My PlayStation 2 has been having issues reading discs. After taking the damn thing apart, I discovered that the disc tends to slip during spin-up, which makes some pretty terrifying noises (but does ...

Warnings about magnets and gadgets have been passed down like tech folklore, often without much explanation. The reality is more nuanced: some electronics are genuinely vulnerable to magnetic fields, ...

A federal safety agency warned this past week that small, powerful magnets have been linked to seven deaths after they were ingested, announcing one company’s voluntary recall of a toy set that ...

Two researchers who independently developed the neodymium magnet — used in everything from hard disk drives to automobiles — have been awarded the 44th Honda Prize. In 1982, two researchers working ...

The government took aim at sets of small, high-powered magnets. The brand names include Buckyballs, and Magni-cubes. The Consumer Product Safety Commission wants them off the market. One child has ...

If you grew up around some of the earlier models of televisions and computers, you may have received at least one sternly-worded warning to never place a magnet near them. These warnings still persist ...