How to Keep Your Devices’ LEDs From Driving You Crazy at Night

Don’t you hate it when every piece of tech you own doubles as a night light? Even if you make an effort to avoid using your phone and laptop in bed, the various gadgets in your room may still be impeding your ability to sleep with their stupidly bright status lights. There are some obvious offenders—TVs, game consoles, and routers, especially, which love to pulsate with light whenever data comes in and out of your network. There’s even your PC itself. Your desktop power button might glow. Your laptop’s keyboard probably glows. Plugging in your laptop probably makes some kind of light glow. Your gaming keyboard and mouse probably glow. Your desktop monitor’s power indicator glows. Everything glows.