BOSTON — Bike lock maker Kryptonite struggled to reassure customers and protect its reputation on Friday after the disclosure that its famous U-lock could be opened by a ballpoint pen. Kryptonite said ...

Engadget reader Chester Bullock decided to toss Kryptonite the link and video we posted about picking their Evolution 2000's lock with a plain ol' Bic pen. And we can't say it wasn't a good idea, but ...

Kryptonite, Superman’s ultimate weakness, is an iconic and essential part of his lore, made even more poignant by the fact that the one thing capable of bringing him to his knees is the radioactive ...

The triumph last week of the Bic pen over expensive, state-of-the- art steel locks has panicked the bicycling community, and churned Internet rumor mills about how much the lock manufacturer knew and ...

In September, Kryptonite took a lot of heat from aggrieved consumers, angry when a poster to bikeforums.net uploaded a video showing how easy it was for a certain type of cheap Bic pen to open a ...

Kryptonite announced Wednesday that it would offer free exchanges to anyone who owns one of their U-lock models that uses a circular key, a popular type of lock with city bikers that was shown last ...

An internet video exposing the ease with which Kryptonite bicycle locks can be picked could pose problems for the large number of Harvard students who own the popular device. “I remember watching a ...