Techmeme Unknown A look at the increasing prevalence of facial recognition and AI tech across the globe, as the US and EU governments' efforts to limit their use have stalled (Politico) SORAOFFGet Code
CNET News Unknown Vaping: Death toll climbs to 54 as CDC points to vitamin E acetate as prime culprit - CNET SORAOFFGet Code
Techmeme Unknown ProtonMail launches E2E encrypted calendar app ProtonCalendar in public beta, tied to users' paid ProtonMail accounts, encrypting event info and participants (Paul Sawers/VentureBeat) SORAOFFGet Code
CNET News Unknown CES 2020: Rise of cloud gaming and death of the video game console - CNET SORAOFFGet Code
Mashable Unknown Australian fire service shares terrifying video of firefighters sheltering in their truck SORAOFFGet Code
Mashable Unknown Here’s how thinking about building on Mars can help us build better right here on Earth SORAOFFGet Code
Mashable Unknown LG's answer to foldable phones may be a detachable display that wraps around the phone SORAOFFGet Code
Techmeme Unknown Research shows Tencent participated in 108 investment deals this year, compared to 162 in 2018, spending ~$4.9B in total, less than half of its 2018's total (Celia Chen/South China Morning Post) SORAOFFGet Code
TechCrunch Unknown India’s richest man is ready to take on Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart SORAOFFGet Code
TechCrunch Unknown Uber and Postmates claim gig worker bill AB-5 is unconstitutional in new lawsuit SORAOFFGet Code
Techmeme Unknown Analysis of PitchBook data since 2005 shows that in 2019, the number of enterprise-focused seed deals overtook consumer-focused seed deals for the first time (Eric Feng) SORAOFFGet Code
Techmeme Unknown Huawei's Rotating Chairman Eric Xu estimates the company's 2019 revenue grew 18% YoY to $122B, says it shipped 240M smartphones, but forecasts "difficult" 2020 (Brenda Goh/Reuters) SORAOFFGet Code
TechCrunch Unknown Huawei’s revenue hits record $122B this year despite U.S. sanctions, forecasts ‘difficult’ 2020 SORAOFFGet Code
Mashable Unknown Thousands told to jump into the ocean as Australia's raging fires approached SORAOFFGet Code
