Hoverboards have become popular across the country and were a hot gift for Christmas, but University of Kentucky officials are now telling students to leave them at home when they return to campus for ...

Self-balancing scooters, more popularly known as hoverboards, are undoubtedly the hot ticket item on many Christmas wishlists this year. However, UK shoppers hoping to get their hands on one of the ...

Anyone with a self-balancing scooter atop their wish list this season may be disappointed come the big day. Border officials have already impounded more than 15,000 of the devices, commonly called ...

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British police reminded the public yesterday that it’s illegal to ride “one of these” in public. And by “one of these,” the fuzz means self-balancing scooters. That didn’t stop the press from calling ...

A hoverboard is a two-wheeled, self-balancing motorized scooter. Costs vary from hundreds to thousands of dollars. ksenusya iStockphoto The use, possession and storage of hoverboards have been banned ...

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The University of Kentucky announced Wednesday a temporary campus-wide ban on "hoverboards" and similar electronic skateboards after reports of batteries "bursting into flames." Students, staff and ...

Following a number of self-balancing scooters around the world bursting into flames or exploding, Amazon UK has urged its customers to bring unsafe "hoverboards" to their local recycling point for ...

Thousands of self-balancing "hoverboard" scooters have been impounded at UK ports after testing revealed they were at risk of exploding or bursting into flames. The UK Trading Standards body has ...

Self-balancing scooters are in demand this season, but many are found to ship with poor-quality charging equipment that doesn't meet UK or EU safety standards. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and ...