Modern smartphones are protected against overcharging, but heat and use habits can still degrade your battery over time.

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Sometimes when a device fails, it fails in spectacular fashion. Daniel Rotar, who leads the ZONEofTECH YouTube channel, posted on X today that the battery on his Samsung Galaxy Ring began swelling ...

T-Mobile is changing its trade-in program to finally accept broken devices like those with cracked screens or liquid damage, though at half value. The policy also introduces new eligibility rules, ...

The evolution of the iPhone since 2007 has brought the world's first smartphone a long way. If Steve Jobs could see the iPhone of today, he might shed a tear of joy — or roll in his grave, who knows — ...

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has occasionally suggested that the company might produce a mobile phone, but Tesla has never announced such a product. A rumor circulated online in September 2025 claiming that ...

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Wisconsin has launched a groundbreaking project that could reshape how the state generates and uses electricity. The Paris Solar-Battery Park in Kenosha County combines a massive solar farm with a ...