CES 2019 had nothing to say about the biggest conversation in tech

Get the Full StoryWhile CES sets the tech trends for the year, it rarely sets the tone. The giant-size tech carnival is a great place to see the latest TVs, smart home gadgets, and self-driving vehicle tech, but it's also a bubble. Hype and excitement over mostly incremental upgrades is epidemic at the show, and it has very little to do with our real-world relationship with technology.

If there was any doubt about that, it was made jarringly clear on Thursday when news broke that Amazon-owned company Ring, fresh from a CES 2019 launch where it debuted a slew of new smart-home security products, had been using human contractors to review and label some customers' doorbell-cam footage in lieu of an actual AI. Read more...More about Samsung, Privacy, Ces, Lg, and Data Privacy

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