CES

Every January, huge crowds descend on Las Vegas for the CES gadget show, an extravaganza of tech and glitz intended to set the tone for the coming year in consumer technology.

The Consumer Electronics Show is usually a crowded rush of excitement, with tens of thousands attending to get hands-on experience with the latest and greatest gadgets, but this year the world’s biggest tech trade show is going virtual. Roughly 1,000 exhibitors are participating, less than a quarter of 2020’s figures.

The annual CES technology conference in Las Vegas runs through Friday and offers a forum for companies to unveil their products and services for the coming year.

With 180,000 people packing 2.5 million square feet of exhibit space, CES 2020 is an all-out fight for attention — and tech companies are bringing their A-game. From a robotic table tennis coach to the gliding Segway chair that’s reminding everyone of the movie “Wall-E,” here are some of the killer demos drawing big crowds on the convention floor.

On opening day at the world’s biggest tech conference, an estimated 180,000 people packed the Las Vegas Convention Center to see the transportation, TVs and tiny robots of the future. One of those people was 28-time Olympic swimming medalist Michael Phelps.

Tell your refrigerator about your dietary preferences and it’ll concoct a recipe plan for the coming week, sending a shopping list to your smartphone when it notices you’ve run out of the right ingredients. Counter-top robotic arms help chop veggies. Artificially intelligent oven cameras and internet-connected meat thermometers keep track of what’s cooking. And then — voila! — a...

The holiday season may have just ended but more tech gadgets sure to grab your attention are just coming out. Experience the ultimate tech toyland at CES as seen on California Live on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020.

The nation’s largest consumer electronics show on Tuesday hosted Ivanka Trump as a keynote speaker — a choice that drew scorn from many women in technology.

A wristband that will help you say “no” to junk food. A machine that will mix drinks for you. These were among the gadgets showcased this week at the CES technology conference in Las Vegas. The four-day show, which opened Tuesday, is a place for companies to unveil their products and services for the coming year, though Apple, Google and other...

CES began as an ordinary trade show, and evolved into a happening of nearly intergalactic proportions. Every year, tech’s biggest brands strive to outdo themselves and show what might be possible in just five or ten years. This year, we got a pre-show tour of a booth as big as a house, where LG Electronics is showing off its vision...

In a bustling Las Vegas conference hall, a handpicked crop of tech innovators showed off their wares to reporters ahead of 2020’s CES tech conference. The exhibitors at the media-only preview event, CES Unveiled, include many of this year’s CES Innovation Award winners — with products ranging from smart sinks and door locks to entirely new ways to charge electronics...

What will watching TV be like in the 2020s? Amid new gadgets and glitz, the CES tech show in Las Vegas aims to offer some answers, many of which boil down to more streaming and more efforts to glue you to your phone. The show’s keynote addresses, once dominated by computer and chip makers, will this year feature executives...

CES, the tech industry’s biggest annual conference, promises a glimpse into the future of how robots and artificial intelligence will work their way into our daily lives — with blazing-fast wireless networks and huge, impossibly-thin color displays.