Articles filed under Washington Post
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App reviews: Candid, MimoSep 10, 2016 7:21 am - Candid Can a social network support both anonymity and - a much rarer quality online - politeness? That's the aim of Candid, which is designed to let people unburde...
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App review: Discover new playlists with Wonder.fmSep 10, 2016 7:20 am - Every year on my birthday, one of my best friends gives me a mix CD (or, in recent years, a Spotify playlist) with new music that she thinks I'd like. I look forward to ...
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YouTubers are accusing the site of rampant censorshipSep 10, 2016 7:19 am - YouTube is the third-largest website on Earth, a behemoth viewed by millions each day. It's also "over" - or on the brink of it - according to a group of outraged creato...
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When a commercial rocket blows up, who pays?Sep 10, 2016 7:18 am - When the SpaceX rocket exploded on a Florida launchpad Sept. 1, the first thought that probably came to mind was thank heavens there weren't any astronauts on board. The...
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FBI wants to be cool enough to recruit hackersSep 10, 2016 7:16 am - The FBI has struggled for years to attract enough fresh hacker talent to defend America's computers. One problem? A culture clash between elite coders who are attracted ...
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How sports teams choose their tech gearSep 10, 2016 7:15 am - Since at least the 1930s, according to baseball historians, Major League Baseball clubs have kept phones in their dugouts and bullpens. Historians aren't really sure whe...
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You can vote on the next emoji you want to seeSep 10, 2016 7:15 am - The internet's obsessed with new emoji: pitching them, petitioning for them, arguing about their exact designs and details. But regular users have rarely had a way to be...
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Can virtual reality help hospitals treat pain?Sep 10, 2016 7:11 am - When Deona Duke woke up from a medically-induced coma to begin recovering from burns that covered almost a third of her body, one of her treatments was hurling snowballs...
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'Grease' death theory won't stop haunting the internetSep 10, 2016 7:11 am - Editor's note: This is part of an occasional series in which we explain internet things. We like to call it memesplaining; you might call it meme-ruining. Regardless, if...
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Boomers can make their last years rewarding even without childrenSep 10, 2016 6:30 am - ‘The trouble is: You think you have time.” That Buddhist-sounding quote from a fortune cookie rattled around the back of my head for decades, seemingly for no reason. No...