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Victoria Song

Victoria Song

Senior Reviewer, Wearable Tech

Senior Reviewer, Wearable Tech

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    Victoria Song
    The FDA’s peptide circus is underway.

    An advisory panel, stacked with RFK Jr.’s pro-peptide appointees, has voted to add BPC-157 and KPV to the bulk compounding list. This is despite FDA staff clinicians stating that there’s no convincing evidence. Central to the argument is whether allowing compounding will curtail the gray market or expose the public to unnecessary risk. Internally screaming.

    Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 9 and Ultra 2 bet big on battery

    The watches sport a new chip, bigger batteries, and new health metrics. But the updates come with another price hike.

    Victoria Song
    Victoria Song
    Victoria Song
    Leaning into ‘pervert glasses’ sure is a choice.

    Leonardo Del Vecchio, president of Ray-Ban and chief strategy officer at EssilorLuxottica, posted these to his Instagram story. The first is a picture of an activist ad plastered over an actual Meta Glasses ad… and the second is Del Vecchio saying, “If we can’t laugh about it why should anyone trust us?”

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    Victoria Song
    Behold: Jimothy the crab raccoon.

    Legend has it that we have smart home security cameras and smartphones to thank for discovering the Seattle-based treasure that is Jimothy. At least this modern cryptid doesn’t appear to be AI slop. Happy Friday.

    The manosphere’s testosterone obsession reaches the highest levels of US military

    Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced mandatory testosterone screenings, but it’s a symptom of a larger fixation.

    Victoria Song
    Victoria Song
    Victoria Song
    Would you buy a $600 smart scale?

    If you are, Withings’ BodyScan 2 is available to buy starting today. Why is the scale $600? Well, it measures 60 biomarkers, and it’s positioned as a “longevity station.”

    It also offers noninvasive metabolic metrics like glucose resilience via bioimpedance spectroscopy and foot sweat. Yes, foot sweat.

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    Siri AI makes the Apple Watch finally feel like a wrist computer

    watchOS 27 feels like a culmination of several years of smaller updates.

    Victoria Song
    Less is more with the Oura Ring 5

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    This is a smart ring for new users. Everyone else should wait until their current ring dies.

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    Empathy for the optimizers

    Clowning on the longevity king is fun, but it ignores why people biohack in the first place.

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