Best of the Week January 24, 2020

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CES 2020: The big trends for business

Today's CES is as much a showcase for the latest business technology as it is for consumer electronics. Enterprise technologies like AI, data analytics, and 5G underpin the latest IoT gadgets, smart devices, and autonomous vehicles, and will be on full display at CES 2020.