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schizoidman ( schizoidman@lemmy.ml )  to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 年前

Gaming firm Razer ordered to pay over US$1.1 million in US for advertising Zephyr mask as N95-grade

www.channelnewsasia.com

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Gaming firm Razer ordered to pay over US$1.1 million in US for advertising Zephyr mask as N95-grade

www.channelnewsasia.com

schizoidman ( schizoidman@lemmy.ml )  to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 年前
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"We disagree with the Federal Trade Commission’s allegations and did not admit to any wrongdoing as part of the settlement," said a Razer spokesperson in response to CNA's queries.
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  • Gormadt ( Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    They got to weasel out of admitting wrong doing as part of the settlement?

    What a joke

    • aleph ( aleph@lemm.ee ) 
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      That’s how it goes all too often with these settlements, sadly. Remember when Fox News got to settle with Dominion over the fact that they knowingly pushed election fraud claims that they privately knew to be false? They just paid their fine and went right back to business as usual.

      • Lupus108 ( Lupus108@feddit.de ) 
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        Well at least Tucker was fired over it?

  • Blackout ( Blackout@kbin.run ) 
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    Good thing I’ve already found a replacement. weeb warrior

    • Obi ( Obi@sopuli.xyz ) 
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      Strolling into the supermarket like whadup.

      • Damage ( Damage@feddit.it ) 
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        Well the straps say LOVE LOVE

  • onlooker ( onlooker@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Oh wow, Razer was selling masks? Seriously? That’s wild, I must’ve missed that completely. What’s even wilder is that a bunch of people apparently decided that their best option for respiratory filters is, of all things, a gaming company. And one with a shaky QC history at that.

  • inlandempire ( inlandempire@jlai.lu ) 
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    I remember making fun of it in some discord, imagine spending so much r&d into some RGB gadget instead of contributing to research during COVID, the only certificates they had were for electrical products, none for health stuff

    This is from the E3 (or whatever that events name was) announcement

  • Rx_Hawk ( Rx_Hawk@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Cost of doing business

  • The Doctor ( drwho@beehaw.org ) 
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    Naomi Wu was right.

    • Gutless2615 ( Gutless2615@ttrpg.network ) 
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      RIP

  • delirious_owl ( delirious_owl@discuss.online ) 
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    So…do we have reusable respirators that block >=95% of particles 0.3 microns in size yet??

    • stoy ( stoy@lemmy.zip ) 
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      Yeah, there are plenty of P3 and N95 filters for reusable respirators, here are some for the 3M 6000 mask series:

      https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/v000057466/

      • delirious_owl ( delirious_owl@discuss.online ) 
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        Don’t those use disposal filters?

        • stoy ( stoy@lemmy.zip ) 
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          So?

          You still reuse the respirator

        • theareciboincident ( theareciboincident@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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          Mate there’s no such thing as washable healthcare items unless it can survive an autoclave lmao

          (In the context of infection prevention and sterilization)

  • Uriel238 [all pronouns] ( uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    Note that n95 is the minimum grade for biohazard and industrial work. It meams it’ll get large particulates (like corona viruses) but not small ones and aerosolized oil (such as spray paint) will fuck your mask.

  • NigelFrobisher ( NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ) 
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    They should be fined for still being stuck in that awful 90s aesthetic after all this time.

  • Gabu ( Gabu@lemmy.ml ) 
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    The fact it uses clear plastic for the mouth has to be a crime, surely.

    • ObsidianZed ( ObsidianZed@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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      The original point was to make it easier to understand people as you could actually see their mouth. A problem sure, but it solution it wasn’t.

  • HEXN3T ( HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    deleted by creator

  • feoh ( feoh@lemmy.ml ) 
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    I’ll take “Product Categories That SHOULD NEVER EXIST” for $1000 Alex!

  • delirious_owl ( delirious_owl@discuss.online ) 
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    It says they used N95 meltbkown filters.

    I don’t understand how that would not make the product N95, then

    • Onihikage ( Onihikage@beehaw.org ) 
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      If it’s got N95 filters in it, but the design is flawed in such a way that air can just flow around the filters even with ideal fitment, then the mask as a whole is not N95. Now, maybe their design wasn’t flawed, we don’t actually know that, but N95 is a NIOSH standard only given to products that NIOSH has received and tested to be at a certain standard; Razer neglected to submit their masks to NIOSH in order to get an official rating. Razer could have performed their own tests and listed the level of particulates it blocks at various levels, but marketing it as an N95 respirator implied NIOSH had verified it when they hadn’t, which is fraud.

      • delirious_owl ( delirious_owl@discuss.online ) 
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        I guess that’s why we have the KN95 standard. They should have just said that.

    • naonintendois ( naonintendois@programming.dev ) 
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      Because the seals on the mask itself weren’t rated and they didn’t go through FDA authorization. You HAVE to go through FDA clearance if you want to claim your product meets medical standards.

  • snowsuit2654 ( snowsuit2654@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    This and xupermask are just cringe consoomer mush. It’s honestly shocking to me the trust that people put into celebrities and tech companies. Capitalists “disrupting” a regulated industry should be a big red flag.

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