{"id":12859,"date":"2024-01-09T12:37:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T11:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/09\/techscape-is-the-consumer-electronics-show-still-relevant\/"},"modified":"2024-01-09T12:37:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T11:37:40","slug":"techscape-is-the-consumer-electronics-show-still-relevant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/09\/techscape-is-the-consumer-electronics-show-still-relevant\/","title":{"rendered":"TechScape: Is the Consumer Electronics Show still relevant?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world\u2019s largest tech event has cutting-edge TVs and even a VW with ChatGPT \u2013 but cheap gadgets and big tech have dented its influence. Plus, HMRC comes for side hustlers and Substack \u2018doesn\u2019t like Nazis\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/ablink.editorial.theguardian.com\/ss\/c\/TBl-lE0k4WbTlFRn6v-lQXxTpTslqnvUsR2ofAkC00vqkHXqakTSxrykj9mrdACFo11SPMvm9ONAti2JcHBqUgcduObToxycReEYHcTAh6nov_u_7l464yKkl5CZpPeg-CqG3ueb-8UiDZ4dOkhK_xu6BZysaGtGOA-w2_0KTqLsMBLqZrcGelEg-7T5C6DRfMSsX1Wcyrv2RlHjbzIGx0ePxMD7meIXmznkqCFxtrflV_YvxDV9cqXgzdq7c2-9qYTW0MyIMCG7p9sc7wIKCg\/3ha\/N7031ZxvS8Cv2AmB8PHP-g\/h27\/towm4HqYM1UtQe3kzAkaoAWT_zh9HyZuTvPyJCk6JeE\">Don\u2019t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which starts today in Las Vegas, is an odd beast. It is the biggest technology event of the year, a sprawling conference that spills over multiple casinos and convention centres to dominate a city that is hard to overshadow.<\/p>\n<p>But for the better part of a decade it has been an afterthought for some of the world\u2019s biggest businesses, led by Apple realising that if you can get the press to come to you, you don\u2019t need to risk burying your product launches under hundreds of competing newslines. The result is that CES is no longer where you see the future, but where you learn how that future will get copied into a thousand cheap plastic knockoffs.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/jan\/09\/is-the-consumer-electronics-show-still-relevant\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9caa7fc0aa80db149f80ae11f2f8e8b92ab24dc2\/207_0_9993_6000\/master\/9993.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=19e1f750c77358517d9b14bfc268e4ae\" title=\"TechScape: Is the Consumer Electronics Show still relevant?\" \/>The world\u2019s largest tech event has cutting-edge TVs and even a VW with ChatGPT \u2013 but cheap gadgets and big tech have dented its influence. Plus, HMRC comes for side hustlers and Substack \u2018doesn\u2019t like Nazis\u2019<br \/>\n\u2022 Don\u2019t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here<br \/>\nThe Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which starts today in Las Vegas, is an odd beast. It is the biggest technology event of the year, a sprawling conference that spills over multiple casinos and convention centres to dominate a city that is hard to overshadow.<br \/>\nBut for the better part of a decade it has been an afterthought for some of the world\u2019s biggest businesses, led by Apple realising that if you can get the press to come to you, you don\u2019t need to risk burying your product launches under hundreds of competing newslines. The result is that CES is no longer where you see the future, but where you learn how that future will get copied into a thousand cheap plastic knockoffs. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world\u2019s largest tech event has cutting-edge TVs and even a VW with ChatGPT \u2013 but cheap gadgets and big tech have dented its influence. Plus, HMRC comes for side hustlers and Substack \u2018doesn\u2019t like Nazis\u2019 \u2022 Don\u2019t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? 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