Hardware

Fosi Audio unveils four new HiFi devices at IFA 2026, led by the DISC Nano, a 109.99-euro portable CD player for the streaming era.

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.

PocketBook Q: compact e-reader with a 5.84-inch Carta 1300 display, Linux, IPX4 and Bluetooth. Priced at 199 euros, launching in Q4 2026.

Nvidia and MediaTek launch RTX Spark, an Arm platform for Windows laptops with Grace CPU, Blackwell GPU and 1 petaflop of AI performance.

The Bosgame E5 Plus relies on the aging AMD Ryzen 3 5400U but adds two 2.5-Gigabit ports and starts at 380 euros.

Hugging Face and Pollen Robotics are selling the “Microduck”: an open-source, duck-shaped walking robot for $399 – for experimenting with physical AI.

EcoFlow, known for power stations, unveils a 5 kWh home-battery line. Stream 5000 and Stream AC 5000 are up for pre-order in the UK, Europe to follow.

Framework upgrades the repairable Laptop 12 with Intel’s new Core Series 3 chips. The new mainboard has been available to pre-order since 18 August.

How well does the new Mac mini with M6 handle local LLMs? Two numbers decide it – unified memory and bandwidth. Realistic models, speed, and limits.

Apple has unveiled a new Mac mini with the M6 chip – its first 2nm processor, with a big leap for AI tasks. Priced from $899.