ⓘ @theapplehubAccording to Digital Chat Station, the battery capacity of the iPhone 18 Pro Max will only increase slightly. A leaker has revealed fairly specific details about the battery capacities of the iPhone 17 Pro Max successor, which will again be available in a pure eSIM version with a larger battery and a standard version with a SIM card slot. Together with the Apple A20, this should result in longer battery life. Based on information from the supply chain, Chinese leaker Digital Chat...

Acer Swift Edge 14 ZDNET’s key takeaways The Acer Swift Edge 14 is currently on sale, with prices starting at $1,500 Its ultrathin design, vibrant 3K display, and soft-touch keyboard are sure to turn heads It runs on a last-gen CPU, which makes the asking price hard to justify. View now at AcerView now at Amazon Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I went into this review expecting the Acer Swift Edge 14 to be the brand’s next top-performing laptop, but that isn...

mustafaU/Getty Images A quantum battery has been built within a quantum computer, a first step in determining whether such batteries could play a role in powering future quantum technologies. Conventional batteries store energy because their components undergo electrochemical reactions, but quantum batteries rely on quantum bits, or qubits, which undergo changes in their quantum states. Some studies have shown that harnessing quantumness in this way can result in faster charging, but the practic...

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German researchers have developed a sodium-ion battery technology using lignin-based hard carbon as the negative electrode. The 1 Ah battery cell prototype showed no significant degradation after 100 charging and discharging cycles. February 5, 2026 Emiliano Bellini Researchers from Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS) and the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena have fabricated a prototype of a sodium-ion battery that uses lignin, a complex organic poly...

Changan Automobile said on Thursday it is teaming up with CATL to introduce sodium-ion battery technology and plans to launch multiple passenger vehicles featuring the new batteries within 2026. CATL said its sodium-ion cells have an energy density of 175 Wh/kg, allowing pure electric vehicles to travel more than 400 km on a single charge, with potential upgrades to 600 km. Range-extended hybrid models are expected to exceed 400 km. CATL also said it will deploy 3,000 battery swap stations acr...

Crystron Technologies announced a sponsored research collaboration with Drexel University to support the continued advancement of Crystron’s integrated cathode–electrode innovation. Chesterbrook, PA, USA | February 04, 2026 –– Crystron Technologies Inc. announced a sponsored research collaboration with Drexel University and Wesley Chang, PhD, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics in Drexel’s College of Engineering and director of its Electrochemical Dynamics La...