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Startup Aina has unveiled a smart ring featuring a tiny OLED screen, a microphone, and touch-capacitive controls that let wearers manage AI agents and connected devices. The ring is designed to learn user habits from a phone or PC and surface relevant prompts, such as approving an agent's action, directly on its display. It is priced at $400, available for pre-order now, and expected to ship in early 2025.
Apple has released a support document detailing how the newly reintroduced illuminated Apple logo on the MacBook Pro's lid works, including a terminal command for users who want to switch it off entirely. The logo, powered by software with per-device calibration, automatically adjusts brightness based on screen settings and ambient light detected by the laptop's sensor.
Lenovo is selling a high-end configuration of its IdeaPad Slim 5x—16GB RAM, 512GB storage, a high-resolution OLED display, and Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Plus chip—for $900, a $250 discount. A lower-resolution version of the same laptop is also available directly from Lenovo.com for $800.
Apple has released a new iPad mini featuring a thinner 5.4mm body, lighter 255-gram weight, an enlarged 8.5-inch OLED display, water resistance, and the A20 Pro chip. The device is now nearly as thin as Apple's iPad Pro line and close in weight to the iPhone Duo, while keeping roughly the same overall footprint thanks to 24 percent thinner bezels.
Apple's updated iPad mini keeps a similar design but slims down, with an 8.5-inch screen, reduced thickness and weight, and a new OLED display offering 1,200 nits peak HDR brightness and 600 nits SDR brightness. The tablet now comes only in midnight and starlight color options, and features a 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio compared to roughly 1000:1 on the prior LCD model.
Apple's redesigned iPad Mini now features an 8.5-inch Tandem OLED Super Retina XDR display, up slightly from the prior model but in similar overall dimensions. It reaches 600 nits SDR and 1,200 nits HDR brightness, lacks the 120Hz refresh rate found on the iPad Pro, and offers an optional $100 nano-texture glass finish. Apple also trimmed the color lineup to two options, Starlight and a new navy-blue Midnight.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Apple plans to update the base MacBook Pro next year with an M7 chip and the new thinner, lighter design with slimmer bezels introduced in the recent high-end refresh. Gurman also says a second-generation touchscreen MacBook Pro, powered by M7 Pro and M7 Max chips, is expected, with Apple reportedly skipping M6 Pro and M6 Max entirely.
Apple introduced touch support alongside new 'PROLED XDR' OLED displays on redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro laptops. The new models are lighter than previous versions, include updated speakers, and carry higher prices than their predecessors.
Motorola has officially confirmed key specs for its upcoming Signature 27 phone through an exclusive partnership with YouTuber Danny Winget ahead of its global launch this week. The device features a 6.8-inch 'Extreme AMOLED Duo' Tandem OLED display reaching 12,000 nits at 120Hz, plus a 50MP Sony LYTIA camera sensor with LOFIC and a dedicated action sensor for fast-moving subjects. The phone also comes in two Pantone-certified color options with an aircraft-grade aluminum and ceramic build.
According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is preparing updates to three iPad models in the first half of next year. The iPad Air is expected to gain an OLED display and a possible M5 chip, the base iPad would get an A19 chip, 8GB RAM and Apple Intelligence support, and the iPad Pro is said to be getting a vapor chamber and a newer chipset, possibly M6 or M7.
Apple has released a MacBook Pro featuring an OLED 'PROLED XDR' display and, for the first time, touchscreen support, running macOS 27 Golden Gate. The touch functionality lets users tap and swipe the screen, with some UI elements in certain apps magnifying or expanding slightly in response, while mouse and trackpad input remain fully functional.
Apple VP of Hardware Engineering Dave Pakula discussed the redesigned iPad mini in interviews, explaining that its new OLED panel omits ProMotion's 120Hz refresh rate, staying at 60Hz. Pakula also detailed a new 'Acoustic Display' system, which uses custom drivers and tweeters built into the display assembly to produce sound while enabling the device's first-ever IP67 water and dust resistance rating.