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Tesla just pushed out FSD Supervised v14.3.9, and in the release notes is a feature that quietly changes the relationship between you and your car, whether you’ve ever touched the Full Self-Driving toggle or not. It’s called Automatic Collision Evasion, and the short version is: your Tesla can now take the wheel and steer for you, even while you’re the one driving manually, if it decides the situation calls for it. According to Tesla, the system is meant to kick in under two scenarios. First, if a frontal collision looks imminent and regular automatic emergency braking might not be enough…
SwitchBot came out swinging at IFA 2026 in Berlin, and this time (once again) it’s aiming squarely at your front door. The company just unveiled the Lock Ultra Max, the centerpiece of a new bundle called the Lock Ultra Max Vision Pro Combo, and it’s packed with enough unlock methods to make your keychain feel like a museum piece. Like all of SwitcBot’s locks, this is a retrofit smart lock, meaning it clips onto your existing lock cylinder from the inside rather than forcing you to rip out your current hardware. At the moment, it’s built for European-style doors and…
IFA wrapped up in Berlin on September 8, and for once, “wrapped up” doesn’t mean “now we wait six months for any of it to actually exist.” Unlike CES, which has spent years earning its reputation for showing off concept vaporware that quietly vanishes by spring ot doesn’t come out till the end of the year, IFA has always leaned toward stuff that ships soon, if not immediately, since the show’s open to the actual public and companies tend to time announcements around real product drops. This year kept that reputation intact. Between the smart home gadgets, the cameras, and…
If you’ve ever bought a pair of high-end Bluetooth headphones only to realize your phone or console can’t actually take advantage of them, Questyle’s latest gadget is aimed squarely at that problem. The company has released the QCC Dongle Pro2, a $99 plug-and-play Bluetooth transmitter that’s meant to bolt on the codec support your device is missing, whether that’s an iPhone stuck on SBC and AAC, a PC with flaky Bluetooth drivers, or a PS5 and Switch that don’t do Bluetooth audio at low latency at all. The dongle plugs into whatever you’re using as a source and handles the…
Roku just did something it’s never done before: put its own name on an OLED panel. The company launched two new sets, the Roku Pro Series OLED and the step-up Roku Pro Series LX OLED, and the actual news isn’t the display tech itself, OLED’s been around for years, it’s the price Roku’s attaching to it. The base Roku Pro Series OLED starts at $999.99 for the 55-inch model, with a 65-inch at $1,199.99. That gets you a 4K, 120Hz self-lit OLED panel with Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HLG, and Dolby Atmos, plus Roku’s usual bag of software tricks: Roku Smart…
UGREEN used IFA 2026 to do something it’s never really done before: launch a full smart home ecosystem instead of just another charger or NAS box. The centerpiece of that push is HomeAgent, a local-first platform meant to handle AI processing, storage, security, and device control all in one place, tying together cameras, speakers, and Matter-compatible gear from other brands. But the part actually turning heads is the flagship model sitting at the top of that lineup: the MasterAgent MA100, and its massive $19,999 price tag (MSRP). To be fair, that number isn’t random padding, it’s backed by some legitimately…
E-bike brand ENGWE has signed Dutch football legend Robin van Persie as its new brand ambassador, timed to land just ahead of Car-Free Day. The campaign built around him is called “GOOD AS G.O.A.T,” a pun on “good as gold” that leans on Van Persie’s resume — a Premier League title, two Golden Boots, and that diving header at the 2014 World Cup — to sell a fairly simple pitch: an e-bike you can count on, the same way Van Persie’s teams could count on him. It’s the kind of athlete-to-product parallel these partnerships always reach for, but ENGWE is leaning…
HOVERAir just unveiled the Versa at IFA 2026 in Berlin, and it’s one of those products that makes you go “wait, why hasn’t someone done this already?”. The pitch is simple: it’s a pocket-sized 3-axis gimbal camera that also happens to turn into a self-flying drone whenever you feel like it, no separate device required. At its core, the Versa is a compact stabilized camera shooting 4K at 60fps off a 1/1.3-inch sensor, with HOVERAir claiming up to 17.5 stops of dynamic range, which is a genuinely strong number for something this small. You could stop right there and have…
The latest update lets Grok control climate, seats, and more — and lets you stack multiple commands into a single request. Text messaging looks to be next.
Nanoleaf is joining forces with one of its smart home peers. OneRobotics, the Shenzhen-based (China) parent company behind SwitchBot, announced it’s acquiring Nanoleaf in a deal reportedly worth around $40 million, paid out over the next two years. It’s a notable consolidation in a smart home market that’s had no shortage of small, scrappy brands competing for the same shelf space — and increasingly, not enough room for all of them. Nanoleaf has built its name on colorful, geometric light panels, along with bulbs, light strips, and more recently a foray into wellness gear like LED face masks. SwitchBot, meanwhile,…