Articles filed under Washington Post
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Do our genes 'remember' pain? Scientists suspect they mightMay 28, 2016 7:21 am - You pulled a muscle in your back carrying groceries, took a shot to the shin in flag football or suffer from fibromyalgia. But it's months later, and the lower back stil...
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Every 10 seconds, someone on Twitter calls a woman a 'slut' or 'whore'May 28, 2016 7:17 am - Here is a bit of news that should surprise no one: Despite myriad incremental efforts to make the Internet more woman-friendly, misogyny is still a scourge on social med...
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App reviews: Defend the Planet, Fast Like a FoxMay 28, 2016 7:17 am - Defend the Planet You have a simple goal in this game, and it's right there in the name: Defend the Planet. Players are made the guardians of a planet - your starte...
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The (very) dark side of live streaming that no one seems able to stopMay 28, 2016 7:17 am - In an interview last month about Facebook's recent push into live-streaming video, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg repeats the word "raw" as if it's some kind of sacred ...
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Analysis: What to make of the latest Apple laptop rumorsMay 28, 2016 7:17 am - The latest rumors going around about Apple's next laptop revamp are pretty interesting. While Apple itself hasn't released any information on new laptops, a recent note ...
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App review: Hear and NowMay 28, 2016 7:17 am - A meditation teacher once told me that monks at a Zen center in the South of France regarded a ringing telephone as a "bell of mindfulness." When the phone rang, they wo...
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What's driving Silicon Valley to become 'radicalized'May 28, 2016 7:17 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Like many Silicon Valley startups, Larry Gadea's company collects heaps of sensitive data from customers. Recently, he decided to do something with that ...
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Microsoft's move away from making smartphones makes a lot of senseMay 28, 2016 7:17 am - Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it was further "streamlining" its mobile phone business. The firm will lay off more than 1,800 workers and "will focus its phone ef...
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Apple may open up Siri to developers. That's a huge deal.May 28, 2016 7:05 am - Apple is taking two big steps to improve its voice-controlled assistant, Siri, according to a new report from tech news site the Information that cites a single person w...
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Review: Virtru will shield emails from hackers but not your bossMay 28, 2016 7:03 am - Free NSA-caliber encryption and a 5-year-old could use it. John and Will Ackerly each had stints in the government during the surveillance buildup of the past two decade...