Articles filed under Washington Post
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Optimists have a good chance of reaching 85Sep 14, 2019 7:25 am - Seeing a partially filled glass of water as half full, not half empty, puts you in good stead for living to age 85 or beyond. The most optimistic people live longer tha...
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How counties are preparing for Election Day cyberattacksSep 14, 2019 6:24 am - PRINCETON, N.J. - If Russian hackers seek to disrupt the 2020 election, it will be county election officials on the front lines. And some are diving in to war games so t...
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Amazon starts crowdsourcing Alexa responses. What could possibly go wrong?Sep 14, 2019 6:23 am - "Alexa, are you trolling me?" Amazon made its Alexa Answer program available to the general public this week after several months of beta testing, opening up its artific...
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Does the new iPhone creep you out? Why tiny holes scare some peopleSep 14, 2019 6:00 am - As Apple debuted its newest iPhones on Tuesday, a striking new feature took center stage: a three-lens setup that puts a near-professional camera in the hands of anyone ...
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Apple changes kids app guidelines following criticism from developersSep 14, 2019 6:00 am - Apple rolled back privacy rules Thursday that developers of apps for children had said would hurt their ability to make money and improve their products. The rules, whic...
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PewDiePie, YouTube's biggest star, tried to make peace; his fans rebelledSep 14, 2019 6:00 am - Longtime YouTubers are among the first to know what it means to mature in real time on the Internet. It means constantly reckoning with what you've done online, which is...
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How Jim Watkins took over one of the web's most notorious hate sitesSep 14, 2019 6:00 am - He was an unknown former U.S. Army repairman of attack helicopters when he arrived in the Philippines in 2001, where he would run websites featuring Japanese pornography...
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Average FICO credit score hits new highSep 14, 2019 1:00 am - I've had a perfect 850 credit score for more than a year. How has my life changed? Not one little bit. I've been getting about the same number of credit card offers as w...
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SNL announces 3 new cast members for Season 45 - and there's already controversySep 13, 2019 1:00 am - "Saturday Night Live" announced Thursday afternoon that it had added three new featured players to the cast ahead of its upcoming 45th season: Bowen Yang, Chloe Fineman ...
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Analysis: Winners and losers from the third Democratic debateSep 13, 2019 1:00 am - The Democrats met in Houston on Thursday night for the third Democratic debate of 2019, this time all on one night. After three hours of sparring between the 10 candidat...