Articles filed under Washington Post
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GM launches a peer-to-peer car sharing serviceJul 28, 2018 1:00 am - General Motors announced the launch of a peer-to-peer rental program on Tuesday, allowing GM owners to list their vehicles to rent through the automaker's car-sharing pl...
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A new study says services like UberPool are making traffic worseJul 28, 2018 1:00 am - The explosive growth of Uber and Lyft has created a new traffic problem for major U.S. cities and ride-sharing options such as UberPool and Lyft Line are exacerbating th...
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A mother had given up hope of finding her schizophrenic son. She found help from an unexpected source.Jul 28, 2018 1:00 am - Few homeless people drift into Dolan Springs, Arizona, because there's not much of a town to drift into. Little more than a gas station, a Family Dollar and a grocery st...
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ACLU: Amazon's facial-recognition tool misidentified 28 lawmakers as people arrested for a crimeJul 28, 2018 1:00 am - Amazon's facial recognition tools incorrectly identified Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat, and 27 other members of Congress as people arrested for a crime during a te...
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On WhatsApp, fake news is fast - and can be fatalJul 28, 2018 1:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Americans associate misinformation with Facebook and the ways it shaped debate around the 2016 presidential election. But in other countries, falsities a...
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This firm is building robot dogs for purchase starting in 2019Jul 28, 2018 1:00 am - They can unload the dishwasher, deliver packages to your home and open door. And they use their thin metallic legs to traverse stairs - or crawl straight into your worst...
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If your spouse snores like a warthog, Bose has some new headphones for youJul 28, 2018 1:00 am - There comes a point in many relationships where one just has to say, "Honey, you know I love you. But you snore like a warthog." So how much would you pay to mute the be...
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How years of privacy controversies finally caught up with FacebookJul 27, 2018 1:00 am - Facebook long had a knack for navigating privacy controversies related to its collection of user data. But the cost of its missteps finally caught up with Facebook this ...
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Have U.S. taxpayers spent $72 million on Trump's golf outings? No.Jul 27, 2018 1:00 am - "Trump has spent 123 days golfing, or 1/5 of his term, at a cost to taxpayers of $72,181,957 - and still hasn't visited troops in a war zone."- VoteVets, in a tweet, Jul...
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Scalise says he supports effort by conservative lawmakers to impeach RosensteinJul 26, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - House Majority Whip Steve Scalise said Thursday that he supports an effort by conservative lawmakers to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, call...