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The top-selling smartphones of 2019 are almost all Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy Huawei

The top-selling smartphones of 2019 are almost all Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy

Apple and Samsung dominated the global market share of smartphones in 2019. Image: Getty Images By Matt Binder2020-03-01 15:32:16 UTC People sure love the Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy. According to a new study by market research firm Counterpoint Research, the Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy lines of smartphones were…
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March 1, 2020
For the First Time Ever, the World Is Mostly Middle Class and Largely Old Old-Age Poverty

For the First Time Ever, the World Is Mostly Middle Class and Largely Old

When it comes to economic development, positive change is typically gradual and only noticeable over long periods of time; by contrast negative developments—economic crises—are often rapid and spectacular. This creates a biased narrative that focuses on negative news, while positive trends go unnoticed because they are less dramatic. Amid an…
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March 1, 2020
Mountaineering’s Drug Problem Doping in Cycling

Mountaineering’s Drug Problem

Editor’s Note: Thanks in part to Nims Purja’s incredible scaling of the 14 highest mountain peaks in just over six months, we’ve got mountaineering on the brain. But before your next climb, check out this resurfaced 2017 investigation, which explores thought-provoking questions about the different kinds of assistance we use…
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March 1, 2020
Kremlin hopes for Putin-Erdogan meeting in Moscow in early March Tayyip Erdogan

Kremlin hopes for Putin-Erdogan meeting in Moscow in early March

FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a ceremony marking the formal launch of the TurkStream pipeline which will carry Russian natural gas to southern Europe through Turkey, in Istanbul, Turkey, January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File PhotoMOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin hopes Russian President Vladimir…
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March 1, 2020
Beijing’s Views on Norms in Cyberspace and Cyber Warfare Strategy Pt. 1 China's Strategy

Beijing’s Views on Norms in Cyberspace and Cyber Warfare Strategy Pt. 1

By LCDR Jake Bebber USNThe following is a two-part series looking at PRC use of cyberspace operations in pursuit of its national strategies and the establishment of the Strategic Support Force. Part 1 considers the centrality of information operations and information war to the PRC’s approach toward its current struggle…
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March 1, 2020