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A Virtual CES Starts This Week

Jan 11, 2021

The Consumer Electronics Show gets underway Monday, and for the first time in decades, it will not be an in-person event.

Instead, the show will be all-digital.

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CES Cancels In-Person Show, Goes All Digital In 2021

Jul 28, 2020

The Consumer Electronics Show is switching to an all-digital format in 2021 due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

The Consumer Technology Association, which sponsors the event, made the announcement Tuesday morning.

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Did CES Help Spread The Coronavirus?

Apr 29, 2020

While everyone is quarantined and waiting for the coro

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Gov. Sisolak Encourages Tech Firms To Consider Nevada For Investment, Expansion

Jan 10, 2020

Gov. Steve Sisolak urged technology leaders to consider Nevada as a place for investment and expansion.

The governor made the comments at the Consumer Electronics Show’s Leaders in Technology Dinner Thursday night, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. 

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CES Gadget Show: Pizza From Robots, Underwater Scooters

Jan 10, 2020
Among the many robots at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas this week is one busily making pizzas for hungry crowds.
 
The robot from Picnic resembles an assembly line and can churn out 300 12-inch pies in an hour.
 
Humans are still needed, though.
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Hollywood-Backed Quibi Thinks You'll Pay For Its Video Bites

Jan 08, 2020
A startup heavily backed by Hollywood is wagering that you're ready to set aside YouTube and TikTok to watch star-studded short videos on your phone — for a price.
 
Quibi has enlisted everyone from Steven Spielberg to Chrissy Teigan to create shows for the service.
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Cannabis Startup Pulls Out Of CES Tech Show Amid Limits

Jan 08, 2020
A Canadian cannabis tech company has pulled out of the CES gadget show after being given constraints on how it could promote its products.
 
Nearly a dozen states allow the use and sale of marijuana for recreational purposes, and policies around the world vary.
 
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Invitation To Ivanka Trump Draws Backlash At Big Tech Show

Jan 08, 2020
The decision to invite Ivanka Trump to speak at the nation's largest consumer electronics show renewed criticism about the show's commitment to diversity.
 
Critics say it was wrong to invite the president's daughter and a White House adviser to speak in a prominent keynote
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CES Gadget Show: Say 'No' To Junk Food With DNA Wristband

Jan 07, 2020
A London startup believes it can help you make healthier diet choices at the grocery store, using your own DNA.
 
DnaNudge collects your DNA through a cheek swab and sends data related to nutrition to a wristband.
 
Have a genetic predisposition to high b
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CES Gadget Show: Surveillance Is In - And In A Big Way

Jan 07, 2020
The CES gadget show this year is all-in on surveillance technology — from the face scanner that will check in some attendees to the cameras-everywhere array of digital gadgets.
 
Travel through the sprawling Las Vegas consumer tech conference, and you'll find devices that se
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CES Gadget Show: Flying Taxis, Toilet Paper Robots And More

Jan 07, 2020
Ride-hailing company Uber is partnering with Hyundai to build a fleet of flying taxis.
 
While Uber has been working on the air taxi concept for years, Hyundai brings to the project a company with experience manufacturing vehicles on a global scale.
 
Ube
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Sex Tech From Female-Led Startups At CES Gadget Show

Jan 07, 2020
Sex tech will grace the CES gadget show in Las Vegas this week after organizers endured scorn for revoking an innovation award to a sex device company led by a female founder.
 
Lora DiCarlo, the company in question, will showcase its Osé massager device at the show, joining
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Lovot companion robots by Groove X wander at CES, the consumer electronics show, in Las Vegas.
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What's Next In Tech? We Dodged Robots At CES To Find Out

Jan 06, 2020
At the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the gadgets range from big-screen TVs and 5G networks to futuristic health care devices and toilet-paper-toting robots.
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What’s The Buzz At CES 2020?

Jan 07, 2020

CES does what it always does best, preview future tech products and reveal the trends that will share the year ahead in technology.

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Sex Tech In, Skimpy Outfits Out As CES Show Seeks Diversity

Jul 17, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — The CES gadget show is cracking down on its dress code, introducing more sessions focused on women and minorities and creating a new "sex tech" category after a debacle over a robotic personal massager for women.
 
The Consumer Technology Ass
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Robots Walk, Talk, Brew Beer And Take Over CES Tech Show

Jan 10, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Robots that walk, talk, brew beer and play ping pong have taken over the CES gadget show in Las Vegas again.

Just don't expect to find one in your home any time soon.

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'Smarts' Creep Into Everyday Products As Gadget Show Opens

Jan 07, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) — Internet-connected "smarts" are creeping into cars, refrigerators, thermostats and just about everything else in your home.

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CES Speakers To Include More Women, People Of Color

Jan 04, 2019

The world’s largest tech conference begins in Las Vegas next week and its speaker lineup will feature more diversity than it has in years past.

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The Hicchair, from Tunisia, is supposed to determine if you're sitting with proper posture and then send the findings to a smartphone.
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'Africa Tech' Is Hard To Find At CES — But Worth Looking For

Jan 12, 2018
The entrepreneurs at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas have some interesting ideas. But what about the follow-through?
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Blackout At CES Tech Show Blamed On Heavy Rain

Jan 11, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The power outage at the CES tech show is being blamed on heavy rainfall this week.

Power has been restored.

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Power Goes Out - Briefly - At CES

Jan 11, 2018

The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is underway this week. CES is Las Vegas’ largest convention and one of the biggest tech shows in the world.

But Wednesday, the show went dark for a bit, as a power outage happened which lasted for a little more than an hour.

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The CES Tech Show Again Has Dearth Of Women

Jan 10, 2018

The CES tech show, much like the tech industry, has long been known for its dearth of women.

This year is no exception. That's despite coming off a watershed year for women in technology and beyond, with the #metoo movement opening conversations on sexual harassment, abuse and sexism.

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CES Underway At The Las Vegas Convention Center

Jan 09, 2018

The annual CES show is officially underway at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

It’s one of the largest attended shows in Las Vegas with 180,000 attendees expected to spill on to exhibit space over the course of the week.

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CES Starts Tuesday

Jan 08, 2018

The annual Consumer Electronics Show begins Tuesday at 11 official sites, including the Las Vegas Convention Center, the Sands Expo and Convention Center, and the Aria Convention Center. 

It’s expected to draw more than 175,000 people to Las Vegas during the week. 

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Lyft, AptivPlc To Unveil Automated Ride-Hailing Service At CES

Jan 02, 2018

Lyft and the self-driving software company AptivPlc will show off a fully-automated ride-hailing service at the upcoming Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas.

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