text: CES 2019: Everything we saw, from 8K TVs to amazing fake burgers | Mobile Great
  TVs that rise out of a credenza. Robot legs that help you walk. A wand that 'erases' skin blemishes. A tasty burger with no meat — and, of course, a smart toilet. We saw all that and more in Las Vegas last week as CES 2019, the world's biggest technology show, took over the city.
  You couldn't go anywhere in Las Vegas without seeing Google branding this year. The company even had a Disney-esque tram ride in its massive booth outside the convention center extolling the virtues of its Google Assistant. But it wasn't just all bluster: The search giant unleashed a deluge of Assistant upgrades (see below), and nearly every other company at the show was boasting about Assistant compatibility in its products.
  But weep not for archrival Alexa. Amazon's assistant remains the de facto standard, and was nearly always available in new products alongside Google's offering.
  All the while, no one in Las Vegas could stop talking about (and eating) the new version of the Impossible Burger, which debuted at the show. The second iteration of the meatless burger tastes so much like the real thing that it threw CNET's vegetarian Joan Solsman for a loop when she tried the Impossible tartare. 'I haven't eaten beef in a decade, and the new fake meat at CES comes close enough to cow to gross me out. That's a compliment, I think,' she said. — John Falcone
  With the exception of some fixed-wireless 5G home routers, an old Moto phone with a snap-on 5G modem (really) and a prototype 5G Galaxy phone tucked away in Samsung's booth, 5G felt like a whiff at this show, made even worse by AT&T's misleading '5G E' labeling of existing 4G service. Of course, with the phone-centric Mobile World Congress show — and Samsung's Galaxy S10 launch — both happening next month, we're guessing we'll be waist deep in 5G-compatible products soon enough. — John Falcone
  Amazon had a quieter presence. It had a booth for the first time, but it was mostly showing off partner products, of which there was no shortage. Alexa's expansion into categories outside of the home, particularly through Echo Auto, was top of mind. And Kohler's Alexa-connected toilet had many wondering if we've achieved 'peak smart home.'
  This cotton vest wants to predict your next heart attack before it's too late
  Philips' sleep sensor lands at CES 2019, sets sights on snorers
  I met a robot that showed me a future where we're not so lonely
  This robot chases your dog around and throws treats when you can't
  Tech will make you beautiful – after it points out all your flaws
  Beauty was high-tech at CES this year but the message was age-old: 'We have the secret to eternal youth.' The lines between tech and beauty companies are blurring, with products designed to diagnose skin problems, correct flaws and quantify what was previously unquantifiable. It was all a continuation of a trend — albeit a judgmental one — that we saw last year.
  But as gaming laptops were getting bigger, mainstream laptops were getting smaller. The Acer Swift 7 takes the prize for most-improved sequel. Last year's superthin original was one of my 2018 favorites, but the even smaller 2019 version is amazingly light and compact. Meanwhile Dell found a way to squeeze a 2.3mm webcam in the slim top bezel of the new XPS 13 – so no more nostril cam.
  Alienware m17 is Dell's biggest slim gaming laptop
  Dell XPS 13's 2019 model fixes its biggest problem
  Graphics ruled the processor news at CES this year. Nobody outblitzed Nvidia, which blanketed CES with no less than 40 laptops incorporating its new mobile RTX 20-series GPUs. The company launched its much anticipated, more affordable GeForce RTX 2060 desktop card and took direct aim at AMD's FreeSync adaptive refresh standard by announcing a 'G-Sync compatible' program. It was a masterstroke marketing ploy that managed to simultaneously denigrate FreeSync while co-opting the best-performing FreeSync monitors in order to get the G-Sync branding onto less expensive products than would otherwise bear it.
  Ice Lake incorporates the next generation (the 11th) of the integrated GPU, which adds USB-C monitor support and adaptive sync for gaming. It also adds native support for Thunderbolt 3, Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) and its DL Boost (Deep Learning) to accelerate increasingly common AI features. Intel also mentioned its post-Ice Lake Lakefield architecture, which combines different core architectures for dual-screen and sub-11-inch devices. And with Qualcomm, AMD and ARM chips coming on strong, it's not a moment too soon. — Lori Grunin
  AMD's third generation Ryzen desktop processors will debut in mid-2019
  Nvidia's GeForce RTX 2060 graphics card brings better gaming to cheaper hardware
  Moore's Law is dead, says Nvidia's CEO
  Nvidia CEO calls AMD's Radeon 7 'underwhelming,' 'lousy'
  BMW's self-riding motorcycle is packed with near-future tech
  Byton's electric M-Byte SUV has a screen as wide as 7 iPads
  WayRay's augmented reality displays go beyond cars
  Hyundai's walking car concept is perfect for first responders
  VR seemed dead at the end of 2018, but it was everywhere at CES. The Holoride technology from Audi and Disney shows that killer apps and good execution are still what's needed most if the category is to get a second wind. HTC had the largest VR presence at the show, but mostly demonstrated enterprise VR: The Vive Pro Eye headset uses heat maps of eye motion and 'foveated rendering' that improves by only ramping up the highest graphics detail to where the eyes are looking. But the company's new promised consumer headset, the Cosmos, was nothing but a brief tease at the show.