The Google Play Store Wants to Help Preserve Your Battery

The Google Play Store Wants to Help Preserve Your Battery

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Google Pixel update adds battery-saving maps mode, AI photo remixing, and smarter notifications

Google Pixel update adds battery-saving maps mode, AI photo remixing, and smarter notifications

Google announced its November software update for Pixel phones, called Pixel Drop — a quarterly feature release that brings new capabilities to existing devices — with features including notification summaries, a power-saving mode for the Maps app, prompt-based edits for Photos, and Gemini Nano-powered photo edits in Messages. Apple introduced notification summaries with its Apple Intelligence suite of features last year. Now, Google is catching up with its own notification summaries for lon...
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JUST IN: Two killed as bandits attack Zamfara community, abduct residents

JUST IN: Two killed as bandits attack Zamfara community, abduct residents

Bandits have killed two people and abducted several others in an attack along the Wanke–Bawa Ganga road near Kwaren-ganuwa in Tsafe local government area of Zamfara state. The attackers were also said to have extorted money from residents, burned vehicles and motorcycles, and kidnapped the owner of one of the vehicles. The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon. A user identified as Bakatsine, who shared the development on X, said the persistent attacks have left communities vulnerable. His wo...
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Aira unveils battery storage system and inverter range

Swedish heat pump maker Aira unveils new battery energy storage system and inverter range for the residential market. Aira Power Hub inverters and Aira Power Store batteries are marketed as part of a whole home energy management system, initially launching in the United Kingdom and Italy with a German rollout to follow. November 11, 2025 Matthew Lynas Swedish heat pump maker Aira has launched a residential battery and inverter range, as the company seeks to position itself as a whole home-energy...
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Mophie Launches Juice Pack Battery Cases For iPhone Air And iPhone 17 Pro Models

Mophie Launches Juice Pack Battery Cases For iPhone Air And iPhone 17 Pro Models

The market for iPhone 17 accessories continues to grow with cool and useful options. This time, Mophie announced its new Juice Pack battery cases designed for the iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max. Some of the key highlights of this generation include passthrough USB-C audio and the fact that it’s made with 50% post-consumer recycled materials. “Mophie’s mission has always been to give users freedom from the wall outlet,” said Ekshita Kumar, vice president...
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Brazil opens consultation for 2026 battery storage capacity auction

Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy says it has opened public consultation for a 2026 battery storage auction to contract systems of at least 30 MW that can deliver four hours of power daily under 10-year agreements. November 11, 2025 Lívia Neves Image pv magazine, Alessandra Neris From ESS News Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy has opened a public consultation on the guidelines and structure for the 2026 LRCAP storage capacity auction. The notice was published this week, with the con...
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Red Fort blast: Car’s 11-hour trail shows suspicious movement before deadly explosion

Red Fort blast: Car’s 11-hour trail shows suspicious movement before deadly explosion

The Delhi Police has traced the 11-hour route taken by the Hyundai i20 car that was used in a blast that has claimed at least 12 lives– revealing the vehicle’s movement from Haryana’s Faridabad to the national capital — sources said on Tuesday. According to the sources, CCTV footage and data obtained from a toll plaza have helped the investigators piece together a detailed timeline of the vehicle’s movement. The car began its journey from Faridabad early Monday morn...
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Keychron swaps to ZMK firmware for new flagship wireless mechanical keyboards with massive battery life potential along with design refresh – NotebookCheck.net News

Keychron swaps to ZMK firmware for new flagship wireless mechanical keyboards with massive battery life potential along with design refresh – NotebookCheck.net News

When the Q6 Ultra 8K and V1 Ultra 8K emerged, it was clear that Keychron would be releasing new switches and new wireless mechanical keyboards, but Keychron confirmed in its response to Notebookcheck that the new Milk POM switches, and that the new keyboards are currently exclusive to Best Buy. However, the plan is to launch the Q6 Ultra 8K and V1 Ultra 8K — as part of the “Q Ultra 8K and V Ultra 8K series” — on Keychron’s web store in early 2026.  Aside from the visual ch...
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Lithium Watchers Shift Focus From Supply Fears to Storage Demand

Lithium Watchers Shift Focus From Supply Fears to Storage Demand

34tzm}kprdcwewmb7j28jww{_media_dl_1.png Guangzhou Future Exchange Article content (Bloomberg) — The lithium industry is riding a wave of excitement over demand for large-scale battery storage, overshadowing the supply-side anxiety in China that has recently roiled the market.  THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O’Connor, Gabriel Friedman, and others. Daily conten...
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Google Play will soon warn about apps that cause excessive battery drain

Google Play will soon warn about apps that cause excessive battery drain

Google has launched a new “excessive partial wake locks” metric for Android app developers that will result in Play Store warnings for end users. Apps can hold wake locks to prevent the user’s device from entering sleep mode, letting the apps perform background work while the screen is off. This Android vitals metric was co-developed with Samsung by combining the OEM’s “deep, real-world insights into user experience with battery consumption” with Android platform data. Since the bet...
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