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Apple removes Macbook Pro's battery indicator
Have faith in our marketing claims
The fruity tax-dodging cargo cult Apple has a novel way of stopping its users from finding out the truth about its bogus marketing claims about battery life – it has stripped the iOS from any method of measuring it.
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The Galaxy Note was a flawed design
Putting 50 pounds of mud in a five-pound bag
It seems that the Galaxy Note caught fire because it had the same problem as Dolly Parton at an award’s ceremony. If you stick 50 pounds of mud in a five-pound bag you are going to get a flaming wardrobe malfunction.
![MacPro users complain of three-hour battery life](/media/k2/items/cache/7bbc761aa41fd016742e4a4880d40a81_Generic.jpg)
MacPro users complain of three-hour battery life
It could be worse they could get four-hours
Apple’s managed to launch the new MacBook Pro with the Touch Bar with a lot of reasons not to buy it. Now it seems that it created a feature that few people would have expected – a three-hour battery life.
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Samsung SDI tries to prove its batteries are safe
Fallout from the Note fiasco
Although widely scape-goated for the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco, Samsung’s battery division is quietly reassuring anxious clients which ironically include Apple that its batteries are safe.
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Boffins come up with fast-charging battery
Supercapacitor battery could be the next big thing
Boffins working at University of Central Florida have emerged from their over filled baths after creating a new process for creating a supercapacitor battery.
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New smartwatch works by body power
Which means it would be useless for us
Boffins have emerged from their smoke-filled labs with a new smartwatch which is powered by movement.
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Toyota claims to have tamed lithium-ion batteries
Safer and less likely to explode
Engineers at Toyota Motor claim they have tamed the volatile lithium-ion battery and can now enter the all-electric car market.
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Samsung jumped to conclusions in the Note 7 fiasco
Too quick to blame the battery
Samsung appeared to be a little too quick to blame the battery in the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Lithium battery prices set to rise
Short supply
The prices of Lithium batteries are set to rise because of a production shortage which could result in a general electronics price hike.
![Samsung sees 60 per cent of Note 7 phones returned](/media/k2/items/cache/8628e7666df78e2d71d44d078d96db00_Generic.jpg)
Samsung sees 60 per cent of Note 7 phones returned
In South Korea and the United States
Samsung says that it has got back more than 60 percent of recalled Galaxy Note 7 smartphones sold in South Korea and the United States.