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There are a few possible ways to do a teardown of new electronics like the Apple AirTag 2 tracker, with [electronupdate] opting to go down to the silicon level, with die shots of the major ICs in a recent teardown video. Some high-resolution photos are also found on the separate blog page.
First we get to see the outside of the device, followed by the individual layers of the sandwiched rings of the device, starting with the small speaker, which is surrounded by the antenna for the ultrawide band (UWB) feature.
Next is the PCB layer, with a brief analysis of the main ICs, before they get lifted off and decapped for an intimate look at their insides. These include the Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 Bluetooth chip, which also runs the firmware of the device.
The big corroded-looking grey rectangle on the PCB is the UWB chip assembly, with the die shot visible in the heading image. It provides the localization feature of the AirTag that allows you to tell where the tag is precisely. In the die analysis we get a basic explanation of what the structures visible are for. Basically it uses an array of antennae that allows the determination of time-of-flight and with it the direction of the requesting device relative to it.
In addition to die shots of the BT and UWB chips we also get the die shot of the Bosch-made accelerometer chip, as well as an SPI memory device, likely an EEPROM of some description.
As for disabling the speaker in these AirTag 2 devices, it’s nestled deep inside, well away from the battery. This is said to make disabling it much harder without a destructive disassembly, yet as iFixit demonstrated, it’s actually fairly easy to do it non-destructively.
Queer artists and LGBTQ+ allies made a strong showing at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards Sunday night, with several using their acceptance speeches to blast Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) brutal enforcement of immigration policies.
Steadfast LGBTQ+ ally Bad Bunny, who has become a lightning rod for the MAGA right since it was announced in September that he would headline this year’s Super Bowl halftime show, took home three awards out of his six nominations, including the evening’s biggest, Album of the Year, for his Debí Tirar Más Fotos.
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“Before I say thanks to God, I’m gonna say: ICE out,” Bunny said while accepting the award for Best Latin Urban Album. “We’re not savage, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens. We are humans and we are Americans.”
“The only thing that is more powerful than hate is love,” he continued. “So, please, we need to be different. If we fight, we have to do it with love.”
Later in the night, Bunny closed his Album of the Year acceptance speech by dedicating the award “to all the people that had to leave their homeland, their country to follow their dreams.”
While accepting the award for Song of the Year alongside brother and songwriting partner Finneas, Billie Eilish delivered an even more direct call to action.
“As grateful as I feel, I honestly don’t feel like I need to say anything but that no one is illegal on stolen land,” she said. “I feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like we just need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting and our voices really do matter, and the people matter. And f**k ICE, is all I wanna say.”
Similarly, queer singer-songwriter Kehlani, who won their first-ever Grammy for Best R&B Performance for their song “Folded,” used their speech to call on the powerful people at last night’s ceremony to “speak against all the injustice going on in the world right now.”
“I hope that everybody is inspired to join together as a community of artists, and speak out against what’s going on,” Kehlani said. “F**k ICE!”
Kehlani, Eilish, and Finneas were just a few of the high-profile stars to wear “ICE Out” pins at the Grammys. As The Hollywood Reporter notes, Carole King, Justin and Hailey Bieber, Jason Isbell, Margo Price, Rhiannon Giddens, and Songwriter of the Year winner Amy Allen were all spotted wearing the pins, which were distributed as part of a campaign organized by the American Civil Liberties Union, Maremoto, the National Domestic Workers Alliance, and Working Families Power.
The night’s other big LGBTQ+ winners included British singer-songwriter Lola Young (Best Pop Solo Performance), Doechii (Best Music Video), and Cynthia Erivo, who won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance along with LGBTQ+ ally Ariana Grande for “Defying Gravity” from Wicked.
Lady Gaga scored trophies for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Dance Pop Recording. Following Bad Bunny’s win for Album of the Year, Entertainment Tonight asked the “Abracadabra” singer about why she appeared to tear up during his acceptance speech.
