Articles filed under Washington Post
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Making the case for more dronesJun 30, 2018 1:03 am - BLACKSBURG, Va. - They considered how well everyone slept the night before. They considered the chances a military jet might scream by on a training mission. They consid...
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Distracted driving: In-car technology complicates deadly, addictive issueJun 30, 2018 1:00 am - It's illegal in 47 states, but too many people are addicted. It's restricted in 15 states, but it happens in broad daylight and hardly anyone gets caught in the act. It'...
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Analysis: Cellphone spying has lawmakers worried. But they don't know how to stop it.Jun 30, 2018 1:00 am - Washington is nervous about cellphone spying. There's no doubt about that. The problem is, no one knows quite what to do about it. Recent reports that surveillance devic...
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7 things to know about Apple's iOS 12 betaJun 30, 2018 1:00 am - Anyone can now try out the early version of Apple's iOS 12, after the company released a test of the operating system to the public. That means anyone willing to take a ...
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Analysis: I took AAA's distracted driving road test. It wasn't pretty.Jun 30, 2018 1:00 am - A brief run around a test track with AAA researchers demonstrated just how stupid we human beings can become while using smart technology to get around. At least I was. ...
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Why Google's new AI assistant tells you it's a robot - even if it sounds humanJun 30, 2018 1:00 am - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Silicon Valley's quest for artificial intelligence has led it to build self-driving cars, drones, and robots that can do back flips. But often th...
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Privacy as a product: The argument for trading your personal data for a cheaper carJun 30, 2018 1:00 am -
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Google is training machines to predict when a patient will dieJun 30, 2018 1:00 am - A woman with late-stage breast cancer came to a city hospital, fluids already flooding her lungs. She saw two doctors and got a radiology scan. The hospital's computers ...
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VidCon co-founder Hank Green still believes the internet can make the world betterJun 30, 2018 1:00 am - ANAHEIM, Calif. - Hank Green does a lot, which you probably already know if you're reading this article. Here's a very incomplete summary: He just wrote a novel, and he ...
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Inside Facebook and Twitter's secret meetings with Trump aides and conservative leadersJun 30, 2018 1:00 am - Twitter and Facebook are scrambling to assuage conservative leaders who have sounded alarms - and sought to rile voters - with accusations that the country's tech giants...