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The once-unassailable titan of tech has missed big opportunities in recent years. But it has a reasonable shot at the title again, thanks to its artificial-intelligence ambitions. Sexual assault allegations in China made the Women\u2019s Tennis Association take a hard line on tournaments in the country\u2014for a while (8:48). And why the brutal felling of an ancient tree has bothered Britons so much (16:18).

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