As we’ve said before, one of the dangers that are faced with connected appliances is the possibility of them being hacked, be it just for fun or something more malicious, and it has now happened.
Category: Domestic Appliance News
Domestic Appliance News
All the latest general news from the domestic appliance industry that we find all over the world, and stories that are of interest to the trade and public, often with our own unique non-politically correct spin on it.
We cover almost anything interesting to do with appliances or that affects the industry, including new product releases, scandals, recalls, mergers, takeovers and all the other juicy appliance news from around the world.
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Haier To Re-Repair Dryers
You might remember the Haier produced tumble dryer fire risk recall a few months back and how it all went a bit wrong with users being told to stop using them after they were modified, well, now it seems Haier is set to re-repair them.
Vestel Restructures
In the face of losses, falling sales and increased competition Vestel is having to restructure their business quite significantly to combat £2.6 billion of debts.
Graphene Heating Elements
This is an interesting one that didn’t get very much attention. Midea have come up with graphene heating elements, and for those who are unfamiliar with this miracle material, we’ll explain a bit.
Beko Uses AI
Like virtually every single maker on the planet, Beko has launched what it’s calling AI-Driven appliances but we’ve pored over what we can find on it and we don’t see much “AI” going on here.
Smeg Blast Chillers
On top of the vacuum drawer that we mentioned yesterday, Smeg have also launched a range of blast chillers that are very versatile machines but, agian, not at all cheap at the best part of £4000!
Smeg Vacuum Drawer
Smeg have launched a vacuum drawer that does a lot and seems almost a pro-grade product given what it does but, it’s not cheap at almost £3000!
New Midea Refrigeration
Sadly we don’t have a lot of info on this as yet outside of the official press release and we’ve no images of the products either, yet as Midea didn’t seem to have any but, here’s what they said.
R2R Laws Too Weak Say Which?
Consumer organisation Which? has mooted that the Right To Repair legislation in the UK is too weak and that more needs to be done, we’d agree.
Bosch Teams With Ecovacs
Bosch has entered into a partnership with Ecovacs to launch a line of robotic vacuum cleaners which we picked up the other day when we saw this video, which looks like quite a cool robovac.