ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from CES 2026 to ChatGPT's medical update

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News By Hamish Hector published 10 January 2026

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This week was a surprisingly quiet one in the world of tech. We just had this one small event called CES 2026, not sure if you've heard of it?

Joking aside, CES is the biggest tech show of the year, and as you'd expect, a lot of news came out from it. From Lego Smart Play to Samsung's TriFold, it was something else.

Plenty of non-CES things happened, too, and to catch up on all of it, scroll down for our recap of the week's biggest tech stories.

7. We picked our best gadgets of CES 2026

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This week has been a fever dream of AI robot barmen and musical popsicles – and that’s all been thanks to CES 2026. The Las Vegas staple is still the biggest tech show of the year, but what are the best new products we’re actually going to buy?

Fortunately, our tech experts were on the ground at CES 2026 and have curated their highlights across everything from TVs to fitness trackers and robot vacuums. If you want to see the potential gadget stars of this year – or just get a taste of what’s coming – make sure to read our roundup below.

6. Lego got an upgrade

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Lego announced a major upgrade to its bricks this week with the Smart Brick. This special block can detect special sensors inside certain minifigures and tile pieces to activate sounds, flash lights, and generally enhance the play features of Lego’s sets in a way we’ve not seen before.

The Smart Brick is debuting in Star Wars sets, and did so to fairly mixed reactions, but TechRadar’s Jacob Krol got to see the piece firsthand and thinks it could be a fantastic new option in Lego’s repertoire.

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