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Back in our day, phones used to come with chargers – now you’re lucky if you get a cable. The good news is that USB-C and USB charging standards have done away with the compatibility issue of the past (well, mostly), so a few good chargers are all you need.
That means that you have to pick the chargers yourself, though. Here are the ones we use. And yes, you do need multiple – for your home, maybe for work and your car, maybe for travel. We have separated them into groups based on use-case.
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The Wall Street Journal reports that Boston's once-booming biotech sector has hit a sharp downturn, leaving newly minted Ph.D.s struggling to find work as venture funding dries up, lab space sits empty, and companies downsize or relocate amid rising costs and policy uncertainty. The Wall Street Journal reports: Boston's biotech sector, long a vital economic engine for one of America's wealthiest metro areas, is sputtering. A double whammy of cutbacks... Read more ›
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Trump also said he would be launching a "gross incompetence lawsuit" against the Fed chair. Read more ›
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At CEATEC 2025, Hitachi presented a connected vision for the future of industrial operations. Rather than showcasing isolated technologies, the company demonstrated how AI agents, metaverse-based digital twins, conversational machinery, and wearable sensing can work together to address a growing manufacturing challenge: maintaining efficiency, safety, and quality amid a shrinking and less experienced workforce. This challenge needs to be addressed particularly in Japan, where skilled technicians are retirin Read more ›
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NASA is making final preparations for two spacewalks at the International Space Station (ISS). It’s been eight long months since the U.S. space agency sent any of its own astronauts into the harsh vacuum of space, so there’s some excitement among ISS-watchers around the upcoming extravehicular activities. The first one is currently scheduled for Thursday, ... Read more ›
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A Ryanair flight to Tenerife returned to Birmingham after the plane encountered turbulence. Several passengers were injured. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The nervous system does an astonishing job of tracking sensory information, and does so using signals that would drive many computer scientists insane: a noisy stream of activity spikes that may be transmitted to hundreds of additional neurons, where they are integrated with similar spike trains coming from still other neurons. Now, researchers have used spiking circuitry to build an artificial... Read more ›
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Finally, there's an easy device that will let you digitize your Super Nintendo library. Read more ›
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How to watch Africa Cup of Nations for free. Live stream Benin vs. Senegal in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations for free. Read more ›
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The One UI 8 Watch update seems to be breaking key features on the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, from sensors to battery life. Read more ›
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A former Samsung Engineer accused of offering the secrets behind the company's 10nm DRAM data to China's ChangXin Memory Technologies has been accused of making hundreds of handwritten notes on detailed process steps. Read more ›
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Amid a global DDR5 shortage and soaring prices, Russian hardware enthusiasts are experimenting with do-it-yourself DDR5 RAM by sourcing empty PCBs and soldering memory chips by hand. Tom's Hardware reports: The idea comes from Russian YouTuber PRO Hi-Tech's Telegram channel, where a local enthusiast known as "Vik-on" already performs VRAM upgrades for GPUs, so this is a relatively safe operation for him. According to Vik-on, empty RAM PCBs can be... Read more ›
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The prominent lawyer, who has represented Elon Musk and Jay Z in the past, said unnamed clients would flee the state if the proposal passes. Read more ›
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China says the drills are a stern warning to pro-independence forces, but they look a lot like a practice run. Read more ›
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The $550,000 a year role requires balancing safety concerns and the demands of a CEO who has shown a penchant for releasing products at a fast clip. Read more ›
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As the self-quantification movement matures, users are expanding beyond physical tracking to assess how they think, decide, and adapt. In this shift, platforms like MyIQ are gaining new relevance. Once dominated by steps, calories, and sleep cycles, the self-tracking landscape is tilting toward cognition. It’s no longer just about what the body does – but ... Read more ›
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The Xiaomi 17 Ultra has finally been unveiled in China as the brand’s flagship phone. Alongside the standard model, the company also announced a 17 Ultra Leica edition, which gets a unique design and a mechanical zoom ring. Xiaomi 17 Ultra The 17 Ultra comes with a Leica branded triple rear camera setup with a primary 50MP 1-inch size Light Fusion 1050L sensor with support for LOFIC technology. This is... Read more ›
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Ahead of the 17 Ultra's official announcement taking place on December 25, Xiaomi has revealed that the phone comes with a physical zoom ring around its circular camera island. This will let you control zooming in a very tactile way. Interestingly, the official name of the phone seems to be Xiaomi 17 Ultra by Leica, and as rumored countless times before, it will feature the iconic red dot Leica logo... Read more ›
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Oppo is making the Pad Air5 official on December 25, and ahead of that, today the company has published a quick official unboxing of the upcoming device. This shows the tablet in all its glory in the Starlight Pink colorway (it will also be offered in Space Grey), along with the 45W wired charger that will be included in the retail package in China. The Pad Air5 has a "2.8K"... Read more ›
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Ahead of CES 2026, Samsung has announced the 2026 range of Odyssey gaming monitors. There are a total of five models and they offer features such as 6K glasses-free 3D support and up to 1,040Hz refresh rate. Samsung has introduced the Odyssey 3D, the Odyssey G6, and three variants of the Odyssey G8. Starting with the Odyssey 3D (G90XH), Samsung claims it is the world’s first gaming monitor to offer... Read more ›
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Next month OnePlus is unveiling a new series in China called Turbo, which will debut with two devices. One of these was spotted in the Geekbench database yesterday rocking the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 SoC. According to a new rumor, this device will get an international launch as well, including in India. It comes with a 9,000 mAh battery which supports 80W wired charging, as well as an OLED display... Read more ›
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Oppo is reportedly working on the K15 Turbo and K15 Turbo Pro as successors to the K13 Turbo series. While official details remain under wraps, leaks surrounding the Pro model continue to surface, with a new one revealing new specs. The latest leak comes from reliable tipster Digital Chat Station, who claims that the top-end K15 series model will be powered by the new MediaTek Dimensity 9500s chipset. The Oppo... Read more ›
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Last week, renders of the Motorola Signature surfaced online, revealing the smartphone's design and color options. The Motorola Signature, reportedly codenamed 'Urus' and previously rumored as the Edge 70 Ultra, will be one of the first, if not the first, smartphones in Motorola's new Signature series. There's no word from Motorola about it yet, but thanks to Indian online retailer Flipkart, we now know the Signature series is coming soon.... Read more ›
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The Xiaomi 17 Ultra went official in China yesterday. Alongside it, the company also announced new products including the Watch 5. Xiaomi’s new smartwatch offers a circular AMOLED display, a dual-chip architecture, and is claimed to deliver up to 6 days of battery life. Xiaomi’s Watch 5 features a stainless steel case that houses a 1.54-inch circular AMOLED display with a refresh rate of 60Hz, 480x480-pixel resolution, and up to... Read more ›
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Apple is sending out one of its strongest years in recent memory. The iPhone 17 series is one of its best-selling smartphone lineups in recent memory and will help it edge out arch-rival Samsung as the world’s leading smartphone vendor for the first time in over a decade. But 2025 was significant for more than just iPhones as Apple extended its lead in the ARM chipset race with the M5,... Read more ›
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Samsung released the One UI 8 Watch update for the Galaxy Watch4 about a couple of weeks ago, but only in South Korea. Well, the good news is that Samsung has expanded the One UI 8 Watch update rollout to two more countries - India and the US. The One UI 8 Watch update is currently rolling out only for the non-cellular version of the Galaxy Watch4. It comes with... Read more ›
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