I understand alternate facts. Sometimes my iPhone’s battery meter delivers them. Fact: I have a 18-month-old Apple iPhone 6. I keep it in good shape, never dropping it, subjecting it to extreme ...

If something runs on batteries, you’ll find a battery meter somewhere on it. Your smartphone, your vape; even batteries themselves can tell you how close they are to dying. So why am I excited about ...

For those of you with an iPhone 6S or an iPhone 6S Plus, has your phone shut down despite displaying a full battery? Well that means your phone is showing signs of a bug that doesn't update the ...

Jacob Kastrenakes is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Imagine if at the beginning of the day, a clock started counting down the time ...

Windows only: Taskbar status application BatteryBar adds a battery life meter to the Windows taskbar with detailed battery life information and eye candy in a mouseover dialog. Once installed, ...

There are times we are confused about the actual state of our laptop battery. It may show battery power for 3 hours remaining, but drains within 2 hours of use. The accuracy of what the battery meter ...

Often, simple robotics projects are powered from a small power bank consists of common dry cells (1.5Vx4=6V) or Lithium-Polymer cells (2S LiPo=7.2V). Ofcourse, the 5V required for the microcontroller ...

Ask almost any iPhone user what their dream iPhone feature is, invariably the response is better battery life. While Apple claim the iPhone has an "all-day" battery, the reality is that sometimes ...