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Foxborough, Mass. – September 08, 2026 -- UGREEN unveiled its first smart home ecosystem, HomeAgent, and a liquid-cooled magnetic power bank at a launch event held Sept. 1 at Gillette Stadium, while naming New England Patriots cornerback Christian Gonzalez as its Global Brand Ambassador.

HomeAgent processes data locally instead of relying on the cloud

The UGREEN HomeAgent HA100 and HA100 Pro combine storage, computing, and device control into a single hub, letting households store photos, files, and surveillance footage locally without a monthly storage fee. The system can recognize people, vehicles, pets, and packages, create voice alerts for events like a crying baby, and generate automatic highlight videos displayed on UGREEN Gallery smart frames. With Matter support, users can control compatible smart-home devices through voice commands via the Uliya assistant.

Berlin – September 07, 2026 -- Acer has revealed the Acer SFF RTX Spark, a compact desktop design built to run advanced AI agents directly on a user's machine rather than in the cloud. The company showed off the design at its next@Acer global press conference during IFA 2026 on September 2.

The desktop packs supercomputer-level power into a small-form-factor case.

Powered by NVIDIA's RTX Spark superchip, the machine is built to deliver up to 1 petaflop of AI compute alongside up to 128 GB of high-speed unified memory. Under the hood, it can include up to a 6,144-core Blackwell RTX GPU paired with up to a 20-core NVIDIA Grace CPU.

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.