In an replace on its weblog, Valve says its aim continues to be to ship the Steam Body, Steam Controller, and Steam Machine within the “first half of the yr.” Nevertheless 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 so much like value will increase, one thing that just about each PC producer has already warned about in new merchandise coming in 2026. Firms like Dell and HP are doing the whole lot 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 information facilities. The three main reminiscence producers on this planet, Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix, have all however deserted the patron market in favor of supporting AI information facilities. Costs on off-the-shelf PC reminiscence started to rise in September and October, and actually ramped up within the following months, now as much as 4 occasions the retail value (particularly with DDR5 RAM). Now we’re seeing the fallout in nearly each product possible. There is no clear path ahead to how this can resolve, however we’re nonetheless ready to see how large the affect 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 promoting) Fitbit, James Park and Eric Friedman realized that along with safeguarding their very own private well being, they had 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 dad and mom. Luffu is a brand new platform that lets caregivers simply entry all of the well being data they want—prescriptions, lab exams, and extra—with out having to type by way of completely 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 information, be taught patterns, and proactively supply customized steerage and easy-to-understand recommendation. It is going to additionally let everybody in your loved ones log medicines, diets, or different well being data in a single platform for sharing throughout well being portals with medical doctors. Luffu assures us that privateness and safety of your information would be the high precedence, and customers can management how a lot data is shared.
We’ll must maintain privateness top-of-mind, as a result of as befits the founders of the vastly standard wearable, Luffu will begin as an app expertise earlier than increasing into {hardware}. I’m very curious to see what a health tracker that retains observe of your loved ones as a unit, as a substitute of simply you, will appear like. —Adrienne So
Dexcom Redesigns Its App With AI-Enabled Options
Monitoring your glucose spikes is among the best (properly, least expensive) methods of nudging you in direction of more healthy behaviors with out having to take medicine. Dexcom, which makes one of many two hottest commercially out there 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 may simply take an image of what you’re consuming, and the app will log what it’s. This yr, the corporate is increasing the characteristic by breaking down energy, carbohydrates, protein, fats, and dietary fiber in your meals and together with textual content search and barcode scanning. The app may also supply Every 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 development (together with protein powders and GLP-1s) that mirrored a broader shift in physique beliefs and will result in disordered consuming. Nonetheless, as Dr. Diane Stadler, a dietitian and professor at Oregon Well being & Science College, identified, sufferers with disordered consuming have a dysfunction. There are so much worse methods to drop extra pounds than by prioritizing lean protein and fiber and strolling round after each meal. —Adrienne So
Blink’s Outside Safety Digital camera Goes 2K
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The most recent safety digital camera from Amazon’s price range model is the Blink Outside 2K+. The primary leap for this fifth-generation digital camera in comparison with the Blink Outside 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, amongst others, step up just lately. It’s excellent news for residence safety followers as a result of sharper footage makes it simpler to acknowledge topics, packages, pets, and automobiles.
