The ET5 sedan costs as much as NIO’s 150 kWh battery with semi-solid electrolyte. (Image source: NIO) The first vehicle with a solid-state battery available for purchase in the US is the Verge TS Pro motorcycle, which costs as much as a Tesla Model 3. Solid-state batteries are expensive, but they can now be made with much cheaper materials. The TS Pro bike that got announced at the CES 2026 expo will be the first production vehicle with a solid-state battery available for purchase in the U...

Honor Artificial intelligence has been the focal point of new Android smartphone releases for a few years, with flagship devices routinely introducing new AI features built with the help of Google’s Gemini and other AI tools. 2026 will not be any different. On Thursday, Chinese smartphone vendor Honor introduced the global version of the Honor Magic 8 Pro smartphone, which comes with several AI features on board, including a dedicated AI button and an AI Photos Agent. When it comes to spe...

The battery is probably the smartphone component that is improving the fastest – OnePlus just unveiled a pair of phones with 9,000mAh batteries. And we’re not talking about brick-sized phones here, the two measure 8.5mm thick and weigh 215g. The OnePlus Turbo 6 and the Turbo 6V are very similar devices. The 6 is the more premium model with a base price of CNY 2,300 (for a 12/256GB unit), while the 6V is more affordable and starts at CNY 1,900 (8/256GB). We have more detailed pricing for Chin...

The OnePlus Turbo 6 in one of its three launch colours. (Image source: OnePlus) OnePlus has started a new smartphone series with the launch of the OnePlus Turbo 6. Joined by the cheaper Turbo 6V, the Turbo 6 challenges the Redmi Turbo 4 Pro, Poco F7 and other upper-midrange smartphones with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset, a 165 Hz AMOLED display and a whopping 9,000 mAh battery capacity. OnePlus has now kicked off its new Turbo smartphone series after teasing its existence almost a month...

One Month Later: Living With the OnePlus Pad Go 2 and Its Everyday Strengths | Image: Republic A Tablet That Slipped Into My Life  A tablet for me is more than a gadget. It is a bridge between work and leisure, a device that can be a book in the morning, a cinema in the evening, and a notepad in between. Over the past month, the OnePlus Pad Go 2 has played all of those roles. I carried it on a short holiday where it became my travel companion streaming movies on the train, jotting down ideas in...

An Illinois man has been charged with multiple counts relating to an alleged assault on his girlfriend as they were driving through Moultrie County last month. Thomas Andrew Welch, 31, was initially charged with aggravated domestic battery, aggraated unlawful restraint, and aggravated kidnapping for the early morning incident last Thursday, but the state’s attorney’s office dropped the unlawful restraint charge and added attempted murder, WCIA reported. The sheriff’s office said it was cal...

Bluetti’s latest car charger can quickly charge power stations at a very fast 1200W — about 10 times faster than plugging it into the 12V cigarette lighter outlet. The Charger 2, as it’s called, can also reverse the flow of electrons to jump-start your vehicle or maintain its starter battery when used with a Bluetti power station like the Apex300. For perspective, I typically consume about 1.6kWh per day from power stations when vanlifing around Europe. So, in perfect conditions (that donâ...

Add as a preferred source on Google We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Credit: Illustration by Rene Ramos. Table of Contents Nothing, an upstart tech brand from the U.K. that makes products like phones, smartwatches, and headphones, has quickly become one of my favorites lately. Its products offer unique features and designs, and the prices are competitive. Right now, Nothing’s latest budget over-ear...