Articles filed under Washington Post
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Ikea asks startups to design life beyond flat-pack furnitureMay 04, 2019 6:19 am - Sankarshan Murthy sinks into a sofa at Ikea's conference center in the sleepy town of Almhult in southern Sweden. The former Tesla and Apple engineer is jet-lagged after...
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Google will soon allow users to auto-delete location history and search dataMay 04, 2019 6:18 am - Google users will soon have the option to automatically delete their location and web browsing histories, a privacy-enhancing feature to remove data about the places the...
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How German journalists are using Snapchat to teach teens about the HolocaustMay 04, 2019 6:17 am - Decades later, Maja Krapina is still haunted by the death of her 9-month-old sister. "We hid from the Nazis, but my sister was crying extremely loud," she recalled in Ru...
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Why Instagram is going to hide your 'likes'May 04, 2019 6:09 am - Instagram will test hiding the number of "likes" that photos and videos receive - a central aspect of its platform - to rein in competitive tendencies and make the exper...
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Analysis: Facebook's new emphasis on groups could leave it more vulnerable to disinformationMay 04, 2019 6:07 am - Facebook is making communication with smaller communities "the heart" of its biggest redesign in years. But that change could leave the service even more vulnerable to d...
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Samsung wants to sell more smart-home tech, so it's building homesMay 04, 2019 6:00 am - For years, Samsung has pitched customers internet-connected TVs, refrigerators, and other cornerstones of the home re-imagined for the data-overload era. Now the South K...
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U.S. added 263,000 jobs in April - beating expectationsMay 03, 2019 1:00 am - The U.S. economy added 263,000 jobs in April, notching a record 103 straight months of job gains and signaling the current economic expansion shows little sign of stalli...
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Marijuana vs. beer: The new divide in Canadian politicsMay 03, 2019 1:00 am - OTTAWA -Canada drew global attention last year - and plenty of weed-seeking tourists - when it became the world's first advanced economy to legalize cannabis, an electio...
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Trump, Putin discussed outcome of Mueller probe as part of hourlong phone conversationMay 03, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone for more than an hour Friday about topics including the outcome of Special Couns...
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A suspected serial killer called the 'Hollywood Ripper' is on trial. Ashton Kutcher is a witness.May 03, 2019 1:00 am - It was the night of the Grammy Awards in Hollywood, and 22-year-old Ashley Ellerin had a date with Ashton Kutcher. The fashion school student and part-time stripper live...