Alex Kimani Alex Kimani is a veteran finance writer, investor, engineer and researcher for Safehaven.com.  More Info Premium Content By Alex Kimani – Oct 20, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT After last year’s severe overcapacity slump, Chinese battery firms secured about 200 overseas orders totaling 186 GWh in H1 2025. Beijing’s 250 billion yuan ($32 billion) investment plan aims to add 180 GW of new energy storage capacity by 2027. U.S. utility-scale battery capacity has jumped 15-fold since 2020 t...

Skip to content Image: Foundry / Chris Hoffman At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Design looks and feels premium Great performance Beautiful OLED screen Speakers are excellent Cons Keyboard and touchpad abandon tactile feedback Limited ports (no USB Type-A or HDMI) Middle-of-the-road battery life Expensive Our Verdict The Dell 16 Premium is a premium take on a bad idea. The hardware is powerful, the design is beautiful, and it feels excellent. But the keyboard and trackpad are not pleasant t...

Not today, folks Image: Push Square Recent rumours said Sony was planning to roll out a revised version of the DualSense controller with a removable battery, but they may be incorrect – at least for now. The original rumour stemmed from Polish website PPE which has outed some accurate information in the past, but it increasingly looks like something may have been lost in translation in this particular instance. It reported that the new controller would be bundled with a revised PS5 Pro, but a...

The OnePlus 15 is set to be announced in China on October 27. Ahead of the launch, OnePlus has been teasing the phone’s design and key features. The company recently confirmed the phone’s display specs, and has now revealed its battery details. OnePlus’ upcoming flagship phone will pack a 7,300mAh battery and offer 120W wired fast charging support in China. It will also support 50W wireless charging. Meanwhile, the OnePlus 15’s Absolute Black color option’s scratch resistance was showc...

Chinese robotics firm UBTECH Robotics has secured a RMB 126 million ($17.3 million) contract for the “Embodied Intelligence Data Collection and Testing Center Equipment Procurement and Installation” project in Guangxi province, China. The order centers on UBTECH’s latest humanoid robot Walker S2, which features full autonomy and battery-swapping capabilities. Delivery is expected to be completed by the end of the year, the company said. The deal follows UBTECH’s RMB 250 million ($34 mill...

The arrival of native Qi2 support in the Pixel 10 series has let me dive headfirst into a new world of accessories, and Qi2 battery banks have very quickly become my favorite accessory to have on hand. This issue of 9to5Google Weekender is a part of 9to5Google’s rebooted newsletter that highlights the biggest Google stories with added commentary and other tidbits. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox early! Battery life is a problem that’s never truly solved. Putting the Pixel’s...

PUBLISHED ONOctober 19, 2025 5:45 AMBYSyarifah Nadhirah A flight en route from Hangzhou, China, to South Korea’s Incheon International Airport on Oct 18 was diverted to Shanghai after a fire broke out in the cabin. A lithium battery stowed in a passenger’s carry-on luggage in the overhead compartment had caught fire, the airline said in a statement on Weibo. “The crew immediately handled the situation according to procedures, and no one was injured,” they said. They added...

Switching your home to run at least partly on renewable energy, while potentially not as inexpensive as it once was, is arguably easier than ever. If you have sun hitting your home, you can capture it as energy and store it in a big battery, passing it to your appliances as they need it. This is unless, of course, you’re among the one-third of Australians renting their home, in which case the decision to bolt big panels to the roof is not yours to make. It would be fair to wonder whether it’...

HP is slashing $130 USD off the already low original price of its latest ARM-powered OmniBook 5 14 subnotebook (Image source: HP) The new OmniBook 5 14 includes features not typically found on other budget laptops ranging from 1200p OLED to Windows on ARM and an Elitebook-like design. One of HP’s best entry-level laptops in years is now on sale for $550 or $130 off the original launch price. The OmniBook 5 14 may be the most budget-oriented option in the OmniBook family, but it still offer...

With iPhone Air, Apple reintroduced the MagSafe battery pack. It’s $99, and optimized specifically for iPhone Air. It’s rather slim, though it’s rather weak in capacity – making Qi2 alternatives all the more interesting. We’ll be delving into the top options on the market, just in case you want a MagSafe battery for your iPhone without spending $99, or aren’t buying the iPhone Air. Since Apple opened up the MagSafe standard as Qi2 last year, third parties have been able to make MagSa...