Articles filed under Washington Post
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Money conversations to have before your kid heads off to collegeAug 20, 2017 7:00 am - You may have a thrifty child by nature, but college brings a host of new expenses beyond tuition that need to be discussed openly and often. First-year students are abou...
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How Silicon Valley has escalated its war on white supremacyAug 19, 2017 7:20 am - Silicon Valley significantly escalated its war on white supremacy this week, choking off the ability of hate groups to raise money online, removing them from Internet se...
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Cutting the cord? Freedom from cable TV isn't freeAug 19, 2017 7:19 am - In the old days of video streaming - that is, not so long ago - consumers could cut the cable cord and subscribe to one or two services, enjoying a vast array of movies ...
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How Google Home, Amazon Echo give a new twist to the home phoneAug 19, 2017 7:19 am - The death of the landline has been well-documented for years, as cellphones have become the primary phone for the majority of Americans. But now, thanks to tech companie...
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See thosee hipsters outside that new restaurant? Chicago native's new app pays them to stand thereAug 19, 2017 7:18 am - Pretend for a moment that you're walking through your neighborhood and notice a line of people wrapped around the block outside a newly opened restaurant. Local food blo...
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AI learns from pro gamers - then crushes themAug 19, 2017 7:17 am - For decades, the world's smartest game-playing humans have been racking up losses to increasingly sophisticated forms of artificial intelligence. The defeats began in th...
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Change this iPhone setting to stop nude pics from strangersAug 19, 2017 7:16 am - Some iPhone users are getting unpleasant surprises from a sharing feature they may not realize allows anyone to send pictures to their phones. According to the New York ...
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Some Apple employees may quit over new 'open' office floor planAug 19, 2017 7:15 am - Construction at Apple Park, the tech giant's new "spaceship" headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., is projected to be completed by the end of this year. The $5 billion camp...
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Report: Facebook shut down anonymous employee group after Trump electionAug 19, 2017 7:13 am - Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg shut down an anonymous employee group following the election of Donald Trump, after it devolved into a forum for divisive politi...
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Eclipse traffic jams? States have been working for months to avoid themAug 18, 2017 1:00 am - HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. - For months, state highway officials from 14 states have been meeting regularly via conference call to plan for - or more importantly try to head off ...