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Andy is a seasoned technology journalist with more than 15 years experience in the mobile industry, writing for Digital Trends, Wired, and more. During that time he has reviewed hundreds of ...

We all want more battery life in our phones, and a semi-hidden AI setting in the latest iPhone system is helping to achieve that. Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the ...

On January 1, 2026, Google filed a patent (via Hypertxt.ai) for an interesting smartphone battery design that skips glue and opts for a more mechanical way of locking the battery inside a phone using ...

What's the difference between amperes and watts, and what does voltage have to do with them? Here's how you can tell which ...

Geotab noted that its data showed that battery degradation rates varied by model, charging habits, ambient climate, and vehicle usage patterns. Using DC fast chargers to add hundreds of miles of range ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Samsung's Galaxy smartphones are some of the best Android phones available today, thanks to their responsive and feature-rich software. But most ...

You can run a report to check battery health in Windows 11. This report provides details on capacity, cycle counts, and more. If your battery is nearing the end of its life, it can be replaced. Have ...

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...

My old laptop didn’t suddenly die; it faded out of usefulness. What used to be a comfortable five or six hours off the charger slid into three. Then two. Then the kind of battery life where you start ...