You can save $30 on the OnePlus Watch 3, a great Galaxy Watch 8 alternative
The OnePlus Watch 3 starts at $269.99 ($30 off) for the new 43mm model. | Image: The Verge / OnePlus OnePlus has kicked off its back-to-school sale, and the deals are pretty solid. There are discounts on the company’s impressive tablets, but the highlights are the new low prices on its smartwatches. Right now, you can buy the 43mm OnePlus Watch 3 for $269.99 ($30 off), while the 46mm is $319.99 ($30 off). Even the OnePlus Watch 2 is cheaper than it’s ever been at $199.99 ($100 off). Students get an additional 10 percent off, making these deals even sweeter. We’ve recommended the OnePlus Watch 2 as a great alternative to Google and Samsung smartwatches since its debut, and the Watch 3 builds upon it with small, but meaningful upgrades. It retains everything we loved in its predecessor, like dual-frequency GPS and long battery life, but now adds Google Gemini, a rotating crown that scrolls, and video...
The OnePlus Watch 3 starts at $269.99 ($30 off) for the new 43mm model. | Image: The Verge / OnePlus OnePlus has kicked off its back-to-school sale, and the deals are pretty solid. There are discounts on the company’s impressive tablets, but the highlights are the new low prices on its smartwatches. Right now, you can buy the 43mm OnePlus Watch 3 for $269.99 ($30 off), while the 46mm is $319.99 ($30 off). Even the OnePlus Watch 2 is cheaper than it’s ever been at $199.99 ($100 off). Students get an additional 10 percent off, making these deals even sweeter.We’ve recommended the OnePlus Watch 2 as a great alternative to Google and Samsung smartwatches since its debut, and the Watch 3 builds upon it with small, but meaningful upgrades. It retains everything we loved in its predecessor, like dual-frequency GPS and long battery life, but now adds Google Gemini, a rotating crown that scrolls, and video watch faces. The company also added its 60S Health Check-In, which provides a quick snapshot of your heart rate, blood oxygen levels, mental wellness, wrist temperature, sleep quality, and vascular age (with European users also getting EKGs) with a click of a b***on.The OnePlus Watch 3 comes in two sizes: a new 43mm model introduced in July, and a 46mm version released back in April. Both are similar in terms of specs, but the 43mm model skips the 46mm’s temperature sensor that was used for reproductive cycle tracking and fall detection. The 46mm wearable also boasts a larger, brighter 2,200-nit OLED display, which is double the brightness of the 43mm version (1000 nits).
Read our hands-on impressions of the OnePlus Watch 3.
OnePlus Watch 3
The OnePlus Watch 3 builds upon the OnePlus Watch 2 with a new 43mm size and rotating crown bezel. The 43mm adds reproductive cycle tracking and fall detection as well, while the 46mm adds a wrist temperature sensor.
KDE Plasma 6.7 will make managing your clipboard a lot less annoying
One of the biggest benefits of using Linux is that it's a very much an operating system that gets out of your way. As such, when something on Linux doesn't respect people's choices and keeps bothering them, the developers are sure to know about it. And as much as I...
One of the biggest benefits of using Linux is that it's a very much an operating system that gets out of your way. As such, when something on Linux doesn't respect people's choices and keeps bothering them, the developers are sure to know about it. And as much as I love KDE Plasma, there is one thing that irks me when managing the clipboard: the constant asking if I want to clear starred items.
Jane Smith Los Angeles
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Microsoft admits that Teams’ UI is way too crowded, but it’s working on a fix
Of all the apps you can misclick in, hitting the wrong button during an online meeting is one of the worst. You can accidentally show your webcam, hang up on the call, stick your hand in the air, and even leave the call altogether, just from a simple aiming problem....
Of all the apps you can misclick in, hitting the wrong button during an online meeting is one of the worst. You can accidentally show your webcam, hang up on the call, stick your hand in the air, and even leave the call altogether, just from a simple aiming problem. And when they do happen, you don't forget about it for weeks after.
Simone Opstad Norway
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Trying to self-host LLMs made me realize local AI has a friction problem, not a quality problem
For the longest time, the conversation around local AI models revolved around quality. They were either too slow, too dumb, too small, or too incapable to match what the titans over at OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are doing with ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, respectively. That gap, however, is shrinking a...
For the longest time, the conversation around local AI models revolved around quality. They were either too slow, too dumb, too small, or too incapable to match what the titans over at OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are doing with ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, respectively. That gap, however, is shrinking a lot faster than most people realize, even though it does exist in some areas. For the most part, though, modern local models have become genuinely impressive, and are capable of writing, summarizing, coding, and reasoning on capable hardware, of course.
Maja Šijan Serbia
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HID Remapper now lets you use the Steam Controller on the Switch, and the trackpad actually works
In an ideal world, you'd be able to use any controller on any device. Different controller designers bring different things to the table, and having the option to pick your favorite and use it on any console or PC you own would be a huge benefit. At the very least,...
In an ideal world, you'd be able to use any controller on any device. Different controller designers bring different things to the table, and having the option to pick your favorite and use it on any console or PC you own would be a huge benefit. At the very least, it would stop me needing to re-learn where the A and B buttons are when I go between an Xbox and a Switch controller.
