It was recently announced that Amazon.com would be acquiring iRobot, the maker of the Roomba vacuum cleaner. There are still some “hoops” to jump through, such as shareholder and regulatory approval, but the deal looks promising. So, why does Amazon want to get into the vacuum cleaner business?
Read entire article onFirst Laguna Robot LEGOlympics held in Searca
13. August 2022 -9:35
Seventy students competed in the first Laguna Robot LEGOlympics 2022 that engaged them in problem-solving, including in farming,…
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iRobot’s poop-avoiding Roomba j7 vacuum is on sale for $200 off today
13. August 2022 -9:14
Verge readers can save up to $200 on iRobot’s Roomba j7 and Roomba i3 Plus EVO for a limited time. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
Great news, folks! Wellbots is currently taking up to $200 off cat Ubers — err, robot vacuums. OK, it may not be the most exciting news of
Read entire article onAmazon sues six alleged fake review sites — we chatted with that didn’t believe suit was real
12. August 2022 -12:48
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Amazon has been targeting alleged sellers of fake product reviews for the past seven years, starting with the first suit of its kind in 2015. A new wave of suits this week shows the company isn’t giving up, and the issue isn’t going away.
The company filed separate lawsuits against six websites
Read entire article onThe Download: AI to predict ice, and healthcare censorship in China
12. August 2022 -5:33
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.
Deep learning can almost perfectly predict how ice forms
The news: Researchers have used deep learning to model more precisely than ever before how ice crystals form in the atmosphere. Their paper,
Read entire article onYou can turn Meta’s chatbot against Mark Zuckerberg
11. August 2022 -13:54
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Meta’s AI thinks CEO Mark Zuckerberg is as sketchy as you might — at least, if you ask the right questions at the right time. The BBC and other outlets like Insider have reported on their adventures stress-testing BlenderBot 3, the artificial intelligence chat tool Meta released last week.
Read entire article onOpinion: Exploring Automated Single-Wafer Ashing of Compound Semiconductors
11. August 2022 -13:33
Ashing, in which the light–sensitive coating known as photoresist is removed and cleaned from an etched wafer, is one of the most important and frequently performed steps in chip fabrication. In this step, photoresist organics are “burned off” using a processing tool in which monatomic plasma is created by exposing oxygen or fluorine gas at low pressure to high–power radio
Read entire article onTransportation software company Inrix, which is profitable and nearly went public, raises $10M
11. August 2022 -13:02
Inrix sells location analytics software products to retailers such as Starbucks and Chick-fil-A. (Inrix Image)
Inrix, the Kirkland, Wash.-based transportation software and data provider founded in 2004, has raised $10 million from investors, less than a eyar after the company nearly went public.
A spokesperson confirmed the funding after GeekWire spotted a SEC filing
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