Neowin News Feed for: Power

Nuclear rocket Pulsar Fusion Sunbird could fly 12 grown men to Pluto in just four years

Sayan Sen — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 17:46:01 +0000

Pulsar Fusion's Sunbird project was shown off recently, which will be a nuclear-powered rocket concept capable of carrying up to 12 grown men to Pluto in just four years. Read more...

UGREEN 48,000mAh 300W Power Bank review. It's big, it's heavy, it's not really 48,000mAh

Robbie Khan — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 17:00:01 +0000

UGREEN is well known for a wide range of high quality power products. This 300W output power bank is no different, the LiFePO 4 chemistry it uses means the full 48,000 capacity is impacted, though. Read more...

Closer Look: Power and battery settings in Windows 11

Usama Jawad — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 17:00:02 +0000

Microsoft has added a nice visualization for battery consumption in Windows 11 along with a few nifty UI improvements. However, it has removed some features that were present in Windows 10 too. Read more...

Tesla Powerbank: A portable battery to charge your gadgets on the go

Boyd Chan — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 01:44:01 +0000

Featuring the same cell as found in the batteries inside its Model S and X electric vehicles, Tesla has released its own portable battery for those looking to add a little more Tesla to their lives. Read more...

Google Pixel 2 can show battery life of connected Bluetooth headphones

Timi Cantisano — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 00:28:01 +0000

With more time being spent with Google's latest handsets, the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, more details are being revealed. Apparently, Bluetooth headphones can report battery life to the devices. Read more...

Resourceful people are turning to DIY powerwall solutions to save money

Boyd Chan — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 11:18:01 +0000

While most may prefer off the shelf solutions, such as Tesla's Powerwall product, for domestic energy storage, enterprising individuals have scavenged batteries to build their own homegrown versions. Read more...

Zinc-air batteries could hold five times more charge than lithium-ion batteries

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 13:22:01 +0000

A new breakthrough method developed by the University of Sydney and Nanyang Technological University could mean that cheaper and easier-to-manufacture zinc-air batteries could power future devices. Read more...

AMD promises to fix RX 480 power woes with new driver, coming tomorrow

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 10:40:01 +0000

AMD has admitted its new RX 480 graphics card is drawing more power that it should, with potentially bad side-effects. The company says it's fixing this with a new driver that's coming tomorrow. Read more...

Tronsmart Titan 5xUSB Quick Charge 2.0 charger review

Robbie Khan — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 07:22:01 +0000

Whatever your charging needs may be, Tronsmart is sure to have something in their vast arsenal of charging products. The Titan comes in a small package, but delivers big power. Read more...

Gaming PCs are using an insane amount of power, new study claims

Christian O'Brien — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 05:10:01 +0000

With PC gaming on the rise, a new study has found gaming computers are using $10 billion or 75 terawatt hours' worth of electricity a year, worldwide, 10 times more than consoles. Read more...

Tesla is ready to power your home

Chris Schroeder — Sat, 02 May 2015 00:00:01 +0000

Elon Musk says the problem with existing batteries is that "they suck", and Tesla's new Powerwall energy platform is the solution to an inefficient power system. Read more...

Microsoft has released a Windows 10 update to fix power/sleep issues

Brad Sams — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:08:01 +0000

Microsoft has released an update for Windows 10 that will fix any power/sleep issues that your install of Windows 10 may have experienced and you can grab it now from Windows Update. Read more...

Microsoft is working on phones with a full week of battery life

Andy Weir — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 00:06:27 +0000

Microsoft's senior researcher for mobility and networking says that the company is working on extending smartphone battery life to a full week, in research that will also be used for wearable devices. Read more...

New technology will shrink laptop power bricks to a quarter of current size

James Walker — Thu, 29 May 2014 17:36:45 +0000

A team from the MIT university has created a new power adapter for use with laptops that is a quarter of the size and a sixth of the weight of current power 'brick' charging units. Read more...

Surface Pro 3: A brand new power adapter

Brad Sams — Thu, 29 May 2014 13:53:12 +0000

Microsoft's brand new Surface Pro 3 has gotten an upgrade in the power department and it's worth a closer look if you have previously experienced the turmoil of the last generation power connectors. Read more...

Latest Windows 8.1 Update 1 screenshots show changes to Start screen

Andy Weir — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 08:51:56 +0000

New screenshots of Windows 8.1 Update 1 reveal some upcoming changes to the Start screen, including mouse-friendly menus and - to the delight of many, no doubt - a new location for the Power button. Read more...

Giveaway: HooToo TripMate power, wireless, and NAS device [Update with Winner]

Christopher White — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 07:48:44 +0000

Neowin is back with another giveaway for our dear readers, this time the highly regarded HooToo TripMate. It combines power, wireless networking, and filesharing all in a small box and can be yours! Read more...

Review: HooToo TripMate - portable power, network, and NAS

Christopher White — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 18:36:44 +0000

This little device can recharge your portable devices, can act as a router/bridge for wireless network access, and can be a NAS device to share files with your devices. But how well does it deliver? Read more...

Mimoco launches BatteryBot Kickstarter for portable power

Christopher White — Sat, 09 Nov 2013 14:32:59 +0000

Mimoco, the creators of Mimobot USB thumb drives, have launched a Kickstarter to create character-based battery packs that recharge your mobile devices while you're on the go. Will they be successful? Read more...

