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China’s Huawei is more vulnerable to hacks

Huawei Technologies Co.’s telecommunications equipment isn’t just vulnerable to Chinese state hacking. It’s susceptible to attacks from plenty of others besides. That was a key finding in the annual report from Britain’s Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre Oversight Board, the body that ensures gear from the Chinese firm in the nation’s telecommunications network is up to scratch. These findings are ...

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Sterling is trapped in Brexit tractor beam

Prime Minister Theresa May’s failed attempt last week– her third – to get her Withdrawal Agreement through Parliament pushed sterling to its lowest level for three weeks. But take a step back and the currency is not only still stuck in the same narrow range it has occupied for nearly three years, it has barely budged for the last 12 ...

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Europe should do more than ban plastic forks

The European Union (EU) is close to outlawing some single-use plastic products, such as cutlery, straws, coffee stirrers and cotton swab sticks – but the measures are too narrow and too lenient towards producers to have a meaningful benefit for the environment. The EU, as one of the biggest producers and the biggest exporter of plastic waste, should do better ...

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