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A person holds a MacBook Air at Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) in 2023.

How to show the battery percentage of your Mac

It’s important to know just how much battery your MacBook has left. Here’s a guide on how to make sure your laptop is displaying its battery percentage.
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iPhone not holding charge? How to replace an iPhone battery

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iOS 17: How to show battery percentage on your iPhone

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You won’t believe how I improved my phone’s battery life

The Anker Prime Power Bank sitting on a desk.

My kid needed a new portable charger, so I bought myself this instead

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900 miles on a charge? How Toyota’s solid-state battery tech could revolutionize EVs

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Lithium-ion vs. NiMH: EV batteries explained and compared

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New 260-watt battery charge tech goes from 0% to 25% in just 1 minute

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This $300 battery pack was a godsend on my trip to Comic Con

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I have a confession — I may have been wrong about the Apple Watch Ultra

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Nuclear waste, diamonds, and how they can revolutionize smartphone batteries

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Watts don’t matter when fast charging your phone — time does

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What to do when your iPhone won’t charge

If your iPhone won't charge, don't panic. We run through everything you can try to get it charging again, from restarting to replacing faulty cables.
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Two years and a pandemic later, fast-charging graphene batteries are hitting shelves

After years of research, products leveraging the amazing properties of graphene are finally available for batteries. What do we get from this new tech?
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What is laptop battery swelling?

Laptop battery swelling is a computing and safety issue you shouldn't ignore and one that you should deal with quickly and safely. Here's what you need to know.
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How to get the most from your Nintendo Switch Pro Controller battery

The Nintendo Switch Pro Controller is a great accessory, but can be frustrating when the battery dies on you. Here's how to make the most of its battery life.
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How long does your laptop last on a charge? Here’s how to find out

How long does your laptop's battery really last? You won't know unless you monitor its battery life using Windows' built-in tools to keep your device healthy.
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How long do car batteries last?

How long you can expect a car battery to reliably do its job depends on where you drive, what you drive, and how you drive it. Most last for about five years.
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This new smart charging feature for Mac is genius

Apple's MacBook will get smarter while helping to ensure your battery health remains in tip-top shape by looking at your calendar and learning from you.
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Apple offers free battery replacement for some MacBook Pros

Apple is offering a free battery replacement for some 2016 and 2017 MacBook Pro computers experiencing an issue with the battery not charging past 1 percent.
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This Tesla video manages to make battery production look cool

Tesla has put the humble EV battery in the spotlight, making it the star of a cool video filmed inside one of its production plants.
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Australia is building one of the world’s largest batteries using Tesla tech

Australia is building one of the world's largest batteries, the Victorian Big Battery Megapack, using Tesla technology.
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The best jumper cables

There are several things to keep in mind when buying jumper cables, like each cable's length and gauge. Here are the best jumper cables you can buy.
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Here’s why you shouldn’t charge your MacBook Pro on the left side

If your MacBook Pro gets warm and slows down when you charge it up, it could be the result of a rather strange glitch. Here’s how to get things back to normal.
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On Pixel 4 battery, Google’s various teams don’t see pixel-to-pixel

Google's Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL are excellent smartphones with slick screens that support a 90Hz refresh rate, smart software powered by machine learning, and killer cameras that use computational photography. But after three years, they still falter at battery life. Why? Is it a compromise to make a thinner phone?
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Toyota is extending warranties on EV batteries because they’re lasting so long

Toyota has announced that starting with its 2020 line up of seven hybrid vehicles and one fuel cell model it is extending warranties on the hybrid battery. Previously covered for eight years and 100,000 miles the new warranty is extended to 10 years and 150,000 miles.
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New research could help Tesla’s EV batteries last for a million miles

Tesla founder Elon Musk promised last year that batteries in the company’s vehicles would eventually be able to run for one million miles over the course of their lifespan -- and now researchers have some details on how they plan to make those batteries a reality.
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Smartphone battery capacity could be increased using nanochain material

If you're frustrated by the fact electronic gadgets get more sophisticated but your smartphone battery still can't last a full day, then research from Purdue University could offer some relief. Chemists have developed a new method for designing lithium-ion batteries which could make them last longer.
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Apple implants warning message to restrict third-party battery repairs

Third-party battery replacements for the newest iPhone models will result in a warning message in the device's settings menu. The only way to clear it is to take the iPhone to an Apple Store or an Apple Authorized Service Provider, as a new feature prevents other batteries from being inserted in the device.
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How re-engineering an old technology could give us EVs with 700 miles of range

The electric vehicle industry anxiously awaits the next generation of EV Battery technology. EV adoption is still limited by range and charge time anxiety. Now Portland-based XNRGI thinks they have the solution. Their new battery uses old silicon wafer technology to improve energy density for greater range and reduced charging time.
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Tesla’s recent Model S fires prompt the company to update its battery software

Following three recent Model S incidents where the vehicles caught fire while parked, Tesla has started pushing out an update for Model S and Model X batteries that alters their settings to make them safer. The electric-car maker says it’s continuing to investigate the exact cause of the fires.
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A battery-free pacemaker harvests and stores energy from heartbeats

Researchers in China and the United States have developed a new battery-free pacemaker which gathers its required electricity from the energy of heartbeats. While not yet ready for humans, it was recently demonstrated successfully in pigs. Here's why that's so important.
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You will never need to charge a smartwatch again, if new EU project succeeds

A new EU research project has launched into finding a new way of powering wearable devices, with the intention of using an energy harvesting system to ensure we never have to charge up one of these devices ever again. Details on the project are limited at the moment, but the potential is very exciting.
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The MacBook Air’s battery is easier to replace, but you can’t do it at home

The 2018 MacBook Air's battery is still secured by glue, but this time around, Apple is providing tools to make it easier for authorized service technicians to replace the battery without having to replace the laptop's entire top cover. Unfortunately, users still won't be able to replace depleted batteries at home.