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* Dyson has launched three new 'Nurovi' robot vacuums * The R3 Nurovi Spot+Scrub UV has a roller mop and UV spill detection * The R2 Nurovi Wash+Dry has two Reuleaux triangle mops, which move asymmetrically for no-gap cleaning * The R1 Nurovi Dry is a vacuum-only bot, with no
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Manufacturing has entered an era where the factory floor is as much a data environment as it is a production environment. Few industries illustrate this shift more clearly than precision bearing manufacturing, where microscopic tolerances, high-volume output, and rigorous quality demands leave little room for error — and enormous room for
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Labor Day is almost here, and the best deals are already live. It’s easily one of the biggest shopping events of the year — right up there with Black Friday and Prime Day, and 2026 is no exception. Got your shopping list ready? Good, because retailers are slashing prices across
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For all the talk around humanoids and robots entering warehouses, factories and homes, one of the more immediate problems in physical AI lies behind the machines. There is not enough diverse real-world data to train them. Instawork expects to facilitate about 20 million hours of robotics-related work across its ecosystem
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A Tesla launch event tends to cause a hoopla. Fans crowd into an event space; loud electronic beats are the warm up act. Finally, the star himself, the ringmaster of this electric circus, CEO Elon Musk, emerges to a roar. There are demos, powerful verbs, and sometimes, a “one more
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At a private, closed-door event in Austin, Texas today, Tesla officially launched its gilded car of the future. It’s a huge milestone for Elon Musk, who has been hyping the imminent arrival of driverless cars for years and has bet the future of his company on AI, autonomous vehicles,
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The Arduino UNO Q has been a pretty big hit, thanks to the useful SBC (single-board computer) and MDB (microcontroller development board) combination. It even has enough power to run some lightweight local machine learning and LLM models. But sometimes “lightweight” doesn’t cut it, which is why Arduino just
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CNET staffers have touched down in Berlin and are on the floor at IFA 2026, one of the world’s largest tech events where the future is on full display. From a camera-equipped dishwasher and Dyson’s largest air purifier yet to a repairable laptop and a speaker designed to
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“More harm than good” Americans fear there are no cheap alternatives as tariffs suddenly hit drones. A DJI Mavic Pro 3 camera drone. On Thursday, the Trump administration imposed a 100 percent tariff on foreign-made drones, alarming critics who warn that high tariffs would harm public safety and devastate thousands
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Today could be the day Tesla changes forever. In a couple of hours, Tesla will “launch” the Cybercab — a small, gold, two-seater sedan with no steering wheel or pedals that uses cameras and AI to navigate the world — in its hometown of Austin, Texas. The company hasn’t said what
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Technology news moves quickly. Funding rounds, product launches and AI announcements can easily become isolated headlines by the end of a busy week. Sometimes, however, the numbers tell a larger story. This week, CIOL’s coverage ranged from AI-generated software and new compute infrastructure to conversational advertising, space technology and
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Nvidia is buying Hugging Face for $12.93bn, confirming a deal that had been reported for the past week. The chipmaker is acquiring the platform where much of the open-source AI community stores and shares its models, while promising to leave the platform itself largely unchanged. The price values the
