Wells-Fargo’s ex-chief fined $17.5 million over fake accounts
January 23, 2020, Seattle Times
When big companies do wrong, it’s rarely the big boss who pays the price. But Wells Fargo’s former chief executive John G. Stumpf was fined $17.5 million — the largest individual fine in the history of the bank’s main federal regulator — for his role in a toxic sales culture that foisted unwanted products and sham bank accounts on millions of customers.
CPSC: Avoid TV tip over incidents during Super Bowl live with safety tips from Anchor It!
January 23, 2020, cpsc.gov
Super Bowl LIV, scheduled to be played on February 2 in Miami, is just around the corner. Millions of Americans each year watch the Super Bowl on TV either at home or with friends at parties. In fact, many fans will buy new TVs ahead of the Big Game. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) wants to remind consumers to play it safe during these activities and to remember a few key safety tips regarding TVs.
Six professionals named as first group to become Certified Product Safety Professionals
January 24, 2020, EIN Newswire
Six product safety professionals from a range of consumer product manufacturers, retailers and a service provider have been the first group to be designated as Certified Product Safety Professionals (CPSP) by the Society of Product Safety Professionals (SPSP). The professionals earned the designation by meeting the professional experience criteria, passing an examination, and completing a capstone case study presented to a review panel.
State issues recall for more vaping products
January 23, 2020, Michigan Radio
Michigan’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency is recalling more than 9,000 vape cartridges by a Detroit company. The state says 8,020 of the cartridges were never sold, and will be destroyed. The other 1,360 cartridges were sold by Plan B Wellness in Detroit. The agency expanded a recall last week involving more than 20 different kinds of marijuana related products sold in the state.
Cuomo now proposes legalizing e-bikes, e-scooters across New York
January 23, 2020, Newsday
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Thursday proposed legalizing electric bikes and electric scooters across New York, in what would be the first new modes of motorized transportation to be allowed on state roads in generations. Speaking at his Manhattan office, Cuomo said he’d like the legislation to pass by April 1 — and as early as next week. Late last month, he vetoed similar legislation — which also banned e-scooter rentals in Manhattan — that he said had insufficient safety provisions, including speed limits and helmet mandates.
Boeing’s responsibility buried in safety report on fatal 2009 Turkish airlines crash
January 21, 2020, Duva English
Manufacturer Boeing’s “risky design choices and faulty safety assessments” contributed to the 2009 crash of a Turkish Airlines flight out of Amsterdam Schipol Airport that killed nine people and injured 50, in contradiction to the Dutch Safety Board’s final report, the New York Times reported. The Schipol crash involved the Boeing 737 New Generation or 737-NG, an earlier model of the Boeing 737-Max, the grounded plane that has killed hundreds and caused one of the biggest crises in the company’s history.
Five ways companies can adopt ethic AI
January 23, 2020, Forbes
In 2014, Stephen Hawking said that AI would be humankind’s best or last invention. Six years later, as we welcome 2020, companies are looking at how to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in their business to stay competitive. The question they are facing is how to evaluate whether the AI products they use will do more harm than good.
CPSC Guides for Manufacturers and Retailers
January, 2020, cpsc.gov
A resource guide for regulated products produced or sold by manufacturers, retailers, importers or distributors is among several guides produced by the safety agency to help businesses understand their responsibilities under CPSC regulations and statutes.
Verizon launches privacy focused search engine OneSearch
Januarya 14, 2020, cnet
We’ve all searched online for things we’d rather not have associated with ourselves forever. Embarrassing medical symptoms, deep dives into the world of true crime in the wee hours, or even that pair of shoes you looked at once but decided not to buy. Now Verizon wants to offer a search engine that won’t tie that information to you. The service, called OneSearch, launched Tuesday with the declaration that it won’t store records of what you search, create profiles of your usage or share your search data with advertisers.
Centre mulls heavy duty on Chinese toys as curing their influx is not a child’s play
January 22, 2020, New Indian Express
With a deluge of Chinese toys darkening the prospects of the domestic industry and also posing quality concerns, the Union government is considering to impose heavy duty on ‘Made in China’ toys, in a bid to keep their imports in check. Indian toy manufacturers have already requested the government for the same.
