Berlin – September 07, 2026 -- RingConn will let visitors try its Gen 3 Smart Ring at IFA 2026 in Hall 14, Booth 121, from September 4 to September 8, with the device also featured at ShowStoppers.

The Gen 3 ring has already earned strong ratings from German outlets CHIP.de and connect.de for its health-tracking capabilities.

The ring analyzes vascular trends after calibration with blood pressure readings

Gen 3's headline feature tracks changes in vascular strain over time. Once calibrated against externally measured blood pressure values, the ring's sensors monitor how vascular strain shifts across days and weeks. RingConn notes the product is not intended to diagnose, treat, or prevent disease and does not replace medical advice.

Liverpool – September 07, 2026 -- Liverpool Basketball has hired Roy Rogers, a coach with nearly two decades of NBA experience, as the club's first-ever head coach ahead of its debut season in Super League Basketball (SLB), owner Jason Dolan announced.

Rogers brings nearly 20 years of NBA coaching experience to the new club

Rogers most recently served on staff at the University of Memphis and spent four seasons (2021-25) with the Portland Trail Blazers, including a stint as the team's defensive coordinator. His NBA coaching résumé also includes the Los Angeles Clippers, Chicago Bulls, Houston Rockets, Washington Wizards, Brooklyn Nets, Detroit Pistons and Boston Celtics. He began coaching in the NBA Development League in 2004.

He has worked alongside Hall of Fame coaches Doc Rivers and Mike D'Antoni, as well as Tyronn Lue, Lawrence Frank and Randy Wittman.

Berlin – September 07, 2026 -- ASUS has introduced its new ProArt lineup at IFA 2026, built around NVIDIA's RTX Spark platform to let creators and developers run heavy AI workloads directly on their laptops instead of the cloud.

The lineup includes the ProArt P16 and P14 laptops plus the GR1X mini PC, all powered by RTX Spark, which pairs a Blackwell RTX GPU with 6,144 CUDA cores and a 20-core NVIDIA Grace CPU. ASUS says the systems deliver up to 1 petaflop of AI performance and up to 128GB of unified memory.

On-device AI removes cloud token limits

RTX Spark can run 120-billion-parameter large language models, render 3D scenes larger than 90GB, and generate 4K AI video entirely on the device, according to ASUS. The company says this gives users full workflow customization and private local data handling without relying exclusively on cloud services.

Seoul – September 07, 2026 -- Netmarble has opened pre-registration for ZERO, a new fresh start server for its dark fantasy MMORPG RAVEN2, ahead of its grand opening on September 15 at UTC+0.

Pre-registration unlocks a special starter package

Players who sign up through the dedicated website receive the [ZERO] Special Starter Package. The bundle includes a Heroic Holy Garment Summon Scroll, a Heroic Familiar Summon Scroll, an Elite Spec. C Member's Accessory Selection Chest, four types of +2 Dazzling Relic Chests, 200 Spec. C Enhancement Stone Chests, and 5 million Gold.

Irvine, Calif. – September 07, 2026 -- Aurzen has unveiled the ZIP Pro, a tri-fold pocket projector the company calls the world's first Full HD device of its kind, and marked the launch with a display in Times Square ahead of IFA 2026.

The ZIP Pro unfolds to project an 80-inch Full HD screen and is designed for use in settings ranging from hotel rooms and campsite tents to the inside of a Tesla, according to Aurzen.

A compact chassis tackles the brightness problem

Aurzen says fitting Full HD performance into a pocket-sized device required solving a common projector design bottleneck: maximizing brightness without a bulky housing. The company built ZIP Pro on what it describes as a proprietary optical architecture engineered to balance volume, thermal dissipation, and light output within an ultra-compact frame.

Bedford, Mass. – September 07, 2026 -- iRobot has launched the Roomba Max 875 Combo Robot + AutoWash Dock, priced at $1,199, alongside a cheaper sibling, the $899 Roomba Plus 678 Combo Robot + AutoWash Dock, both available now at irobot.com and arriving at North American retailers later this month.

A sealing skirt changes how the robot grips carpet

"With SealForce, we're able to seal the chassis against the carpet fibers, so the airflow ... has somewhere to go instead of escaping around the edges," said Adam Pope, iRobot's Vice President and Chief Engineer.

Bedford, Mass. – September 07, 2026 -- iRobot has launched the Roomba Max 875 Combo Robot + AutoWash Dock, its most advanced vacuum-mop hybrid yet, priced at £1,099 and available now at irobot.com.

SealForce technology seals against carpet fibers for deeper suction

The robot's headline feature, patented SealForce Vacuuming Technology, lowers a skirt from the chassis to create an airtight seal against carpet fibers, concentrating a 20 L/s tornado-style airflow and 35,000 Pa of suction directly where dirt hides. iRobot says this delivers three times deeper carpet cleaning compared to vacuuming without SealForce. Adam Pope, iRobot's VP and chief engineer, said the sealing mechanism -- not just raw power -- is what pushes cleaning performance to a new level, since it stops airflow from escaping around the edges.

Miami – September 07, 2026 -- Carnival Cruise Line has launched Carnival Rewards, a new loyalty program that lets passengers earn points on purchases, qualify for status tiers, and unlock a co-branded Mastercard offering bonus points on everyday spending.

Points now reward everyday cruise spending, not just trip frequency

Guests earn 3 points for every dollar spent on qualifying Carnival purchases, including gratuities, and 1 point for each casino point remaining at the end of a cruise. Points post roughly 14 days after a voyage ends and can be redeemed immediately for future Carnival cruises, shore excursions, specialty dining, and spa treatments.

Morton Grove – – September 7, 2026 -- U.S. spending on new physical video games fell to $1.5 billion in calendar year 2025, the lowest annual total since tracking firm Circana began measuring the category in 1995, according to data shared by Circana analyst Mat Piscatella and cited by The Old School Game Vault.

The figure marks a steep drop from the category's peak of $11.6 billion in 2008. A separate rolling 12-month measurement from Circana, covering the period ending May 2026, put spending at approximately $1.6 billion -- down from a peak of roughly $11.5 billion for the 12 months ending May 2009.

Moab, Utah – September 07, 2026 -- Arches National Park visitors can now skip the parking hunt entirely, thanks to a new free shuttle system launched by the Moab Office of Tourism. The pilot program runs through October 31, 2026, then resumes March 1 through June 30, 2027.

Two routes connect downtown Moab to the park's busiest trailheads

An intra-park route links the Arches Visitor Center with The Windows and Delicate Arch, while a downtown route connects the Visitor Center to four Moab stops: the Transit Hub, Moab Rock Shop, Moab Information Center and Maverick Gas.

Visitors can park independently downtown and walk to any shuttle stop, park at Lions Park, or drive straight to the Arches Visitor Center to catch the intra-park route.