Cut your 13" MacBook Air battery life from 12 hours to 3 by using Dropbox

Ben Buffone — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 13:48:46 +0000

Tests by programmer and Qwikast founder Nico Schuele have shown Dropbox dramatically cuts down the new MacBook Air's battery life, from a whopping 12 hours to just 3. Read more...

Say goodbye to power cords with USB 3.0 update

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:38:19 +0000

Intel has revealed that USB 3.0 SuperSpeed will soon receive a specifications boost, allowing for power output of up to 100 watts through a single port, which could remove the need for custom chargers Read more...

Trivia Tuesday: Supercomputing powers unite!

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:14:39 +0000

It turns out that the fastest supercomputer in the world is around 110,000 times faster than the top Sandy Bridge consumer processor. This, and more supercomputing facts in today's Trivia Tuesday Read more...

New USB 3.0 power delivery specification announced

Byron Hinson — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:27:38 +0000

The USB 3.0 Promoter Group has announced that it is creating a brand new power delivery specification, which they feel will help to “extend the capabilities and usages” of cable bus power. Read more...

Cable boxes and DVRs use more power than refrigerators

Christopher White — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 15:59:40 +0000

It’s no surprise that the use of DVRs is increasing as more and more people become used to time-shifting instead of watching television on the networks’ schedule. DVRs are compared to competitors so that customers... Read more...

Global attacks against critical infrastructure on the rise

Piers Hausjell — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:12:15 +0000

McAfee, one of the worlds leading technology security companies, recently carried out a report on the attack-state of critical infrastructure systems, such as gas, power and water and found surprising results. The firm sent a... Read more...

The power of Social Networking

Piers Hausjell — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 09:48:40 +0000

For quite a few years it was a costly process to find a lost family member, involving investigators and a lot of searching through paperwork, recently, there have been multiple stories of people finding lost... Read more...

Upgrading to Windows 7 can save lots of watts.

Brody McKee — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:46:28 +0000

With any new OS, there are both advantages and disadvantages to upgrading. For many computer buffs, an OS upgrade at home is often a no-brainer; for large organizations, that simple OS upgrade becomes a huge... Read more...

Google signs wind energy agreement

Brandon Boyce — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:49:58 +0000

Google has agreed to buy energy generated from a wind farm in Iowa for the next 20 years. The deal gives Google access to 114 megawatts of wind power at a fixed price over the... Read more...

Another small development for wireless power

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:10:36 +0000

Companies have been toying with the idea of wireless power for a while now. More officially known as 'wireless energy transfer' or 'wireless power transmission' it is useful where instantaneous or continuous energy transfer is... Read more...

Microsoft confirms Yahoo deal, Bing to power Yahoo! search

Tom Warren — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:53:14 +0000

Yahoo! and Microsoft have both confirmed earlier reports of a deal over search. In a joint statement Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz confirmed "this agreement comes with boatloads of value for Yahoo!, our users, and... Read more...

Bing Travel knocked out in Seattle data center fire

Sam Symons — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:53:42 +0000

A fire in Seattle has severed the power supply to a group of servers, which included Microsoft's Bing Travel section, according to a report by Tech Flash. Not only was that part of Bing knocked... Read more...

Monitor your home's power usage with Microsoft Hohm

Sam Symons — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:02:08 +0000

Microsoft has today unveiled a new web service designed to help users manage and track power usage of their houses, which they've called (cleverly) Hohm. According to Ars Technica, it'll utilize smart grid technology to... Read more...

One Google query is worth a thousand machines

Mitchell LeBlanc — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:20:53 +0000

Google, who have been recently claiming to make moves towards an ecologically friendly future, had some potentially embarrassing news about their infrastructure made public. In a keynote, Jeff Dean revealed that in the past decade... Read more...

Power Reminder 1.0 (beta)

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:52:46 +0000

Never miss important moments in your life with powerful and reliable alarms and reminders, with unique unobtrusive notifications! Set any number of one-time and repeating alarms with custom messages, sounds, colors, fonts, icons and actions.... Read more...

Asus Eee Box B203 gets Celeron power

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:46:50 +0000

Asus has slipped another new Eee box model into its lineup called the B203. While pricing is unknown at this point, the CPU Asus chose for the machine could make it one of the least... Read more...

Twitter for business - Ways to tap the power of the tweet

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:44:33 +0000

Twitter is one of the best micro-blogging service that allows users to send and receive other user's updates. Personally I feel Twitter is a valuable and the easiest service to update your friends on your... Read more...

Microsoft to Use Solar Power in Huge New Data Center

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:09:38 +0000

Microsoft plans to install solar panels on the roof of its new Internet data center in San Antonio to provide renewable energy for some of the facility's massive power requirements. The $550 million, 470,000 square... Read more...

Apple recalls iPhone 3G power adapter

Michael Stanclift — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:27:03 +0000

Apple has issued a recall for the iPhone 3G USB power adapter due to a flaw that can cause the metal clips to break off inside of the outlet. The adapters were supplied with iPhone... Read more...

Microsoft Releases Windows Home Server Power Pack 1

Christopher Vendemio — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:12:36 +0000

Microsoft has just released Power Pack 1 for their Windows Home Server software. Similar to a service pack for other versions of Windows, the Power Pack includes a number of bug fixes and improvements designed... Read more...

Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 Public Beta

Tom Warren — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:50:46 +0000

Microsoft has detailed its plans to release a public beta of its Windows Home Server Power Pack. The update will include a fix for the data corruption issues that have plagued the OS since its... Read more...