New OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z3 deliver oomph, and a hint of convenience
The new OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z3 neckband style earbuds offer the same good sound as last year's Z2, but the extended support for app-based controls and EQ presets make them even more exciting at a very appealing price.
OnePlus Pad 3 is finally the Android tablet I can use for work
OnePlus' upgraded Pad 3 is faster, bigger, and better in almost every sense. But its accessories truly bring out the best in it.
The OnePlus 13s is surprisingly brilliant for a small phone
The OnePlus 13s is a compact flagship Android boasting an ergonomic design, good performance, and excellent battery life, ushering in a new era for smaller phones. Its biggest challenge remains limited availability.
Your next phone may be much different from the one you’re using right now.
Thin, light, and compact phones are re-emerging, except this time, they don't skimp on performance or features. But will they sustain yet another test of time?
Pixel 9a is not as bad as you think it is.
Pixel 9a is no crown-jewel, but it's a justifiably good Pixel after all. The cutbacks Google makes to justify the $499 pricing may not limit average consumers, Athenil contributor Keval Shukla argues.
Google Search could be smothering your creativity
A Carnegie Mellon University study reveals starting your brainstorming process with Google can be detrimental to the group's creativity.
Teams relying much on search engines often produced inundatingly same, less original ideas due to a cognitive bias called "fixation effect," where seeing popular answers converges our thought process instead of diverging it.
While individuals weren't necessarily dumber with Google, groups of Google users seemed to get stuck in a rut, often coming up with the same common ideas, sometimes even in the same order! Talk about a copy-and-paste creativity crisis.
"This appears to be due to the fact that Google users came up with the same common answers, often in the same order, as they relied on Google, while non-Google users came up with more distinct answers," explained lead author Danny Oppenheimer.
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