Gadgets Regain Spotlight at World's Largest Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas

The CES 2019 gadget show is revving up in Las Vegas. The world's largest annual consumer technology trade show runs through Jan. 11 and features about 4,500 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to more than 180,000 attendees.Here are observations from Associated Press reporters on the ground.ENOUGH ABOUT SELF-DRIVING CARSMany people at CES would rather hear about better video games. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang got a big round of applause when he told a crowd that he'd spend more time talking gaming than autonomous driving.The Santa Clara, California-based chipmaker's computer graphics technology is used in both industries. But it was his unveiling of a new gaming-oriented graphics processor that elicited the biggest cheers Sunday night. Huang also detailed how his company's advances in artificial intelligence and a graphics technology called "ray tracing" are helping to generate ever-more-realistic scenery in popular games.This year's CES is less focused on autonomous cars compared with last year, though there's ongoing buzz about self-driving innovations. Ride-hailing service Lyft says that after launching a self-driving Las Vegas taxi service at last year's CES, it's now had almost 30,000 paid rides. Daimler on Monday unveiled a new self-driving truck and Bosch unveiled its concept for a driverless shuttle bus.  Continue reading...