Articles filed under Washington Post
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Your health: Brain games don't improve everyday cognition, researchers sayOct 08, 2016 7:30 am - Do brain games help with cognition? Spend enough time playing "brain-training" games, and you'll get pretty good at games. But you won't necessarily get better at anyth...
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Analysis: Is Google Home ready for your family?Oct 08, 2016 7:20 am - Google seems to think we live lonely lives. As it positions its Google Home as a flexible virtual assistant, it doesn't seem to know what to do if a Google home is full ...
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App reviews: Frantic Architect, LoopOct 08, 2016 7:20 am - Frantic Architect In the game Frantic Architect, players have the task of building a tower one block at a time. The catch is that you can only build with a well-tim...
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Review: PlayStation VR is living-room readyOct 08, 2016 7:19 am - Sony's PlayStation VR sets a new bar for the mass-market appeal of virtual reality. Sure, the headset isn't exactly cool looking, but it's lighter and more attractive th...
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Google has its own phones; now it must fix its retail strategyOct 08, 2016 7:18 am - Google unveiled new hardware from smartphones and smart speakers to wireless routers on Tuesday. It was a yearlong odyssey that involved design, supply chain negotiation...
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7 random things you can now buy on Facebook MarketplaceOct 08, 2016 7:18 am - You already use Facebook to find old friends, connect with co-workers and share pictures of your cat. Now you can also use it to offload your couch or to buy a used trac...
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Introducing Google's Daydream VR headsetOct 08, 2016 7:17 am - Google's phone-powered virtual reality headset is called the Daydream View and will cost $79. The company introduced the headset Tuesday at a major product keynote speec...
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Why Apple can be forced to turn some iMessage logs over to policeOct 08, 2016 7:17 am - When a user sends someone a message through Apple's iMessage feature, Apple encrypts that message between Apple devices so that only the sender and recipient can read it...
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Google Assistant takes center stage at Google's gadget eventOct 08, 2016 7:16 am - Google chief executive Sundar Pichai proclaimed Tuesday that we're evolving from a mobile-first world to an "AI-first world" - and, of course, that Google is going to be...
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App review: Soon, the place for your bucket listOct 08, 2016 7:16 am - For a procrastinator, a bucket list can be more about failure than fantasy. It exists in your head, always changes and is never completed - an endless tally of unlived d...