statue of liberty. eiffel tower. egyptian pyramid. venetian canals. fairy tale castle. why travel the world to see them when you can get them all in one place? and that city is... both: ..las vegas. it's such a bizarre place, isn't it? yes, this is where people come to gamble, shop, eat, party, and. .. geek out! that's because, as well as the hotels, is this, the massive las vegas convention center where, at the start of each new year, the latest tech trends are laid bare. yeah, january in vegas means ces, the consumer electronics show. it is big, it's flashy,

it's over the top. i can't think why they hold it here. so are you ready to get stuck into 2025? raring to go. understated it is not. and across the giant sprawling halls and countless extended spaces and showrooms, you'll find all the new tech for your home, phone, face, lap and stomach, and enough future—gazing to make your head spin. there are big names, small start—ups, and even the occasional roving one—man band, or bot, trying to sell their wares. red ronin, everybody. this guy made this costume. so what i do for a living is i make mascots. who would you sell these to? just... whoever has enough money. have a fun weekend. aaah! dance beats everyone�*s making a noise about something. ces is an assault on the senses. it really is.

and it can be hard to know which way to look to find the next big thing. especially seeing as that big thing could actually be quite small. here it is. nvidia's mini ai supercomputer was the talk of the show. we'll have more later on the company, whose involvement in al has taken it a long way from its roots in video games. talking of which, let's play. there's plenty of new gaming gear here, and i have to say, few things sum up ces better than two blokes in suits in a vr simulator. for the serious gamer, and the serious streamer, there are plenty of set—ups to salivate over. yeah, it'sjust like my set—up at home. aah! for those who don't want to sit still, well, there's the gtm gaming rig, which i think

you'll need a fair bit of room in your house for. what's amazing is i'm not actually feeling particularly motion sick. that being said, i'm glad i had such a light las vegas breakfast this morning. and then there's the roto vr chair, which may definitely put you in a spin. ah! ha—ha—ha! i'm iron man! so the idea is, as i turn my head, my body follows, which is something you don't get in normal vr, where your body can feel that you're just sitting still and therefore you can feel a bit motion sick. and for those who want to feel even more, why not strap yourself into one of these? i'm wearing the tactsuit pro. it's a tactile suit. basically, i can feel what happens in the game through vibrations here, and also in these tactsleeves and on the visor, which means, apparently, if i get hit in the head,

i'll know about it. yeah, i can feel that in my face. he chuckles right, i'm now going to try punching someone, so if the cameraman�*s there, move. he chuckles ican. i can feel vibrations in my arm every time i hit the dummy. as usual, the biggest and brightest displays here were made of displays with a big emphasis this year on oled screens, which can be transparent, very thin and very flexible. and the world's biggest manufacturer of them, samsung, was showing where it thought that bendability may take us in the future. screen squeaks oh, and if you're worried that those foldable screens may be less robust than the normal solid displays, well, oledog here is putting his foot down and saying, "no, they're

very stompable, thank you." there you are, conclusive proof that your foldable phone can survive a ninja kick from a robot dog. i hope that answers your question. not that oled is the only screen tech in town, mind you. micro leds may be lower resolution, but they are very bright and effective, at least from a distance. and it turns out they're also, well, notjust flexible, but stretchable too. watch what happens when the shark pushes its nose into this bulging concept design. a sharkjumping out of your tv, do you really think that'll catch on? yeah, you may be right, but i was told the same technology could actually be used to make physical buttons pop up on your smartphone so you can feel what you're pressing. more useful and less stressful than a shark attack in your living room. although there's plenty of tech

on the show floor to keep track of those stress levels. ooh, nice link to your bit there. every year at ces, health tech is absolutely massive. this time round, though, the focus is really on prevention and bringing all of our data together in one place. withings devices have been monitoring our health for years, but here's a proof of concept, a way of pulling together all of that health data, and then using a large language model to interpret to each of us as individuals what we should glean from it. and here you've got the withings technology from their scales built into the ground. automated voice: more good news, your temperature is also i in the healthy range. i'll walk you through what you're seeing to help make sense of it. of course, the whole system

will be personalised for you with your data. so what it's saying at the moment is alljust quite generic, because it's one setting. and the idea is that you might be able to talk back and forth. score is 75 out of 100. if there are readings that are relevant, you could send them to your doctor. if this was something you were to have in your home, possibly not even presented like this because it's huge, it could be in a tablet or smartphone, then every day you could have analysis of this sort of data. and it's large language models that make this possible, that mean that you can actually have this sort of conversation. but of course, for many, it could actuallyjust cause some anxiety, especially if you're told that you need a doctor's appointment. that's why collecting the right data, seeing how it all interacts with each other, and spotting the patterns that emerge are key. and new types of data are making it into the mix, too, like ways of quantifying hormones rather than just monitoring their effect. and that's what eli is really focusing on. right now, they have test kits available to be able to track cortisol and progesterone levels, but soon they're

going to be working with other hormones as well. all of the data will be stored on your mobile, so you'll start to be able to see those precious patterns and understand how the hormones are interacting with each other. we've created the hormometer. similarly to how the thermometer enables to measure temperature, we measure hormones in saliva. currently we have two hormones, cortisol and progesterone. we already have more along the way, and our vision is really to enable to test multiple hormones to enable people to take their health in their own hands. this could be really useful for women who want to understand a drop in progesterone, orfor people who want to know how stress is affecting them. i tried the hormometer to assess my levels of what's commonly referred to as the stress hormone, cortisol. you need to be doing this at least twice a day, twice a month, and the app will suggest lifestyle changes if needed.

longer term, the aim is to sync information from wearables too. and 20 minutes later, i can find out how stressful, or not, i'm finding ces. novel ways of collecting data were aplenty. the toilet tracker seamlessly checking its findings. the noninvasive blood glucose monitor using light instead of needles. and booth after booth of smart rings, reinforcing the message that prediction and prevention are the mission and that digital doctoring is the future. there were also old dogs doing new tricks. no, not that one — that'sjennie, the robotic puppy — but the humble blood pressure cuff. combined with a pulse pressure monitor and some algorithms, conneqt aims to predict your risk of hardening arteries and heart disease. there's been a lot of talk of menopause and perimenopause recently, but most tracking that can be done involves just logging how you're feeling.

here, though, may be a way to quantify it. this device is called peri, and through four sensors in it it's taking a lot of readings, and its algorithms are correlating hot flushes based on your actual biological data. i know all of this tracking can seem rather exhausting. so how about what you can do in your sleep? now, i'm notjust talking about the regular monitoring of your slumber, but this concept smart bed has a whole host of devices that can sync to it, plus lidar sensors which aim to be able to monitor your heart rate and sleep activity. so whilst you're having a nice snooze, not only is there some aromatherapy available, also the right lighting to wake you up in the morning, but it can monitor your movement. and for anybody at risk of falling, it can also, through its platform, contact the emergency services if anything goes wrong during the night. the mattress itself can also be

moved around into all sorts of positions to fit you perfectly. comfy. night—night. are you excited to be in las vegas? sir keir stamer has announced an action plan for the uk to become the new leader in artificial intelligence. creating the aa group designs that will go faster planning decisions and extra investment infrastructure. the government also wants a increase and uk computing power. an investigation has been launched into google search and search advertisements. the competition and market authority is looking closely at whether consumers and businesses are getting a fair deal. the investigation will also examine whether the

company leverages its dominant position to unfairly promote its own shopping and travelling services over those of competitors. and finally, to lunar lenders built by private companies have left the earth about a space x rocket as part of a rideshare to the moon. the falcon nine took off the kennedy space center, carrying lenders belong to america's firefly aerospace and japan's ice base. the landers will eventually separate once they reach the moon �*s orbit and conduct independent explanations. cheering in his trademark black leather, the boss of nvidia, jensen huang, has no problem packing an arena. do you like myjacket? audience: yeah!

huang, who founded the trillion—dollar chip company that helped power an ai revolution, made a slew of announcements. but it was these highly detailed computer graphics — well, more like what made them possible — that stole the show. here it is — our brand—new geforce rtx 50 series, blackwell architecture. the gpu isjust a beast. yep, it's ai. namely, nvidia's new blackwell ai chip, also known as a graphics processing unit or gpu. they'll still be found at data centres, but they're now coming to a laptop near you, delivering these movie—like images for gamers, developers and content creators, huang said. many in the audience were impressed. previously, when we looked at all these kind of graphics, we think of them as pre—rendered, as some, like, disney—grade or, like, dreamworks—grade animation studio, but now they can

do this in real time. in addition to promoting nvidia's latest products, jensen huang also seemed keen to promote ai in general at a time when many consumers still don't see the use case for it in their own lives. it used to be ask a question, answers start spewing out. in the future, you ask a question, a whole bunch of models are going to be working in the background. huang is describing agentic ai, a term used to describe the automation of everyday tasks. the plan is for nvidia's new chip to power its rise. people are going to have agents that schedule, that plan travel, that book vacations, that shop, that plan meals, everything you can imagine, that plan their exercise, that manage their finances. agentive ai really is about automating doing jobs so people can do more thought—provoking, more detailed, more strategic work. we'll be hearing more

about agentic ai and its impact over the coming months. but for now, nvidia is continuing to do what it's done so well in recent years — transform and disrupt the tech market. in recent years, vehicle technology has become one of the biggest parts of ces. and 2025 is no different. so let's go and see what's driving innovation at this year's show. companies from all over the world, big and small, came to showcase the latest developments in self—driving tech, in—car entertainment, wayfinding, and so much more. but despite the struggles

the industry has faced recently, self—driving vehicles were still a major element of this year's show. this is the zoox, and it's a fully autonomous ride—hailing vehicle. while i've been here at ces, i've seen these driving up and down the las vegas strip, and as you can tell, they're pretty distinctive. you can see them coming from quite a way off. they're currently being used here in las vegas, and later this year they're being rolled out to san francisco and other parts of the us. pretty cool. regulatory difficulties and high costs continue to dog the development and uptake of personal aerial vehicles. but that didn't seem to stop them being one of this year's biggest attractions. so this is the xpeng vertical take—off and landing vehicle, or better known to you and me as a flying car, and it's fully autonomous. but if, like me, the reason you don't have one of these yet is because you haven't got anywhere to land it, i've got something special to show you. come over here.

this is a land—based aircraft carrier. it's the ground mothership for the flying car. and it can store it in the back over here. and it can even charge it up. so now you've not really got any excuse not to have one. xpeng say that the ground vehicle is driveable under a regular driving licence and can charge the aerial craft, which has a range of around 1,000km, up to six times while stored in the back. the design team have made enormous effort in making it look sleek, modern and minimal. and the seating configuration consists of a two—plus—two. ok, so you can get four people in here. yeah, four. plus the aircraft. xpeng claim they already have 3,000 orders for their vehicle. though with much more certification still needed and a cost of around us $300,000, it remains to be seen how popular take—up will be. most of the interest here at ces is around car tech,

but if four wheels aren't your thing, how about two? it's a flying bike. the skyrider x1 is supposedly not just fully autonomous, but also amphibious and has a claimed 25—minute flight time. don't worry, though, if something goes wrong, it comes with a built—in emergency parachute. as always at ces, the glitz and glimpses of the future are often overtaken in the real world by the more mundane issues of regulation and logistics, and so a healthy dose of pessimism is needed once the excitement wears off. it may be some time yet before you see these vehicles on our streets or in our skies. that was paul. now, in a show this huge, it really is a challenge

to get noticed. some companies put on big flashy stands like this one. some make big announcements at big keynote presentations, and some get big celebrity names involved to draw in the crowds. in the past, we've met will, stevie, sigourney, will, paul, fiddy, eliza, will, mickey, and...will, to name but a few. and this year, lg has launched a new range of speakers developed in collaboration with...well, will. it's only will. i.am. how are you doing, man? how are you? good to see you, buddy. will has fine—tuned the sound of these smart speakers and earbuds. and, i mean, he's fine—tuned every sound. all the bips and bops, the bloop, bloop, bloops. it turns out, making a bloop, if you really care like i care, you put more time in a bloop than making a beat.

so these are the sounds it makes when you press the buttons, yeah? yes, yes. right, ok. those are the bleeps and bloops, technical term. i thought it was going to be like, oh, i'll have this done in, like, a couple of hours. dude, these bleeps and bloops took two days to fine—tune them. boom. we are bringing cutting—edge technology and amazing creative visions together with lg xboom. our goal with the new xboom series was never about duplicating what already existed. it's about reimagining what a speaker is supposed to be. i kind of know the answer to this, but i want to hear you phrase it. how important are the fine details of every piece of music that you write? cos, you know, people listen to music on cheap headphones and they listen on their speakers. it could be said that those details are lost. so do you think it's still important to, you know, fine—tune every piece of every track that you do? or has everything changed because consumers have changed?

no, no, no. the majority of the listening is being done on a phone speaker. people hear a song, they're like... when i'm making music, you mix the music on amazing speakers, ok speakers, bluetooth speakers. you have to keep all the speakers in mind. the music scene is facing a big change at the moment. in the last couple of years, generative ai has been the talk of the town, and it can not only have conversations with us and create new pictures and videos, it can also create music. enter a description of a song and the style you want, and websites like suno will produce fully—formed songs with coherent lyrics and, i have to say, decent tunes within seconds. ijust discovered suno, so ai music. what do you, as an artist, think about that? because i can put in a prompt and it comes up with something that's, i would say, better than the middle level

of music that i could buy. that's my uneducated opinion. but how do you feel about... well, wait till you hear udio. no, i've heard udio, right. so how do you feel about that? well, it doesn't take away why i make music. mm. you know, i make music to let out my emotions. it's more therapy for me. right. so, regardless if somebody can hit a prompt and something awesome comes out, that's great. that doesn't stop me from making music. yeah. that doesn't. .. that's not daunting to me. like, oh, my gosh, you can do that. like, that's cool, bro. yeah. go at it. udio is great. i think the folks that are concerned are the folks that have always been insecure about their creative abilities. so what? did prince and his awesomeness keep me from wanting to make music cos prince is the most ultimate, amazing artist that ever walked earth? did that tell me like, hey, hey, hey, prince is here, don't make music?

no. that was like, wow, prince inspired me. i want to make music. let me try to come close. michael jackson, he's the greatest. did that stop me from wanting to make music cos michaeljackson did? one could be like, bad english accent: "but, will.i.am, michaeljackson was "human and so was prince." i didn't know you were australian. no, i'm not australian! i'm from battersea! you no...! you muppet! listen, thank you so much for your time. all right, man. thank you. appreciate it. let's go. and that is it from us from ces for this week. however, there is so much to see and do here, we couldn't possibly fit it into one programme, so we will be back next week. i mightjust stay here for seven days doing this.

think of me, won't you? thanks for watching and we'll see you soon. hello. while some parts of the uk got to see the sunshine right the way through to the end of the day on saturday, for others it was a grey, gloomy start to the weekend. a pretty chilly one as well. you can see the extent of the cloud on saturday afternoon, and underneath it, temperatures in parts of lincolnshire hovering around freezing for much of the time. northern ireland with a few brighter breaks, up to around 11 degrees, and that split remains as we go through into the start of sunday. mildest conditions in the west. temperatures close to freezing in many areas, whether you've got the cloud or not. maybe down to minus four in parts of north—east england. a bit more cloudy here compared with saturday.

best of the breaks in the cloud in northern parts of scotland, northern ireland, and actually a few brighter breaks out towards the west of england and wales possible. temperatures, though, not going to recover a huge amount through the day — except, that is, in the west. around 6—10 degrees here, but we will see the cloud thicken up later in the western isles. northern ireland could see some outbreaks of rain into the evening. patchy outbreaks of rain and drizzle towards the south—west as well. that edges a bit further eastwards as we go through sunday night and into monday morning. to the east of it, again, a chance of some frost around as we start the brand—new week. but it will be another fairly cloudy start for many on monday. this time, though, a greater chance of some rain or drizzle across parts of the west, and that may even fall as a bit of sleet and snow over the higher ground. not a huge amount around. many places to the south and eastjust about dry. best of the sunshine on monday still in the north—east of scotland. one thing on monday, though — temperatures will start to lift just a little bit compared with what we've seen through the weekend. into tuesday, we've still got a fair bit of cloud. maybe a few brighter breaks as we start to pick up

the breeze, but the cloud thick enough with a weak weather front straddling central areas. some rain around the coast, maybe a little bit of sleet or snow over the likes of the pennines. some heavier showers into the north—west of scotland. and then, through wednesday and thursday, the cloud amounts will still generally dominate. now, it's to the south where we could actually see some longer spells of rain push in. linked into this weather system, it's going to bring a miserable few days across parts of portugal and western spain. but as that clears through, another batch of rain for thursday, and then we turn our attention to the west. the jet streams waking up for the end of the week, and what that could signal later in the week is a potentially stormier period, with much more in the way of rain, a bit of hill snow and potentially some disruptive winds. take care.

live from london, this is bbc news. a ceasefire between israel and hamas is due to begin in less than two hours�* time, with the first three hostages expected to be released today. this is the skyline near israel—gaza border, where the is—month war is coming to a pause. fireworks and protests as donald trump arrives in washington ahead of his inauguration as us president tomorrow.

tiktok goes offline in the us, hours before a ban on the platform goes into effect. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. with just 1.5 hours to go before a ceasefire in gaza is due to come into effect, it is being reported that israeli forces have begun withdrawing from the southern city of rafah towards the border with egypt. the israeli army says it has set up medical facilities near gaza to receive the three female israeli hostages hamas is expected to release on sunday. israel says it will not move forward with the deal until their names are confirmed. over the next few weeks, 33 israeli hostages are due to be freed in the first phase. in exchange, israel will release 1,900 palestinian prisoners and detainees. earlier the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, warned his country was ready to go back to war in gaza if negotiations for a second phase of the ceasefire collapse. jonah fisher reports.