The D18 is a particularly cheap drone (Image source: PJC) As a new entry-level drone, the new D18 comes with two cameras as well as a controller with a built-in display. It also has obstacle avoidance, which could help prevent crashes and subsequent damage to the drone. Silvio Werner (translated by Enrico Frahn), Published 09/27/2025 🇩🇪 With the D18, the manufacturer PJC is likely targeting users who have no prior experience with drones and simply want to try out this type of gadget. There...

We’ve rounded up the best deals for Saturday, September 27, below, so don’t miss out on these limited-time offers. Apple Watch Ultra 3 for $734.99 Apple Watch Ultra 3 (GPS+Cellular) 49mm Titanium Case with Anchor Blue Ocean Band – Open Box – Excellent The Apple Watch Ultra 3 just released, bringing a slightly bigger screen, better battery life, satellite connectivity, and more to Apple’s premium watch line. Right now, Best Buy has Open Box Excellent units available...

There’s little ambiguity about the Apple iPhone 17 Pro this year. It gets a little bigger and heavier to make a show of putting function over form and separating itself from the iPhone Air. As such, there wasn’t one specific feature— beit a 48MP telephoto lens, or extreme battery life—that makes this phone a Pro. Instead, I found the sum of its parts to be worth the overall stature and lack of thinness. Apple iPhone 17 Pro 8/10 SoC A19 Pro chip Display 6.3-inches Storage 256GB, 5...

A major fire at South Korea’s national data centre has crippled some government online services and internal networks, prompting a race on Saturday to bring the systems back online and a probe of what sparked a lithium-ion battery to start the blaze. The fire is suspected to have started with an explosion on Friday night of the battery produced by South Korea’s LG Energy Solution during maintenance, damaging some servers and forcing the shutdown of hundreds of others, officials said. The fir...

Realme is launching the GT 8 Pro alongside the GT 8 in October, and before that the flagship model has received its certification for sale in China. This has revealed its support for 120W wired charging, and according to rumors on Weibo, the phone will also support wireless charging and will have a large battery with a capacity starting with the number 7. So it’s not going to hit 8,000 mAh as previously rumored, but even 7,000 mAh is obviously nothing to scoff at. The charging spec is iden...

Starting with the iPhone 15, Apple moved from Lightning to USB-C charging, so some people still have iPhones with a Lightning connector while others have iPhones equipped with USB-C. I’ve included a lot of different types of batteries and power banks on this list, including several that offer wireless charging, which continues to evolve. The latest iPhones have not only MagSafe wireless charging but Qi2 wireless charging. Pricier MagSafe-certified and Qi2-certified wireless chargers provid...

A traveling horse veterinarian was arrested Wednesday in Florida and charged with sexual battery of a teenage girl. Gregory Ford, 52, has also been charged with a federal count of threatening communications after he allegedly told the girl’s mother he was hiring a hitman to kill her if she persisted in the sexual battery investigation against him, WAFF reported. The federal complaint was filed on Wednesday in Alabamap, a day after the threat was made. According to the complaint, the girl’s m...

The Ring Battery Doorbell Plus is once again matching its July Prime Day low. The Ring Battery Doorbell Plus is once again matching its July Prime Day low. by Sheena Vasani Sep 26, 2025, 8:00 PM UTC Sheena Vasani writes about tech news, reviews gadgets, and helps readers save money by highlighting deals and product recommendations for The Verge. With Halloween and Amazon’s fall Prime Day just around the corner, now’s a great time to grab a video doorbell. They make it easy to watch over tric...

Denver-based Peak Energy claims its sodium-ion battery system offers the lowest operating cost of any energy storage technology on the market today. September 26, 2025 Marija Maisch Image: Peak Energy From ESS News Peak Energy announced on Friday the successful deployment and operation of the first grid-scale sodium-ion battery system in the US. First unveiled in July, Peak Energy’s 3.5 MWh sodium-ion storage system is now operating at solar and renewable energy test facility SolarTAC in Watk...

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) is reportedly preparing to launch a new 8-series high-nickel battery in 2026. The packs will be installed in range-extended vehicles from leading electric vehicle makers. The 8-series high-nickel battery is a type of ternary lithium battery. Its cathode materials contain about 80% nickel, with the rest split between cobalt and manganese, which gives the battery its name. This chemistry once had its moment in the spotlight. A few years ago, 8-series batterie...