EU dings Sony, Panasonic over rechargeable battery cartel Supergrass Samsung walks free Legal13 Dec 2016 | 25
Engineers say safety features got squished out of cramped Samsung Note 7 Overpacked handset was putting too much pressure on battery Personal Tech06 Dec 2016 | 23
Low-power transistors hint at alternative to battery bonfires Cambridge researchers envision electronics that thrive on a starvation diet Science25 Oct 2016 | 13
Microsoft keeps schtum as more battery woes hit Surface sufferers Updated Look on the bright side – at least they're not exploding, right Samsung? Channel19 Oct 2016 | 61
Samsung puts out battery fire (no, not that one) Dell drops antitrust claims over power pack pricing Personal Tech11 Oct 2016 | 1
T-Mobile and AT&T halt all Galaxy Note 7 sales This fire is out of control ... Personal Tech09 Oct 2016 | 3
Panasonic wants you to wear Li-Ion batteries. The ones that explode Claims bendy battery won't burn, is ideal for credit-card-sized gadgets Personal Tech30 Sep 2016 | 29
WTF ... makes mobile phone batteries explode? Explainer In the phablet, the silent phablet, the LiOn sleeps tonight Personal Tech22 Sep 2016 | 47
Crocodile well-done-dee: Downed Down Under chap roasted by exploding iPhone Warning: pic Li-ion, li-ion, pants on fire Personal Tech02 Aug 2016 | 34
Microsoft blames dying Surface Pro 3 batteries on software bug Device life measured in minutes Personal Tech27 Jul 2016 | 35
Harvard gives solar batteries performance-enhancing vitamins B2-inspired molecule powers up flow batteries Science19 Jul 2016 | 17
Opera claims 50 per cent power savings with browser update Desktop users targeted with JavaScript-crimping, animation-slowing efforts Software13 May 2016 | 16
Devs claim charger uses 'photosynthesis' power battery charger Electricity-producing bacteria + secret sauce = hmmm Science03 May 2016 | 18
Nanoparticle boffinry could boost battery life Stanford University engineers hope to create next-gen power sources Science28 Apr 2016 | 14
Got a Toshiba laptop? Get it off your lap, then read this recall notice Battery packs in 39 models vulnerable to combusting, warns CPSC Personal Tech30 Mar 2016 | 16
ACCC goes beyond recall, bans 'hoverboards' Ask the French, they'll tell you: Li-ion batteries explode Personal Tech20 Mar 2016 | 7
Uncle Sam's boffins stumble upon battery storage holy grail Analysis Eat it, Musk, Gates and Khosla Science04 Mar 2016 | 239
Lithium ion batteries banned from passenger aircraft holds Grounded pending development of 'fire-resistant packaging' Science23 Feb 2016 | 28
Intelligent Energy secures $7.5m to develop smartphone fuel cell Will coexist with device’s existing battery Science22 Feb 2016 | 19
Oz battery maker Redflow's residential product to land in March Cue "plucky Aussie versus international juggernaut" tropes On-Prem15 Feb 2016 | 4
Stanford boffins snuff out li-ion batt blaze risk Plastic covering corrects cockups Science11 Jan 2016 | 20
Lithium-air: A battery breakthrough explained Leaky cell leads to potentially excellent new tech Science05 Nov 2015 | 86
BYOD battery bloodbath? Facebook 'fesses up to crook code This is why the mobile device management market is so very hot right now Software23 Oct 2015 | 37
FAA issues lithium battery warning Keep spares in your hand luggage, airline passengers told Legal14 Oct 2015 | 33
Microsoft, Tesla, build battery that knows how much (energy) you suck Bendy chemical cocktails designed to give anything a jolt when it needs one Personal Tech07 Oct 2015 | 24
Bezos battery-box bomb beef brouhaha begins as UK watchdog hauls Amazon to court It could've been rainin' planes, claims regulator Legal01 Oct 2015 | 24
Tesla X unfolds its Falcon wings, stumbles belatedly into the light Vulture at the Wheel Third car in the range aimed at large American families On-Prem29 Sep 2015 | 74
Apple downgrades iPhone 6S with wimpy 1715mAh battery 'Most' 'advanced' iPhone 'ever' … when it has power, at least Personal Tech10 Sep 2015 | 64
Slip-streaming Tesla, Oz battery-maker plots home-biz launch Redflow tweaks telco electron-buckets to take on Tesla On-Prem30 Aug 2015 | 19
Boffins dump the fluids to build solid state lithium battery No fires, more power, and better lifespan from new tech Personal Tech18 Aug 2015 | 41
Your gadget batteries endanger planes, says Boeing Brit pilots agree: Get gizmos' batts out of holds Personal Tech19 Jul 2015 | 49
LG's six-sided battery to take smart watches into new timezones We can rebuild it. We have the technology. We can make batteries better, stronger, faster Personal Tech28 Jun 2015 | 20
