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...Baidu made it big as China’s go-to search engine. But in the past decade the tech giant has struggled, while competitors such as Alibaba and Tencent have soared ahead....
...It resembles a big-budget version of a minor-key curio that they might have come up with had they not split up....
...Referring to the point you make in your Big Read (“The doubts over Hong Kong’s future”, December 19) regarding how Hong Kong compares to Singapore, I would add that a market system works best in a...
...But while the screen is big, bright and beautiful (and with the blackest of blacks), it’s the kinetic speakers that really impress....
...Another poll, for UK-based think-tank Demos last year, found that 16 per cent of over-65s would be more likely to support the ruling Conservative government if it pledged to abolish inheritance tax, against...
...Because, you know, you haven’t had a big surge of migration, as you did say in 2015 with the Syrian influx. Why has the AfD been doing so well lately?...
...The festival champions emerging talent as well as attracting big names such as, in recent years, Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz and Riz Ahmed....
...And in an in-depth survey run in June this year by the cross-party think-tank Demos, 55 per cent said people should always be able to pass on inheritance tax free....
...It was an odd throwback to the early 2010s and the early days of augmented reality, when Google launched its then-revolutionary Glass on the world with a similar demo....
...Against a backdrop in which the role of inheritance, according to Demos, a think-tank, is becoming ever more important....
...I love curling up on my big vintage Edra sofa to watch Antiques Roadshow. [Presenter] Fiona Bruce is beautiful but I would love to give her a makeover....
...During Google’s big I/O showcase event for developers — a protracted, glistening flex of the company’s new AI muscles — one of the keynote speakers dwelt on the risks posed by “bad actors”....
...Or rather, I blame my friend Clare – because she forwarded the clip of Hanks on The Late Show demo-ing his latest liquid hack: Diet Coke served in a tall glass with ice and topped with champagne....
...Meta, which has poured more investment into VR than any of its rivals, turned heads with demos from its research labs this week showing the big steps it is taking towards creating lifelike avatars....
...encouraged to join. 11 to 14 August; day tickets £185 for one adult and one child under 17, under-fives free, holkham.co.uk Chatsworth Country Fair, Bakewell, Derbyshire Horse tournaments, dog shows, motoring demos...
...They call her, like, a musical godmother or maybe a musical big sister to millennial women that are in their feelings....
...Madison Marriage They sent me a piano demo of one of their songs. It’s called Some People Say....
...There is a big question outstanding, says Ellen Judson at think-tank Demos, about what the acceptable margins for error might be in either the policing of users’ ages, or the control of restricted content...
...In a demo at Kayrros’s London office, I saw a world map studded with orange circles, each representing a big methane outburst in recent months....
...I think that Prince’s album, which is called a Piano and a Microphone, which I think was released, it’s like demos that were released after his death, I believe, is the perfect dinner party soundtrack....
...Man, it’s so big. It’s so . . . so big. I’m standing on a street corner in New York City next to a hot dog stand staring up at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It’s monstrous and grand....
...While the Wire can’t “see” violations because it doesn’t have trading records, it does regularly demo the platform to government officials....
...The rise of software companies that do not carry big upfront costs has made the business of early-stage investing more lucrative....
...Go deeper: This big read looks at how the radical restructuring could turn Credit Suisse into a banking powerhouse. Five more stories in the news 1....
...Images were bright and clear — although a big limitation is the batteries last just 30 minutes....
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