Victoria Song

Senior Reviewer, Wearable Tech

Victoria SongFeb 25, 2025

The OnePlus Watch 3 is delayed over a typo.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Ahem, excuse me.

The OnePlus Watch 3 was supposed to launch today, but 9to5 Google reports that it’ll now arrive “sometime in April” over an unfixable “Meda in China” typo on its backplate. OnePlus says misprinted versions can be returned, no questions asked — or kept as a limited edition collectible.

As I wrote last week, #typogate is kinda endearing. It’s not as funny as getting sent 11 review units of the OnePlus Watch 2, but it beats the horror that was the original OnePlus Watch.

The OnePlus Watch 3 has an unfixable but endearing typo

Victoria Song

Feb 21

Apple Intelligence is coming to the Vision Pro

Victoria SongFeb 21, 2025

The OnePlus Watch 3 has an unfixable but endearing typo

Victoria SongFeb 21, 2025

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 problem

Victoria SongFeb 20, 2025

Victoria SongFeb 18, 2025

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]