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Hoverboard

California legal rulings may have big impact on Amazon’s liability for third-party products it sells

In November 2015, Kisha Loomis signed on to Amazon and ordered her son a hoverboard, a two-wheeled vehicle popular with… Read More

Shoveling on hoverboard

Watch: Kid shoveling snow on a hoverboard makes quick work of winter’s worst chore

I spent roughly 30,000 hours shoveling snow out my driveway as a kid growing up in extra-snowy Western New York,… Read More

Hoverboard fire

Hoverboard fires pose ‘serious risk,’ government warns in notice to manufacturers and retailers

The U.S. government has put makers, importers and retailers of hoverboards on notice that after an investigation into the safety hazards posed by the… Read More

Barbie hoverboard

Back to the future, Barbie! Iconic doll will now take flight on a hoverboard

Barbie is kicking off her high heels and taking flight on a futuristic hoverboard that makes her days aboard this… Read More

Lexus announces that it’s made a real hoverboard you can ride

In the race for a real hoverboard that you, the happy consumer, can actually get your hands on and ride,… Read More

This Canadian just blasted away the world record for hoverboard travel

Hoverboards. One of those technologies we were promised a long time ago that never really seemed to deliver. Until maybe… Read More

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