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Intel Core Ultra processors – code named Meteor Lake – will be launched on 14 December 2023, "ushering in a new age of the AI PC," according to CEO Pat Gelsinger.

The company which claims to be Australia's leading outdoor safety and communication brand has cautioned Australians that the new iPhone feature, which allows for communication outside cellular and Wi-Fi coverage, should not depend on it because it is not failproof.

At HMD Global, good things obviously come in threes, although a fourth good thing would have been to call this phone the G33. Instead, it's the G21, and it hopes to win you over with this trio of features, among others, at an AUD $299 price point.

The race to perfect the Arm platform to power ultra slim and light Windows 11 and Chromebook PCs is hotting up with the newest generation of 5nm processors from Qualcomm, fighting back against x86 processors and Apple's Arm-based M1-class processors, with Qualcomm's inbuilt 5G one of the differentiators for the "Always On, Always Connected" experience.

In my hands and in use at various times during the past 48 hours, the MacBook Air with M1 processor is super fast, has great battery life, runs a wide range of iPhone and iPad apps, has no cooling fan and even makes Office 365 run without the "Intel beachball of slowdown pain".

Promising to break through the limitations of traditional speakers, SOUNDBOKS offers "a new advanced amplifier system and the highest level of continuous performance with wireless connectivity and 40 hours of battery life."

If your face grows hair, and you want it styled, or gone from there, Braun's Series 9 is an ultra premium way to wear your face the way you want it worn and shorn.

With top mobile operators, including Telstra, in major first world countries set to "activate Windows 10 PCs powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon Mobile PC Platform on 4G/LTE Networks", the only question is whether consumers will buy them.

The simplest advice is to just buy a battery pack that you keep charged and take with you everywhere so you can always charge your phone when needed.

Battery life has become a key feature in buying a smartphone as the average Aussie spends the equivalent of 38 days each year on their mobile phone.

The British consumer group Which? has found that the iPhone 7 battery is the worst among recent big-brand smartphones, after the group compared it with the Samsung Galaxy S7, the HTC 10 and the LG G5.

Google appears to be hitting back at claims by Microsoft that its browser, Chrome, is heavy on laptop battery use, by posting a video of the new version, 53, running a movie clip on a Microsoft Surface Book for as long as 10 hours and 39 minutes.

Microsoft has acknowledged that battery issues faced by users of its Surface Pro 3 are due to a software issue and has promised a fix as soon as it has passed the quality assurance process.

Microsoft has blamed software defects for the battery issues faced by some users of its Surface Pro 3.

The Black Eyed Peas sang about ‘My humps’ and lovely lady humps, but not everyone finds the Hump of Notre iPhone Battery case as lovely.

The Facebook app for iOS has the reputation of being a battery burner, but the company thinks it's making progress in this area.

Images of a supposed Android 5.1 smartphone with week-long 10,000mAh battery life has popped up on the web - how soon before an Aussie telco offers it?

If you’re always trying to squeeze a little extra juice from your iPhone’s battery, Mophie has always stood ready to take charge and deliver it!

It's not a recall, but Apple has offered to replace the battery in certain iPhone 5 handsets.

A major new report shows which apps will cost you most in data charges, and which will drain your battery the fastest.