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Here are the ‘Worst in Show’ CES products, according to consumer and privacy advocates

FILE - People walk by a CES sign during the CES tech show, Jan. 10, 2024, in Las Vegas. The best CES products pierce through the haze of marketing hype at the Las Vegas gadget show to reveal innovations that could improve lives. The worst could harm us or our society and planet in such “innovatively bad” ways that a panel of self-described dystopia experts has judged them “Worst in Show.” The third annual contest that no tech company wants to win announced its decisions Thursday, Jan. 11, and faults a number of well-known brands including BMW, Amazon, Instacart and Sennheiser.  (AP Photo/John Locher)
FILE - People walk by a CES sign during the CES tech show, Jan. 10, 2024, in Las Vegas. The best CES products pierce through the haze of marketing hype at the Las Vegas gadget show to reveal innovations that could improve lives. The worst could harm us or our society and planet in such “innovatively bad” ways that a panel of self-described dystopia experts has judged them “Worst in Show.” The third annual contest that no tech company wants to win announced its decisions Thursday, Jan. 11, and faults a number of well-known brands including BMW, Amazon, Instacart and Sennheiser. (AP Photo/John Locher)

The best CES products pierce through the haze of marketing hype at the Las Vegas gadget show to reveal innovations that could improve lives.

The worst could harm us or our society and the planet in such “innovatively bad” ways that a panel of self-described dystopia experts has judged them “Worst in Show.”

The third annual contest that no tech company wants to win announced its decisions Thursday.

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“From easily hackable lawn mowers to $300 earbuds that will fail in two years, these are products that jeopardize our safety, encourage wasteful overconsumption, and normalize privacy violations,” says the group of consumer and privacy advocates judging the awards. The contest has no affiliation with CES or the trade group that runs the expo.