Gear News of the Week: There’s Another New AI Browser, and Fujifilm Debuts the X-T30 III

One increasingly popular solution is to include a solar panel to keep the battery charged, allowing you to mount your camera and perhaps never touch it again. Both Wyze and TP-Link unveiled interesting solar-powered cameras this week. Let’s talk about Wyze first.

The Wyze Solar Cam Pan ($80) is a 2K outdoor security camera that can pan 360 degrees and tilt 70 degrees. It’s IP65-rated, easy to install, and has a small solar panel that Wyze thinks can keep the camera running for just one hour of sunlight per day (we’ll see as I test the gray depths of a Scottish winter). The Solar Cam Pan also features AI-powered people tracking, two-way audio, color night vision, a floodlight, and a siren, though you need a subscription, starting at $3 per month, to unlock the smart features and get cloud video storage.

Wyze also announced a new, more affordable ($66) battery video doorbell. We started testing Wyze cameras again recently after it beefed up its security policies, but repeated security breaches, which exposed thousands of other customers’ camera feeds, may still give you pause.

Meanwhile, TP-Link is the first manufacturer to combine solar power and floodlighting capability in the new Tapo C615F range. The similar-looking but larger Tapo C615F is another 2K camera, but it swivels 360 degrees, tilts 130 degrees, and, most importantly, has an adjustable 800-lumen floodlight.

TP-Link says its solar panel only needs 45 minutes of sun per day to maintain the camera, and it comes with a handy 13-foot cable, so you can install the solar panel in the best spot to catch those rays. The Tapo C615F ($100) is in stock now, and you can use the promo code 10tabofeldcam Get $10 discount if you’re quick. —Simon Hill

Fujifilm is updating its X-T30 line

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Fujifilm has released the X-T30 III, an update to the company’s X-T30 mirrorless SLR line. The X-T30 III combines the familiar 26-megapixel Fujifilm All Fujifilm film simulations are available, as are subject recognition AF modes. Video specifications also see a bump up to 6.2K at 30fps when gate open, and 4K at 60fps with a 1.18X crop.

The body is almost identical to the previous model. The size, weight, and button/dial layout are the same as on the X-T30 II. The only change is that the control dial is now the Movie Simulation dial, with three options for custom movie recipes. The X-T30 III will go on sale in November at $999 for the body, or $1,150 for the body and a new 13-33mm (20mm-50mm equivalent) F3.5-6.3 zoom lens. —Scott Gilbertson

Intel AI Experience Stores

Just in time for peak shopping season, Intel is launching a variety of “AI Experience Stores” in a few key locations around the world. We don’t know exactly what they’ll look like, but Intel says these pop-ups will include an “AI-powered shopping experience” of sorts and build on the initial soft launch store launch in London last year.

If they keep the same design ethos, these stores will be fairly immersive experiences. There will be plenty of AI-based demos on devices from the wider Windows laptop ecosystem, to help spark interest and curiosity about what PCs can do. Interestingly, it comes on the back of a big marketing push by Microsoft with its new Windows 11 AI experiences, in an attempt to convince buyers to upgrade and explain some of the new AI features.

Below are the dates and locations when Intel Stores will be open. —Luke Larsen

• New York City: 1251 Sixth Avenue (10/29 to 11/30)
• London: 95 Oxford Street (10/30 to 11/30)
• Munich: Viktolinemarket 6 (10/30 to 12/9)
• Paris: 14 Boulevard Poissonnier (11/4 to 11/30)
• Seoul: OPUS 407, 1318-1 Suzhou-dong (10/31 to 11/30)