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Amazon has agreed to buy iRobot Corp., the company behind the Roomba robotic vacuum, in a deal worth $1.7 billion. Roomba will be added to Amazon’s already lengthy list of smart home…
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iRobot, the company that brought robotic vacuum cleaners to homes and popular culture, has filed for bankruptcy. It plans to sell all assets to its primary supplier, the Chinese company Picea Robotics. Investors “will experience a total loss and not receive recovery on their investment” if the deal is approved, iRobot said. The company didn’t discuss how the move might affect its employees in the US or elsewhere. Amazon dropped... Read more ›
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The Stephen King adaptation wrapped up its first season Sunday night on HBO with a little slice of fan service. Read more ›
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If you want to understand how the US government works today, you should study President Donald Trump’s attempt to pardon a woman named Tina Peters last week. Peters is a former Colorado election clerk and a die-hard believer in the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen. In 2021, Peters committed a series of […] Read more ›
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Apple and Samsung are best equipped to handle rising memory chip costs that could drive down global smartphone shipments by 2.1% in 2026, according to new data from Counterpoint Research. Image credit: iFixit In its latest projection for the smartphone market next year, the firm has downgraded its forecast from a previously expected 0.45% growth, citing a memory shortage that has pushed component costs up 10% to 25%. Chinese brands... Read more ›
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Qualcomm has agreed to acquire Ventana Micro Systems, a RISC-V CPU specialist whose engineers have spent several years pushing the open instruction set toward high-performance server and edge designs. Read more ›
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Jimmy Kimmel has responded to Trump's Truth Social post about the death of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele. Read more ›
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Amidst the economic uncertainty ushered in by this AI boom, some folks still have conviction and are offering hope to the community. Edward Crisler, the PR manager for GPU maker Sapphire, has just said that he believes DRAM prices will start to plateau in the next few months, so don't panic buy right now. Read more ›
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One of 2025's splashiest games, Hollow Knight: Silksong, is getting its first major DLC expansion, developer Team Cherry announced in a blog post. The nautically-themed Sea of Sorrow update will come to the moody Metroidvania some time in 2026, and better still, it will be free for all players. The DLC will include "new areas, bosses, tools and more," the developer wrote. There aren't a lot of clues to the... Read more ›
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Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are worth a combined $511 billion after jointly adding $185 billion to their fortunes this year. Read more ›
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Intel has tightened its ties with the current US administration, appointing an economic advisor to President Trump as its new head of government affairs. Read more ›
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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Changes in polar bear DNA that could help the animals adapt to warmer climates have been detected by researchers in a study thought to be the first time a statistically significant link has been found between […] Read more ›
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Roomba maker iRobot goes bankrupt; now owned by former supplier Picea Read more ›
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Android and iOS aren't the only game in town, and polled readers like this alternative platform. Read more ›
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Archer, Beta, and Joby are developing autonomous, gas-electric hybrid air taxis in hopes of clinching defense contracts. Read more ›
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Connections: Sports Edition is a New York Times word game about finding common sports threads between words. How to solve the day's puzzle. Read more ›
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Snap CEO Evan Spiegel said that reframing stress as positive can have a "huge impact on your ability to manage it." Read more ›
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As workers rail against the tyranny of shared schedules, tech companies say they can help Read more ›
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Regardless of the experiences and material things that money can offer, at the end of the day, kids "just want your time," Chris Hemsworth said. Read more ›
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The rise of AI and hyperscale computing is driving a global shift from air-based to liquid and embedded cooling as various companies are developing silicon-integrated systems capable of handling multi-kilowatt system-in-packages that can be commercialized by 2027. Read more ›
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