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If you've bought a smartphone in a carrier storefront, chances are you've been tempted to pick up a Mophie external battery. The brand has a range of power sources and wireless phone-charging cases, but they've previously been limited to the low voltage of devices. But no longer: The company's new product, the powerstation AC , is a $200 VHS tape-sized power brick that can charge laptops. The powerstation can recharge anything that typically needs to be plugged into a wall outlet thanks to its GCPI-protected 100W/110V port. With 22,000 mWh of stored juice, Mophie's site claims that its brick can provide through its USB-A outlet 100 hours of extra smartphone energy or just over 20 hours for a large tablet through. Plugging an appropriate laptop (aka those that draw only 30W, like new MacBooks and MacBook Pros) into the powerstation's USB-C port will provide nearly 15 hours of power to those machines. Heftier laptops that draw 90W will drain the whole Mophie...

Fans of Netflix's take on Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events , rejoice: The show's second season will be available on March 30th. The streaming service dropped a trailer teasing the next batch of episodes fronted by Neil Patrick Harris' menacing and dentally-challenged Count Olaf. Okay, that didn't tell us much (aside from hints for eagle-eyed fans of the books). But we do know that nerd icon Nathan Fillion and Arrested Development and Veep 's Tony Hale will show up among several other guest stars, according to Deadline . And, of course, we'll see a return of NPH and the inimitable Patrick Warburton as Snicket himself. The second season will cover books five through nine, while a theoretical (aka still unconfirmed) third season would adapt the final four novels. Via: Deadline Source: Netflix (YouTube) via Engadget RSS Feed "http://ift.tt/2DRw01x"