Articles filed under Washington Post
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Eight questions to consider before you buy a home abroadJun 03, 2018 1:03 am - Whether you're an experienced homebuyer or a novice, buying property overseas involves research and planning to avoid making a costly mistake. Living abroad or being a l...
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A Chick-fil-A is paying $18 an hour to retain fast-food workersJun 03, 2018 1:00 am - By 2022, the minimum wage in California will rise to $15. But the owner of a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Sacramento plans to go ahead and raise the wages of his employees ...
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These American workers are still being paid like it's the 1980sJun 03, 2018 1:00 am - Thanks to a web of loopholes and limits, the federal government has been green-lighting hourly pay of just $7.25 for some construction workers laboring on taxpayer-funde...
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Apple's iOS 11.4 finally delivers on promises for HomePod, iMessageJun 02, 2018 1:10 am - Apple is finally delivering on some promises it made last year about its HomePod speaker, including giving the device the ability to link with another for stereo sound. ...
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Why the FBI would like you to reboot your WiFi routerJun 02, 2018 1:00 am - The Federal Bureau of Investigation is asking everyone with a home router to do one small thing: Turn your router off and then back on again. The agency issued a warning...
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Survey: 45% of teens are online 'almost constantly.' But is it good for them?Jun 02, 2018 1:00 am - Forty-five percent of teens say they are online "almost constantly," according to a new Pew Research Center study on teens and social media use. That percentage has near...
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How spies can use your cellphone to find you - and eavesdrop on your calls, textsJun 02, 2018 1:00 am - Surveillance systems that track the locations of cellphone users and spy on their calls, texts and data streams are being turned against Americans as they roam the count...
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Scratch that: Consumer Reports now recommends Tesla's Model 3Jun 02, 2018 1:00 am - Consumer Reports now recommends the Tesla Model 3. Surprised? As recently as last week the nonprofit product tester reported that Tesla's highly regarded mass-market sed...
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Analysis: Hey Alexa, come clean about how much you're really recording usJun 02, 2018 1:00 am - We're learning an important lesson about cutting-edge voice technology: Amazon's Alexa is always listening. So are Google's Assistant and Apple's Siri. Putting live micr...
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Thousands of South Carolinians thought they won the lottery on Christmas. Now there's a lawsuit.Jun 01, 2018 1:00 am - It was Christmas Day in South Carolina and plenty of people were feeling lucky. For just $1, they could buy a ticket for Holiday Cash Add-A-Play at their local convenien...