Samsung Electronics probe finds battery was main cause of Note 7 fires: source
A Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) investigation into what caused some Galaxy Note 7 smartphones to catch fire has concluded that the battery was the main reason, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday.
The world's biggest smartphone maker is seeking to put behind it one of the biggest product...
3 Takata Executives Face Criminal Charges Over Exploding Airbags
United States prosecutors said on Friday that they had charged three executives at Takata, the Japanese auto parts maker, with fabricating test data to mask a fatal airbag defect, a striking turn in a case that set off the largest automotive recall in United States history.
Prosecutors also announced that Takata had...
Report: Takata expected to plead guilty, pay $1B
Troubled air bag maker Takata is reportedly set to reach a criminal settlement with U.S. prosecutors that will require payment of some $1 billion in fines, restitution and victim compensation, as well as a guilty plea on wire-fraud charges, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Read More
EPA: Fiat Chrysler software enabled emissions cheating
The Environmental Protection Agency accused Fiat Chrysler on Thursday of installing software that enables certain diesel trucks to emit far more pollutants than emissions laws allow. The company denied those accusations, saying its software meets regulatory requirements.
The vehicles involved were the 2014 to 2016 model year Dodge Ram 1500 pickup trucks and...
Honda Adds 772,000 Vehicles to Takata Airbag Recalls
Honda is adding 772,000 more cars to the Takata airbag recalls as the troubled Japanese supplier announced new repair schedules for several million inflators currently under recall. No new models or model years are part of the latest Honda recall in the U.S., which specifically covers front-passenger airbags. A total of 1.29 million...
Jessica Alba’s Honest Co recalls organic baby powder in U.S.
Honest Co, co-founded by actress Jessica Alba, voluntarily recalled all bottles of its organic baby powder in the United States due to concerns of eye and skin infections.
The Santa Monica, California-based company said that during recent tests conducted on the product, possible contaminations from microorganisms that could cause skin or eye infections...
Volkswagen Set to Plead Guilty and to Pay U.S. $4.3 Billion in Deal
Volkswagen is on the verge of pleading guilty to criminal charges and paying $4.3 billion in fines, in a deal that would resolve a federal criminal investigation into its cheating on vehicle emissions tests, the automaker said on Tuesday.
Read More
St. Jude Medical issues security updates to fix hacking-prone pacemakers
Federal regulators told pacemaker patients with certain implantable cardiac devices on Monday to follow instructions needed to fix cybersecurity vulnerabilities found in products made by St. Jude Medical. The St. Paul, Minn.-based company issued security updates for its Merlin remote monitoring system Monday designed to fix flaws identified in a safety warning put out this...
F.B.I. Arrests Volkswagen Executive on Conspiracy Charge in Emissions Scandal
The F.B.I. has arrested a Volkswagen executive in Florida, accusing him of playing a central role in a broad conspiracy to keep United States regulators from discovering that diesel vehicles made by the company were programmed to cheat on emissions tests.
The...
St. Jude releases cyber updates for heart devices after U.S. probe
Abbott Laboratories (ABT.N) moved to protect patients with its St. Jude heart implants against possible cyber attacks, releasing a software patch on Monday that the firm said will reduce the "extremely low" chance of them being hacked.
The company disclosed the moves some five months after the U.S. government launched a probe...
