For decades, the global heartbeat was steady. From the neon-lit boardrooms of Tokyo to the bustling markets of São Paulo, birth rates in high- and middle-income countries from the 1980s through the early 2000s held their ground. Population models were predictable. The future felt mapped out. Then, roughly fifteen years ago, something broke. Silently, and […] Read more
The company behind the Nokia mobile brand refreshed its smartphone lineup on Thursday with a slew of new budget models, as it struggles to compete with established players like Samsung and Apple. Finnish start-up HMD Global has held the license to design and sell Nokia handsets since it bought the telecom group’s mobile phone division from Microsoft in 2016. The firm has […] Read more
