Ottawa·Video Ottawa firefighters acted quickly Thursday morning to extinguish a blaze that began when a family’s dog chewed a heated ski glove, causing its battery to ignite. Home security video shows glove’s lithium-ion battery igniting on couch CBC News · Posted: Jan 08, 2026 2:39 PM EST | Last Updated: January 8 Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our pa...

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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...