Lenovo's Las Vegas Sphere event delivered an absolute barrage of AI announcements, but at least we got this, err, FIFA-themed Legion gaming laptop
I have been to the Sphere, and returned mostly unscathed.
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I've just returned from Lenovo's Tech World CES 2026 event at the Las Vegas Sphere, a building which I've been more than a little critical of in the past. The good news? It's a really impressive venue to experience in person, although I still think it's a testament to the hubris of humanity.
The bad news? The event itself was a two-hour long AI-athon, with very little let up. Oh, there were plenty of star guest speakers. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang turned up to talk about, you guessed it, AI innovations. AMD's Dr. Lisa Su, pretty much the same.
The lappy comes as part of Lenovo's announcement that it's working with FIFA to provide, what else, a swathe of AI tech solutions to power the 2026 FIFA World Cup—which, to our American audience, is a big event where lots of countries play soccer against each other.
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Football, to the rest of the world. Still, the tournament will be partly hosted in the US this year, so I guess the other nations will have to grit their collective teeth and call it by the other name.
Anyhoo, Lenovo will be providing 3D digital avatars of the players to improve the decision-making process made by FIFA match officials, along with AI solutions for tournament operations, Smart Wayfinding maps tech for travelling fans, and...
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I've lost you, haven't I? Here, have a pretty photo I took of the inside of the Sphere before the event started:
(Image credit: Future)
On an unrelated note, if I hear AI discussed again for hours on end this CES, or have its virtues relentlessly beamed at me from the directly into my eyeballs with full once more, I may just fall into a deep and unending fugue state.