Dan Costa

No Vegas, no show floor, no problem. This year’s all-digital CES still set the stage for what’s to come in the world of tech in 2021. These are the top trends we saw at the show.

At CES 2021, PCMag is rebooting a 30+-year tradition, the Technical Excellence Awards. We’re currently accepting nominations.

The app failed for the same reason that every tech rollout struggles: bugs, user training, and the known unknowns.

Dell Technologies’ SVP of Experience Design, Ed Boyd, says AI, collaboration, and immersion will change how PCs look and work.

‘It’s not opening the gates of hell, but it’s not a paradise,’ Garry Kasparov says about AI. Artificial intelligence learns from us, so we should really fear bad actors, not killer robots.

At CES 2019, we spoke with CEO Simon Segars about the company’s unique approach, its role in the move to 5G, and how secure the Internet of Things really is.

LG’s President and CTO, Dr. I.P. Park, explains how LG is leveraging AI in everything from smartphones to washing machines.

Moovit CEO Nir Erez says the company is adding 1 million new users every day and maps an entirely new city every 15 hours—all for free. He explains how that happened, how Moovit makes money, and whether it would entertain a Google acquisition.

Theo Blackwell, the Chief Digital Officer for the City of London, discusses building smart cities in the 5G era, digital citizenship, and the increasing scarcity of bootleg tapes in Camden Town.

Forget the AI hype. Entrepreneur William Hurley, known as whurley, is launching Strangeworks to help bring quantum computing to the masses.

At MWC, Pernilla Jonsson, Head of Ericsson’s Consumer and Industry Lab, talked to PCMag about consumer trust, mobile commerce, and why smartphones are so damn addictive.

At MWC, FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel talks about 5G, broadband competition, and the best way to regulate the internet.

Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig discusses digital privacy, running for President, and why he agrees with Elon Musk about artificial intelligence.

The future is here, and our responsibility is clear.

Third Wave Fashion’s Liza Kindred talks about the next wearable revolution.

I rely on the PCMag staff to keep me on the cutting edge of the huge world of technology.

Synack co-founder and CEO Jay Kaplan has a network of white hat hackers available to rent. He talks with us about cybersecurity and how he protects his own security online.

Justin Rosenstein, Asana’s co-founder and head of product, wants to help you get more done, change the world, drink more water, and maybe become a vegan.

With so many players and so much money involved, space is getting too complex for the current Outer Space Treaty.

Taplin is the author of ‘Move Fast and Break Things,’ but he’s not necessarily sold on the tagline popularized by Facebook and other Silicon Valley whiz kids.