Geoffrey A Fowler The Washington Post
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The Most-Influential Technologies of the 2010s
This decade made life something that happens on a screen. The smartphone is where we communicate with family, do work, record memories and find entertainment. It was invented in 2007 so disqualified from my list, but in the past decade the smartphone certainly reinvented us - it powers half of the technologies on this list.
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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi Defends Company’s Safety Record
Uber provided many numbers last week when it released its first-ever safety report, tallying thousands of incidents of sexual assault and death among its drivers and passengers. Now come the questions the 84-page report didn't answer.
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Google Is Always Listening. Now It's Watching, Too, With the Nest Hub Max.
With the new Nest Hub Max, a smart speaker with a screen, Google is adding an eye to its talking artificial intelligence.
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The Spy in Your Wallet: Credit Cards Have a Privacy Problem
In a privacy experiment, The Washington Post bought one banana with the new Apple Card — and another with the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa from Chase. Here’s who tracked, mined and shared the data.
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Chrome, Firefox Extensions With Up to 4 Million Installs Found Leaking Sensitive Personal Data
Some browser extensions have a side hustle in spying. From a privileged perch in your browser, they pass information about where you surf and what you view into a murky data economy.
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How to Fight the Spies in Your Chrome Browser
The main lesson: If Google is a data vampire, Chrome is its fangs.
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Google Chrome Has Become Surveillance Software, It's Time to Switch
Chrome has become like spyware for Google, allowing more tracker cookies than any other browser.
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Samsung Galaxy Fold Hands-On: Make Peace With a Crease
Any new technology is bound to have wrinkles. On Samsung's new Galaxy Fold, a phone that opens into a tablet, they include one prominent crease.
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Nike's Self-Lacing Shoes Are a Lesson in the Internet of Things
Nike's most-advanced kicks have been turning into bricks. Blame the Internet.
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Password Managers Have a Security Flaw, but You Should Still Use One: Report
A new study has identified security flaws in five of the most-popular password managers, but adds you should use a password manager.
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How to Clean Up Your Digital Life in 2019
Kondo's method is about making sure that you have a sensible place for everything.
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Rocking Beds, Pillows That Nudge When You Snore: Tech Wants Into Your Bed
For the gadget industry, sleep is the new exercise - solvable with data. What Fitbits and Apple Watches did for getting moving, consumer tech now wants to do for getting Zs. A third of us suffer from sleep problems, a symptom of unhealthy diets, stress and too much time staring at screens.
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Deepak Chopra Has a Prescription for What Ails Technology
Deepak Chopra has become a gadget guy, embracing the industry many think is making us less healthy and less happy.
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Deepak Chopra Has A Prescription For What Ails Technology
Deepak Chopra, a physician and celebrity wellness adviser, is known for promoting the benefits of meditation - clearing the distractions that clutter the mind. Now he's become a gadget guy, embracing the industry many think is making us less healthy and less happy.
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Elon Musk's Tunnel To Solve "Soul-Destroying" Traffic Jam Is Now Open
For Elon Musk's very difficult year, there's a light at the end of the tunnel.
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The Most-Influential Technologies of the 2010s
This decade made life something that happens on a screen. The smartphone is where we communicate with family, do work, record memories and find entertainment. It was invented in 2007 so disqualified from my list, but in the past decade the smartphone certainly reinvented us - it powers half of the technologies on this list.
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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi Defends Company’s Safety Record
Uber provided many numbers last week when it released its first-ever safety report, tallying thousands of incidents of sexual assault and death among its drivers and passengers. Now come the questions the 84-page report didn't answer.
-
Google Is Always Listening. Now It's Watching, Too, With the Nest Hub Max.
With the new Nest Hub Max, a smart speaker with a screen, Google is adding an eye to its talking artificial intelligence.
-
The Spy in Your Wallet: Credit Cards Have a Privacy Problem
In a privacy experiment, The Washington Post bought one banana with the new Apple Card — and another with the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa from Chase. Here’s who tracked, mined and shared the data.
-
Chrome, Firefox Extensions With Up to 4 Million Installs Found Leaking Sensitive Personal Data
Some browser extensions have a side hustle in spying. From a privileged perch in your browser, they pass information about where you surf and what you view into a murky data economy.
-
How to Fight the Spies in Your Chrome Browser
The main lesson: If Google is a data vampire, Chrome is its fangs.
-
Google Chrome Has Become Surveillance Software, It's Time to Switch
Chrome has become like spyware for Google, allowing more tracker cookies than any other browser.
-
Samsung Galaxy Fold Hands-On: Make Peace With a Crease
Any new technology is bound to have wrinkles. On Samsung's new Galaxy Fold, a phone that opens into a tablet, they include one prominent crease.
-
Nike's Self-Lacing Shoes Are a Lesson in the Internet of Things
Nike's most-advanced kicks have been turning into bricks. Blame the Internet.
-
Password Managers Have a Security Flaw, but You Should Still Use One: Report
A new study has identified security flaws in five of the most-popular password managers, but adds you should use a password manager.
-
How to Clean Up Your Digital Life in 2019
Kondo's method is about making sure that you have a sensible place for everything.
-
Rocking Beds, Pillows That Nudge When You Snore: Tech Wants Into Your Bed
For the gadget industry, sleep is the new exercise - solvable with data. What Fitbits and Apple Watches did for getting moving, consumer tech now wants to do for getting Zs. A third of us suffer from sleep problems, a symptom of unhealthy diets, stress and too much time staring at screens.
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Deepak Chopra Has a Prescription for What Ails Technology
Deepak Chopra has become a gadget guy, embracing the industry many think is making us less healthy and less happy.
-
Deepak Chopra Has A Prescription For What Ails Technology
Deepak Chopra, a physician and celebrity wellness adviser, is known for promoting the benefits of meditation - clearing the distractions that clutter the mind. Now he's become a gadget guy, embracing the industry many think is making us less healthy and less happy.
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Elon Musk's Tunnel To Solve "Soul-Destroying" Traffic Jam Is Now Open
For Elon Musk's very difficult year, there's a light at the end of the tunnel.
