13 h. ago Over 200,000 power banks sold on Amazon recalled over fire risks

The power banks retailed for about $18 and were sold on Amazon in 2021 and 2022

Events

49 h. ago NHS A&E doctor urges all parents to avoid buying these toys this Christmas

An NHS paediatrician working in an Accident & Emergency department has provided a list of popular toys she urges parents not to buy owing to the risk of injury and accident

Society

8 d. ago Fast care after head injury can dramatically cut risk of developing dementia

Studies have long warned that concussions raise the risk of suffering neurodegenerative conditions - but now experts say this danger can be mitigated.

Events

9 d. ago Amazon recalls children’s pajamas over ‘serious risk of injury or death’

Company has been hit by multiple recalls in recent days

Events

1 week ago How Amazon turned our capitalist era of free markets into the age of technofeudalism | Yanis Varoufakis

Amazon Web Services owns the basic infrastructure for other businesses to operate online, turning even governments into its serfs. But now some people are fighting backFor the past six years, every Black Friday – that made-up carnival of consumption – Amazon workers and their allies have mobilised across the world in coordinated strikes and protests. At first glance, these disputes look like the standard struggle between a giant capitalist employer and the people who keep it running. But Amazon is no ordinary corporation. It is the clearest expression of what I call technofeudalism: a new economic order in which platforms behave like lords owning the fiefs that have replaced markets.To appreciate Amazon’s extraordinary power, we must recall the system it is helping to bury. Capitalism relied on markets and profit. Firms invested in productive capital, hired workers, produced commodities and lived or died by profit and loss. But the emerging order is one in which the most powerful ca...

Politics

2 w. ago Infant playpen sold on Amazon recalled over risk of ‘death from suffocation’

No injuries from the recalled Play Yards sold on Amazon have been reported as of Friday

Events

2 w. ago Arsenal players at risk of suspension: Key Gunners stars walking tightrope amid injury concerns

No Arsenal player is in immediate danger of missing the Chelsea game through suspension

Sport

3 w. ago Tottenham at risk of missing 10 players through injury in the North London derby

Tottenham at risk of missing 10 players through injury in the North London derby  Spurs Web

Events

3 w. ago Tesla recalls 10,500 Powerwall 2 battery systems in US over fire risk

Firm had received 22 reports of overheating, raising risk of serious injury or death, though none have been reportedTesla announced on Thursday it is recalling about 10,500 units of its Powerwall 2 home battery power systems in the US for fire and burn hazards after receiving 22 reports of overheating.The US Consumer Product Safety Commission said the recall covers systems that “may fail and overheat”, raising the risk of serious injury or death, though no injuries have been reported. Continue reading...

Events