“I thought what he said was incredibly important right now and so inspiring,” Gaga told the outlet. “What’s happening in this country is incredibly heartbreaking and we’re so lucky to have leaders like him that are speaking up for what is true and what is right.”
Lady Gaga shares why she had such a tearful reaction to Bad Bunny’s historic Album of the Year win at the #GRAMMYs. pic.twitter.com/wFeJTBSGRC
— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) February 2, 2026
Another vocal LGBTQ+ ally to take home Grammys this year was country singer Tyler Childers (Best Country Song).
Other queer and queer-adjacent highlights included out pop star Chappell Roan’s extremely revealing dress and a wild appearance by Cher. After accepting a special lifetime achievement award, the 79-year-old gay icon had to be called back to the stage by host Trevor Noah to present the award for Record of the Year. She then announced the late Luther Vandros as the winner, apparently misreading “Luther” by Kendrick Lamar and SZA.
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I’ve never taken comfort in the phrase, “HIV isn’t a death sentence anymore.” Yes, the phrase is meant to honor the hard-won victories achieved by HIV activists so that current generations of newly HIV-positive people could live long and fulfilling lives without fear, but the slogan is only as true if we have access to medication and social services.
The truth is that 4,496 U.S. residents died of HIV-related illnesses in 2023. Of them, 24% were women, 30% were over 55 years old, 43% were Black, and 56% lived in the South, where homophobia, lack of sex education, and poverty run rampant. And the current political situation will only increase those numbers.
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It’s now more important than ever to learn lessons from past generations of HIV activists, understand the challenges presently facing today’s HIV advocates, and to forecast the promises (and perils) of future HIV developments in our country.
That’s why LGBTQ Nation’s February 2026 Issue examines the past, present, and future of HIV activism. It’s an issue that affects everyone — whether you yourself have HIV or know someone who is. And, in commemoration of Black History Month, many of our stories will elevate Black voices and experiences to share often-overlooked experiences in the struggle against HIV.
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Our cover story this month will look back at the history of Black HIV activism through an anti-racist lens with the assistance of Dr. Aishah Scott, a professor of Black studies and health sciences who is writing a book about the AIDS epidemic in urban Black America.
A cultural piece will examine groundbreaking films about Black people living with HIV and why they remain culturally significant today. We’ll look at how the current administration’s HIV policy is affecting Black communities, how advocates are combating HIV criminalization laws that disproportionately harm Black queer men, and report on a recent roundtable of leading Black HIV activists on the challenges ahead.
Several of our pieces will also focus on women, another oft-overlooked community still impacted by the epidemic, including tales of the lesbians who bravely cared for queer men during the epidemic’s worst days; a look at Zelda Rubenstein, the celebrity ally who helped raise awareness of HIV at a time when few celebrities publicly spoke about it; and an assessment of how HIV continues to impact women today.
Our edition will also provide clear-eyed reasons for hope as well, examining the astonishing stories of people who’ve been cured of HIV, the role that injectable PrEP will play in drastically reducing new infections, and the latest developments in the continued race for an HIV vaccine and cure.
The stakes remain high, and we’re at a crossroads: The federal government wants to turn back the clock, but it’s facing headwinds from visionary activists fighting for a more humane future.
We only arrived at this moment because of the generations of queer HIV activists and researchers before us — many of whom were forced to innovate and create solutions for community care when the government couldn’t have cared less.
It’s this humanity and vision that can see us through to a future where HIV is just another manageable illness and healthcare is for everyone.
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Gus Kenworthy has discussed the reaction to his competing for Team GB at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Italy which has included being called a “traitor”.
The 34-year-old Olympian who has dual British and American citizenship having been born in Chelmsford, Essex and growing up in Telluride, Colorado has come out of retirement to take part in his fourth Olympics. He won silver at the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014 and also competed in PyeongChang (2018) competing for the US. He took part in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing for Team GB.
