Year-old iPhone 4S spontaneously combusts and oozes acid, but Apple refuses to replace it, woman claims

New York marketing manager Shibani Bhujle says her iPhone spontaneously combusted, burning her fingers, and then oozed acid when she tried to remove the battery.

Lithium-ion batteries may be banned from some airplanes’ cargo after Boeing 787 fires (updated)

Starting Monday, lithium-ion batteries -- the same kind used in your laptop -- won't be allowed in the cargo holds of some international flights.

Hello, Spider-Man 2: first commercial tritium battery for sale — with a 20-year life span

City Labs, a small company near Miami, Florida, has launched the first commercial tritium battery, NanoTritium. The size of your thumb, it can last for 20 years or more, withstand temperature ranges of -50 to 150 degrees Celsius, and can handle pressures and vibration that would destroy ordinary batteries.

Tesla responds to rumors its car batteries turn to useless bricks: “Plug it in”

Blogger Michael DeGusta sparked a minor uproar in the electric vehicle community this week when he posted about the “devastating design flaw” that he said left many Tesla cars “bricked:” their batteries depleted, unable to move, with the only repair …

Playstation Vita and Nintendo 3DS batteries put through their paces – which was the winner?

Handheld gaming can be great fun, but not so much when your console battery dies mid-flight. A dedicated gamer who goes by the name “kurekureyon” has put both the Nintendo 3DS and PS Vita to the test this week, comparing …

Blame software, not hardware for iPhone 4S battery issue, test suggests

iPhone 4S owners still facing battery issues after Apple’s recent iOS update can rest a bit easier. A recent test shows that the problem could still be fixed with future software updates, ZDNet reports.

An unnamed developer who has two …

iPhone 4S owners report phantom battery draining

If you missed out on the initial shipment of the iPhone 4S, you may want to count yourself lucky.

Apple engineers are reportedly contacting new iPhone 4S customers to collect more information about a possible defect in the device’s battery, …

You can hack a MacBook battery from afar. Is there a point?

A seasoned security hacker who spent seven months figuring out how to hack a laptop battery disclosed his findings today at the Black Hat security conference. Charlie Miller, who specializes in hacking Apple software, figured out how to remotely control …

Sodium-ion cell maker Aquion Energy raises $20M

Aquion Energy, a maker of sodium-ion batteries that can store large amounts of electricity, has raised $20 million of a roughly $30 million round that includes Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Foundation Capital as investors, according to a regulatory …