Apple Mobile Apple replaced 11 million batteries under its discounted replacement program Apple's battery replacement program may have cost the company billions in lost revenue By Shawn Knight, January 15, 2019, 11:10 AM 12 comments
Electronics Amionx set to start licensing safety tech for lithium-ion batteries SafeCore prevents batteries from exploding or catching fire even if they are punctured By Cal Jeffrey, December 26, 2018, 2:32 PM
Apple Electronics Apple could be planning to ship 'Smart Battery Cases' for the iPhone Xs and Xs Max The cases could significantly boost battery life By Cohen Coberly, December 18, 2018, 2:55 PM 11 comments
Apple Mobile Apple's discounted battery replacement program ends soon You've got just three weeks to take advantage of Apple's $29 iPhone battery replacement offer By Shawn Knight, December 10, 2018, 11:21 AM
Electronics China's first solid-state battery production line starts operations The successor to lithium-ion By Rob Thubron, November 21, 2018, 8:55 AM 7 comments
Mobile Apple Man says iOS 12.1 caused his iPhone X to explode, Apple says this is "not expected" behavior Thanks for clearing that up, Apple By Rob Thubron, November 15, 2018, 11:17 AM 9 comments
Car Tech Science A new battery technology could make batteries five times lighter and half the size Electric cars could be the primary application By Isaiah Mayersen, November 10, 2018, 11:38 AM 12 comments
Electronics Mobile Samsung's graphene batteries, which can charge a phone in 12 minutes, rumored to arrive in 2019 Emphasis on rumored By Rob Thubron, October 24, 2018, 7:42 AM 22 comments
Mobile Apple Regulatory filings reveal iPhone XS, XS Max and XR RAM, battery capacities Details emerge ahead of new iPhone teardowns By Shawn Knight, September 19, 2018, 5:36 PM
Google Mobile Google remotely enabled battery saving mode on some Android 9 Pie phones Not good, Google By Rob Thubron, September 17, 2018, 9:35 AM 8 comments
Electronics Mobile Tesla is restocking and lowering the price of its wireless charging battery bank But the specs have not been improved By Greg Synek, September 11, 2018, 9:14 AM
Google Mobile New Pixel 3 photos show battery specs and variable aperture front camera Google is clearly not trying to hide anything about the Pixel 3 By Greg Synek, August 31, 2018, 9:32 AM
Apple Dutch Apple Store evacuated after iPad battery explodes The third such incident this year By Rob Thubron, August 20, 2018, 8:17 AM
Google Software Google Maps now shares battery life when sharing locations No response? Maybe the battery is dying. By Greg Synek, August 3, 2018, 7:18 AM
Mobile Samsung foldable Galaxy X rumors: curved 6000mAh battery, CES 2019 reveal As long as it doesn't explode By Rob Thubron, July 5, 2018, 9:32 AM
Car Tech Teardown reveals Tesla Model 3 has "best battery ever built to date" A very impressive piece of technology By Rob Thubron, June 7, 2018, 6:07 AM 13 comments
Mobile Lenovo's all-screen Z5 will launch on June 5 4 TB of storage and 45 days of standby time! By Rob Thubron, May 29, 2018, 6:07 AM 10 comments
Apple Hardware Apple launches free battery replacement program for select MacBook Pros Enter your serial number to check eligibility By Shawn Knight, April 23, 2018, 9:45 AM
Car Tech Porsche will build 500 electric vehicle charging stations in the US by end of 2019 Units will prove roughly 3 times as much power as Tesla's superchargers, but won't be free By William Gayde, April 16, 2018, 6:22 PM 8 comments
Car Tech Electronics Tesla batteries retain more than 90% capacity past 160,000 miles, informal study shows Data was gathered collectively by hundreds of Tesla owners in Europe By William Gayde, April 15, 2018, 2:51 PM 42 comments
Electronics Amazon recalls 260,000 portable power banks due to fire hazard Smoke and chemical fires pose high risk By Greg Synek, March 13, 2018, 10:54 AM
Industry Fujitsu recalls battery packs from select computers due to fire hazard Celsius H720 and several models of LifeBook are affected By Cal Jeffrey, February 12, 2018, 2:27 PM
Electronics Mobile Smartphone battery explodes after man bites into it It is assumed that he was trying to test the battery's authenticity By Shawn Knight, January 23, 2018, 6:01 PM 46 comments
Electronics HP issues recall for 50,000 laptop batteries See if your model is affected By Rob Thubron, January 5, 2018, 6:15 AM
Mobile Apple Wait! Don't pay the $29 fee to replace your iPhone 6s battery just yet You might be eligible for a free replacement By Cal Jeffrey, January 2, 2018, 3:03 PM