This week was slightly slower in the tech world, but there was still a lot happening, including the Fitbit founders unveiling a new health platform and Alexa+ debuting in the US (sorry people who live outside the US).
To keep up with these two stories and more, scroll down to read our recap of the seven most important tech news stories of the week.
7. Fitbit founders unveiled a family health tracking platform
Fitbit’s James Park and Eric Friedman are back, two years after leaving Google following the Fitbit buyout, with a new health technology company aimed at caregivers. Luffu, a new app designed for family health, serves as a summary of multiple family members’ digital health tools, using generative AI (of course) to bring together medication information, wearable device status updates, upcoming doctor visits, and other helpful information into one comprehensive family health calendar.
It’s designed to be a one-stop shop for family health (even pets are included), and everything can be tracked and updated with voice notes in the Luffu app. We’ll wait a while for a wide release, as it’s currently in beta, but it could be a powerful tool for those juggling young children, elderly parents, or loved ones with chronic illnesses. We’re concerned about the kinds of health anxiety and obsessive checking these tools might enable, but we can also see powerful use cases and benefits.
6. Somehow The Muppets Came Back
This week, The Muppets Show returned to our screens via Disney+ – a largely faithful recreation of the original series.
Featuring Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Scooter, Fozzie the Bear, Gonzo, Beeker and special guest Sabrina Carpenter, fans of the original really feel like they’re reunited with old friends – you even have Statler and Waldorf in their usual box making grumpy comments.
The Muppets Show revival isn’t the best version of the show to ever exist. It’s far from the worst either. A few written updates and analysis of what made The Muppets stars in the first place might be just what the show needs to go from good to great.
5. Elon Musk revealed his “orbital data center” master plan
Whatever we think of Elon Musk, we cannot say that he lacks ambition. This week, he announced that SpaceX would acquire xAI to form a new mega-company that would become the most valuable in the world. For what? The official goal is for the joint venture to launch one million satellites to move AI computing power from Earth to space.
As with any major Elon Musk venture, serious questions arise. Is the project of creating a so-called “sentient sun” (with satellites powered by solar energy) really feasible? How many years or decades will it take to see results? And is this really just a plan to bail out the loss-making xAI? These questions remain unanswered, but space-based AI data centers are certainly not a fantasy: Google, Amazon, and Nvidia have also all backed the idea.
4. A new “biomimetic AI robot” gave us goosebumps
Humanoid robots are having a bit of a moment in 2026. CES 2026 was full of cool assistants like LG’s CLOiD, and this week Moya – billed as the first “fully biomimetic embodied intelligent robot” – debuted in China.
Moya has some worrying human characteristics, including a body temperature of 32°C to 36°C (90°F to 97°F) and cameras to help her respond to people with “micro-expressions.” With an expected price of around $173,000 / £127,000 / AU$248,000 when it launches later this year, Moya isn’t designed for homes – but you might one day come across one on your travels to East Asia.
3. Nintendo hosted a Partner Direct
Nintendo gave us a deluge of Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 announcements with a new partner showcase this week. The stream, which focuses on games developed by third-party teams rather than Nintendo itself, gave us new trailers for highly anticipated upcoming releases like Resident Evil Requiem and the ports of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle And Fallout 4.
The indie game inspired by 90s anime Orbitals kicked off the show with a lush new trailer, which looks absolutely adorable, and the whole thing ends with the surprise announcement that The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered would arrive on the Switch 2. Some games, like a new Super Bomberman retro collection, were immediately available and even scattered everywhere.
Despite this, many fans felt the stream was a step down from past events. There were plenty of games shown off that we already knew existed, as well as a few new reveals outside of ports to other platforms. In our own survey of the show’s quality, the majority of respondents would rate it 1 out of 10 on a numerical scale.
2. Bethesda released a new Fallout game trailer
Following much fan speculation, Bethesda has given us a new trailer for Fallout 3 And Fallout New Vegasbut not the remakes fans were asking for.
Instead, the trailer highlighted classic renditions of these games, as well as more recent entries such as Fallout 76 And Anti-atomic shelter, to promote the franchise after the conclusion of the second season of the Prime Video series.
Bethesda has yet to confirm a remake for either title, but court documents have already revealed that it is working on one Fallout 3 remastered (the same documents from 2023 also spoiled last year’s Oblivion Remastered), so fans aren’t hoping for something completely irrelevant; However, for now it seems that Bethesda has nothing more to share, which seems to be the case for possible re-releases of Fallout.
1. Alexa+ launched for everyone (in the United States)
A year after launching its Alexa+ early access program, Amazon is opening the doors to next-generation AI to all users in the United States.
A limited version is available to everyone via the web. To get all the features, you’ll need either a Prime membership or pay for an Alexa+ subscription of $19.99 per month.
This new Alexa is considered “smarter, more conversational, more personalized, and can do a wide range of things on your behalf,” according to Amazon, but users are reporting issues with slow responses, failed smart connections, and problems doing some of the basic tasks Alexa was fine with.
There’s no word yet on a global rollout.
