Segway, the company famous for its now discontinued two-wheeled personal transporter, began making scooters in 2018. Now, Segway-Ninebot is the leader in the global scooter market. Ninebot, a Chinese vehicle maker and rival, bought Segway in 2015. Segway is recalling about 220,000 of its scooters because the folding mechanism can... Read more →

President Trump abruptly fired Democratic FTC commissioners Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya on Wednesday although the Federal Trade Commission is an independent agency. Before I could get to the FTC website and find their photos, they had been removed. The only photos on the site are of Andrew N. Ferguson,... Read more →

Are you worried about AI and how it may affect your life? Concern is warranted. Many AI voice cloning products enable consumers to create an artificial copy of a person’s voice using only a short audio clip of the person speaking, but a majority of the six company products assessed... Read more →

It’s fun on St. Patrick’s Day to think about my Irish ancestors and my trip to Ireland. The photo on the left is Laura Jane Baylee Slingsby, my paternal grandmother. Born in Canada, her father Alexander Baylee was born in County Clare, Ireland, and her grandfather Henry Thomas Baylee was... Read more →

A 14-year-old boy was struck and killed by a truck while riding a pocket bike on the street. Police said the truck driver indicated he couldn’t see the boy. An 8-year-old boy riding a pocket bike suffered serious head injuries when he ran into a truck. A 34-year-old man riding... Read more →