The Register Kettle

Chips, tricks, and bizarre gimmicks from this year's CES

Episode Summary

t's that time of the year again and the tech world heads to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show. It's been a bit subdued this year, since Trump's tariff plans could drastically raise the cost of hardware from China and elsewhere, but the usual suspects unveiled this year's kit. Chip vendors and laptop slingers have been out in force hoping to piggyback the AI wave and this year's upgrade cycle, and there's been the usual grab bag of wacky ideas from plucky young startups. You can see the full discussion below. Chewing the fat we have our editor-in-chief Chris Williams, reporters Brandon Vigliarolo and Tobias Mann, and hosted by Iain Thomson. Nicole Hemsoth Prickett produced the episode.

Episode Notes

t's that time of the year again and the tech world heads to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show.

It's been a bit subdued this year, since Trump's tariff plans could drastically raise the cost of hardware from China and elsewhere, but the usual suspects unveiled this year's kit.

Chip vendors and laptop slingers have been out in force hoping to piggyback the AI wave and this year's upgrade cycle, and there's been the usual grab bag of wacky ideas from plucky young startups. You can see the full discussion below.

Chewing the fat we have our editor-in-chief Chris Williams, reporters Brandon Vigliarolo and Tobias Mann, and hosted by Iain Thomson. Nicole Hemsoth Prickett produced the episode.