No matter if you’re on Windows 11 or macOS Sequoia, your laptop is probably wasting battery on default settings you’ve never checked. High refresh rates, background syncs, and fancy visuals quietly ...

WASHINGTON — A dog in North Carolina started a fire while his owner was away after playing with a device with a lithium battery in it. The dog, named Colton, was home alone when he "counter-surfed," ...

Roughly a quarter of the state’s fossil-based generators are more than 50 years old. In New York City, the most polluting peaker plants, long past their intended lifespan and continuing to harm the ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Cal Fire is partnering with the National Fire Protection Association to promote the safe use of lithium-ion batteries. The promotion is part of this year’s Fire Prevention ...

A fire that broke out Thursday evening in a Cambridge apartment displaced four residents and caused an estimated $600,000 in damage, state fire officials said. The blaze, reported around 5 p.m. at 314 ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - State officials say they still hope to have the Sentry golf tournament played in Hawaii after the PGA said it could not be played at the Kapalua course that has hosted it ...

The pedestrian bridge collapsed Friday morning as a county worker drove a mini-excavator across the structure, closing the popular Hilo park indefinitely. Just after 4 a.m. Monday, surveillance ...

Culture is one of the most talked-about priorities in leadership, yet one of the least consistently understood. Executives routinely declare it is a strategic imperative. They launch values campaigns, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y., Aug. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Viridi, the industry leader in fail-safe battery energy storage systems (BESS), in partnership with McKinstry, a national leader in high-performing ...

I love laptops with OLED displays, but they can hurt battery life. Setting changes can help, though, and I also have two tips to prevent OLED burn-in. Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a ...