Big tech show, now virtual, aims for digital connections


The CES 2021 event will showcase tech that people have been using to get through the pandemic. — AFP

WASHINGTON: Forced by the pandemic to go online, the massive annual gathering for the technology industry normally held in Las Vegas still wants to be a place for connections, even if virtual.

The scaled-down, digital-only Consumer Electronics Show will be heavily influenced by the global crisis, and will showcase new ways of delivering health care along with innovations in artificial intelligence, robotics, smart homes and cities, and other segments.

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