Engadget Podcast: Can Microsoft fix Windows 11 by dumping AI?

It turns out people don't actually love having Copilot shoved into their faces. This week, Devindra and PCWorld Senior Editor Mark Hachman discuss Microsoft's surprising plan to "fix&qu [...]

OpenAI's latest Codex update builds the groundwork for its upcoming super app

Last month, following reporting from The Wall Street Journal, OpenAI confirmed it was working on a desktop super app that would combine ChatGPT, its Codex coding agent and Atlas web browser into one c [...]

Engadget Podcast: Best of CES 2026 and a chat with Pebble's founder

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 [...]

Google's new commerce framework cranks up the heat on 'agentic shopping'

To further push the limits of consumerism, Google has launched a new open standard for agentic commerce that's called Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). In brief, it's a framework that combi [...]

OnePlus has canceled two of its most anticipated phones of 2026, new rumors claim – here's why

The OnePlus Open 2 and OnePlus 15s could both be canceled, but you might be able to get similar phones under different names. [...]

Salesforce rolls out new Slackbot AI agent as it battles Microsoft and Google in workplace AI

Salesforce on Tuesday launched an entirely rebuilt version of Slackbot, the company's workplace assistant, transforming it from a simple notification tool into what executives describe as a fully [...]

The best free tax software of 2026

Tax season is open. Our top picks for free online tax software services provide guidance and filing for those with simple returns. [...]

UK scraps digital ID requirement for workers

The UK government has backtracked on a plan to require all workers to have a digital ID following a backlash. It will no longer be mandatory to register with the digital ID program to prove one has th [...]

Zhipu AI's GLM-Image uses "semantic tokens" to teach AI the difference between a face and a font

Zhipu AI's new open image model combines an autoregressive language model with a diffusion decoder. The 16-billion-parameter model is designed to excel at rendering text in images and handling kn [...]