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CES, formerly The International Consumer Electronics Show, held annually in Las Vegas, showcases the latest in, and the future of, technology: from wearables, automotive tech and self-driving cars to smart homes and drones. 

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  • Driven by the increasing popularity of larger display TVs, revenue for the TV business grew 30 per cent year on year in the first three months of 2024
  • Globally, TCL and its Chinese rival Hisense were the second-largest TV makers in the world by shipments, both taking 11 per cent of the market last year

Lenovo’s sharpened focus on artificial intelligence reflects the personal computer industry’s response to a projected shift in demand for machines that support the technology.

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Rabbit Inc, started by Xian native Jesse Lyu Cheng, has sold out of five rounds of pre-orders for its R1 device since launching in Las Vegas this month.

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Alibaba and TikTok played to their strengths at CES, as they catered to a market where it has been increasingly difficult for Chinese companies to operate.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stopped by the booth of a start-up that makes an artificial intelligence-powered belt to guide the blind at the CES trade show’s Hong Kong pavilion.

New hi-tech kitchen appliances at CES 2024 promise to make cooking a breeze, from a US$2,000 grill you can ask questions to a US$250 air fryer that uses AI to detect what type of food it is preparing.

Realme’s 12 Pro+ smartphone to launch at the end of January will focus on providing a better zoom lens at a budget price, as the Chinese firm caters to young overseas users.

Hisense and TCL, the two biggest Chinese TV brands, offered competing narratives about AI processing and the ability to produce their own technology in-house at CES 2024 in Las Vegas.

More than 1,100 Chinese firms, including tech giants Alibaba and ByteDance, are exhibiting at CES this year, making up a quarter of the total, over twice the number from 2023.

We look at the best of CES 2023, from a company offering buttons that cats and dogs can press to ‘talk’ to their owners, to a robot that can make any kind of bubble tea drink that you like.

Tuya, TP-Link and others at CES 2023 are boasting about smart device support for Matter, a standard meant to unify a fractured smart home market and bring greater security.

Companies are using haptics vests and other next-generation simulation products to replicate the feeling of action in virtual worlds for video gamers.

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Chinese companies at the world’s largest consumer electronics show are exhibiting new PCs, TVs and portable power stations, illustrating the country’s supply-chain strengths.

Taiwanese IT firm Acer reveals bike desk at CES tech fair that allows people to work and pedal at the same time, aiming to cash in on multitaskers in post-pandemic era.

The organiser of tech show CES said it was unable to confirm the number of Covid-19 cases from its in-person event in Las Vegas last week after 70 South Korean visitors tested positive for the virus.

Event organisers say they are cancelling the Shanghai edition of the major US tech show as they look forward to China’s “improved relations with the US and western world”

The AirPods may have set the trend, but now there’s a plethora of competitors serving up stylish earbuds with similar features – and cheaper price tags

Transport of the future featured heavily at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, with flying taxis, electric water bikes and autonomous vehicles of every kind on display.

Start-ups at CES, the world’s largest annual consumer technology trade show, now volunteer information about how they secure your data and protect your privacy when using their cuddly robot or heart rate monitor.

Sex tech is testing the waters at CES this year with a range of toys, sex aids and apps on show. But don’t mention pleasure – it’s all about ‘sexual well-being’, according to many of the entrepreneurs in the industry.

The Trump administration’s proposed new set of guidelines, ‘AV 4.0’, unifies autonomous vehicle work across 38 federal departments and agencies, and establishes safety as the No 1 priority.

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