WASHINGTON -- Curtis Sathre said it was like a bomb going off. His 13-year-old son Michael stood stunned, his ears ringing, hand gushing blood and body covered in black ash. In a split second last ...

Though the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Underwriter Laboratories (UL) both assured us last summer that phones are quite safe, some people still can’t catch a break. We’ve learned of ...

Original cell phone batteries are available for between $24.95 and $74.95 through Nokia’s U.S. e-commerce site, but many companies or individuals sell illegally manufactured batteries that are much ...

It's very rare, but smartphones can catch fire. They aren't known to explode powerfully enough to kill someone, though. Photo: Langley Township Fire Department A Malaysian man perished in a fire in ...

TOPSFIELD, MASS. (WHDH) - Topsfield firefighters came to the rescue Saturday after receiving report of a fire caused by the explosion of a charging cell phone. Authorities said the explosion of the ...

SEOUL, South Korea — An exploding cell phone battery is suspected by police in the death of a South Korean worker Wednesday, though the phone's manufacturer said it was highly unlikely. The man, ...

WASHINGTON Curtis Sathre said it was like a bomb going off. His 13-year-old son Michael stood stunned, his ears ringing, hand gushing blood and body covered in black ash. In a split second last August ...

Airlines aren’t messing around with the threat of exploding phones. Smoking, burning, and exploding Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phablets have added urgency to concerns about mobile devices with lithium-ion ...

Well, it seems the video of a cell phone exploding in CeeLo Green‘s face is not what it appears to be. WE THINK. MAYBE. In the wake of the video going viral, Green to the Facebook Live to reassure his ...

There's precedents for boils and locusts. But exploding cell phones? We just came across our second exploding cell phone story in as many days, which is enough to make us waive the ...

Three recent incidents of exploding Nokia Corp. phones are due to the use of counterfeit batteries, a Nokia spokeswoman in the U.S. said Thursday. Two Nokia users in the Netherlands and one in Vietnam ...