Articles filed under Washington Post
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Pilot program seeks to improve seniors' health by connecting them with communityOct 23, 2016 7:00 am - Pauline Thomas, 76, was stressed to the point of tears. The retired floral designer had just gotten a new pacemaker; her husband was fighting cancer; she needed a knee o...
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Dog therapy for veterans injured in mind and bodyOct 22, 2016 7:30 am - Ryan Garrison's service dog wouldn't stop bugging him. At a dinner outing with his wife, Julie, at Fleming's Steakhouse in Baltimore, Garrison was growing nervous, clenc...
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Attention passengers: You can exchange your Samsung Galaxy Note 7 at the airportOct 22, 2016 7:20 am - The Department of Transportation's ban on the Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 could be leaving some users in a lurch if they try to bring the phone on any flight going to or fro...
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Want to win 'Civilzation VI'? Creator Sid Meier shares his strategyOct 22, 2016 7:19 am - Video gamers are finally getting to experience Civilization VI - the newest game in a franchise that for decades has invited players to lead one of history's great peopl...
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App review: BarkHappyOct 22, 2016 7:18 am - In the country, where I grew up, dogs lead their own lives: traveling about freely - with owners or not - and showing up for dinner and some relaxation. In and around th...
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Elon Musk's strategy for taking on Uber and LyftOct 22, 2016 7:17 am - Tesla made a splash when it said that all of its new cars will be equipped with self-driving hardware. Even though drivers won't be able to activate the fully autonomous...
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Using search warrants to get into fingerprint-locked phonesOct 22, 2016 7:17 am - A peculiar legal workaround might give federal authorities the right to access an individual's phone data. Investigators in Lancaster, Calif., were granted a search warr...
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App reviews: Orbit, LinkedIn LearningOct 22, 2016 7:15 am - Orbit Sometimes it's frustrating to go round in circles. But that's the whole point of Orbit, a simple app in which players get to create planets and (try to) put t...
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When Facebook algorithms choose the news, they don't always get it quite rightOct 22, 2016 7:13 am - A single word change in Facebook Trending can determine whether millions bother to read the news therein. Would you click "Tulsa, Okla." or "Tulsa police shooting?" "Tax...
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Police use of facial-recognition technology raises concerns about racial profilingOct 22, 2016 7:12 am - WASHINGTON - The growing use of facial-recognition systems has led to a high-tech form of racial profiling, with African-Americans more likely than others to have their ...