The Engadget Podcast

We’re officially recovering from CES 2025! In this episode, Devindra and Senior Reporter Sam Rutherford dive into their favorite PCs from the show, and debate the merits of Lenovo’s extra-large Legion Go S handheld. They explain why they like ASUS’s ultra-light Zenbook A14, and Sam gives us his final thoughts on Dell’s clunky brand transition.Lenovo’s surprising CES showing: ThinkBook Plus Gen 6’s rollable screen – 0:47Legion Go S by Lenovo is the first third-party handheld to run SteamOS – 4:35NVIDIA’s RTX 5000 seems great… – 10:16…But Jensen Huang’s keynote on NVIDIA’s future lacked focus – 15:29MicroLED TVs shown at CES are gorgeous and pricy – 30:11 

We've survived two days of CES! In this bonus episode, Cherlynn and Devindra discuss the latest innovations in robot vacuums, new AI PC hardware from AMD and Intel, and Dell's decision to nuke its PC brands in favor of Apple-esque "Dell Pro" and "Dell Pro Max" branding. (Note: We recorded this episode before NVIDIA announced its new RTX 5000 GPUs, but we'll have more to say on that soon!)

We're ringing in 2025 with everything we're expecting to see at CES! That includes new video cards from AMD and NVIDIA, a holographic windshield from Hyundai and potentially more satellite enabled phones. AI will still be a major topic -- like the next generation of AI PCs -- but it also seems like we'll be hearing a lot more about classic CES stories. In addition, we explore why Meta wants to start adding AI users to Facebook and Instagram.  CES 2025 Preview: LG’s bendable 5K OLED, AI PCs, and a broadening satellite phone market – 2:17New video cards from AMD and NVIDIA at CES – 12:092024’s biggest losers in tech – 18:46Meta announces AI personas are coming to Instagram and Facebook – 32:22Pop culture picks – 41:02 

This week, we're looking back at our hellish 2024 and trying to figure out where to go from here. We began the year with enormous hype around artificial intelligence, but that's cooled off after seeing how useless many AI features have been. It's also clear that many companies, including Microsoft and Apple, are trying to push half-baked AI concepts onto users. Looking forward, we're expecting a rough few years for the tech industry (not to mention the world as a whole). 2024 in review: AI hype hasn’t led to much and the social media vibes are in flux – 1:12What we’re looking forward to in 2025 – 21:43Tiktok appeals its ban all the way to the US Supreme Court – 29:53TP-Link routers are being investigated by US authorities – 32:39Quick thoughts from last week’s Game Awards – 35:35Working on – 38:26Pop culture picks – 39:17Interview with Tim Miller and Dave Wilson of Prime’s Secret Level – 49:20