{
  "id": 179142,
  "title": "You're charging your phone all wrong: 6 common myths, debunked",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/youre-charging-your-phone-all-wrong-6-common-myths-debunked",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-05T13:59:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ZDNet",
    "slug": "zdnet",
    "url": "https://www.zdnet.com/article/charging-phone-wrong-common-myths-debunked/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Charging a phone to its maximum capacity can damage the battery, as devices like iPhones and Pixels are programmed to stop charging once they reach 80%. The charging method is more important than the brand. Draining a battery to zero percent is not necessary for calibrating a lithium-ion battery. The belief that doing so is an outdated practice from nickel-based batteries of the 1980s and 1990s.",
  "summary": "I fact-checked the internet's favorite battery tips, and most of them are horribly outdated.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}