Articles filed under Washington Post
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Twitter users can now filter 'egg' accounts from notificationsMar 04, 2017 6:15 am - Twitter announced a bunch of mostly iterative changes Wednesday in its fight against abuse. But one was particularly welcome to users who have ever experienced an onslau...
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OK, technology holdouts: Enough is enoughMar 04, 2017 6:15 am - Even as fanatic customers can be counted on to line up outside the Apple store for the latest iPhone, there are still millions of Americans who don't use a smartphone at...
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Analysis: Twitter tries age-old punishment - the timeoutMar 04, 2017 6:15 am - Twitter quietly introduced a new punishment for rule breakers a couple of weeks ago: the timeout. "We've detected some potentially abusive behavior from your account," T...
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Sometimes you really do need to keep your kid home from schoolMar 04, 2017 6:13 am - In a perfect world, kids would never get sick, and they'd never miss a day of school. But it's not a perfect world. Kids get sick all the time, and they love to share t...
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Soldier-turned-robotics-CEO brings Silicon Valley approach to defense marketMar 04, 2017 6:13 am - Shahar Abuhazira knows about dark places. He had the dicey assignment of crawling into tunnels to find terrorists as an infantry officer with the Israeli Defense Forces....
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What can World Wide Web of 1990s teach us about today's FCC internet policy?Mar 04, 2017 6:12 am - FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is looking to the early days of the internet for inspiration as he seeks to reduce the role of regulation in the networks that help millions of Ame...
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New Richard Branson venture dedicated to launching small satellitesMar 04, 2017 6:12 am - The celebrity space tourists that Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic plans to shoot into space in the coming years may get most of the attention. But over the past couple...
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Trump says Obama wiretapped his phones; sources say noMar 04, 2017 12:00 am - President Donald Trump on Saturday angrily accused former President Barack Obama of orchestrating a "Nixon/Watergate" plot to tap the phones at his Trump Tower headquart...
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Trump to propose 10% spike in defense spending, cuts to other agenciesFeb 27, 2017 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will propose a federal budget that dramatically increases defense-related spending by $54 billion while cutting other federal agencie...
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You could win $10,000 if your business helps seniorsFeb 26, 2017 6:18 am - Are you making life better for old people? The AARP wants to know. "Research shows that 70 percent of U.S. disposable income is controlled by an aging population, so the...