The CES Gadgets Worth Knowing About

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.3 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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CES, the annual electronics trade show, comes to a close today. There were thousands of vendors—Google, GE and LG among them—showing off the latest gadgets. One big theme emerged: 2024 is the year of AI. WSJ Personal Tech news editor Shara Tibken joins host Alex Ossola to talk about what this year’s show tells us about tech trends, and which gadgets were the team’s favorites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.2	Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Friday January 12th. I'm Alex Osola for the Wall Street Journal.
0:36.5	On today's show, after making a big bet on Tesla, Rental Car Company Hertz has announced that it's cutting a third of the electric vehicles in its fleet.
0:45.0	What does this say about consumer demand for EVs?
0:48.0	W.S.J. reporter Ben Glickman joins us to discuss.
0:51.0	And then, the Big Electronics Show, known as CES, wraps up today. Among the thousands
0:56.5	of vendors and cool gadgets, one big theme has emerged. 2024 is the year of AI. We'll hear about some of the standout tech from Google, Belkin, and more
1:06.3	from W.S.J. Personal Tech News Editor Shara Tibkin.
1:12.0	But first, in 2021, rental car company Hertz made a big play. It bought a
1:17.4	100,000 Tesla's, turbocharging its own EV offerings and boosting Tesla's
1:22.4	valuation.
1:23.5	Now, just a few years later,
1:25.2	the company has announced that it will sell off a third of that fleet,
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