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...

Updated 18 October 2025 at 19:12 IST Air China flight makes emergency landing in Shanghai after a lithium battery in hand luggage ignites a fire in the cabin. Follow :   Fire erupts in overhead luggage bin aboard Air China flight | Image: X Shanghai: A harrowing incident occurred aboard an Air China flight from Hangzhou to Seoul on Saturday with 155 passengers onboard, when suddenly a fire erupted in an overhead luggage bin. According to reports, a lithium battery in a passenger’s carry-o...

Inside General Motors’ fast-growing battery labs in suburban Detroit, scientists and engineers are analyzing stresses on lithium-ion cells: desert heat, arctic cold, jungle humidity, enough charging and discharging for a half-dozen Frankenstein reboots. For The Verge’s exclusive tour of these secretive labs, I watch researchers peer at cell chemistries down to the atomistic level, using electron microscopes. Others work at a larger scale, all the way up to the Megashaker. Inside a cavernous...

Image: Simon Jary Portable power banks that charge your phone are popular, but wireless battery packs using Apple’s magnetic MagSafe technology offer a simpler and smarter cable-free solution for iPhone 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and Air users. Phone batteries are prone to run dry just when you’re heading away from a power source, so having a portable charging source is one of today’s necessities. Annoyingly, most power banks require you to carry around a cable, too. Wireless power banks do aw...

Oppo launched the Find X9 and Find X9 Pro yesterday, and today we already have a fresh rumor out of China regarding the upcoming Find X9s. The Find X8s, its predecessor, came out in April, so we should expect a similar timeframe for the X9s’ arrival on the market as well. The Find X9s is said to be a compact flagship, and the X8s boasts a 6.32″ screen so maybe the X9s will have a similar size. Oppo Find X9 Despite its petite dimensions, the Find X9s will still pack a 7,000 mAh batter...