The biggest change at CES

All of a sudden, there's a lot of sharing

The Consumer Electronics show.
(Image credit: Illustrated | David Paul Morris/Getty Images)

The annual gadget bacchanalia that is the Consumer Electronics Show is always a chance to glimpse the future. Among this year's most exciting reveals was a TV that can actually roll up like a blind — it probably will cost five figures, but it really will be coming to stores this year.

But as cool as a roll-up TV is, it's hardly the most surprising thing at this year's CES. The most surprising thing has been all the sharing.

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Navneet Alang

Navneet Alang is a technology and culture writer based out of Toronto. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, New Republic, Globe and Mail, and Hazlitt.