Google deploys battery farm for Belgian data centre
Google deployed a battery farm for its data centre in Saint-Ghislain, Belgium. The battery farm replaces diesel-powered generators with solar energy.
The tech giant announced the development of this battery farm back in 2020. Recently, the project was tested and deployed. The technology is appl... Read more
Logitech’s Lift, a new low-cost vertical mouse, improves ergonomics
Logitech launches a brand new low-cost vertical mouse, Lift, which aims to minimize wrist pressure and improve ergonomics.
Today, Logitech has released Lift, an advanced wireless vertical low-cost mouse available in various colors for just $69.99. It is designed for both right- and left-handed p... Read more
Northvolt plans to construct its third battery manufacturing facility in Northern Germany
Powered by an absolute clean electricity grid in Germany, Northvolt Drei establishes the cleanest batteries in continental Europe with a capacity of up to 60 GWh.
Northvolt's factory assembled its first battery cell in December, located in the northern Swedish town of Skelleftea. The second, a j... Read more
Survey: European manufacturers want local battery supply
China's domination of the industry is making UK and EU manufacturers nervous.
Manufacturers in the UK and Europe want to move more of the supply chain for batteries used in electric cars and renewable energy away from China and closer to their plants, a survey showed on Tuesday.
China dominat... Read more
Apple introduces battery health management feature for macOS
Apple introduces the new battery health management feature in macOS Catalina 10.15.5. The feature is designed to extend the life of the battery of a MacBook.
Battery health management is a new feature designed to extend battery life. When enabled, Apple will reduce the maximum battery charge cap... Read more
Apple’s new macOS feature extends battery life
Apple has introduced a battery life extension feature in the latest version of macOS Catalina (10.15.5). The feature first appeared in the developer preview of the latest update.
The Battery Health Management feature measures the battery temperature and also analyses how users charge their MacBo... Read more
New IBM battery uses seawater as a source of minerals
IBM reports that it has a new battery design that does not require cobalt, but extracts the necessary minerals from seawater. The first fully functional battery prototype should be presented within about a year.
There's quite a race going on, according to Reuters, as to who will be the first to ... Read more
Bosch wants to improve vehicle battery life with cloud-connected battery management
Bosch has launched a new cloud-based software service that enables the management and monitoring of the battery life of electric vehicles. In this way, the company hopes to improve battery life.
According to Dr. Markus Heyn, member of the board of directors of Robert Bosch GmbH, Bosch's data-driven ... Read more
Apple recalls 15 inch MacBook Pros for fire risk
Apple has established a voluntary replacement program for 15-inch MacBook Pro computers sold between September 2015 and February 2017. A problem in the battery of the devices increases the risk of fire.
"Because customer safety is a key priority, Apple is asking consumers to stop using affected 15-... Read more
Eaton keeps computers alive in the event of a power outage
Recently we spoke with Niek van Doorn, Sales Manager IT
Channel Benelux at Eaton and responsible for the company's UPS systems. Eaton
is a power management company with a huge number of product categories,
although we focused on the UPS systems during the interview. These systems
operate 24/7 and f... Read more