Articles filed under Washington Post
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CEO of tiny California bank makes twice as much as the CEO of JPMorgan ChaseApr 14, 2019 6:15 am - Chief executives of Wall Street's largest banks were awarded record pay packages last year as profits soared. Nearly 2,500 miles away, the CEO of a little-known online l...
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Colleagues' mid-meeting party gossip is awkward for those not invitedApr 14, 2019 6:09 am - Q: I have worked at my employer for 20 years, 10 in my current department, longer than almost everyone. Last week at our department meeting, other staff members chatted ...
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TSA to air travelers: Real ID deadline will be here before you know itApr 14, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — The United States has fought two wars after Sept. 11, 2001, has installed countless bollards and surveillance cameras, and weathered many other terrorist-re...
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Patagonia to Anheuser-Busch: This lawsuit's for youApr 14, 2019 6:00 am - Outdoor goods retailer Patagonia is suing beer maker Anheuser-Busch InBev over the name, logo and marketing of its Patagonia beer. "In launching its Patagonia beer, [Anh...
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Can meditation help kids with autism better cope with sensory overload?Apr 13, 2019 7:00 am - One hectic morning, in a rush to hustle my three kids out the door, I found my 8-year-old son sitting cross-legged in the bathroom, eyes closed, his hands resting gently...
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How do you stop robocalls to your landline?Apr 13, 2019 6:22 am - It's not much of a stretch to describe robocalls as 2019's No. 1 tech problem. "We get calls in the middle of the night," writes Shulamit Elson in New York City. They ap...
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How hospitals are using tablets, apps to communicate with patientsApr 13, 2019 6:15 am - Shannon Olson got more sleep than she expected during her daughter Emilia's hospital stay in January. Emilia, 2 1/2, was hospitalized for 10 days at the Geisinger Janet ...
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How Facebook is trying to stop its own algorithms from doing their jobApr 13, 2019 6:15 am - MENLO PARK, Calif. - For years, Facebook has built its algorithms to maximize engagement and clicks - a strategy that has helped the company garner 2.7 billion users acr...
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Tracking your pregnancy on an app? Your employer could have access to that dataApr 13, 2019 6:00 am - Like millions of women, Diana Diller was a devoted user of the pregnancy-tracking app Ovia, logging in every night to record new details on a screen asking about her bod...
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'Dark patterns' - the manipulative Web design trick you've never heard ofApr 13, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Two U.S. senators unveiled new legislation Tuesday targeting what they say are deceptive tricks, employed by websites and tech companies, that are designed ...