• Health Monitoring - Product Reviews

    The CGM Buyer’s Guide I Wish I’d Had Before Spending $600 on Sensors

    August 10, 2026 - By 

    I have a confession. Over the past eight months, my team and I have spent well over $600 on continuous glucose monitors. We’ve peeled dead sensors off triceps in gym parking lots, explained the little white circles on our arms to curious strangers at Whole Foods, and stress-tested every consumer CGM platform available without a prescription in 2026. What started as curiosity — after that first $49 sensor blew my mind last summer — turned into a full-blown comparison project. Here’s what nobody tells you when you’re standing in the pharmacy aisle or scrolling Amazon at midnight: the CGM landscape…

  • Health Monitoring - Product Reviews

    The Smart Ring AI Wars of 2026: Why On-Device Intelligence Just Changed Everything

    July 30, 2026 - By 

    I’ve been wearing some version of a health tracker on my body since 2009. Back then, it was a clunky pedometer strapped to my hip during track practice, and I thought it was sorcery. Fifteen years and roughly a dozen wearables later, I’m here to tell you that the war happening right now in smart rings isn’t about sensors anymore. It’s about which company built the brain that actually makes sense of all that data while you sleep. Seven days ago, Ultrahuman pushed something called the Emerald update to every ring they’ve ever sold. I woke up that morning to…