Washington Post [no paywall]: “Do yourself a favor and download iFixit’s new app. The free app from iFixit, a repair and advocacy organization, has one extremely handy feature for any smartphone model: It shows a personalized “death date” of when you should replace your phone’s battery, long before it fails on you. Think of it like a check engine light for the phone part that’s likeliest to go kaput. (Download the app for iPhones or Android.) This iFixit feature is a step up from the vague battery health status built into phone settings. As a bonus, the iFixit app has a handy artificial intelligence chatbot, too. The iFixit app is a reminder that the most helpful technology doesn’t always come from mammoth companies. Organizations like iFixit that obsess over your needs can outgun the big guys in delivering actually useful apps and AI…”