2025-12-21

China's open AI models are in a dead heat with the West - here's what happens next

With the rising technological prowess and greater openness of Chinese models, the world is increasingly turning to the East for efficient and customizable AI, a new report finds. [...]

2025-12-20

I'm a recording musician, and the Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro headphones are the audio Christmas gift I've bought for myself

Beyerdynamic's DT990 Pro are great studio headphones with exceptional comfort and an open-back design [...]

2025-12-20

Google's open standard lets AI agents build user interfaces on the fly

Google's new A2UI standard gives AI agents the ability to create graphical interfaces on the fly. Instead of just sending text, AIs can now generate forms, buttons, and other UI elements that ble [...]

2025-12-19

Engadget's favorite games of 2025

From indies like Silksong, to AAAs like Ghost of Yotei, and everything in between, 2025 truly had it all, and is likely to go down in the history books as one of the best years in gaming. But these ar [...]

2025-12-19

Google releases FunctionGemma: a tiny edge model that can control mobile devices with natural language

While Gemini 3 is still making waves, Google's not taking the foot off the gas in terms of releasing new models.Yesterday, the company released FunctionGemma, a specialized 270-million parameter [...]

2025-12-19

What You Need to Play Red Dead Redemption on iOS and Android

One of the biggest open-world games is now available on your phone, and if you have Netflix, you don't need to pay extra for it. [...]

2025-12-19

Claude's Chrome plugin is now available to all paid users

Anthropic is finally letting more people use Claude in Google Chrome. The company's AI browser plugin is expanding beyond $200-per-month Max subscribers and is now available to anyone who pays fo [...]

2025-12-19

Trump’s energy secretary orders a Washington state coal plant to remain open

Chris Wright declared an energy “emergency” in the Pacific Northwest. [...]

2025-12-19

Engadget Podcast: 2025 was the year of AI, smartglasses and spineless Big Tech

This week, Engadget Managing Editor Cherlynn Low joins us to look back at some of the highlights (and lowlights) of 2025. We dive into our favorite gadgets of the year, the many ways Big Tech bowed to [...]