US EditionCES Showed Me Why Chinese Tech Companies Feel so Optimistic
Chinese exhibitors made up nearly 25% of companies at CES 2026, with AI featured in every product and session amid concerns about infrastructure and cybersecurity.
- This year, CES showed AI everywhere, appearing in sessions, booths and demos across the Las Vegas Convention Center and adjacent hotels with over 148,000 attendees and over 4,100 exhibitors.
- Because AI powers product functionality, vendors highlighted personal AI assistants and agentic AI, wearables and robotics, while Ian Goh noted China’s manufacturers’ edge in AI hardware this year.
- On the show floor, humanoid robots drew crowds with dancing, back flips and Unitree's boxing-ring demos, while consumer AI gadgets felt uneven, including Luka AI's robotic panda and Fuzozo keychain AI robot.
- Panelists cautioned that infrastructure limits could force trade-offs, as Bill Briggs, CTO of Deloitte, warned, while CES attendees and media experienced unreliable public WiFi and limited cybersecurity focus.
- Industrywide, robotics and AI demonstrations suggest broader tech and industry trends will reshape legal work and issues the legal profession must confront this year.
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Above the Law
TechLaw CrossroadsCES 2026: The Trends. The Vibe. And Some Final Thoughts.
Usually after a tech show closes down, I provide my takeaways and impressions based on what I witnessed and the sessions and events I attended. With a show of the size and with the huge number of sessions of CES, I could attend only a smidgen of what went on. But there were some consistent themes and trends throughout this year’s show that were hard to miss. And these trends will ultimately impact legal in perhaps in ways yet to be seen. So, her…
MIT Technology Review
mnnofa.comCES showed me why Chinese tech companies feel so optimistic
They’re starting to dominate entire sectors of AI and robotics.
Can one be disappointed by visiting a stand loaded with products? Yes, the proof with ONEXPLAYER that announced having the world's first liquid-cooling 8" gaming handled, but without having the product to show... Too bad for the APEX and its Ryzen AI Max processor, but we could still have an overview of the operation with the SUPER X tablet that embarks a Ryzen AI Max+ 395. For the APEX, the console was without the options. Utilizable in a very …
The engineering innovations and gadgets unveiled at CES 2026 provide a mosaic of this year's key technology trends. Technology companies are rewiring not only our living rooms, but also our bodies, our gardens, and even our souls. You could say that the future is constantly blurring with the present, so it's doubtful whether we can even distinguish science fiction from reality. Let's see what the most important technology trends of 2026 are!
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