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I began using robot vacuum-and-mop combinations over seven years ago to check some chores off my to-do list. It is truly possible to sit back and relax while one of these machines handles all the hard work. These robots significantly evolved from dragging a soggy microfiber pad across your floors
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Robot vacuums are great at keeping your floors clean, but there are a few areas they fall down on the job — stairs being one. Another is chairs and stools. You know the scenario: You have a row of stools at a kitchen table, or chairs tucked under a dining table,
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A chip startup that promises to cut the power AI uses has raised $110mn and crossed a $1bn valuation. Velaura AI, based in Santa Clara, announced the Series A round on Tuesday. The company said in a statement that it builds ultra-low-power silicon and software for data centres and for
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Sandia National Laboratories have taught drones to play a game of tag via reinforcement learning — with a view to improving how autonomous systems can respond to rapid changes in environment during pursuit, evasion, or coordination. "Reinforcement learning is just beginning to
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I step out into in the late afternoon heat, phone in hand and ready to film, as mopeds swarm the sidewalk around me, barely avoiding my outstretched arm. I tap a button in the camera app and a 6mm-thin gimbal-mounted camera swings out of the phone’s back. On the
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All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Learn more. I love the idea of robots taking over menial tasks, so I was excited to try the Ecovacs Winbot W2S Omni.
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There’s an iPad for every kind of user. If you’re a budget-conscious buyer looking for a tablet for everyday use, the M4 iPad Air can be a great option without climbing up the price ladder. But if you’re a serious multitasker, the M5 iPad Pro is a
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Robots small enough to operate in the microbial world could give scientists a new way to directly handle objects that are impossible to manipulate by hand. These tiny machines are around 50 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair, bringing researchers closer to the long-pursued goal of interacting
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For years, the blueprint for building a technology company seemed almost universal. Hire thousands of software engineers and builders, organize them into specialized departments, and scale by adding more people as the business grows. Artificial intelligence is beginning to rewrite that playbook. Today, AI is doing far more than helping
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I forget things. Not big things — I remember birthdays, deadlines, where I parked. It's the small things. The idea I had in the shower. The exact phrasing my professor used that made a concept finally click. The decision my team made in a five-minute hallway conversation that nobody
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Apple’s iPhone 17 series includes multiple improvements over its predecessors, but the iPhone 16 series is still an excellent upgrade if you’ve been hanging on to your old phone for a while. However, Apple’s quality means they’re not exactly the cheapest. An iPhone 16 still runs
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Open source hardware crowdfunding platform Crowd Supply’s annual flagship event, Teardown 2026, was the biggest and most ambitious yet. Consisting of talks, workshops, skill shares, demos, installations, and a host of satellite events, this celebration of hardware hacking takes place in Crowd Supply’s home base of Portland, this
