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Interview with AMD CTO Mark Papermaster on AMD's release schedule and future products, partnerships with TSMC and Samsung, driving industry standards, and more (Dr. Ian Cutress/AnandTech)

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)

ProtonMail launches E2E encrypted calendar app ProtonCalendar in public beta, tied to users' paid ProtonMail accounts, encrypting event info and participants (Paul Sawers/VentureBeat)

How to watch Doctor Who New Year Special online: stream for free from the UK or abroad

2019's 'Phone Deal of the Year' remains the best SIM only plan for the 2020 January sales

Top five trends that will shape the technology sector in UAE in 2020

Telecommunications regulator to unveil UAE's 5G strategy for next five years

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)

What is Baby Yoda?

India’s richest man is ready to take on Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart

Uber and Postmates claim gig worker bill AB-5 is unconstitutional in new lawsuit

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)

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)

Huawei’s revenue hits record $122B this year despite U.S. sanctions, forecasts ‘difficult’ 2020

Uber, Postmates sue CA to block AB5, days ahead of bill taking effect, say law unconstitutionally targets gig economy companies and benefits other industries (Bloomberg)

Sonos should rethink its Trade Up program's "Recycle Mode", which bricks old Sonos devices for a discount on newer ones, and consider a policy of reuse (Chris Welch/The Verge)

The five biggest rounds in tech in 2019 and what they mean