CES 2026: Part Two (Tuesday)

January 7, 2026

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🎙️ The Voices & The Context

The Format: Casual live panel chat from CES 2025 in Las Vegas, blending on-floor demos, keynote recaps, and tech critique during a two-hour episode.
The Key Players:
- Host: Ed Zitron, acerbic tech PR vet and podcaster, driving the cynical banter.
- Guests: Edward Ongweso Jr. (Tech Bubble Newsletter, sharp on hype); Ed Niedermeyer (Autonocast, AV/robotics expert); Garett Davis (If It Could Happen Here, adds edge); later Henry Casey (CNN Underscore, hardware reviewer for balance).
The Vibe: Hilariously intense and cynical—funny rants on tech slop, AI bullshit, and janky demos, with dark humor on robots/slavery parallels.

🗝️ Key Themes & Topics

The panel skewers CES hype, focusing on unfinished "cutting-edge" gadgets, AI overpromising, and consumer vs. industrial robotics realities.

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What you'll learn

1 (00:00) **🎙️ Introduction: CES Day 2 Panel - Edward Ongweso Jr., Ed Niedermeyer, Gare Davis**
2 (03:42) **Smart Glasses Are Evil**
3 (06:52) **Age Tech and Creepy Robots**
4 (10:04) **Keynote Panels: CTA, Siemens, Nvidia**
5 (15:02) **World Models and Digital Twins Scam**
6 (21:57) **Consumer Robot Demos Fail**
7 (25:15) **Industrial vs. Consumer Robotics**

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Show Notes

Welcome to Better Offline’s coverage of the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show - a standup radio station in the Palazzo Hotel with an attached open bar where reporters, experts and various other characters bring you the stories from the floor.

In Tuesday’s first episode, Ed is joined by Ed Niedermeyer of the Autonocast, Henry Casey of CNN Underscored, Gare Davis of It Could Happen Here and Ed Ongweso Jr. of The Tech Bubble newsletter to talk about smart glasses, wireless TVs, and the big lie of consumer robotics.

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Ed Ongweso Jr.: https://bsky.app/profile/bigblackjacobin.bsky.social

The Tech Bubble Newsletter: https://thetechbubble.substack.com/

Gare Davis: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jm6ufvsw3hg5zgdpnd3zb4tv

Henry Casey - https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/about/henry-t-casey
https://bsky.app/profile/henrytcasey.net

Ed Niedermeyer of The Autonocast: https://www.autonocast.com/https://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online

Donate in Sean-Paul’s honor: https://www.perc-epilepsy.org/

LG’s robot: https://www.cnet.com/home/kitchen-and-household/lg-brought-a-robot-that-cooks-folds-laundry-and-empties-the-dishwasher-to-ces/

The Aura TV with a soundbar built in: https://global.dreametech.com/products/dreametv-s100

Displace Wireless TV: https://displace.tv/

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