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 the first episode, Ed introduces you to Better Offline’s CES coverage, we talk about NVIDIA’s tepid press conference, smart glasses, LLMs on TV and Robert’s new exoskeleton. Featuring Ed Ongweso Jr. (The Tech Bubble Newsletter), David Roth (Defector), Scott Stein (CNET), Lisa Eadicicco (CNN) and Robert Evans (Behind The Bastards).

We’ll be here all week - one episode from Monday, then two from Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and an epilogue from Saturday.

David Roth, Defector: https://bsky.app/profile/davidjroth.bsky.social 

Defector: Defector.com

It’s Christmastown Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-christmastown/id1407429849

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

Matt Binder: https://bsky.app/profile/mattbinder.bsky.social

https://mashable.com/author/matt-binder

Scott Stein https://www.cnet.com/profiles/scottstein8/ 

Lisa Eadicicco https://www.cnn.com/profiles/lisa-eadicicco 

Robert Evans: https://bsky.app/profile/iwriteok.bsky.social 

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