Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Beware Misleading Safety Claims from Hoverboard Brands

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Beware Misleading Safety Claims from Hoverboard Brands
Underwriters Laboratories owns the UL marks, which vouch for the safety of everything from cordless drills to toaster ovens. Turn over the power strip under your desk, and you'll probably find the familiar logo: the letters UL in a circle. On January 15 ...
MTA says hoverboards are prohibited on subways, buses
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Here's a hoverboard that 'probably' won't explode
We've seen a lot of pictures lately of charred, smoldering hoverboard innards. Now, thanks to the repair gurus at iFixit, you can peek inside a hoverboard that doesn't have fire damage. The iFixit site, which regularly cracks open high-profile gadgets ...
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Beware Misleading Safety Claims from Hoverboard Brands
And five days later, CPSC chairman Elliot Kaye warned shoppers not to view UL marks on hoverboards as a safety endorsement. “In fact,” Kaye stated, “any such mark is at best misleading and may even be a sign of a counterfeit product.” But when we ...

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