Articles filed under Washington Post
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Some companies still don't have any female directors. California wants to fine them.Sep 16, 2018 1:00 am - To fix the stubbornly low numbers of women serving on corporate boards, investors have tried to pressure companies to add more female directors. Lawmakers have pushed to...
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ADHD: Numbers are rising, and scientists are trying to understand whySep 15, 2018 7:30 am - The number of children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has reached more than 10 percent, a significant increase during the past 20 years, ...
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Review: Hands on with the iPhone Xs Max, the Big Mac of smartphonesSep 15, 2018 1:15 am - To understand how big the screens are on the 2018 crop of new iPhones, I brought a few visual aides to Apple's grand unveiling Wednesday at its Silicon Valley headquarte...
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The problem with recycling iPads, iPhones and other gadgets: They catch fire.Sep 15, 2018 1:14 am - MADISON, Wis. - What happens to gadgets when you're done with them? Too often, they explode. As we enter new-gadget buying season, spare a moment to meet the people who ...
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Why Apple designer Jony Ive is 'zealous' about Apple WatchSep 15, 2018 1:07 am - CUPERTINO, Calif. - Jony Ive, Apple's design chief, on Wednesday unveiled a new iPhone, the biggest deal at the biggest gadget launch of the year. But a different produc...
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Analysis: Maybe the only way to keep Facebook from harming us is to hide everythingSep 15, 2018 1:00 am - Facebook, at its core, is designed to show things to its users that they will share, like and click. And that very same design is what helped the platform become so good...
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Essay: Why is it so hard to turn a Tinder date into a relationship?Sep 15, 2018 1:00 am - Like most singles in the modern age, I have now met far more dating prospects online than anywhere else. But despite the swarms of matches over the years, I've never had...
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Elon Musk said a Tesla could drive itself across the country by 2018. One just crashed backing out of a garage.Sep 15, 2018 1:00 am - When Mangesh Gururaj's wife left home to pick up their child from math lessons one Sunday earlier this month, she turned on her Tesla Model S and hit "Summon," a self-pa...
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How Apple Watch is inching toward becoming a medical deviceSep 15, 2018 1:00 am - CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple is trying to turn its smartwatch from a niche gadget into a lifeline to better health by slowly evolving it into a medical device. In its ...
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Winners and losers of the 2018 primary seasonSep 14, 2018 1:00 am - With Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's win in New York on Thursday against liberal challenger Cynthia Nixon. the nearly yearlong 2018 primary season is, finally, over. We s...