CES 2025 tips and tricks: A guide to tech’s biggest trade show

CES 2025 is coming to Las Vegas during the week of January 5, and it will be one of the biggest tech expos in the world again.

This year’s show should be big again. Last year’s attendance reached 138,789, according to an audited report by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the group that puts on the show.

Last year at CES 2024, I recorded around 80 press events, interviews, and sessions. I walked 46.78 miles, or 105,407 steps, over six days. My feet hurt and my back were sore. There were more than 4,300 exhibitors and 2.4 million square feet of exhibit space to crawl. And the Goodyear blimp was there.

I’ve been attending the Consumer Electronics Show since the 1990s when then-Microsoft CEO Bill Gates gave the opening keynote speeches every year. This time, the biggest speech will come from Jensen ...