Hacker News with Generative AI: Consumer Reports

Your Exercise Gear Reserves The Right To Track And Sell Data On How You Smell (techdirt.com)
A new Consumer Reports study unsurprisingly finds that popular exercise equipment makers collect way more data on users than is necessary, then sell access to that data to a wide variety of dodgy and largely unregulated data brokers and middle men, who in turn generally play fast and loose with it.
Why is my air fryer spying on me? We reveal the smart devices gathering data (which.co.uk)
Which? research has found evidence of excessive smart device surveillance - from air fryers demanding permission to listen in on conversations and sharing data with TikTok, to TVs wanting to know users’ exact locations at all times
Tesla vehicles are more "Made in America" than any other brand (notateslaapp.com)
According to a recent NHTSA filing of which vehicles contain the most North American parts, Tesla’s vehicles are, unsurprisingly, the most North American made vehicles. This specifically includes parts produced and sourced from the US and Canada for 2025 models.
Tesla Cybertruck Owner Goes to ER After Being Sliced During Delivery (insideevs.com)
Tesla Owners Get Only 64% of EPA Range After Just Three Years: Study (insideevs.com)
The Plastic Chemicals Hiding in Your Food: What Our Tests Found (consumerreports.org)