Articles filed under Washington Post
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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 ...
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How will Sony's PSVR affect virtual reality market?Oct 22, 2016 7:10 am - People who want to get away from it all can experience imaginary worlds, or something closer to home, as virtual reality becomes more of a reality with the introduction ...
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A funeral home staffer that provides a calming distractionOct 22, 2016 7:00 am - “Lulu, say a prayer,” Matthew Fiorillo tells his 2½-year-old goldendoodle. Hearing the command, Lulu, a therapy dog who comforts mourners at Ballard-Durand Funeral & Cre...
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Your health: Your dog really does know what you're sayingOct 22, 2016 7:00 am - Your dog knows what you're saying Your dog gets you. I mean, he really gets you. No, really - he actually does. So say scientists in Hungary, who have published a g...
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Why Twitter, Spotify and other major services were down FridayOct 21, 2016 1:00 am - Someone attacked a key part of the Internet's infrastructure Friday morning, causing some major services such as Twitter, Spotify and Airbnb to be inaccessible for some ...
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Analysis: Remembering politics' 'most beautiful loser,' Adlai E. StevensonOct 20, 2016 1:00 am - The debates may be over, but the election is not - and talk of concession may seem a little premature. Yet chatter about gracious handoffs and yielding to opponents was ...
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Analysis: Things - like the Emmys - 'rigged' against Donald TrumpOct 20, 2016 1:00 am - For a moment during Wednesday night's presidential debate in Las Vegas, Donald Trump completely proved the point Hillary Clinton was trying to make about him. Specifical...
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Twitter users claim #nastywoman after debateOct 20, 2016 1:00 am - It's too soon to tell if "such a nasty woman" will go down in history as one of those memorable debate moments. The shelf-life of everything is short now. And the shelf ...