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Ecovacs makes some of the best robot vacuums we’ve tested here at CNET, and for a long time, their unique combo T90 Pro Omni was our top choice for its incredible versatility. The new Ecovacs Deebot X12S OmniCyclone is a bit more iterative than its predecessor, the X12, but
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NVIDIA opens up on Hugging Face bid It’s been rumored for a few weeks, but NVIDIA’s move on Hugging Face is now out in the open with a $12.9 billion bid for the AI model developer platform, a move that represents a big vote of faith in
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* Segway Navimow has unveiled its Navimow H510 Pro lawnbot at IFA * It features an extending, robotic arm for trimming lawn edges * Also uses the brand's 'Xero-turn' technology for gentler turns First, we had a robot vacuum with an arm for picking up socks. Now, limbs are
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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
