Old MacBooks let light from the LCD backlight shine through an apple-shaped window in the lid. This one has no backlight at all. Its tandem OLED panel makes every pixel its own light source, which left Apple with a problem when it decided to bring the glowing logo back after a decade. iFixit opened a 14-inch model to see how the company solved it and found a strip of four small LEDs mounted along one edge of a dedicated module behind the screen.
GreatScott! took a nearly twenty-year-old Nintendo Wii Remote, opened the shell, and fitted a Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32S3 Sense board inside so the controller could recognize what it was aimed at and switch appliances on or off. A small camera module sits at the front end of the remote after the original infrared sensor was moved aside with a longer ribbon cable.
Following the September shutdown of the Play Disney Parks app, Walt Disney Imagineering has rolled out the Disney Imagineering Labs app as a separate iOS download for Disneyland Resort. Available now to Magic Key holders age 13 and older who have a MyDisney account and an iPhone running a recent iOS version, the free app serves as a testing ground where guests try experiences still in development rather than polished final products.
Anyone who has tried to place a security camera near a porch or side door already knows the usual hurdles. Power outlets sit too far away, solar panels need clear sky and still require occasional charging, and running new wiring through siding or brick means calling an electrician. Wyze Bulb Cam (2-Pack), priced at $69.96 today (was $96), sidesteps all of that by combining an 800 lumen LED light with a 2K camera inside a single unit that screws straight into a standard E26 socket.
SpaceX released the Starlink Mini 2 today as the next version of its smallest portable satellite terminal, packing a dish, router, and removable battery into one unit that works without a nearby outlet or vehicle power source. Early owners who receive an invitation can preorder the hardware for $999, a price that also covers a full year of Roam Unlimited service the company values at $2,100. Shipments to those first U.S. customers are expected to begin in mid-December after a $100 refundable deposit.