Articles filed under Washington Post
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Using facial recognition technology for hailstormsAug 24, 2019 6:08 am - Technology similar to what Facebook uses for recommending what friends you should "tag" may soon be coming to hailstorms. David Gagne, a machine learning scientist at th...
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She thought she had water in her ear. It was a venomous brown recluse spider.Aug 23, 2019 1:00 am - The discomfort in Susie Torres' left ear felt like the water that can get stuck there after swimming. She heard swooshing when she woke up Tuesday and assumed it had bee...
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Taylor Swift's 'Lover': A track-by-track breakdown, from coded lyrics to DiCaprio, Drake referencesAug 23, 2019 1:00 am - The last time Taylor Swift released an album ("Reputation" in 2017) she was recovering from the biggest backlash of her career. She refused to do interviews. She wiped h...
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U.S.-China trade war intensifies as Trump calls on American companies to cut ties with ChinaAug 23, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The trade war between the United States and China worsened Friday as Beijing imposed retaliatory tariffs on $75 billion in American goods and President Dona...
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Yes, the Popeyes chicken sandwich is great. Here's how it stacks up against the competition.Aug 22, 2019 1:00 am - If you were to make a list of 10 reasons a person might avoid Chick-fil-A, its donations to anti-LGBTQ groups would likely be numbers one through nine. Number 10 would b...
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A viral Instagram hoax dupes A-listers - and the man overseeing our nuclear arsenalAug 22, 2019 1:00 am - The ramifications of Instagram's supposedly new "rule where they can use your photos" weren't totally clear. But the warnings multiplied rapidly online: Your posts could...
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Facebook attracts swift blowback from report on anti-conservative biasAug 21, 2019 1:00 am - Aspen, Colo. - Facebook is caught in a political tight spot once again after releasing a report aimed at assuaging conservative criticisms that its algorithms and polici...
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Sanders to Trump: 'I am a proud Jewish person' with 'no concerns about voting Democratic'Aug 21, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Sen. Bernie Sanders offered a retort Tuesday night to President Donald Trump's contention that Jewish people who vote for Democrats are showing "either a to...
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Trump chooses odd adversary in Denmark's strongly anti-immigration prime ministerAug 21, 2019 1:00 am - The preparations for President Trump's visit were underway. Denmark's national security agency was already working overtime. And the U.S. ambassador to Denmark even spot...
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Parkland students release far-reaching gun-control planAug 21, 2019 1:00 am - The student activists who crashed the political arena after the mass shooting last year at their high school in Parkland, Florida, are throwing their weight behind a new...