Companies that sell refrigerators, washers, hairdryers, or TVs in the European Union will need to ensure those appliances can be repaired for up to 10 years, to help reduce the vast mountain of electrical waste that piles up each year on the continent. Euronews reports: The “right to repair,” as it is sometimes called, comes into force across the 27-nation bloc…
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Dyson Pledges New Investment Into AI, Robotics and Batteries
Dyson will invest an additional 2.75bn pound ($3.67 billion) on developing technologies and products over the next five years [Editor’s note: the link may be paywalled; alternative source], as the appliances brand pushes deeper into areas such as artificial intelligence, robotics and energy storage. From a report: The company founded by billionaire James Dyson and famous for its vacuum cleaners said…
Dozens of Amazon’s Own Products Have Been Reported as Dangerous — Melting, Exploding or Even Bursting Into Flames. Many Are Still on the Market.
An anonymous reader shares a report: Launched in 2009, AmazonBasics has grown to offer more than 5,000 products, according to the retailer. Its mission: identifying everyday items that Amazon can create at a similar or higher quality and lower price point when compared to existing name brands — a strategy also employed by companies such as Costco and Target. A growing…
Canceled Dyson Electric Car Would’ve Had a 600-Mile Range Per Charge
Remember that electric car project that Dyson finally cancelled in October? It would’ve had a top speed of 125 miles per hour, going from 0 to 60 in 4.8 seconds, and “would have been able to go 600 miles on a single charge,” reports Digital Trends, citing Sir Dyson’s new interview with the Sunday Times: In comparison, Tesla’s Model S is…
MIT Develops a Way To Use Wireless Signals From In-Home Appliances To Better Understand Your Health
[R]esearchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) have developed a new system (PDF) that can figure out when and where in-home appliances like hair dryers, stoves, microwaves and washing machines are being used, and they believe that info could help inform healthcare practitioners about the habits and challenges of people under their care. TechCrunch reports: The researchers devised…
FCC To Vote On Adding 6Ghz Band To Wi-Fi 6 To Improve Speeds
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Devices with Wi-Fi 6 started rolling out at the end of 2019, but now, a new vote proposed by the FCC could open up the 6Ghz band to unlicensed wifi and add a massive speed boost to wireless gadgets. Backed by Chairman Pai, the FCC vote is scheduled to take place on April…
‘Unauthorized Bread’: A Tale of Jailbreaking Refugees Versus IoT Appliances
Science fiction writer, journalist and longtime Slashdot reader, Cory Doctorow, a.k.a. mouthbeef, writes: My novella “Unauthorized Bread” — originally published last year in Radicalized from Tor Books — has just been published on Ars Technica: it’s an epic tale of jailbreaking refugees versus the disobedient IoT appliances they’re forced to use, and it’s being turned into a TV show by The…
Fitbit and Garmin Are Under Federal Investigation For Alleged Patent Violations
U.S. trade regulators said on Friday they will investigate wearable monitoring devices, including those made by Fitbit and Garmin, following allegations of patent violations by rival Koninklijke Philips and its North America unit. Reuters reports: The U.S. International Trade Commission, in a statement, said the probe would also look at devices by made by California-based Ingram Micro as well as China-based…