Toshiba is offering to replace another 830,000 laptop batteries containing cells made by Sony, it said Friday. The offer covers computers sold worldwide and is separate from a similar announcement made by the company last week.Toshiba is offering to exchange the batteries to ease customer concerns in light of several recent high-profile battery recalls, it said.“There is no safety issue; we will voluntarily exchange the battery pack used in certain notebook PCs,” said Keisuke Ohmori, a spokesman for Toshiba in Tokyo. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe The announcement came less than a day after Lenovo Group said it would replace batteries for 526,000 of its laptops sold in 2005 and 2006. Last week, Toshiba offered to exchange 340,000 notebook batteries because it said they could unexpectedly cut power, causing users to lose unsaved work.The latest offer covers batteries in the following laptop models: Satellite T10, T11, T12, T20, A50; Tecra M3, M4, M5, M7, S3; Portege S100, M300, M400, M500; Dynabook SS LX, L10, L11, M10, M11, M35, MX, MXW; Dynabook R10; Dynabook TX/2, TX/3, TX/4; Qosmio G30, F30. Other models sold only overseas are also covered but were not named by Toshiba in Japan.-Martyn Williams, IDG News Service (Tokyo Bureau)Related Links: Toshiba Offers to Exchange 340K Sony-Made Batteries Lenovo to Recall 526K Sony-Made Batteries Replacement for Lithium-Ion Batteries Debuts Dell to Recall 4.1M Batteries Due to Fire Hazard Apple to Recall 1.8M Laptop BatteriesCIO.com is on the Sony battery recall story, and we’ll do our part to post all the latest developments. Bookmark this page and keep checking in.Check out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content feature Mastercard preps for the post-quantum cybersecurity threat A cryptographically relevant quantum computer will put everyday online transactions at risk. Mastercard is preparing for such an eventuality — today. By Poornima Apte Sep 22, 2023 6 mins CIO 100 CIO 100 CIO 100 feature 9 famous analytics and AI disasters Insights from data and machine learning algorithms can be invaluable, but mistakes can cost you reputation, revenue, or even lives. These high-profile analytics and AI blunders illustrate what can go wrong. By Thor Olavsrud Sep 22, 2023 13 mins Technology Industry Generative AI Machine Learning feature Top 15 data management platforms available today Data management platforms (DMPs) help organizations collect and manage data from a wide array of sources — and are becoming increasingly important for customer-centric sales and marketing campaigns. By Peter Wayner Sep 22, 2023 10 mins Marketing Software Data Management opinion Four questions for a casino InfoSec director By Beth Kormanik Sep 21, 2023 3 mins Media and Entertainment Industry Events Security Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe