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Pete Pachal is Mashable’s Tech Editor and has been at the company since 2011. In this position, he covers the technology industry, from self-driving cars to self-destructing smartphones. Pete has covered consumer technology in print and online for more than a decade. Originally from Edmonton, Canada, Pete first uploaded himself into technology journalism at Sound & Vision magazine in 1999. Pete left S&V -- and print -- in 2005 to become Technology Editor at Syfy (then the Sci Fi Channel). After creating the channel's technology site out of some rusty HTML code and a decompiled coat hanger, he guided its transition into the full-on blogsplosion called DVICE. He then moved on to PCMag, where he served as the site's News Director. Pete has been featured on Fox News, the Today Show, Bloomberg, CNN, CNBC and CBC. Pete holds degrees in journalism from the University of King's College in Halifax and engineering from the University of Alberta in Edmonton. His favorite Doctor Who monsters are the Cybermen.

New Year? It might have been memorable for Ryan Seacrest and Taylor Swift, but for technology, the clocks don't really change until this weekend, when the annual International CES gets underway in Las Vegas.

In recent years, CES has been a showcase for some of the biggest trends in tech. The show accurately reflected the rise of 4K television (2014), the emergence of Ultrabooks (2012) and the coronation of the smartphone as the centerpiece of our digital lives (2011).

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