In an update on its blog, Valve says its objective remains to be to ship the Steam Body, Steam Controller, and Steam Machine within the “first half of the yr.” However it additionally signifies that specifics round pricing and launch dates are in flux, saying that “restricted availability and rising costs” on storage and reminiscence are forcing Valve to “revisit” these points. That sounds lots like value will increase, one thing that just about each PC producer has already warned about in new products coming in 2026. Corporations like Dell and HP are doing every thing they will to safe provide, together with working with Chinese language reminiscence producers for the primary time.
The reminiscence scarcity has been attributable to an enormous spike in demand for AI in knowledge facilities. The three main reminiscence producers on the earth, Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix, have all however deserted the patron market in favor of supporting AI knowledge facilities. Costs on off-the-shelf PC reminiscence started to rise in September and October, and actually ramped up within the following months, now up to four times the retail price (particularly with DDR5 RAM). Now we’re seeing the fallout in nearly each product conceivable. There isn’t any clear path ahead to how it will resolve, however we’re nonetheless ready to see how massive the influence will actually be on PCs and new merchandise just like the Steam Body and Steam Machine. —Luke Larsen
Fitbit Founders Launch Luffu, a Household Caregiving App
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Sure, that’s proper—it’s pronounced “loo-foo,” like “love.” After founding (and selling) Fitbit, James Park and Eric Friedman realized that along with safeguarding their very own private well being, they have been additionally taking good care of everybody else’s, too. The American Affiliation of Retired Individuals (AARP) and the Nationwide Alliance for Caregiving estimated that in 2025, almost one in 4 adults was a caregiver of both school-aged kids or older mother and father. Luffu is a new platform that lets caregivers simply entry all of the well being info they want—prescriptions, lab assessments, and extra—with out having to kind by way of totally different units, calendars, or portals.
Luffu is AI-powered (due to course it’s), however the founders insist that the AI expertise will go manner deeper than being only a well being chatbot. Luffu’s AI will scope by way of your loved ones’s knowledge, be taught patterns, and proactively supply customized steerage and easy-to-understand recommendation. It’s going to additionally let everybody in your loved ones log drugs, diets, or different well being info in a single platform for sharing throughout well being portals with docs. Luffu assures us that privateness and safety of your knowledge would be the high precedence, and customers can management how a lot info is shared.
We’ll have to preserve privateness top-of-mind, as a result of as befits the founders of the vastly in style wearable, Luffu will begin as an app expertise earlier than increasing into {hardware}. I’m very curious to see what a fitness tracker that retains observe of your loved ones as a unit, as a substitute of simply you, will appear to be. —Adrienne So
Dexcom Redesigns Its App With AI-Enabled Options
Monitoring your glucose spikes is one of the easiest (effectively, most cost-effective) methods of nudging you in the direction of more healthy behaviors with out having to take medication. Dexcom, which makes one of many two hottest commercially accessible steady glucose screens, is constant to enhance its personal proprietary expertise inside the Dexcom app.
Final yr, Dexcom launched sensible meals logging within the Dexcom app, the place you possibly can simply take an image of what you’re consuming, and the app will log what it’s. This yr, the corporate is increasing the function by breaking down energy, carbohydrates, protein, fats, and dietary fiber in your meals and together with textual content search and barcode scanning. The app will even supply Day by day Insights with three customized, actionable advice playing cards and contextual understanding.
I used to fret that monitoring your glucose was half of a bigger pattern (together with protein powders and GLP-1s) that mirrored a broader shift in physique beliefs and will result in disordered consuming. Nevertheless, as Dr. Diane Stadler, a dietitian and professor at Oregon Well being & Science College, identified, sufferers with disordered consuming have a dysfunction. There are lots worse methods to drop extra pounds than by prioritizing lean protein and fiber and strolling round after each meal. —Adrienne So
Blink’s Out of doors Safety Digicam Goes 2K
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The newest safety digicam from Amazon’s funds model is the Blink Out of doors 2K+. The principle bounce for this fifth-generation digicam in comparison with the Blink Out of doors 4 is a better decision of 2560 x 1440 pixels. Assist for 2K is quick turning into the usual now, and we’ve seen Google’s Nest cams, among others, step up not too long ago. It’s excellent news for house safety followers as a result of sharper footage makes it simpler to acknowledge topics, packages, pets, and autos.
