Articles filed under Washington Post
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More companies are bypassing big app stores, costing Apple, Google millionsJan 12, 2019 5:05 am - A growing number of software companies are looking to bypass the dominant app store gatekeepers at Apple and Google - selling their services directly to consumers and un...
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Self-driving car companies preach safety firstJan 12, 2019 5:02 am - Autonomous vehicles are driving the buzz at CES this week - but this year, companies are touting their commitment to safety and public education after fatal crashes incr...
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Deepak Chopra has a prescription for what ails technologyJan 12, 2019 5:00 am - LAS VEGAS — Deepak Chopra pulls back his sleeve to show me his Fitbit. His heart rate is 69 beats per minute. “I can consciously bring it down,” he says. “This technolog...
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How your at-home DNA test results could solve cold casesJan 12, 2019 5:00 am - The results seem almost miraculous: an arrest in the killing of a young girl in 1988 after 30 years of searching. The murder of a young couple in 1987, solved in a matte...
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Self-rolling suitcases and roll-up TVs: CES 2019's craziest and coolest gadgetsJan 12, 2019 5:00 am - LAS VEGAS - Hello future, you are weird. At least it is here at CES 2019, the tech industry's biggest annual conference. It's where companies big and small come to launc...
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Study: Social-media junkies make riskier decisionsJan 12, 2019 5:00 am - A new study on social media use out Jan. 10 found that people who spent excessive time on Facebook also made riskier decisions - performing as poorly in a famous psychol...
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Fact check: Elizabeth Warren's claim that minimum wage supported her family in the 1960sJan 11, 2019 12:00 am - "Because when I was a kid, a minimum wage job in America would support a family of three. It would pay a mortgage, keep the utilities on and put food on the table. Today...
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Amazon reportedly developing a subscription video game streaming serviceJan 11, 2019 12:00 am - Amazon is planning to use its massive cloud computing service to jump into the streaming market for video game play, according to a new report from the Information. The ...
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'Fortnite' maker Epic Games gets 'F' rating from Better Business BureauJan 11, 2019 12:00 am - The creator of the wildly popular video game "Fortnite" has been given an "F" rating from the Better Business Bureau after not addressing hundreds of complaints from con...
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Congresswoman calls on Trump to restart small business lendingJan 11, 2019 12:00 am - The chairwoman of the House Committee on Small Business is calling on President Donald Trump to restart small business lending as the government shutdown is about to bec...