AI gadgets will be hot in 2024. You don’t need one.

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For the past decade, tech companies have chased a dream: Invent a gadget to replace the smartphone.

That’s why companies have created computers for your face and wrist, talking speakers for your living room and virtual reality goggles.

And while many people love Apple Watches, Alexa speakers or Meta Quest VR headsets, none of them have yet shoved aside the smartphone as the center of your digital life.

But the dream lives on. The 2024 twist will

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Tech innovations that caught our eye at CES 2024

LAS VEGAS (AP) — From electric cars to transparent TVs to the latest accessibility tech and virtual assistants backed by artificial intelligence, there was a wide range of innovations on display at the CES tech show in Las Vegas this week. The best of it aims to solve big real-world problems. Some of it aims to make your life more fun. And some of it was just a little out there.

Associated Press journalists spent last week combing cavernous exhibit halls for the most exciting, interesting and unusual tech innovations.

Here’s what caught our eye at CES 2024.

ACCESSIBILITY PRODUCTS

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