The Engadget Podcast

What do prediction markets like Kalshi cost us? + TikTok US stumbles

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? – 1:18Tesla is killing off the Model X and S lines to focus on its Optimus robot moonshot – 6:46Amazon plans to cut 16,000 jobs and close its grocery stores in another round of restructuring – 10:45Most of the UK will lose access to Pornhub in a fight over age verification and privacy – 21:16Internal messages from Meta about Instagram being ‘a drug’ for teens could be bombshell evidence at trial – 26:59What are prediction markets and why are they suddenly so popular? – 32:11As TikTok US stumbles, users ask ‘is it server problems or censorship?’ – 46:55Around Engadget – 59:11Pop culture picks – 1:01:23 

An Apple AI pin? Really?

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 – 0:58Last week’s Verizon outage was resolved after 10 hours, no official word on what caused it – 8:39Youtube CEO promises more AI video tools for creators while also denouncing deepfakes – 12:19The FTC isn’t giving up on its Meta antitrust case – 14:22Trump family earnings from crypto may total $1.4B in 2025, but likely much more – 19:00Adobe Acrobat can now generate presentations and podcasts from your documents – 21:12Why the heck would Apple make an AI pin?? – 25:15Around Engadget: Sony LinkBuds Clip review, Volvo EX60 and Canon EOS R6 III reviews – 43:14Pop culture picks – 46:34 

Why did Apple choose Gemini for next-gen Siri?

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 – 2:12Gemini can now pull context from the rest of your Google apps including photos and Youtube history – 12:31Framework raises the price of its desktop by $460 because of the global RAM shortage – 18:36NVIDIA may revive the RTX 3060 and kill off 5070 Ti due to its VRAM demands – 21:57Apple creates a subscription bundle for Pro creative apps like Final Cut Pro, Logic, and others – 23:00Tesla’s Full Self Driving is also going subscription only, a year costs $999 – 29:15Matthew McConaughey trademarks himself to fight unauthorized AI likenesses – 33:27Apple announces that its long delayed ’smarter Siri’ will be powered by Google Gemini – 35:15X finally responds to Grok’s CSAM and nudity generation with limits – 51:46Cursor claims their AI agents wrote 1M+ lines of code to make a web browser from scratch, are developers cooked? – 57:52   

Best of CES 2026 + Pebble’s founder on his new watch and AI ring

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 – 1:48L'Oréal debuts LED/Infrared face masks seem cool but needs some development – 5:46Engadget’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 –  11:41Interview with Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky – 20:43

CES 2026: A rocky year ahead for the PC industry

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 Dan 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.TopicsThe state of the PC industry in 2026 -- 02:22Intel's new Core Ultra Series 3 chips --  12:41Dell's XPS lineup is back -- 17:41Our favorite products from  CES: 26:36