Articles filed under Washington Post
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In booming job market, more workers are 'ghosting' their employersDec 16, 2018 12:00 am - Economists report that workers are starting to act like millennials on Tinder: They're ditching jobs with nary a text. “A number of contacts said that they had been 'gho...
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Study: Women who attended elite colleges made more money, married lessDec 16, 2018 12:00 am - Consider two young men. They're similar in every way. One chooses an elite college, one doesn't. Research has shown both end up earning the same later in life. It makes ...
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Is the office holiday party a must-do?Dec 16, 2018 12:00 am - Q Almost every year, my office's holiday party is scheduled to take place the weeknight before my biggest deadline of the year. And, as before, I'm planning on skipping ...
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Are we one step closer to space tourism?Dec 15, 2018 12:10 am - MOJAVE, Calif. - Virgin Galactic launched a spacecraft more than 50 miles high Thursday, reaching the Federal Aviation Administration's definition of space and capturing...
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In annual ranking of most common passwords, 'donald' makes its debutDec 15, 2018 12:09 am - The word "password" and the numbers "123456" are yet again the most commonly used passwords, according to an annual ranking of the worst passwords to use published by th...
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Could Amazon Go be coming to an airport near you?Dec 15, 2018 12:07 am - A new frontier for Amazon Go stores may be opening. The retail giant is exploring the debut of its techy, scan-and-go shops at airports, according to a report by Reuters...
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How does a tech billionaire say sorry for his unauthorized wedding? With an app, of course.Dec 15, 2018 12:00 am - Sean Parker was in a bind. It was late May 2013, and a scandal was beginning to brew over his wedding, an opulent affair that was to be held on California's coast. State...
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Amazon may be working on 'database of suspicious persons' using facial recognitionDec 15, 2018 12:00 am - A patent application filed by Amazon offers a vision of how doorbell cameras could be equipped with new technology that would allow the devices to gather data and identi...
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Esports players say 'dream job' is more than fun and gamesDec 15, 2018 12:00 am - Lucas Tao Kilmer Larsen, 21, remembers fantasizing about how awesome his life would be if he could become a professional video game player. “That's going to be a dream j...
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How tech workers are fueling a new employee activism movementDec 15, 2018 12:00 am - It was a busy fall for Google workers speaking out against their employer. On Nov. 27, a group of full-time employees and contractors were campaigning to extend new poli...