GM's cheaper-than-Tesla 'leccy car tested at batt-powered data centre Drove my Chevy to the levee servers because its storage capacity was high On-Prem26 Jun 2015 | 68
Xiaomi gears up for phone-free UK launch But Chinese mobe firm has at least hired a phone-fixing outfit Personal Tech01 Jun 2015 | 2
Boffins create tiny holographic battery that fits INSIDE a chip Tech that's not hard to swallow intended for aspirin-sized medical devices Personal Tech27 May 2015 | 9
Oz battery bossmen: Fingers will be burned in the Tesla goldrush Interview And households will feel that burn in the wallet Personal Tech13 May 2015 | 27
Tesla's battery put in the shade by current and cheaper kit Reality pays the pretty Powerwall a visit Personal Tech07 May 2015 | 78
AGL trumps Tesla with batteries-and-solar-cell package Adds home storage to solar power offering On-Prem05 May 2015 | 9
Tesla Powerwall: Not much cheaper and also a bit wimpier than existing batteries Elon Musk's revolution will not be electrified Personal Tech04 May 2015 | 121
Brit boffins blow up Li-On batteries and film the melting copper Video This is why Lenovo is recalling ThinkPads Personal Tech29 Apr 2015 | 22
LenovOUCH expands bits-blistering bodgy battery boomerang ThinkPads burn two, turn punter's skin scarlet and burned their clothes Personal Tech24 Apr 2015 | 15
Google research bods hope to lick battery life limits – report Choc Factory is testing solid-state and lithium-ion tech, apparently Personal Tech12 Apr 2015 | 15
Aluminum bendy battery is boffins' answer to exploding Li-ion menace Vid Short on volts, long on potential, doesn't explode Science07 Apr 2015 | 52
UCLA trumpets supercapacitor for wearables or implants Almost as good as a battery, says graphene-burning boffin Science02 Apr 2015 | 12
Battery bods Sakti3 hoover up $15m from power-hungry Dyson All the better for future portable suckers On-Prem16 Mar 2015 | 6
China's BYD ramps up 'leccycar battery production in challenge to Tesla Buffett-ing ahead for Musk's offerings? Personal Tech16 Mar 2015 | 9
Android malware hijacks power button, empties wallet while you sleep Engineer’s reset recommended Security19 Feb 2015 | 17
Tim Cook slurped our brains, snarl fat battery bods A123 Tooling up to take on Tesla, maybe? Legal19 Feb 2015 | 23
Elon Musk's Tesla set to unveil home storage battery 'Leccy car bods are still bleeding cash, mind Personal Tech12 Feb 2015 | 48
Tesla parades sleek model body and fab batt at Roadster fans More power + less drag = 400-mile range between charges Personal Tech26 Dec 2014 | 37
Super Cali's futuristic Tesla batt swap focus – even though car tech test is an expected bonus Free charge or a fast battery switch – take your pick Personal Tech19 Dec 2014 | 24
Lenov-OUCH! 500,000 laptop cables recalled in burning mains cock-up PC giant so sorry for sparking, melting cords Personal Tech11 Dec 2014 | 10
PANTS on FIRE? Too late for you. But others will benefit from singed trouser phone alert That battery is SMOOOOKIN' Personal Tech14 Oct 2014 | 11
Cracked it - Vulture 2 power podule fires servos for 4 HOURS Pixhawk avionics juice issue sorted, onwards to Spaceport America Science16 Sep 2014 | 18
Boffins say they've got Lithium batteries the wrong way around Surprises at the nano-scale mean our ideas about how they charge could be all wrong Science15 Sep 2014 | 42
Flaming drone batteries ground commercial flight before takeoff Passenger had Something To Declare, instead fiddled while plane burned Bootnotes10 Sep 2014 | 16
Moto 360 wristputer batt boob, elderly internals revealed in teardown Motorola says the answer is in the small print after iFixit probe Personal Tech10 Sep 2014 | 12
Apple promises to lift Curse of the Drained iPhone 5 Battery Have you tried turning it off and...? Never mind, here's a replacement Personal Tech26 Aug 2014 | 37
Detroit losing millions because it buys cheap batteries – report Man at hardware store was right: name brands DO last longer Legal16 Aug 2014 | 113
Why your mum was WRONG about whiffy tattooed people They're a future source of RENEWABLE ENERGY Bootnotes15 Aug 2014 | 38
Elon Musk GIVES UP ON SEX: He'll make do with a 'cheap' Tesla III instead Zillionaire electric car sumpreo stock blocked by Ford Personal Tech16 Jul 2014 | 36
Urine a goldmine for fuel-cell materials: boffins Drink beer. Make fuel. Repeat until dependence on fossil fuels ends Science11 Jun 2014 | 40