You know the signs: The lights flicker, your humidifier stops humming, and some piece of tech—there’s always one—makes a mournfully long beep from another room to let you know that it’s losing ...

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The Anker Solix E10 competes with the Powerwall and other home battery backups. It offers three ways to keep your home powered during an outage. You can buy it now. Ajay has worked in tech journalism ...