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iPhone running slowly? Your battery may need replacing. We take you through how to replace your battery yourself and how to get an Apple-certified replacement.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Want to know what tomorrow's batteries could look like? Researchers from Binghamton University, State University of New York are busy developing a new type of paper-based battery, which is powered by electron-harvesting bacteria. Here's what they hope it will be used for.

An iPad battery exploded in an Apple Store over the weekend, causing breathing issues for staff members, and requiring the fire brigade and an ambulance to attend, though no serious injuries were reported. The incident took place in Amsterdam, and is at least the third such explosion to be reported in 2018.