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11 Dec 2015

Isue with Hoverboard Catching Fire

"Hoverboards," those ubiquitous, futuristic two-wheeled machines that don't actually hover, have been pulled and banned by an increasing number of retailers, cities and airlines. Why? Probably the growing safety concerns following a wave of recent media showing hoverboards exploding.
The production of hoverboards — once deemed the hottest gift of the year by USA Today — has been difficult to regulate, prompting the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to further investigate them.
"The hoverboard does not fall into categories where there are regulations," said president of Safety Research and Strategies, Inc., Sean Kane, according to Business Insider. "The safety and fitness of them is really unknown." 
Since September, about 20 people have been hospitalized from hoverboard-related incidents, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. What often happens is sudden combustion without explanation. A November explosion in Louisiana involved a 12-year-old boy and his "Fit Turbo" board, bought from Amazon; the accident set his entire home on fire, according to WGNO. Similar cases have occurred in malls and homes across the nation.
Online retailer Overstock announced its pulling of hoverboard-like products from its digital shelves on Dec. 9, offering refunds to those who have already purchased one. 
Hoverboards should be powered by lithium-ion batteries, but many have been found to include counterfeits, ABC13 reported. Inspectors in the U.K., where hoverboards are already illegal, examined 17,000 mostly Chinese-made hoverboards and confiscated 88% of them, citing "noncompliant plugs without fuses" that can cause dangerous overheating, according to the Verge
Chinese manufacturers have been racing to produce knockoff versions of the popular toy for Western consumers, BuzzFeed reported.

50 Cent get at Rick Ross again after black market Album sale

50 Cent clearly has no plan to end his feud with Rick Ross anytime soon. While promoting his just-released "The Kanan Tape" in an interview on "This Is 50 Radio", the rapper took time to make fun of the MMG boss' new album sales.

Reacting to report saying Ross' record was selling over 34,000, Fif said, "Is that a rock or a brick? 34.388 copies, and you know they went and bought some. He had to buy some. Anybody would have panicked." He went on claiming Ross must have bought 15,000 copies of the album after the industry forecasters predicted it would only sell around 20,000.

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