With market leader Oura absent this year, IFA 2026 becomes a stage for smart rings: RingConn, Ultrahuman, Circular and Luna show in Berlin where the finger-worn tracker is heading.
Drone pioneer DJI celebrates the European debut of its Romo 2 robot vacuum series at IFA Berlin – with 36,000 Pa, an extendable robotic arm and stair-climbing skills.
On 31 August 2026, Debian 11 “Bullseye” reached End of Life after five years. Security updates stopped in September – time to move to Bookworm or Trixie.
OpenBao, the open-source fork of HashiCorp Vault, has reached version 2.6. The release adds a dedicated seal per namespace and an engine for cross-plugin workflows – both relevant for self-hosters and multi-tenant setups.
Nvidia is pouring $3.5 billion into MediaTek and, via its NVLink Fusion platform, handing the Taiwanese firm a way into the multibillion-dollar market for custom AI chips – a direct challenge to Broadcom and Marvell.
Anthropic has reportedly secured roughly $35 billion in cloud capacity from Nvidia-backed Lambda, per WSJ and Reuters. Neither company has confirmed it.
At IFA Berlin 2026, Aqara spotlights the Spatial Multi-Sensor FP400: mmWave radar that detects multiple people and their posture. Matter hubs act as the control center.
ESPHome now ships a native Zigbee component. For the first time you can build your own DIY Zigbee sensors on ESP32 and nRF52 and pair them with Home Assistant via Zigbee2MQTT or ZHA – still early, experimental support.
Linus Torvalds released Linux 7.3-rc1: first-ever USB4/Thunderbolt for Apple M1 to M3, plus AMD Zen 6 enablement and better Btrfs performance.
RayNeo has unveiled the iO smart glasses with a green waveguide display, plus the cinema-grade GT and GT Max. Live demo at IFA Berlin, on sale September 4, 2026.
