The verdict: Modern cell phone chargers draw minute amounts of power when plugged in. Kaminski reports: They all drew an extremely low amount of power and cost the user very little per year ...

Jake Lingeman is a Newsweek Autos managing editor based in Detroit. His focus is reporting on the auto industry. He has covered all corners of the market from supercars to economy cars and is ...

Although modern chargers are generally very safe and should be drawing minimal standby power, consider unplugging them anyway ...

And, above all else, it's easy to find working chargers anywhere you go, right? Yes, well, about that: One reporter in America's heartland ... On the other hand, the phone app and connected ...

The mobile phone industry plans to introduce a universal charger as part of a drive to improve its previously patchy environmental record, The Guardian (UK) reports. In addition to universal ...

Even though solar-panel chargers have been around awhile, it still feels pretty futuristic to plug a phone into something drawing power from the sun. What feels even more futuristic is plugging it ...

As of this week, Electrify America is selling Level 2 EV chargers, capable of charging at up to 7.6 kW, at a cost of $499. LED lighting on the charger will flash blue to let you know it’s ...

even if the phone's not plugged in with it. Still, when that charger is plugged in, it's still drawing voltage," Dingmann explained. The Fargo Fire Department responded to 50 vehicle fires in 2023 ...

Apple isn’t the only major brand removing the charger from the box of its latest flagship phone. As noticed on ... won’t matter much in North America and other places where Xiaomi has a ...