Recalls

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Axion Ray’s AI attempts to detect product flaws to prevent recalls

Recalls are costly for — and damaging to — any company, no matter the size or market. For instance, McKinsey estimates that, for businesses manufacturing medical devices, recalls have been

Faraday Future survives long enough to issue its first recall

Troubled EV startup Faraday Future has issued its first recall, covering all 11 vehicles it built last year, as it fights to hold onto its Los Angeles headquarters. The recall centers around a problem

Snap recalls discontinued Pixy drone over fire risk

Snap and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are recalling the company’s discontinued Pixy drone and telling owners to stop using it or charging the batteries because of a fire hazard.

Amazon will now warn consumers of recalls and product safety alerts related to their orders

Amazon today introduced a new feature that will allow consumers to be better informed about potential product safety alerts and recalls. Now, instead of having to seek out product recall information t

Lucid recalls hundreds of Air sedans over risk vehicles could lose power

Lucid Group issued a recall for hundreds of Air sedans over a flaw that could cause the vehicles to lose power and increase the risk of a crash, according to a filing with the National Highway Traffic

Recalled EV? Automakers shouldn’t get to count it toward fleetwide fuel economy

Recalls that prevent EVs and plug-in hybrids from charging result in additional pollution. Maybe there should be consequences for that.

Meal delivery service Daily Harvest recalls lentil product after customers report falling ill

Plant-based meal delivery service Daily Harvest issued a public recall of its French Lentil and Leek Crumbles product on June 22 after dozens of customers reported that they fell ill after consuming i

Feds ask Tesla to recall 158,000 vehicles over failing touchscreen displays

U.S. safety regulators have asked Tesla to recall 158,000 vehicles over media control unit failures that cause the touchscreen displays to stop working, following a months-long investigation by the Na

Audi recalls its electric SUV over battery fire risk

Audi today issued a voluntary recall in the U.S. for the E-Tron SUV due to the risk of battery fire. An Audi spokesperson told Bloomberg that no fires had been reported over the 1,644 E-Trons Audi has

Dairy might have snuck into Soylent 1.8 powder, prompting recall

Soylent, the meal replacement drink/powder that frees people from the pesky task of eating so they can "use less, do more," has recalled its Soylent 1.8 powder over the potential presence of dairy. So

Samsung asks carriers and retailers to halt sales of the Note 7

It seemed unlikely we would make it through the end of the day without some more big news out of Samsung. And now, just after the close of business hours here on the East Coast, we’ve got something

Samsung says half of recalled Note 7s in the US have been exchanged – mostly for new Note 7s

In case you were wondering when you'll stop receiving those "please turn off your Samsung Galaxy Note 7" warnings before takeoff, well, we're halfway there. Samsung announced today that "about half" o

Remember hoverboards? Half a million are being recalled as fire hazards

Hoverboards! The must-have trash gadget of the holidays, now gathering dust in a million closets and garages nationwide, is being recalled in even larger numbers than before due to "a risk of the prod

Tesla Model X owners finding car doors won’t shut, windows won’t close

Earlier this month, Tesla Motors recalled 2,700 Model X cars to fix a third-row seat latch that could allow the seat to fold forward during a collision. But owners of the $138,000 sport utility vehicl

Shopping Companion Slice Now Leverages Email Inbox Data To Alert You To Product Recalls

A few months after raising <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/23/slice-the-shopping-companion-powered-by-email-inbox-data-raises-23m-from-rakuten-others/">its $23 million Series B</a>, mobile sho

Nokia recalls several mobile phone chargers over shock hazard

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/nokiacharger.jpg" />Nokia has recalled several mobile phone chargers, manufactured by third-parties for the company, because of the chanc

Bad batteries: Apple forced to recall 1st gen iPod nano in South Korea

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/nanobattery.jpg" />Looks like the South Korean government has forced Apple to recall the first generation iPod nano over concerns that th

Is Acer's 11.6-inch netbook being recalled? [UPDATE]

<img src="http://crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/Acer_Aspire_One_AO571h_Sapphire_Blue.jpg" alt="acer" />Although Acer officially announced its 11.6-inch netbook, the Aspire One A0751h, on Mo

HP recalls notebook batteries from 2007-2008

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/flames.jpg" />Uh oh! The hottest computer trend in recent memory, the "overheating and exploding battery," has found a new victim: HP. A
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