Articles filed under Washington Post
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Ninja takes Manhattan: Times Square stream adds Fortnite to New Year's Eve traditionDec 31, 2018 12:00 am - NEW YORK - High above Times Square - on the roof of One Times Square, in fact - Tyler Blevins was filming a promotional video. His shock of red hair was set against the ...
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Federal minimum wage fell by 14 cents this year, when adjusted for inflationDec 30, 2018 5:00 am - Nine years, five months and one day as of Christmas: That's how long it's been since the federal minimum wage was raised. If we make it to June without a wage hike - a s...
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Tech predictions for 2019: It gets worse before it gets betterDec 29, 2018 5:14 am - 2018 is a year the tech industry wishes it could forget. But 2018's problems aren't going anywhere. It was the year we came to grips with how little we can trust Faceboo...
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2018 was the year of 5G hype. The 5G reality is yet to come.Dec 29, 2018 5:10 am - When T-Mobile's chief executive went before Senate lawmakers this year to make the case for his company's merger with Sprint, he argued that the deal could help preserve...
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Essay: In the how-much-screen-time debate, all parents are just trying to figure it outDec 29, 2018 5:03 am - "Is it true that Silicon Valley tech executives don't let their kids use screens?" I was on the East Coast speaking with parents and once again was asked the question I ...
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Despite U.S. crackdown, Huawei ships a record 200M smartphonesDec 29, 2018 5:00 am - The world's largest supplier of telecommunications gear has shipped more smartphones than it ever has, announcing that its 2018 shipments exceeded 200 million devices, d...
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One way Blue Apron is looking to turn itself around in 2019Dec 28, 2018 12:00 am - Blue Apron has a New Year's resolution: sell healthier meals, and get more customers. This week, Blue Apron launched home-delivered meal kits with WW - formerly known as...
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10 simple questions about the stock market plunge simply answeredDec 28, 2018 12:00 am - The stock market's gyrations have dominated headlines for a solid two weeks now, but things can't be as bad as they sound. Or can they? We looked at the numbers to put t...
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Blip or correction? Tech sector declines leave many investors wonderingDec 27, 2018 12:00 am - Facebook is down 38 percent from its peak. Netflix is down 40 percent. Apple slipped 33 percent, and Amazon 28 percent. Alphabet, owner of Google, is down 19 percent. Th...
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What on earth was that Instagram update?Dec 27, 2018 12:00 am - Instagram introduced an update Thursday morning that forced users to tap or swipe horizontally to view their feeds. But it was apparently a false alarm! After swift back...