret, says scienceJan 30, 2016 6:18 am - If NASA really faked the moon landing in 1969, about 411,000 people would have worked together to keep that information from the public, and the whole thing would have b...
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The big myth Facebook needs everyone to believeJan 30, 2016 6:18 am - In the middle of January, in a change noticed nowhere but Spain, Facebook added six words to a single dialogue box - and inadvertently stumbled into a tortuous national ...
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A $640 Uber ride for a 30-mile trip to the airportJan 30, 2016 6:13 am - Bonnie Lieb said she expected to pay more than usual for an Uber ride from her Sterling, Virginia, home to Reagan National Airport Monday morning. With her car still cov...
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A simple item that refugees need and how to get it to themJan 30, 2016 6:12 am - When two American dermatologists volunteered to provide medical assistance in a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan in 2014, they didn't anticipate one basic, recurring need. ...
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This is the biggest threat to Apple's business around the worldJan 30, 2016 6:02 am - When is selling an iPhone not the same as selling an iPhone? Easy: when you're selling it in a country whose currency is declining in value. So how many is that? Well, i...
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Self-driving cars would need a driver under California rulesJan 30, 2016 5:45 am - Google envisions a world where a blind man can get in his car alone and tell it to take him to the grocery store. California regulators say self-driving automobiles aren...
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Would driverless cars work in a blizzard?Jan 30, 2016 5:45 am - As cities along the East Coast finally finish digging their way out of last weekend's historic snowstorm, drivers braving the streets have to contend with icy conditions...
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People keep going to this home looking for their lost phones - and nobody knows whyJan 30, 2016 5:43 am - For months now, angry strangers have been showing up at Christina Lee and Michael Saba's front door with a curious demand: "Give me back my stolen phone!" Sometimes, fam...
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Why so few identity theft victims turn to the government for helpJan 30, 2016 5:09 am - More and more Americans are complaining about fraudsters hijacking their identities, according to new data released by the Federal Trade Commission Thursday. The agency ...
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Double chins, bad lighting and lots of catsJan 29, 2016 10:00 pm - This is how you look while swiping through Tinder