In the morning, you could ask the microwave to heat up a bowl of oatmeal. The future will be on display next week at CES, a consumer electronics trade show in Las Vegas that serves as a window into the year’s hottest tech trends. Artificially intelligent virtual assistants will take center stage as the most important tech topic, with companies big and small expected to showcase voice-controlled devices like robot vacuums, alarm clocks, refrigerators and car accessories. Most of these products will be powered by Amazon’s Alexa or Google’s Assistant, the two most popular artificially intelligent assistants, industry insiders said. will pervade the show,” said Gary Shapiro, chief executive of the Consumer Technology Association, which owns CES.

Source: New York Times January 03, 2019 09:56 UTC