Articles filed under Washington Post
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Introducing Sans Forgetica, the font designed to boost your memoryOct 06, 2018 1:09 am - A new font can help lodge information deeper in your brain, researchers say, but it's not magic - just the science of effort. Psychology and design researchers at RMIT U...
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How legalized sports gambling could create a new kind of fan experienceOct 06, 2018 1:09 am - Ted Leonsis was never a gambler. An entrepreneur, a businessman, a philanthropist, an investor - but never much of a gambler. So he's perhaps an unlikely torchbearer for...
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What's in new proposed Internet Bill of Rights?Oct 06, 2018 1:08 am - WASHINGTON - By July of 2019, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., aims to see the House of Representatives pass landmark legislation shielding consumers from the onslaught of data...
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What does it take to be Wikipedia's MVP? 2.5M editsOct 06, 2018 1:05 am - Steven Pruitt has more than 2.5 million edits to Wikipedia articles to his credit. Yes, 2.5 million. That's a lot of editing to a lot of articles, so you'd understand if...
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Mainstream advertising still showing up on polarizing, misleading sites despite efforts to stop itOct 06, 2018 1:00 am - Jihadi rapists. Muslim invaders. Faked mass shootings. Pizzagate. Somebody browsing highly partisan websites in recent weeks could have seen articles about all of these ...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook: Giving up your data for better services is 'a bunch of bunk'Oct 06, 2018 1:00 am - Apple chief executive Tim Cook urged consumers not to believe the dominant tech industry narrative that the data collected about them will lead to better services. In an...
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A 2-year-old shredded $1,060 of his family's cash. His mom cried - until she laughed.Oct 05, 2018 1:00 am - There are the toddlers who throw tantrums in the grocery store and flush watches down the toilet. There are others who color with permanent marker all over the wall or d...
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Kavanaugh vote: Hours before a key test, Sen. Grassley says he doesn't know how it will goOct 05, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Three hours before a crucial vote on Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, said Friday that he doesn't ...
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That Facebook group you joined years ago? It might now be supporting Brett Kavanaugh - or his accuser.Oct 05, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - To the naked eye, thousands of users on Facebook are backing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. But some of the groups that seem to advocate for his Sen...
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Watch live: Senate resumes consideration of KavanaughOct 05, 2018 1:00 am - The Senate convenes to resume consideration of Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh. Watch live coverage from The Washington Post. Read more at washingtinpost.com. ...