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Victoria Song

Victoria Song

Senior Reviewer, Wearable Tech

Senior Reviewer, Wearable Tech

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    Sanrio smartwatches? Sign me up.

    Per Notebookcheck, Green House is launching four smartwatches featuring beloved Sanrio characters Hello Kitty, Pompompurin, Cinnamoroll (who, by the way, is a dog not a rabbit) and Kuromi. The watch specs say they’re capable of tracking steps, sleep, heart rate, 20 activity types, calories burned, temperature, and blood oxygen. It also supports voice assistants, media playback, and notifications. Personally, I love the little character details on the straps!

    The watches cost 14,080 yen, or about $93 — which is actually pretty good for a basic fitness tracker.

    Render showing the Green House Sanrio smartwatches. They’re lined up from left to right showing Cinnamoroll in silver, Hello Kitty in Pink, Pompompurin in yellow, and Kuromi in purple.
    I’m partial to the Kuromi watch.
    Image: Green House
    Fitbit’s got a battery problemFitbit’s got a battery problem
    Victoria Song
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    DOGE fired FDA staff reviewing Neuralink.

    Reuters reports that roughly 20 people in the FDA’s office of neurological and physical medicine devices were let go over the weekend. Including staffers overseeing clinical trial applications from Neuralink, Elon Musk’s company developing a brain-computer interface. The report states the firings also affect the FDA’s ability to ensure safe trials for other companies exploring the tech.

    The FDA process can be tedious, but it’s vital to ensuring health tech advances adhere to ethical and safety standards. A pretty important thing when you’re trying to implant chips into a human brain.

    Exclusive: FDA staff reviewing Musk’s Neuralink were included in DOGE employee firings, sources say

    [reuters.com]

    The OnePlus Watch 3 finally adds a proper rotating crownThe OnePlus Watch 3 finally adds a proper rotating crown
    Apple launches wide-ranging health study to help develop future featuresApple launches wide-ranging health study to help develop future features
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    Amazfit Active 2 review: outsized bang for your buck

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    Anytime I felt irked by the Active 2’s quirks, I’d remind myself that the watch on my wrist only cost $130.

    Victoria Song
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    Victoria Song
    Victoria Song
    Peloton’s new CEO says the company isn’t impacted by tariffs.

    CEO Peter Stern made his public debut in today’s Q2 2025 earnings call. It was mostly a ho-hum affair relating Peloton’s ongoing recovery, but he did drop this tidbit about tariffs:

    “The good news here is that no Peloton-branded hardware products are subject to the tariffs from China or if they were to re-emerge from Mexico or Canada. And of course, most of our revenues come from subscriptions.”

    CFO Liz Coddington added that tariffs for Mexico, China, and Canada would only impact Peloton’s connected fitness products by about 1 percent.

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