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Data Doctors: Is the Brave browser safe to use? 02/14/2020 06:24pm • The private web browser Brave. (Photo Illustration by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) If you���re like most users, you spend more time using a browser than any other program on your computer or smartphone. You probably don���t think about what browser you���re using; the 1 dead, 4 injured in Montgomery Co. crash with vehicle into carport 02/09/2020 11:40am • A vehicle sped into the carport of a Germantown, Maryland, single-story home following a crash in the early morning hours of Feb. 9, 2020. (Courtesy MCFRS/Pete Piringer) A man is dead and four other people injured after a crash involving two cars in Germantown, Maryland, early Sunday morning, wi Where did they go? Millions left Chinese city before quarantine 02/09/2020 08:17am • ��� SHANGHAI (AP) ��� For weeks after the first reports of a mysterious new virus in Wuhan, millions of people poured out of the central Chinese city, cramming onto buses, trains and planes as the first wave of China���s great Lunar New Year migration broke across the nation Data Doctors: How much data is needed for streaming? 02/07/2020 04:48pm • If you're planning to stream high quality video or audio, you'll always be better off using an Ethernet cable instead of a wireless connection. Q: How fast should my internet connection be for streaming TV services? A: With so many options for streaming TV, making sure your network is up to t Barnes & Noble suspends reissues of classics with new images 02/05/2020 03:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Barnes & Noble is withdrawing a planned line of famous literature reissued with multicultural cover images that has been met with widespread criticism on social media. "We acknowledge the voices who have expressed concerns about the Diverse Editions 12 Maryland black historic sites awarded funds for repairs and improvements 02/05/2020 11:54am • The Liberty Grace Church of God in Baltimore is one of 12 black heritage sites receiving state funding for repairs. (Courtesy Google Street View) Twelve Maryland nonprofits, including some in the D.C. metro region, will receive a total of nearly $1 million from a state grant supporting the acqui Artist pulling wagon fakes out Google Maps, creates traffic jams on empty streets 02/04/2020 07:45am • We're always looking to provide more reasons for you to want to get your traffic information from WTOP ��� but we never thought of this one. Artist Simon Weckert focuses on technology, and wanted to draw attention to the blind trust some people put in tech companies. Artist Simon Weckert pull The best and worst of Super Bowl ads 02/03/2020 09:51am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Boston accents got poked. ���Groundhog Day��� got ��� surprise ��� resurrected, complete with Bill Murray. Google pulled out tears, and Cheetos and Doritos danced. All to the tune of $5.6 million for 30 seconds ��� to reach 100 million people with your product. During adverti Google Doodle honors 60th anniversary of Greensboro sit-in that changed history 02/01/2020 05:24am • February 1's Google Doodle depicts the "Greensboro Four," who protested racial segregation through a sit-in movement at the Woolworth's lunch counter during the civil rights movement. Sixty years ago, four African American college students quietly sat down at a whites-only Woolworth's lunch coun JK Moving buys Prince William Co. land, will add 300 jobs 01/30/2020 09:44am • ���With our business growing, we need to expand our footprint in Northern Virginia,��� said JK Moving founder and CEO Chuck Kuhn. (Courtesy JK Moving) Sterling, Virginia-based JK Moving Services will expand local operations with the $47 million purchase of 135 acres of land in Prince William Cou Google Doodle celebrates Anna May Wong nearly 100 years after her first leading role. Here's why she's in focus 01/22/2020 05:06am • The woman with a wry smile in Wednesday's Google Doodle is considered to be the first Asian-American movie star -- and she still has something to teach Hollywood nearly a century after she broke into it. The slideshow of artwork depicting Anna May Wong comes on the 97th anniversary of the general Use of drones for deliveries is becoming more common in Virginia town 01/21/2020 07:25pm • The sight of drones delivering packages is a common sight in this Virginia town. Drones are getting smarter, more closely regulated by the government and becoming a part of everyday life in some communities. "We're doing that in Christiansburg, near the Virginia Tech campus, on a daily basis; Updating your resume? Forget the Bitmoji 01/20/2020 11:11am • Despite the growing popularity of using Bitmojis to express yourself in personal communication, cartoon avatars do not belong on a resume. (Thinkstock) Many people will be looking for a new job in the New Year, and that means updating resumes. The "dos and don'ts" for resume writing continue Kimpton's Rouge Hotel in DC closes for $20M makeover 01/14/2020 10:10am • The Rouge Hotel, one of Kimpton's first properties in the District, will remain closed through the fall for a $20 million remodel. (Courtesy Google Street View) Another makeover is coming for a Kimpton Hotel in the District -- this time the Rouge Hotel, one of Kimpton's first properties in D.C. Shoppers store in Franconia closes next month 01/08/2020 09:03am • The Franconia Shoppers seen here is closing in February. The landlord has filed permits to divide the 65,000-square-foot space into three retail spaces. (Courtesy Google Street View) Shoppers Food, whose parent company United Natural Foods Inc. plans to completely exit the retail grocery busines