A Canada-wide recall has been issued for thousands of laser pointers sold online over concerns that they could cause serious ...

Once upon a time, an aircraft pilot looking down toward the ground saw only the distant twinkling lights of homes and cities. But pilots have had an unfortunate high-tech worry for many years: ...

A New York teen lost vision in his left eye moments after powering up a “defectively designed,” Chinese-made laser pointer he purchased on Amazon, according to a lawsuit against the retail behemoth.

Consumers are being advised to “immediately stop using” a product that was sold on Amazon in Canada. Health Canada said that the affected product is a laser that poses a risk of injury. “Health Canada ...

Health Canada is warning that a flashlight and laser pointer sold on Amazon.ca can cause permanent eye injury.

A thief lies in wait across the street, hiding in the bushes and waiting for the lights of your television to go dark. Once you’re in bed, he aims a laser pointer at your Amazon Echo device, and ...

Laser pointers are great for taunting cats and inflicting irritation. But they’re also quite effective at hacking Alexa, Siri or Google Assistant, researchers say - even from hundreds of feet away.

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In the last 20 years, green lasers have shrunk from table-size lab equipment to pocket-portable presentation tools (not to mention cat toys). But making laser pointers a household item may have come ...

Laser pointers can apparently trick smart speakers, phones and tablets into following voice commands to open doors or make purchases, even from hundreds of feet away. Researchers from Tokyo and the ...