# A look back at 2025: AI, smartglasses and spineless Big Tech

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Podcast: [The Engadget Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-engadget-podcast-1109871)
Published: 2025-12-19T05:55:53+00:00
Episode link: https://art19.com/shows/engadget-pod
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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 Trump, the disappointment of AI PCs and the rise of smart glasses. Our favorite gadgets of 2025: Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, Airpods Pro 3, bluetooth lav mics and more – 2:26 Favorite Media of 2025: Andor, self-improvement via podcast, and a shoutout to your library – 34:30 iRobot declares bankruptcy – 47:29 Warner Bros. Discovery board rejects Paramount’s hostile bid, shareholders yet to vote – 53:47 The Oscars will air on Youtube starting in 2029 – 56:05 Ford to turn its F-150 Lightining into a gas generator EV – 57:41 Around Engadget: smart glasses had a great run in 2025, against social media age verification – 58:20

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