NIO’s Firefly Credit: NIO’s Official WeChat Account NIO said Tuesday its small electric vehicle model, the firefly, now starts at RMB 79,800 ($11,128) for customers who subscribe to a battery-leasing service with a monthly fee of RMB 399. The price is RMB 119,800 for customers who purchase the battery pack outright. New firefly buyers who place orders by the end of the month will also receive one free month of the Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) program, provided they pay their bills eve...

Bone conduction pioneer Shokz has released the OpenFit 2+, an upgraded version of their popular open-ear headphones that maintains the brand’s signature situational awareness design while delivering meaningful improvements. The $339 headphones represent a solid evolution rather than a revolutionary leap, focusing on enhanced audio quality and extended battery performance. The OpenFit 2+ builds upon the foundation established by its predecessor with several notable upgrades. Most significantly...

A recent uptick in battery-related fires has drawn attention to the challenge of identifying defects that can cause these catastrophic malfunctions, but are rarely obvious to the naked eye. In hopes of preventing the dangerous glitches that can cause batteries to overheat and catch fire, researchers from Drexel University have developed a standard testing process to give manufacturers a better look at the internal workings of batteries. In a paper recently published in the journal Electrochimica...

TP-Link just launched a bunch of new security cameras for its Tapo smart home brand, including a 4K-capable line for outdoors and a slew of inexpensive pan and tilt cams that can be used indoors and out — all without any subscription fees. The company is also finally releasing its Tapo HomeBase H500 hub, first shown at CES 2024, which brings facial recognition and expanded local storage to its cameras. The HomeBase will also act as a Matter controller, allowing you to add non-Tapo smart home d...

Credit: charnsitr/Shutterstock Among the many features and changes included in iOS 26 are a series of helpful battery updates for your iPhone. There’s a new charging indicator that appears at the top of the Lock Screen, to let you know how long it’ll take to charge your phone to 80 or 100%; a redesigned Battery settings page, which gives you deeper insights into your battery health and usage; and, most notably, a new “Adaptive Power” feature, that can make small changes i...