The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, January 7

07.01.2015
The story "The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, January 7," posted Wednesday, contained a URL in place of the abbreviation "MEMS" in the last sentence. The story has been corrected on the wire and the last paragraph now reads:

One last thing:

They don't make a lot of headlines, but the tiny sensors that track movement, orientation and pressure are the quiet heroes of the International CES trade show. MEMS, sensors with impossibly small mechanical parts, are mounted on chips just a few millimeters across.

IDG News Service staff