AI & RoboticsNews

iRobot's Roomba 694 is back on sale for $179 ahead of Black Friday

November 18, 2022
Black Friday is good time to pick up a robot vacuum for less than usual, especially considering these can be some of the most expensive smart home gadgets out there. Thankfully, you don’t have to spend an arm and a leg to get a decent one. Right now, iRobot’s affordable Roomba 694 is even cheaper than usual at $179, which is $95 off its normal price. iRobot iRobot Roomba…
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MobileNews

The Android Auto beta program for testing the redesign is full… again [U]

November 17, 2022
Android Auto finally released its long-awaited redesign last week, but without room for new users to join in on the fun. Over the past day or so, Google appears to have opened up a few more slots for the Android Auto beta program. Update 11/17: The Android Auto program appears to be full yet again. See below for more. The Android Auto redesign brings a revamped experience to Google’s in-car…
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GamingNews

Red Wing Shoes wants virtual homes designed in Roblox to become real homes

November 17, 2022
Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit Next 2022? All sessions are now available for viewing in our on-demand library. Click here to start watching. Talk about moving from the metaverse to real life. Red Wing Shoes is launching the Builders Exchange Program so that people can design “tiny houses” in the virtual world of Roblox that could become actual homes in the real world. For…
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MobileNews

Google says the number of Search ads hasn’t changed in several years

November 17, 2022
As of late, people have complained that Google Search is surfacing less useful results. Google responded to that in a podcast this week.  This week’s episode of the Freakonomics Radio asks the question: “Is Google Getting Worse?” The average complaint is something along the lines of: “I feel like I’m seeing more ads, more links that might as well be ads, and more links to spammy web…
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