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Emasontweni ambalwa edlule wethule ngokusemthethweni kodwa okwamanje usuku lokuqaliswa seluhlangatsheziwe ngaphandle akukho sisebenzisi esikwazile ukufinyelela ngokomzimba esibulalayo ukuhlola izinzuzo ezishiwo umdali wazo. Noma kunjalo, ngokusho kwe-Financial Times, lesi sikhumulo esisha sizotholakala naseYurophu naseJapan.
URubin usayine isivumelwano esikhethekile nomhlinzeki waseMelika ukuqinisekisa ukusatshalaliswa ngendlela eshesha kakhulu futhi elula kunaleyo eyenziwe yiGoogle ngePixel nePixel XL, isiginali cishe unyaka ngemuva kokwethulwa kwayo sitholakala kuphela emazweni amathathu. Konke kubonakala kukhombisa ukuthi naseYurophu Izofika kuphela nge-opharetha, noma okwamanje izwe okuwukuphela kwalo okuxoxiswana ngalo ngokufakwa kwalesi siginali kwikhathalogi yabasebenza yi-United Kingdom.
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