Apple Watch Ultra 3 ZDNET’s key takeaways Apple’s rugged smartwatch is now available for purchase, starting at $799. The watch gets an additional six hours of battery life for a total of 42 hours of wear. Sleeping with the smartwatch is difficult. View now at Apple Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. If the new Apple Watch Series 11, Apple’s baseline smartwatch, is the girl next door, then Apple’s Ultra 3 is the Mt. Kilimanjaro-scaling, rugged neighbor...

Sometimes when a device fails, it fails in spectacular fashion. Daniel Rotar, who leads the ZONEofTECH YouTube channel, posted on X today that the battery on his Samsung Galaxy Ring began swelling while he was wearing it. “I cannot take it off and this thing hurts,” he wrote. A few hours later, Rotar posted again that he had gone to a hospital and received help to remove the smart ring. He also shared photos of the device that showed the swelling on the interior surface. We reached o...

A recent report online shows images of an immovable Galaxy Ring with a swollen battery, showcasing a nightmare scenario for a smart ring and causing both a missed flight and a hospital visit. Batteries can expand when overcharged or as they age; that’s just the nature of lithium-ion cells. Swollen batteries, though, can be a serious problem. Samsung has… uh… had some experience with this issue in the past. On Twitter/X, @ZONEofTECH posted a set of anxiety-inducing images. According to the...

Nina Raemont/ZDNET ZDNET’s key takeaways Oura Ring 4 users report shorter battery life. The claims come a year after its debut.  Oura seems to be quickly responding to this issue.  When Oura unveiled its fourth-generation smart ring last October, its eight-day battery life was a major draw for those upgrading from the Oura Ring 3. But a year after its release, it seems like that eight-day battery claim is weakening.  Reddit users on the r/ouraring forum report that their smart rings are...

Despite America’s recently suppressed appetite for electric vehicles, battery technology continues to advance. A promising development out of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) lab discovery has recently come to light. A Cambridge-based company called 24M Technologies claims its “SemiSolid” battery architecture—designed to work with different existing technologies—can boost an EV’s range and charging time or shrink battery size and cost. Its new system is dubbed ETOP (...

(Image credit: Avenir Telecom) EnergyBook Pro Ultra packs a 192Wh battery, the largest ever fitted into a laptop Avenir Telecom claims up to 28 hours of use and a week on standby At 192Wh, the laptop unfortunately exceeds aviation limits for carry-on batteries Energizer, better known for batteries and smartphones, is launching a new laptop that puts endurance ahead of all else. The EnergyBook Pro Ultra comes with a 192Wh lithium-polymer monobloc, which the company says is the largest battery eve...

Finding out which electric vehicle (EV) battery charges the fastest in 2025 depends on whom you ask, what their methodology is, and which specific vehicles they have tested. All of these variables can produce differing results. Other factors, including the battery’s state of charge, its temperature, the outside temperature, the EV’s maximum charging rate, and the charging station’s output limits, will also be responsible for variations in your charging time. The fastest chargin...

Hwange — Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) is set to fire up its newly completed US$8 million coke oven battery on Wednesday, marking a pivotal moment in the company’s turnaround strategy, a thrust fuelled by a concurrent US$60 million investment into a major underground coal mining project. The firing up for the coke oven battery, the largest in the country, signals the culmination of extensive construction, and sets the stage for production to commence by the end of December. The...

Teddyleung/Getty Images Luxury electric vehicles (EVs) have something of a problem right now, and it’s probable only future technologies will resolve it. In theory, buying a luxury EV should be a win-win: Not only are you riding around town in something that radiates elegance and class, but you’re also doing it in a way that’s environmentally friendly. Unfortunately, it may come at a price, but not the typical luxury price you expect. Currently, luxury EVs can suffer from a wid...

The Garmin Fenix E (pictured) meets military standards for shock, thermal, and water resistance. (Image source: Garmin) The Garmin Fenix E 47mm AMOLED smartwatch is now priced at $499.99, down from $799.99. It comes equipped with a 16-day battery life, multi-GNSS navigation, health tracking, and smart features, making it a solid value proposition if you’re in the market for a capable smartwatch. Garmin has a vast catalog of smartwatches, where the Fenix E is pretty popular among athletes a...