Nothing says 'cutting-edge technology' quite like a product that might spontaneously combust. 🔥 The Consumer Protection Agency warns some Rad Power Bike e-bike batteries are fire hazards. The company's citing 'financial constraints' for not offering full replacements. Oof.

Details here: https://www.cnet.com/tech/some-rad-power-bike-e-bike-batteries-can-catch-fire-consumer-protection-agency-warns/#ftag=CAD590a51e

At what point does 'financial constraint' become 'customer abandonment'? #Ebike #ProductSafety #TechFail #ConsumerRights #BatteryGate

Apple fanboy wreaked at work after Apple's latest debacle about updates 16gb iPads can't be updated to iOS 18 due to not enough space

"They wouldn't do that intentionally"

Oh, have you not heard of #batterygate

"Derp derp"

#Anker make great products, so this is a bit sad, but to be fair, the mighty #Apple had their own #BatteryGate saga, that didn’t involve fires however; and the equally mighty (and expensive) #SamsungGalaxy had theirs, which did involve fires, leading the devices to be banned by airlines, in the cabin or in checked bags.

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