• Life and Life Only

    A good memoir should be more than an autobiography and less than a confessional but contain elements of both. As a reader, I am less interested in being overwhelmed with family trauma and pathos except when it informs the greater tale being told. Quite often, it is the memoirs that feature an excess of pathos More

  • Tesla's Cheaper 4680 Battery Cells Are on the Horizon

    Tesla's Vice President of Vehicle Engineering confirms the company aims to make its 4680 battery cells cheaper than suppliers.

    • ZDNet

    I changed these 10 iPhone settings and improved its battery life dramatically

    No matter how much you use your iPhone, you've almost certainly thought about how to maximize its battery life. After all, these phones -- particularly the smaller models -- can be more than just a little power-hungry.Also: iPhone 16: Three changes I want to see on the next Apple handsetsSo whether you own one of the latest models or are rocking something from a few years ago, there are quite a few ways to maximize your iPhone's battery life and help it last longer on a charge. Let's break down...

    • ZDNet

    10 iPhone settings I changed to dramatically improve battery life

    No matter how much you use your iPhone, you've almost certainly thought about how to maximize its battery life. After all, these phones -- particularly the smaller models -- can be more than just a little power-hungry.Also: iPhone 16: Three changes I want to see on the next Apple handsetsSo whether you own one of the latest models or are rocking something from a few years ago, there are quite a few ways to maximize your iPhone's battery life and help it last longer on a charge. Let's break down...

  • Save a life, register to become a blood stem cell donor

    NMDP, the global leader in marrow and stem cell transplantation, hosted a recruitment event at Springfield College Thursday with the school's football team to educate and enroll people into the blood stem cell donor registry.

  • New charging algorithm could double life of li-ion batteries

    A team of European researchers from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and Humboldt University in Berlin developed an alternative charging solution to make li-ion batteries last much longer than they do now. The study shows that batteries become more resilient and retain a higher energy capacity after hundreds of discharge-recharge cycles byRead Entire Article

  • Tecno Camon 30 Premier battery life test results are ready

    While we are preparing the full Tecno Camon 30 Premier review, we decided to share the results from our battery test. The handset earned a respectable 13:29h Active Use Score, which is more than what you could expect from most devices in the same price range. The Camon 30 Premier uses a 5,000 mAh battery, which is tasked to power a large 6.77-inch OLED display and a Dimensity 8200 SoC. Interestingly, the OLED is of the LTPO kind, which probably saves some power, and as evidenced by the tests,...

  • Insta360 X4 brings 8K resolution for the first time, longer battery life and other improvements

    360° cameras are cool because they let you be in the moment and you can worry about framing the shot later. However, once you dial down the field of view to something more traditional, you notice how little detail there is – especially at 4K but even with 5.7K cameras like the Insta360 X3. One way to fix that is to increase the resolution to 8K. Meet the Insta360 X4, the company’s first 8K 360° camera. It can record 8K videos at 30fps and it now uses the more efficient H.265 codec (the X3 only...

  • Black Shark made a smart ring with 180 days of battery life through its charging case

    The Black Shark Ring is Black Shark's latest project. The gaming arm of Xiaomi is in the advanced stages of the development of the smart wearable and shared a few slides on its official Weibo account. The Black Shark Ring is seen in Silver and Black and Red and is 2.2mm thick. A thin black line goes through the center of the ring and widens at one point. Black Shark advertises that the Ring has Smart Touch, which could explain the black are on the outside of the ring. The Black Shark ring...

  • New Dart trains have automatic wheelchair ramps and will extend service to Drogheda using batteries

    Up to 750 new Dart carriages will have automatic wheelchair ramps and be open-plan between linked units to make people feel safer.

  • Samsung extends Galaxy S20 support, iPhone 16 batteries leak, Week 15 in review

    Welcome to another week's recap. Samsung announced that it's moving the Galaxy S20 series from monthly security updates over to a quarterly schedule, meaning the S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra will get patches every three months. Redmi announced the Redmi Turbo 3. It has a Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chip, a 6.67-inch AMOLED with 2,712 x 1,220px resolution and 120Hz refresh rate, and a 50MP Sony LYT-600 main camera. The Turbo 3 runs Android 14 with Xiaomi's HyperOS, and packs a 5,000mAh battery with 90W...

    • Neowin

    Edifier NeoBuds Pro 2 Review: Superb audio in a premium package snubbed by battery life

    With LDAC and LHDC 5.0 support, the NeoBuds Pro 2 expectedly deliver exceptional sound. There are some caveats, though, along with concerns with battery life. However, this may not impact everyone.