Articles by Lauren Wadowsky

IFA 2026 was full of practical, fun, and yes, downright weird gadgets and concepts. But honestly, one of the things I love most about IFA is its timing: it’s the last major electronics show before the holiday shopping season kicks..

These days it feels like everything has AI, whether I want it or not. Yep, every new kitchen release has a camera, a screen, and a chatbot bolted onto something that used to need only a button. So when the..

I’m just gonna say it: the 2026 IFA robot vacuums aren’t as wild as years past. We haven’t seen any models sprout wings or sport an AI cleaning chatbot you talk to—yet. And I’m actually fine with that. This year,..

If you’ve seen one smartphone, you’ve seen them all—boring slabs whose design, apart from the occasional flip phone or foldable, hasn’t seen a meaningful upgrade since touchscreens were invented. That changes today, with the RugOne Xsnap 7 Pro, unveiled at..

The MacBook Air is slim, quiet, cool—generally, the laptop to beat if you want something easy to carry and that powers through work. That may soon be up in the air, as Lenovo introduced a thinner, cooler laptop at IFA..

Wearable news out of IFA 2026: the Circular Ring 3 vs Oura Ring 5 comparison just got more interesting. Circular used the Berlin stage to officially announce its new Circular Ring 3 series: Circular Ring 3 Pro and Circular Ring..

Govee Is Making Me Rethink Christmas Lights I’m going to sound like a real Scrooge, but I hate Christmas lights. No, not the way they look—I love that—but I hate everything else. Digging them out of the basement every year,..

Just days before IFA 2026, Samsung unveiled its latest laptop, the 14-inch Galaxy Book6. Honestly, I didn’t expect a $599 MacBook to make a $799 Samsung look expensive, but that’s where we are now. The MacBook Neo vs Galaxy Book6..

I’m a sweatshirt nerd. And while I was scrolling past yet another power bank announcement, I accidentally landed on photos of the 2026 IFA Anker merch collection. Of course, I had to hover there for a while. Because, unlike a..

I recently bought a gaming handheld. The reason? I was tired of carrying my laptop when I wanted to play on the go. So when I saw the Acer Project DualPlay Mini concept, my first reaction was: Why is this..

I floss every day—I’m a rarity, I know. Dyson knows this too, which is why it created its latest innovation: the CameraJet toothbrush. It tackles brushing and flossing at the same time—with a camera onboard. I’m all for anything that..

The next generation of smart home tech could let your home manage itself. That’s what LG’s AI Home promises. Unveiled just days before IFA 2026 in Berlin, LG says its new ecosystem makes daily home routines easier and more intuitive...