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Bluetti AC70 power station. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETZDNET's key takeawaysBluetti AC70 is portable power station that won't break the bank or your back.A powerful unit, capable of 1,000W output for regular loads, increasing to 2,000W for resistive loads, such as heaters and hair dryers.You'll need to companion app to access more advanced features.What's the deal? The Bluetti AC70 is on sale for $250 off right now during Amazon's Big Spring Sale, a portable power station that won't break the bank or your back. The…

Jason Hiner/ZDNETIn my experience, no topic has generated more articles, blog posts, and YouTube videos than how to get the best possible battery life from your iPhone. It's the topic on which I've received the most questions and comments. People are obsessed with their iPhone's battery life and getting the longest runtime possible from every charge.Also: The best iPhone power banks you can buyEvery minute of runtime, every percentage point of battery life matters. But if people are obsessed with charging, why does it…

Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWith the 2024 US presidential election coming up, you can expect to see a lot more political posts on social networks, including Meta's Threads. Maybe you'd like to avoid those types of posts as much as possible or perhaps you want to dive head first into political discussions and debates. Either way, Threads now gives you more control over how much political content appears in your feed.A new setting now rolling out to the Threads app for iOS and Android lets you…

Babies Smell Sweet, but Teenagers Stink. Is Evolution the Explanation? Carboxylic acids make teens give off a pungent olfactory mix redolent of cheese, plum and even goatsBy Joanna Thompson Credit: HAndrii/Getty Images Teenagers have a reputation for smelling, well, just a tad bit funky. According to the latest research, that stereotype might be more than habitual adult bias against the teen cohort—it could actually be rooted in solid science.In a study published on March 21 in the journal Communications Chemistry,…

The OnePlus Nord CE4 will launch on April 1, and the brand has already shared a few of its specs, including its chipset, memory, and charging speed. Now, OnePlus has confirmed the Nord CE4 will pack a 120Hz FullHD+ AMOLED display with a centered punch-hole for the selfie camera. Previously, OnePlus said the Nord CE4 will come with the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 SoC, 8GB LPDDR4X RAM, and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage, expandable up to 1TB. It will also support 100W SuperVOOC charging, advertised to offer "a day's power in 15…

Yuichiro Chino/Getty ImagesCorporate boardrooms must be better coordinated and urgent when they address cybersecurity issues, as threat actors turn to artificial intelligence (AI) to improve their game. A board's primary role is to grow and safeguard the company's interests alongside its management team. With digital so integral in many organizations today, Sanjiv Misra, chairman of Clifford Capital, said cybersecurity must form part of a board's growth strategy.Also: Cybersecurity 101: Everything on how to protect…

Honor launched Pad 9 in India today – three months after it was announced in China and four weeks after the global release that took place at MWC 2024 in Barcelona. The tablet has a 12.1” display, keyboard support, and an affordable price tag. In fact, it is 20% more affordable than in Europe and even cheaper if pre-ordered. Honor Pad 9 runs on Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 and comes with 8 GB RAM and 256 GB storage. It has 8 speakers around the frame and can work with a Honor Bluetooth keyboard, making it a great Android…

Lava O2 was announced today in India. The company claimed it is the fastest phone in its $100 segment thanks to its chipset, which is Unisoc T616 with an octa-core CPU. The O2 also has a 50 MP camera, showing that entry-level phones have come a long way lately. It gets a flat 6.5” LCD with HD+ resolution and up to 90 Hz refresh rate. The selfie camera is sitting inside a punch hole and has an 8 MP sensor. There are two cameras at the back, but only the 50 MP main one is actually useful. The secondary is called “AI…

The seamless updates Android feature introduced by Google way back in 2016 was adopted by most Android OEMs except Samsung. Samsung said it was working on implementing seamless updates on its Android smartphones, and after eight years, the Korean brand has finally brought this feature to its devices, with the Galaxy A55 being the first Samsung smartphone to benefit from it. Samsung Galaxy A55 The Samsung Galaxy A55 recently received the March 2024 Android security patch in India with firmware…

Google released the first Android 15 Developer Preview last month, and today the second one is out. This is still not a public beta, the first one of those is set to arrive in April. Instead, like the first preview, it's also intended for developers to be able to check their apps against. Android 15 release timeline The big new feature introduced by Android 15 DP2 is support for satellite connectivity at the operating system level. The OS now includes some UI elements that are designed to "ensure a consistent user…