The year’s big tech show is even bigger from 5,000 miles away
I missed CES. For the first time in 15 years, I couldn’t attend, thanks to a thin red line that appeared on my Covid test strip the day before I was due to fly out. I felt fine, but after a quick consultation with the show organisers it was agreed that I shouldn’t put other showgoers (or fellow passengers) at risk. What followed was one of the most annoying weeks of my life. While Jon and Barry were scampering hither and thither to meetings, getting their hands on the latest kit and mixing with all the brainiacs that are normally tucked safely away in their Californian labs, I was stuck in my office shed. My first task? Send emails to AMD, HTC, Lenovo, LG, Nvidia and Razer to apologetically cancel my…
