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What is coming after a chaotic week in Brexit?

March 29 was meant to be the day that Britain officially left the European Union (EU). It was instead the day lawmakers rejected Theresa May’s exit deal for a third time, plunging the country deeper into crisis. It marked the ninth consecutive “no” vote this week, after MPs rejected eight ways forward. In the end, May summed it up best: ...

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Huawei really needs its 5G party invite

For all the hullabaloo about Western nations banning network equipment made by Huawei Technologies Co., the importance of that business to the Chinese company is decreasing. Sales to phone carriers slipped to 41 percent of total revenue last year, according to Huawei’s annual report. That’s the lowest portion on record. Revenue from consumer products, notably smartphones, climbed 47 percent to ...

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Apple gets news subscriptions wrong again

Apple’s News+ service makes a a grab for the news junkie’s Holy Grail: a universal subscription to get behind all paywalls, the Spotify (OK, OK, the Apple Music) of journalism. So far, Apple doesn’t have it right. That would take a much more creative effort than the company may be capable of achieving. Compared with creating a universal subscription for ...

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