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In Pictures: CES 2018, Day Three

We dig into the nitty-gritty of the Sands Expo Center in the third official day of this year's CES. Here's a quick look at some of what we found.

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Google I/O 2015 in photos

Once again, Google I/O was held at the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco, May 28 and 29. As Google's annual confab for third-party developers, engineers from across the world attended the show to hear about Google's latest products and services. This year, Google revealed, among other services, Android Pay, a new way to purchase items in brick-and-mortar stores using Android smartphones; a developer preview of "M," the next version of the Android operating system; Brillo, a new OS based on Android to control devices in the home and let them talk to each other; and a new photo sharing app called Google Photos.

In Pictures: The wacky side of Ceatec

Sandwiched between the IFA and CES electronics trade shows, Japan's Ceatec is fighting to stay relevant. But while the number of vendors at this year's Ceatec was down to 547 from 587 last year, with the notable absence of Sony, there was no shortage of unusual sights and exhibits. From sign-language androids to smartphone-controlled dinosaurs and table tennis robots, here's a look at the wacky site of the technology expo just outside of Tokyo

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Tutorials Feb 21

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Features about consumer electronics

In Pictures: CES 2018, Day Three

We dig into the nitty-gritty of the Sands Expo Center in the third official day of this year's CES. Here's a quick look at some of what we found.

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The LG G4: Three things right, three things wrong

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What happens when computer science conferences go Gangnam Style

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