Eemil Makela Finland
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I added Claude Code’s memory to my workflows, and my automation became effortless
Anthropic has now built persistent memory into Claude Code. It works in two ways. First, there's Auto Memory, where Claude automatically saves useful project context, patterns, and preferences. Second, there's the CLAUDE.md file, which stores project instructions and context that get loaded into future sessions.
Anthropic has now built persistent memory into Claude Code. It works in two ways. First, there's Auto Memory, where Claude automatically saves useful project context, patterns, and preferences. Second, there's the CLAUDE.md file, which stores project instructions and context that get loaded into future sessions.
Jacob Brown New Zealand
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Your next “Raspberry Pi project” doesn’t actually need a Raspberry Pi
If you’ve worked on DIY computing projects in the late 2010s, you’ve definitely heard of the Raspberry Pi, if not own a few single-board computers belonging to this family. After all, their tiny form-factor, affordable price tags, and solid compatibility with popular Linux distros (and packages) made them the perfect...
If you’ve worked on DIY computing projects in the late 2010s, you’ve definitely heard of the Raspberry Pi, if not own a few single-board computers belonging to this family. After all, their tiny form-factor, affordable price tags, and solid compatibility with popular Linux distros (and packages) made them the perfect tinkering companions. But that’s all in the past now.
Jane Smith Los Angeles
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Google’s new anything-to-anything AI model is wild
Just a stuffed deer having the time of his life. | Image: Gemini / The Verge Last year I deepfaked my kid's stuffed animal to make it look like his plush deer was on vacation. It was an experiment to see if I could re-create the events depicted in a...
Just a stuffed deer having the time of his life. | Image: Gemini / The Verge Last year I deepfaked my kid's stuffed animal to make it look like his plush deer was on vacation.It was an experiment to see if I could re-create the events depicted in a Gemini ad Google was running, and I never showed the videos of Buddy the deer on his adventures to my four-year-old. But it was a revealing exercise that made me think a lot about the difference between some harmless fun with generative AI and full-on slop. Maybe that Venn diagram is a perfect circle! Maybe not. But what I know for sure is that the tools to make realistic videos are surprisingly good, requiring surprisingly little effort and know-how. And that trend is c …Read the full story at The Verge.
John Doe New York
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Filament Manager is the boring AMS upgrade that actually matters
The AMS has always been one of Bambu Lab’s best ideas, but also one of its messiest workflows. It can swap materials, keep spools ready, and turn a single printer into a much more flexible machine. Yet the software side has never quite felt as polished as the hardware promised....
The AMS has always been one of Bambu Lab’s best ideas, but also one of its messiest workflows. It can swap materials, keep spools ready, and turn a single printer into a much more flexible machine. Yet the software side has never quite felt as polished as the hardware promised. For a system built around loading multiple spools at once, keeping track of those spools has often been weirdly manual.
Sophia Wilson Atlanta
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I have a new go-to browser
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 129, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, come on you Gunners, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've mostly been sick, which has meant nearly...
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 129, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, come on you Gunners, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've mostly been sick, which has meant nearly a full rewatch of Parks and Recreation while alternately napping and feeling bad for myself. But I've also been reading about Nick Fuentes and clowns, listening to old episodes of Short History Of, testing the NextSense Smartbuds while I sleep, writing in the Outerline Markdown app beta, and eagerly looking for things to do with the upcoming Flipper One. Today' …Read the full story at The Verge.
Emily Brown Houston
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I tested 3 tiny local LLMs for everyday work, and only one of them impressed me
The local models that get talked about most tend to sit in the 7B to 12B range, which is also where most setups land if you've got decent hardware. Anything smaller usually gets written off as a toy before it gets a fair try. But not everyone has 16GB+ of...
The local models that get talked about most tend to sit in the 7B to 12B range, which is also where most setups land if you've got decent hardware. Anything smaller usually gets written off as a toy before it gets a fair try. But not everyone has 16GB+ of VRAM to work with, and the really tiny models, the under-2B crowd, are getting more capable than their size suggests, and I wanted to see if they're worth poking at despite being able to run the mid-size ones.
Emily Brown Houston
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I use Claude and local LLMs together now, and it costs half as much while being twice as fast
"People are going to use more and more AI." The words of Jensen Huang have become more relevant by the day, and anyone in a vibe-coding, programming, or creative workflow already knows exactly what the Nvidia CEO meant.
"People are going to use more and more AI." The words of Jensen Huang have become more relevant by the day, and anyone in a vibe-coding, programming, or creative workflow already knows exactly what the Nvidia CEO meant.
Cameron Peters Ireland
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Lossless Scaling does 5 things DLSS and FSR simply can’t match
Lossless Scaling has built up a reputation in some corners of the PC gaming community as the secret weapon that makes DLSS and FSR irrelevant. To put it bluntly: it's not. If I'm playing a game with a proper DLSS 4 transformer-model implementation, that's what I'm reaching for, and FSR...
Lossless Scaling has built up a reputation in some corners of the PC gaming community as the secret weapon that makes DLSS and FSR irrelevant. To put it bluntly: it's not. If I'm playing a game with a proper DLSS 4 transformer-model implementation, that's what I'm reaching for, and FSR 4 on supported AMD hardware is close enough that I won't pretend otherwise. Lossless Scaling's LS1 upscaler isn't winning that fight, and LSFG, while remarkable for what it is, doesn't beat native DLSS Frame Generation paired with Reflex on latency or motion clarity.
