The Engadget Podcast

Somehow, we live in a world where people can bet on practically anything using sites like Polymarket and Kalshi. In this episode, Devindra and Engadget Senior Reporter Karissa Bell dive into the world of betting markets. How did we get here? And is endless betting having an effect on the real world? Also, we chat about the new American version of TikTok, which stumbled during its first weekend with a litany of errors and reported censorship.
 
Who’s going to buy the Samsung Galaxy Z Tri-fold for $2900? – 1:18
Tesla is killing off the Model X and S lines to focus on its Optimus robot moonshot – 6:46
Amazon plans to cut 16,000 jobs and close its grocery stores in another round of restructuring – 10:45
Most of the UK will lose access to Pornhub in a fight over age verification and privacy – 21:16
Internal messages from Meta about Instagram being ‘a drug’ for teens could be bombshell evidence at trial – 26:59
What are prediction markets and why are they suddenly so popular? – 32:11
As TikTok US stumbles, users ask ‘is it server problems or censorship?’ – 46:55
Around Engadget – 59:11
Pop culture picks – 1:01:23

Apple is reportedly working on an AI pin of its very own to compete with OpenAI's non-existent pin. No, it doesn't really make much sense to us, either. In this episode, Devindra and Engadget Managing Editor Cherlynn Low discuss why Apple might be quick to jump on the AI pin trend, even before it jumps into smart rings. 
 
TCL is taking over Sony’s Bravia TV business in a new joint venture – 0:58
Last week’s Verizon outage was resolved after 10 hours, no official word on what caused it – 8:39
Youtube CEO promises more AI video tools for creators while also denouncing deepfakes – 12:19
The FTC isn’t giving up on its Meta antitrust case – 14:22
Trump family earnings from crypto may total $1.4B in 2025, but likely much more – 19:00
Adobe Acrobat can now generate presentations and podcasts from your documents – 21:12
Why the heck would Apple make an AI pin?? – 25:15
Around Engadget: Sony LinkBuds Clip review, Volvo EX60 and Canon EOS R6 III reviews – 43:14
Pop culture picks – 46:34

Apple's next-gen Siri is still far off, but this week the company announced that it'll be using Google's Gemini AI for its new foundation models. In this episode, Devindra and Engadget's Igor Bonifacic discuss why Apple teamed up with Google again, instead of OpenAI or Anthropic. Also, they chat about Meta's Reality Lab layoffs, which is refocusing the company on AI hardware like its smart glasses.
 
Meta announces 1000+ layoffs, closes 3 VR studios as it shifts focus to AI hardware – 2:12
Gemini can now pull context from the rest of your Google apps including photos and Youtube history – 12:31
Framework raises the price of its desktop by $460 because of the global RAM shortage – 18:36
NVIDIA may revive the RTX 3060 and kill off 5070 Ti due to its VRAM demands – 21:57
Apple creates a subscription bundle for Pro creative apps like Final Cut Pro, Logic, and others – 23:00
Tesla’s Full Self Driving is also going subscription only, a year costs $999 – 29:15
Matthew McConaughey trademarks himself to fight unauthorized AI likenesses – 33:27
Apple announces that its long delayed ’smarter Siri’ will be powered by Google Gemini – 35:15
X finally responds to Grok’s CSAM and nudity generation with limits – 51:46
Cursor claims their AI agents wrote 1M+ lines of code to make a web browser from scratch, are developers cooked? – 57:52

That’s a wrap for CES 2026! In this episode, Devindra and Cherlynn chat about their favorite aspects of the show, as well as Engadget’s best of CES awards lineup. Also, Cherlynn chats with Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky about his Pebble smartwatch revival, as well as an intriguing new AI ring that’s built entirely around notetaking.
TVs at CES 2026: all eyes on Micro RGB and LG’s super thin OLED – 1:48
L'Oréal debuts LED/Infrared face masks seem cool but needs some development – 5:46
Engadget’s official Best of CES 2026: Lego’s Smart Brick, Lenovo’s rollable laptop screen, a super quiet leafblower and more – 9:55  
Health Tech at CES 2026: Eyebot’s 30-second vision exam, Wheelmove makes manual wheelchairs motorized –  11:41
Interview with Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky – 20:43

We're halfway through CES 2026, and one of our biggest takeaways is that it's going to be a rough year for the PC industry. In this episode, Devindra chats with Engadget's Daniel Cooper about Intel, AMD, NVIDIA and the sad state of the PC industry. We've got some new CPUs, but the volatile RAM market will likely make everything expensive this year. Also, they dive into Dell's revival of the XPS brand, as well as iPolish's smart nails and Subtle's AI-powered VoiceBuds.
Topics
The state of the PC industry in 2026 -- 02:22
Intel's new Core Ultra Series 3 chips --  12:41
Dell's XPS lineup is back -- 17:41
Our favorite products from  CES: 26:36