Articles filed under Washington Post
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Review: Don't worry, Apple hasn't ruined the iPhoneSep 17, 2016 7:12 am - With the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, Apple has taken a risk by, well, not changing very much. We've become accustomed to getting something new and impressive from Apple ...
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Can you trust the lithium-ion battery in your pocket?Sep 17, 2016 7:11 am - U.S. safety regulators on Thursday ordered a nationwide recall of the new Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, two weeks after reports first emerged that the popular device...
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Review: AirPods may be a bit ahead of their timeSep 17, 2016 7:11 am - Apple is trying to push consumers to a wireless future by eliminating the headphone jack. And the tip of this particular spear for Apple are the AirPods, its new set of ...
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Can you guess the website, based on the swatch of blue?Sep 17, 2016 7:10 am - I have no idea what site you've set as your homepage, but I'm willing to make you a bet: Whatever the site, whoever you are, the color blue is present. Recently, the des...
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There is no hijab emoji; a 15-year-old is trying to change thatSep 17, 2016 7:00 am - When Rayouf Alhumedhi's friends wanted to identify themselves to one another in a WhatsApp group chat, they didn't rely on their names. Instead, each friend used an emoj...
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Consumers will have to wait to buy jet-black iPhones from Apple storesSep 16, 2016 1:00 am - Apple hasn't released any preorder numbers for the latest pair of iPhones, but the company has let one nugget about sales slip out: If you want a jet-black iPhone, you m...
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The five-second rule for eating food? Scientists - and this video - show how gross it isSep 13, 2016 1:00 am - Imagine it's lunch. You are holding a fat slice of watermelon. It looks delicious. You move in for a bite. But something goes terribly wrong. The fruit slips from your j...
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A terminally ill woman had one rule at her end-of-life party: No cryingSep 12, 2016 7:30 am - Her death, much like her life, would be a work of art. Betsy Davis sat in her bedroom in Ojai, a valley town surrounded by the California mountains. On a windowsill near...
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Dementia makes treatment tougher as the end closes inSep 11, 2016 11:00 pm - Dementia took over Pauline Finster's 91-year-old mind long ago, and she may die without having another real conversation with her daughter. After Finster broke her hip i...
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An end-of-life lesson from my fatherSep 11, 2016 11:00 pm - When my father was 88 and the picture of health for his age, he taught me, an experienced physician, an unexpected lesson. We were discussing treatment options promoted ...