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Lithium-Ion batteries were commercialized in the 1990s by Sony, and since then, very little has changed in the battery market. Capacity increases are slow and incremental, and only fast charging is improving at quick rates. Let's take a look at why.
The Story Behind - ep. 86
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Bonus video 1 (Fast charging): https://nebula.app/videos/techaltar-how-fast-charging-took-over
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Lithium-Ion batteries were commercialized in the 1990s by Sony, and since then, very little has changed in the battery market. Capacity increases are slow and incremental, and only fast charging is improving at quick rates. Let's take a look at why.
The Story Behind - ep. 86
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![Amazons playbook for crushing startups
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Amazon creates hundreds of products a year. With many of them, they follow a specific playbook that allows them to crush their competitors incredibly effectively. - The Story Behind series, ep. 58
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![How Microsoft beat Amazon to build the US Militarys cloud
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![Can LG save its smartphone business?
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![Nokia 7 Plus - Hands On (My Favourite New Nokia)
My favourite phone from the 2018 Nokia line up so far!
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![Why Samsung is building phones with Microsoft
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The Samsung Microsoft partnership explained - The Story Behind - Episode 56
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![How Huawei beat Samsung with a worse foldable
The Samsung Galaxy Fold is a more functional product and yet it was the wrong business decision, I think. Heres why.
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