Image copyright Getty Images Image caption EE’s 5G launch is initially limited to six cities, including Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast and London After years of hype – and sometimes confusion – the UK finally has a 5G network. BT’s EE subsidiary is the first to launch a service – and if you’re feeling wealthy enough and […]
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In the summer of 2015, when the Walt Disney Company unveiled plans to build monumental “Star Wars” lands at its California and Florida theme parks, a wave of euphoria washed over the planet. Bob Iger, Disney’s chief executive, made the announcement at a fan convention, revealing that one ride would allow people to pilot the
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HONG KONG — For a few heady months in 2016, Pokémon Go transformed the morning commute for millions of people into a critter-hunting safari, populating the ordinary world with a reality-augmented menagerie of Pikachus, Charmanders and Eevies. Now its creators hope to do the same to the nightly snooze. Pokémon’s chief executive, Tsunekazu Ishihara, said
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The Latest from Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final between the St. Louis Blues and the Boston Bruins (all times Eastern): 8:40 p.m. A flurry of early goals in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final. Robert Bortuzzo scored for St. Louis to knot the game at 1-1 but Joakim Nordstrom answered just 40
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WASHINGTON — In repeating his readiness to pursue a new nuclear deal with Iran, President Trump this week left unmentioned his administration’s aim to hobble what officials call Tehran’s “expansionist foreign policy” — an ambitious priority that is far more likely to lead the United States into war. The expansive, open-ended mission of wrestling with
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She was born Georgianna Alice Mitchell (called Georgie Alice as a girl, she later preferred to go by Alice) on March 4, 1931, in Philadelphia and grew up mainly in Bloomington, Ind., where her father, Allan C. G. Mitchell, headed the Indiana University physics department. He had worked on developing the atomic bomb as part
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Louisiana lawmakers on Wednesday passed a strict new abortion ban that would prohibit the procedure before some women even know they are pregnant, joining a half-dozen conservative states with similar measures. In a 79-23 vote, the Louisiana House gave final passage to a bill barring abortion once there’s a detectable fetal heartbeat, as early as
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Image copyright Paramount/Alex Bailey Image caption Taron Egerton in Rocketman (left) and Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody The Sir Elton John biopic Rocketman made £5.4m in its first five days at the UK box office – but fell short of the Queen film Bohemian Rhapsody. Rocketman, starring Taron Egerton as Sir Elton, opened on Wednesday.
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Image copyright Reuters A vote calling for Mark Zuckerberg to stand down as Facebook’s chairman is expected to take place at the company’s annual general meeting on Thursday. Mr Zuckerberg is both Facebook’s chief executive and the chairman of its board of directors. Those calling for him to step down as chairman say this would
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“There’s more product than ever, and Broadway producers are becoming savvier marketers,” said David Binder, the producer of two of the season’s most popular plays, “Network” and “Burn This.” The healthy array of plays — 21 of the season’s 34 openings — was heartening to those who worry about whether Broadway still has room for
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