(Natural News) Consumer electronics firm Fitbit has ordered a recall of 1.7 million units of one of its smartwatches. The company owned by Google’s parent firm Alphabet said the lithium-ion battery inside the smartwatch tend to overheat and can burn users. The recall applied to the Fitbit Ionic smartwatch produced from 2017 until 2020, according […]

(Natural News) The shortage of semiconductors is worsening and the affected companies are compounding the situation by stockpiling their inventory – further depleting the already thinning supply. The dire situation is happening due to the prevailing global supply chain disruptions, which the Biden administration fails to solve. Trading and technology firm Susquehanna Financial Group noted that the shortage […]

(Natural News) Criminal minds have seen an opportunity as ports in the U.S. scramble to clear cargo backlogs. Thieves are now targeting containers with electronics and household goods. In a press release, cargo theft tracking website CargoNet said there had been 359 incidents of supply chain theft and fraud across the U.S. and Canada in the third quarter […]

(Natural News) If you ask Brune Poirson, the discerning French consumer should know exactly how long a product is expected to last. According to a Deutsche Welle article, he’s proposing for the adoption of a labeling system that will rate a product on its durability, ability to be recycled, and ecological footprint. The Secretary of State to France’s ecology […]

(Natural News) Researchers have devised a powerful and safe military-grade battery that can also be used in the home. The new technology opens the door for the development of safe, powerful, durable, and efficient 4-volt batteries. The latest lithium-ion battery was developed by tech experts at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and researchers from the […]