How Xiaomi made connected living feel more believable at IFA Berlin 2026
At IFA Berlin 2026, Xiaomi’s booth made a strong case for how far the company has moved beyond smartphones. Phones and personal tech were still…
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Most E-Readers Don’t Survive the Commute, This Tiny One Does
Word is spreading out of IFA 2026 about a tiny e-reader that fits in a pocket the way a stick of gum does, and it’s…
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TECNO’s 6mm Phone Has 6,000mAh Inside and a Van Gogh Finish Outside
Most slim phones treat thinness as the entire pitch, shaving millimeters off a slab until battery life and durability quietly take the hit. TECNO’s CAMON…
We Held The World’s Thinnest Portable SSD at IFA 2026: Hands-on With The Lexar Muse
Here is a fun little irony nobody asked for. The same AI boom that is making your laptop smarter is also making storage more expensive…
What Happens When Bauhaus Meets a Pizza Oven? AEG Just Showed Us At IFA 2026
Ask four designers what Bauhaus means and you will get six or seven answers, depending on how passionate the designers are. AEG leaned into exactly…
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This ceiling fan hides an 80W Hi-Fi speaker and smart lighting in one sleek unit
You get light from above. You get wind from above too. So at some point, somebody was bound to ask the obvious next question, why…
Beni Is What Sony Aibo Grew Up to Be – A $549 Camera Robot That Captures Life While You Live It
Every camera product ever made has one thing in common: it needs you to operate it. A gimbal needs a hand to hold it. A…
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Floating Lamps, Pet Phones, and Printers That Print On Ripped Paper: The Weird Wonderful Gadgets At IFA 2026
If you’ve ever spent more time picking a keyboard switch than you spent picking your last laptop, this roundup is partly for you. If you’ve…
9 Desk Upgrades for a Fresh Semester, or Just a Fresh Start at Work
The desk is the one surface in your life that shows exactly where your head is. Cluttered means overwhelmed. Bare means uninspired. Getting it right…
This Macintosh-Inspired Hub Adds SSD Storage, Ports, Shortcuts, and a Mini Screen: Hands-on at IFA 2026
Everything on my desk right now is some shade of gray aluminum, and I’m starting to resent it a little. Every dock, every stand, every…
Fresh Plant Milk and Tofu From Scratch? Nuvell’s Tabletop Kitchen Appliance Does Both: Hands-on at IFA 2026
I will admit it outright, I have never once thought about how tofu gets made, the same way most people never think about how gasoline…
5 Lamps Designed for Homes That Don’t Have Room for a Regular Light Fixture
Lighting has evolved beyond basic illumination and has become a flexible, interactive element in modern spaces. As interiors become more compact and multifunctional, designers are…
This New Museum in China Packs 12 Pavilions, a Theater, & a Restaurant Under One Rippling Roof
Suzhou has always known how to make you slow down. The Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art, completed in 2026 on the edge of Jinji Lake,…
3 Printed Parts That Quietly Replace the Furniture Store
I’ve assembled enough flat-pack furniture to know the drill by heart. You order a piece online, wait for a box the size of a refrigerator,…
ARBREST COVE Is the Office Chair That is Actually Designed for Women
Most office chairs start with a body that isn’t yours. The measurements, the pivot points, the lumbar curve, they’re all built around broad averages that…
IFA 2026’s Best Just Declared War on Tech Trade-Offs
Every gadget seems to come with a built-in apology. Buy the powerful one and the battery dies fast. Buy the pretty one, and it underperforms….
Boya Notra Neo AI Note Taker Has 3 Modes, Never Asks Which One to Use
Conversations rarely stay in one place. A lecture bleeds into a study session over Bluetooth earbuds, and a work call turns into a video meeting…
PITAKA Turned a Berlin Bunker Into a Wheat Field For Their New Aramid Case Collection at IFA 2026
There is a long gold tapestry cascading down a concrete bunker wall in Berlin right now, and it feels nothing like what it is actually…
5 ADU Accessories That Make 400 Square Feet Feel Like 1,000
An accessory dwelling unit forces a kind of honesty most homes never require. Every object either earns its spot within days, or it becomes clutter…
An AI Gave Me A Full-Body Massage: Hands-on with DaVinci AI Pro Massage Chair at IFA 2026
Somewhere out there is a bingo card of jobs AI would come for, and I guarantee nobody had masseuse on it. AI has already eaten…
Sylvox Made A Bezel-less 75″ Outdoor TV That Plays 4K Movies In Rain, Sun, and Snow: Hands-on at IFA 2026
An outdoor TV isn’t really judged by its screen, it’s judged by everything protecting the screen. Sunlight readability, a sealed chassis, and an operating range…
How a 4,200 sq ft Home Finally Solved Multigenerational Living
Multigenerational living has become one of those design phrases that gets thrown around a lot lately, usually attached to a floor plan that just tacks…