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Ring around the parking lot: Amazon’s security company unveils a $5,000 surveillance trailer

Amazon’s Ring is taking its home-security technology into the parking lot with a $5,000 solar-powered surveillance trailer aimed at construction sites, retail centers, and outdoor events — a move that puts the doorbell maker into more direct competition with commercial security providers. Read More

Amazon’s AI on the web, wrist, and phone: Tech giant chases consumer rivals with latest moves

Amazon is pushing Alexa+ beyond the smart speaker, bringing its upgraded AI assistant to the web, a redesigned mobile app, and new hardware initiatives. The moves, timed to CES, reflect the company’s effort to close the gap with consumer AI rivals such as ChatGPT and Gemini. Read More

CES 2024: Here are the Washington state companies taking tech innovation to Las Vegas

The Washington State Dept. of Commerce will lead a delegation of companies to the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), taking… Read More

Amazon’s Ring unveils $40 device that detects breaking glass, duplicating Echo feature

Ring, the Amazon-owned smart doorbell and home security tech company, announced a new sensor that promises to detect the sound… Read More

Microsoft’s Pluton security processor debuts on AMD chips in new Lenovo ThinkPad laptops

Lenovo unveiled two new laptops made out of materials including recycled aluminum and “recycled black vegan leather,” delivered in packaging… Read More

Amazon cancels on-site presence at CES, T-Mobile scales back due to Omicron concerns

Amazon is one of several big tech companies that have decided not to attend or exhibit at the International CES… Read More

Microsoft tapped to power all-virtual CES 2021 after learning on its own large-scale digital events

Microsoft isn’t just taking the stage at the big CES conference next year, it’s helping to actually power the stage,… Read More

Giant tech event CES will shift online in 2021 due to pandemic concerns

CES is the latest primetime tech event to move online due to the global pandemic. The Consumer Technology Association announced… Read More

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A glimpse of the future at CES: Celebs, parallel reality, and next-gen toilets at the big tech show

CES is becoming less of a place where companies unveil game-changing products, and more where they show attention-grabbing ideas. That’s… Read More

We had blockchain for dinner at CES with IBM and celebrity chef Aaron Sanchez

LAS VEGAS — Mmmmm, blockchain. IBM hosted a dinner this week at CES with celebrity chef Aaron Sanchez, who put… Read More

Amazon signals big ambitions for automobiles with expanded presence at CES

LAS VEGAS — Amazon’s consumer electronics ambitions have grown over the years at CES, the giant consumer technology show in… Read More

Delta Air Lines debuts crazy ‘parallel reality’ airport experience based on Seattle startup’s technology

LAS VEGAS — Parallel reality is becoming actual reality. The mind-bending technology — in which a single display shows different… Read More

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Our favorite cars and flying vehicles from CES 2020

Automakers showed off a wide array of splashy concept cars and flying vehicles at CES 2020. Here are some of our favorites. Read More

Charmin RollBot

Hands-on demo with Charmin’s new toilet paper robot and fart smell sensor at CES

Toilet-paper maker Charmin introduced three new technology innovations at CES 2020 designed to improve the toilet experience, including RollBot, a “pooptime robot pal.” Read More

Inside Amazon’s CES media event: Shaq shows up, touts Ring, makes drinks with celeb chef Guy Fieri

LAS VEGAS — The celebs were out in full force at Amazon’s happy hour media event at CES on Tuesday.… Read More

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff offers leadership playbook on how to run purpose-driven businesses

LAS VEGAS — Marc Benioff was heading home from dinner one evening in 2015 when he learned the surprising news:… Read More

We tried Impossible Foods’ new pork, the latest fake meat from the Bill Gates-backed company

LAS VEGAS — Impossible Foods, the fake meat company with investors such as Bill Gates, was back at CES this… Read More

CES allows sex tech on show floor for first time and this Seattle startup CEO wonders what took so long

LAS VEGAS — Health and wellness technology has long been a theme at CES. But there’s one notable addition this… Read More

Here are all of Google’s voice assistant announcements from CES as it battles Amazon

One of Google’s main advantages over rivals like Amazon in the digital assistant race is its command of the popular… Read More

Video: Pizza-making robot arrives at CES to feed hungry attendees, thanks to Seattle startup

LAS VEGAS — Tech world, meet pizza robot. Seattle startup Picnic and its pizza-making machine just arrived at CES, the… Read More

CES: These are the consumer tech trends to watch for 2020 and beyond, according to show organizers

LAS VEGAS — 5G; artificial intelligence; connected homes; streaming media; cloud-based gaming; mixed reality; electric transportation; telemedicine; task-based robots; and… Read More

‘Alexa, pay for gas’: Amazon unveils voice control feature to buy fuel at Mobil and Exxon stations

Later this year, drivers will be able to pay for gas at more than 11,500 Exxon and Mobil stations across… Read More

Charmin looks to disrupt the toilet experience with new technologies unveiled at CES

LAS VEGAS — At CES this week, toilet paper manufacturer Charmin unveiled three concept technologies to improve your toilet-going experience.… Read More

CES: Top 5 craziest tech gadgets we saw on Day 1

LAS VEGAS — CES doesn’t officially start until Tuesday. But the madness has already begun. We landed here in Vegas… Read More

CES 2020 preview: Ivanka Trump, Amazon, pizza robots, and more as GeekWire heads to Vegas

Get your best walking shoes ready, load up on the Emergen-C, and pack extra batteries — it’s time to go… Read More

Not just another robot idea at CES, Picnic pizza platform will churn out real pies to feed crowds

The only thing more attention grabbing than the technology at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas might be… Read More

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Las Vegas takes a chance on having Elon Musk’s Boring Company build transit tunnel

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s board of directors today approved a recommendation to have the Boring Company build… Read More

Amazon Alexa vs. Google Assistant, Round 2: Digital assistants duke it out in the desert

LAS VEGAS — Sin City has served as the backdrop to some of the most famous bouts and rematches in… Read More

This phone case charges devices wirelessly and will go on sale in 2020

LAS VEGAS — Starting next year, Seattle-area startup Ossia’s wireless charging technology will be available in a consumer product for… Read More

Google aims to get digital brain in simple, inexpensive devices with new Assistant Connect platform

LAS VEGAS — The Google Assistant now lives in more than 1 billion devices, but the company wants to put… Read More