Ben Smith is a writer based in Los Angeles, California who has been covering consumer tech for at least five years. He's written thousands of articles for various sites about laptops, tablets, and ...

Once upon a time, computers were gigantic installations that filled up several rooms, and scientists thought computers would only get larger from there. Instead, computers shrank. Yes, gigantic ...

The HP logo is displayed on the entrance to the Hewlett-Packard headquarters, Sept. 16, 2008, in Palo Alto, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images HP Inc. has voluntarily recalled more than 100,000 ...

HP is recalling around 78,500 laptop batteries that pose fire and burn hazards, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (USCPSC) announced on Tuesday. There have been eight new reports of ...

A recall involving HP laptop batteries has been expanded in the wake of additional reports of “fire and burn hazards.” The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced the ...

Summers are meant to be hot, but your HP computer should not be. HP recently announced a worldwide voluntary safety recall and replacement program for certain notebook computer batteries. The affected ...

HP is recalling some laptop batteries due to concerns that overheating could cause fires and inflict burns. The company issued the worldwide recall on Thursday, urging customers to check batteries in ...

If you own an HP laptop then you should check the battery immediately. That's the warning coming from the US firm who says that some PCs could potentially have an issue which could cause the battery ...

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The original safety recall was issued in January 2018, but HP expanded it earlier this year. We didn't hear about the expansion until now due to the extended US government shutdown. Our team tests, ...