OnePlus officially gives up on the US and Europe

The OnePlus 15 was the company’s final US flagship. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge OnePlus has confirmed what industry observers have long expected: it’s quitting the US and European markets, and will no longer launch new products in either region. Parent company Oppo promises that it will honor existing support and warranty agreements, with devices transitioning to its ColorOS for future updates.“Software updates and after-sale support will be guaranteed” in both the US and Europe, Oppo’s senior PR manager in Europe, James Paterson, told The Verge in a call. The company wouldn’t confirm any specifics on how it will honor its warranty and support agreements in the US, where it will now have no presence at all. In Europe, …Read the full story at The Verge.

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OnePlus officially gives up on the US and Europe

Someone converted their Steam library into SSD “cartridges”, and you slot them in like a Game Boy

I use Claude Code as a librarian, not a coder, and it’s the most useful it’s ever been

Skullcandy’s bass-boosting Crusher headphones now come with Bose’s ANC

You can now build AI agents that order DoorDash directly from the command line

Your next motherboard doesn’t need to be flagship — here’s how I learned that the hard way

COMPUTER COPS: Inside the big business of selling AI to the police

You, too, can build this e-ink typewriter that runs off a Raspberry Pi Zero

I gave Claude Fable 5 my CPU sensor logs to explain random throttling, and it pointed at a setting I hadn’t checked

Google ordered to open Android and Search to rivals in Europe

I used an old graphics card to add AI features to my Immich server, and it’s now smarter than Google Photos

I changed one simple Google Maps setting and instantly started getting faster routes

Immutable Linux distros are not the only way to build a system you can’t break

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