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Intel Core Ultra 200V Chips Will Boost Laptop Performance and Battery Life
Intel revealed a new generation of laptop processors today, aiming to be more competitive with ARM-based Snapdragon PCs and MacBooks, while delivering faster local AI performance. Meet the Intel Core Ultra 200V series. Intel revealed its first Core Ultra processors late last year (and it took a few months to show up in laptops), also known as the “Meteor Lake”…
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Best Portable Solar Panels and Solar Battery Chargers
The answer all comes down to wattage. Portable solar devices range widely in the amount of power they can produce, which is largely a function of panel size. Bigger tends to mean more powerful in the world of solar. The most compact and lightweight solar battery chargers typically produce somewhere between 15 and 50 watts of max power. Devices in…
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How keep your laptop’s battery in good health
The rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power most of our laptops may be the most practical battery tech we have right now, but they naturally degrade over time as their ions flow back and forth — it’s an inevitable consequence of the way they’re built and the way they work. Eventually, the batteries can’t hold as much of a charge. Most…
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Best Battery and Electric Chainsaws of 2024
Our engineers time how long it takes for each saw to work its way through 10-inch-thick oak beams. We use oak because it’s one of the hardest woods most users will encounter on their property, and it makes for a particularly demanding test that reveals differences among models. Those that cut fastest earn a higher rating for cutting speed. To…
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DeWalt Battery Mowers Recalled for a Laceration Hazard
The recall: It involves four models of DeWalt battery walk-behind mowers, all of which have a 21-inch cutting deck. The models are the DCMWP234U2 and DCMWP600X2 push mowers and the DCMWSP256U2 and DCMWSP650Y2 self-propelled mowers. The risk: If water gets into the mower’s handle support while the battery is installed, the mower can fail to shut off when the bail handle…
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