Speaking to People recently, Kenworthy said he feels positive about skiing for Team GB. But despite his British family stemming from his mother, he said he’d “definitely gotten s***”, from people mad that he’s now on Team GB.
“People are like, ‘You’re a traitor,’ and I don’t think of it that way,” he said. “I had this choice in 2014 to go for either country and at that time I was like, ‘Well, I live in the States. I wanna go for the States’ and I did and I won a medal and I represented the States at another games after that,” he said.
Continuing, the athlete said: “I don’t owe anybody anything and it’s the path that I chose last time around to do it for my mom and this time around like I came back and had such short timing that even if I had wanted to switch, I wouldn’t have been able to.”
Kenworthy only came out of retirement in May 2025 saying: “It’s this Olympics or nothing. I’m never going to have this opportunity again.”
The out athlete also told People that with the “dog-eat-dog” world of the American team making the cut would have been a “nightmare”. And with only four spots up for grabs means “it results in men not making the US team that are world-class that could be on the podium that don’t get to be there”.
So, he removed himself from that struggle and moved over to Team GB. But he clarified: “I didn’t take that spot from anybody. That spot wasn’t a spot otherwise.” He continued: “If anything, I almost feel like it’s more patriotic I’m letting another American go.”
Kenworthy recently put himself forward for a role on Heated Rivalry season two by advertising his skating and hockey experience.
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Vivian Jenna Wilson revealed information she recalls that appears to corroborate details about her estranged father, Elon Musk, appearing in the latest release of the Epstein files on Friday (30 January).
In several posts to her Threads account on 1 February, Wilson wrote “I’m just going to speak directly instead of being vague and cryptic.
“I can confirm we were in St Barth’s at the time specified in the emails, and therefore I believe they are authentic.”
She continued with: “This has basically already been confirmed through his attempts to paint them as out of context (denial is a river in Egypt).
“I knew nothing about the e-mails previously so I’m learning about everything at the same time as y’all.
“If there’s any other information I learn that I can corroborate I will do so.”
She capped off her claims, putting it plainly by posting: “Literally what the f*** is my life lol.”
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Ava Raine, the daughter of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, has made the “difficult” decision to leave World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) after six years.
Raine – real name Simone Garcia Johnson – joined WWE in 2020. She was also the General Manager of WWE’s development program, NXT, which her partner, Tatyanna Dumas, is also a part of.
Posting on Instagram on Friday (30 January) Raine wrote: “This past Tuesday was my last appearance on NXT and subsequently WWE. Thank you to all who have cheered, watched, and supported me through my journey. While my decision to not renew my contract was very difficult, it’s also new turning point in my life. It has been an honor and a privilege to be Ava.”
According to E! News, Dumas posted the shared account she and Raine share, Big Ups, would be “pausing all scheduled content” until it was “appropriate” to resume. “We appreciate your continued support and understanding,” she wrote in the since deleted Instagram story. However, on Sunday (1 February) the Big Ups Instagram featured a story saying “Big Ups is back”.
TMZ reports after Raine announced her departure she tweeted: “And now that I can say this with my full chest, [middle finger emoji] ICE and that entire administration.” Raine’s Twitter/X account has now been deleted.
The post has had a variety of reactions, some mocking and deriding Raine. Meanwhile, others have speculated her account was taken down by X, though no proof exists.
Ava is Johnson’s eldest daughter from his first wife, Dany Garcia. Johnson has two younger daughters, Jasmine and Tiana with Lauren Hashian, his second wife.
Dumas is an Australian wrestler and former basketball player. She fights under the nickname ‘Muscle Mommy’.
The pair publicly confirmed their relationship last December with an Instagram reel of highlights set to Charli XCX’s “Everything is romantic feat. Caroline Polachek”.
Speaking of Raine with MTV UK last year, Johnson said he was “so proud of her”. He said: “She’s like, ‘I want to do what you do but I want to carve my own path’. And that’s a difference, that was a big deal that I heard that,” he said of how she didn’t want to use family connections to get ahead.
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