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Best of CES 2023: High-tech eyebrows and a boba tea robot

8Jan

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Best of CES 2023: High-tech eyebrows and a boba tea robot

[ad_1] Crowds of investors, media and tech workers have streamed into cavernous Las Vegas venues to see the latest tech from big companies and startups. Tech companies showed off their latest products this week at CES. formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, with new developments in video as well as lifestyle enhancements with beverage and makeup gadgets.Crowds of investors, media and tech workers have streamed into cavernous Las Vegas venues to see the latest tech from big companies and startups. The show runs through Sunday. Here are some highlights: VIDEO CALLS WITH A TWISTTired of the same old Zoom calls? Zero Distance thinks it may have the answer.The company's Wehead device helps people at a meeting feel like a remote attendee is in the room with them.The device looks s...

Got game? Automakers show off in-car entertainment options at CES

6Jan

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Got game? Automakers show off in-car entertainment options at CES

[ad_1] What started out as a novelty offered by Elon Musk to Tesla owners has turned into table stakes in the next generation of electric vehicles. Automakers from Sony Honda to Hyundai are introducing ways at the CES 2023 technology trade show this week to reshape the in-car entertainment experience, including offering video games during the rides. They are positioning themselves to take advantage of the time people spend in their cars as a source of potentially lucrative, recurring revenue. "This is a field which can be deployed very quickly," Dirk Hilgenberg, head of Volkswagen AG's CARIAD software unit, told Reuters at CES. "You could just host the third-party app for a streaming service, or generate joint platforms. You guarantee certain volumes, you guarantee certain revenue...

BMW Takes Cues From Apple With Radical Interior Overhaul

6Jan

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BMW Takes Cues From Apple With Radical Interior Overhaul

[ad_1] BMW AG’s latest prototype could well preview Apple Inc.’s future car: drivers have zero buttons and switches with a super-sleek interior where the windshield acts as a giant voice-controlled display. BMW AG's latest prototype could well preview Apple Inc.'s future car: drivers have zero buttons and switches with a super-sleek interior where the windshield acts as a giant voice-controlled display. Parts of the technologies showcased in the i Vision Dee concept car, on display at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, will be available as soon as 2025, according to Chief Executive Officer Oliver Zipse. The vehicle — while using Amazon. com Inc. voice recognition know-how — features software mostly developed by BMW in a bid to shut out tech giants. “We have to be...

Mercedes to build its own electric vehicle charging network

6Jan

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Mercedes to build its own electric vehicle charging network

[ad_1] Mercedes will start building the North American network this year at a total cost of just over 1 billion euros ($1.05 billion). When completed, the network will have 400 charging stations with more than 2,500 high-power plugs. Mercedes-Benz says it will build its own worldwide electric vehicle charging network starting in North America in a bid to compete with EV sales leader Tesla. The German luxury automaker said at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas Thursday that it will start building the North American network this year at a total cost of just over 1 billion euros ($1.05 billion). When completed in six or seven years, the network will have 400 charging stations with more than 2,500 high-power plugs, the company said. Networks in Europe and China a...

CES gadget gala looks to shake off economic gloom

6Jan

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CES gadget gala looks to shake off economic gloom

[ad_1] High inflation, lingering supply chain troubles and tech company layoffs provide a dark backdrop for technology's premier trade show where more than 100,000 attendees are expected from around the world until Sunday. The annual CES consumer electronics extravaganza throws open its doors in Las Vegas on Thursday as the industry looks to the latest innovations to help cure the pain from an ailing global economy. High inflation, lingering supply chain troubles and tech company layoffs provide a dark backdrop for technology's premier trade show where more than 100,000 attendees are expected from around the world until Sunday. Consumer Technology Association research director Steve Koenig reminded CES goers of previous innovations from smartphones to high-...

Best of CES 2023: Wireless TV, delivery robots and in-car VR

6Jan

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Best of CES 2023: Wireless TV, delivery robots and in-car VR

[ad_1] Tech companies of all sizes are showing off their latest products at CES, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics show. Tech companies of all sizes are showing off their latest products at CES, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics show. The show is getting back to normal after going completely virtual in 2021 and seeing a significant drop in 2022 attendance because of the pandemic. On Wednesday, big names like LG and Samsung and smaller startups showcased their latest products for the media in Las Vegas. The show officially opens Thursday. Here are some highlights: NO MESSY WIRES LG Electronics unveiled a 97-inch OLED TV with what it calls a Zero Connect Box that streams content wirelessly. The box, which still needs to be plugged in, just needs to be within 3...

At CES tech mega-show, driverless cars show promise, limitations

5Jan

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At CES tech mega-show, driverless cars show promise, limitations

[ad_1] Autonomous vehicles have long been pitched as the new dawn of transportation and the world's biggest tech companies have poured billions of dollars into being ready. Crowds of techies will descend on Las Vegas this week for the annual CES technology mega-show, but one innovation may again fall short of long-held hopes: driverless cars. Autonomous vehicles have long been pitched as the new dawn of transportation and the world's biggest tech companies have poured billions of dollars into being ready. Despite steady advances, however, robo-travel has yet to take over the open roads, with even Elon Musk's best-selling Teslas requiring "a fully attentive driver", despite the billionaire's assurances his cars will soon be autonomous. Waymo, a subsidiary of Google-parent Alphab...

Five things to watch at CES tech megashow

5Jan

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Five things to watch at CES tech megashow

[ad_1] The presence of auto companies will be the biggest ever this year, with nearly 300 exhibitors grouped in a dedicated hall with keynote events by Stellantis, BMW and other heavyweights. The world's biggest tech megashow, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), gets underway in Las Vegas this week, with organizers hoping to recapture the excitement of years past after two years marred by the coronavirus pandemic. Here are some things to look out for in this year's edition. - How big? - In January 2020, more than 117,000 people attended the Las Vegas extravaganza just weeks before Covid-19 would send much of the globe into lockdown. The 2021 edition took place virtually and a hybrid version held last year saw about 40,000 visitors, ...

Electronics Show Returns to Realism After Self-Driving Bubble Bursts

4Jan

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Electronics Show Returns to Realism After Self-Driving Bubble Bursts

[ad_1] The age of adventure is being replaced by the realm of reality in the automotive displays at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, once a fantastical flight of fancy that promised a Jetson’s lifestyle was just around the corner. The age of adventure is being replaced by the realm of reality in the automotive displays at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, once a fantastical flight of fancy that promised a Jetson's lifestyle was just around the corner. But now when the show opens Jan. 5, CES will spotlight transportation technologies that are here and now, like autonomous tractors and electric cars. After the high-profile collapse of Argo AI in October, the former self-driving unit of Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG, the coin of the realm at this ...

AI infused everything on show at CES gadget extravaganza

2Jan

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AI infused everything on show at CES gadget extravaganza

[ad_1] The latest leaps in artificial intelligence in everything from cars, robots to appliances will be on full display at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The latest leaps in artificial intelligence in everything from cars, robots to appliances will be on full display at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) opening Thursday in Las Vegas. Forced by the pandemic to go virtual in 2021 and hybrid last year, tens of thousands of show-goers are hoping for a return to packed halls and rapid-fire deal-making that were long the hallmark of the annual gadget extravaganza. "In 2022, it was a shadow of itself - empty halls, no meetings in hotel rooms," Avi Greengart, an analyst at Techspotential told AFP. "Now, (we expect) crowds, trouble...