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OnePlus Nord looks official for July, and more tech news you need to know
August 10, 2025
1. OnePlus Nord: the affordable OnePlus gets a name (seemingly…)
OnePlus has been having fun teasing its new OnePlus phones, expected to be affordable devices that drop back from high-end specs and contenders for best possible devices.
OnePlus seems to be wink-winking as it works its way to launch.
Buuuut the secret looks like it’s now out:OnePlus Nord seems real.
Another Nord leak was spotted in this half-cut off image (h/tWinFuture.de), too:
2.LG Velvet review: Nothing too fancy, underwhelming for the price, but loads of style points (Android Authority).
- Acer’s new flagship Chromebook is theall-aluminum Spin 713, with 10th gen Intel processor(Android Authority).
4.Olympus is getting out of the camera business, sellings its brands to JIP (which also bought Sony’s VAIO laptop brand a while back) (The Verge).
5.Lucas Rizzotto: “Apple’s design overhaul is all about preparing for Augmented Reality,” and that makes so much sense. The return of skeuomorphic design aids recognition in AR, rounded edges… we’ll see! (Twitter). Also,how fast are Apple’s new ARM Mac chips?It’s hard to tell (The Verge).
6.1,000+ technologists urge Springer to not publish a paperthat describes a system to predict crime based on faces. Springer appeared to pull the upcoming paper, described as morally corrupt and baseless (Vice).
7.Facebook will stop selling its budget VR headset Oculus Go, says it won’t make any headset with less than 6DOF to push the tech further. The Go was an important stepping stone, but is relegated to ye olde status now (UploadVR).
8.Mixer failed, here’s why(The Verge).
9.George R. R. Martin offers a new Winds of Winterestimate: 2021 (Ars Technica).
10.Segway will stop making its iconic self-balancing scooter(Engadget).
11.A Black Hole collided with something that shouldn’t exist, and while that’s an exciting headline, it’s not clickbait (Gizmodo)!More here onCNETtoo.
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