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This $50 power bank is safer than my lithium-ion battery - and it's coming on my next flight (zdnet.com)

2026-08-11 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | tags: power bank, lithium-ion batteries, reelcharge

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How to get the best battery life from your retro handheld game console (engadget.com)

2026-08-08 | by Will Shanklin | tags: aa aa, aa game, batteries

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China-Free Batteries Made From Salt Are Finally Here (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-07 | tags: batteries, batteries problems, cheap

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Why smartphone makers stopped using removable batteries, and why they're making a comeback (engadget.com)

2026-08-06 | by Mariella Moon | tags: batteries, battery, charge

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Home batteries cost thousands. So why would 91% of owners buy one again? (zdnet.com)

2026-08-04 | by Mike Lock | tags: home batteries, solar energy, lunar energy

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Base Power raises another $1B to save the grid using backyard batteries (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-03 | by Tim De Chant | tags: base power, backyard batteries, base core

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What Summer Heat Actually Does to Your Phone Battery (and the Habits That Prevent It) (cnet.com)

2026-08-03 | by Nelson Aguilar | tags: battery damage, lithium-ion batteries, pixel 6a

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Plug-in solar is coming. Plug-in batteries should follow (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: plug-in batteries, rooftop solar, uk government

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China’s EV Market Is Booming. There’s Just One Problem (wired.com)

2026-08-01 | by Andrew Liu | tags: china ev market, batteries, lithium-ion

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Why is everyone trying to build a solid-state battery? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | by Brian Potter | tags: solid-state batteries, catl, byd

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Why Is Everyone Trying to Build a Solid-State Battery? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | by Brian Potter | tags: solid-state batteries, catl, byd

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Logitech to ship mice with replaceable batteries in Europe only, following Nintendo (techspot.com)

2026-07-29 | by Daniel Sims | tags: logitech, replaceable batteries, lithium-ion

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United and Delta are banning humanoid robots from flights (techspot.com)

2026-07-29 | by Rob Thubron | tags: united airlines, delta air lines, humanoid robots

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United and Delta join growing airline ban on humanoid and animal-like robots (techspot.com)

2026-07-29 | by Rob Thubron | tags: united airlines, delta air lines, humanoid robots

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Author Correction: A ductile solid electrolyte interphase for solid-state batteries (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-29 | by Mi | tags: solid-state batteries, electrolyte, pvdf

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Logitech will pull a Nintendo — only European mice will come with replaceable batteries (theverge.com)

2026-07-28 | by Sean Hollister | tags: logitech, switch 2, europe

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Samsung’s Galaxy S27 series could be in for some major battery upgrades (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: galaxy s27, samsung, silicon-carbon batteries

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Forget the Z Fold 8 Ultra — Samsung just made the Galaxy S27 a lot more exciting (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-26 | tags: galaxy s27, samsung, silicon-carbon batteries

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GM Backs Sodium Ion Batteries for U.S. Grid Storage (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-25 | by Lawrence Ulrich | tags: sodium-ion batteries, peak energy, general motors

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New Data Shows EV Batteries Are Lasting Longer Than Initially Expected (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-25 | tags: ev batteries, tesla, battery longevity

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Samsung’s New Foldables Have Better Batteries That Are Also Worse (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: samsung, foldables, batteries

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Samsung could bring silicon-carbon batteries to Galaxy S27 series, but not all of them (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: samsung, galaxy s27, silicon-carbon batteries

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EV batteries could last much longer than experts first predicted (engadget.com)

2026-07-24 | by Gabriela Vătu | tags: ev batteries, battery tech, lithium-ion

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Confirmed: Samsung’s new foldables have major battery health downgrade (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: samsung, galaxy z fold 8, silicon-carbon batteries

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Samsung’s new foldables are the first Galaxy phones with silicon-carbon batteries (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: samsung, galaxy z fold 8, silicon-carbon batteries

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Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 and Watch 9 Prioritize Big Batteries (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: samsung, galaxy watch ultra 2, apple watch

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iOS 27 beta 4 mentions new iPhone model with multi-battery feature (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-20 | by Ryan Christoffel | tags: ios 27, iphone ultra, dual batteries

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Crazed enthusiast runs PC on 192 AA batteries, successfully boots into Hannah Montana Linux — System is stable during stress testing and even plays FreeDoom (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-19 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: hannah montana linux, aa batteries, uwoslab

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EU Won't Require User-Replaceable Batteries for Wearables (slashdot.org)

2026-07-16 | tags: wearables, batteries, heuristics

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Your next smartwatch won’t get a swappable battery after all (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-16 | tags: batteries, battery, devices