AI & RoboticsNews

iRobot adds an automatic mop to its flagship Roomba

September 27, 2022
There are plenty of robots that say they can vacuum and mop your floors, but never to anyone’s satisfaction. With some, you have to futz with the system to add the mop halfway through, others it’ll drag the dirty pad across your clean carpets and rugs. It’s a problem that iRobot has spent plenty of engineering resources trying to solve, saying that the new Combo j7+ is the solution.
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MobileNews

Google Search and Discover no longer open sites in fullscreen on Android

September 27, 2022
In a curious change, the Google Search app and Discover on Android no longer opens sites in fullscreen, but rather makes use of a sheet. When opening a Search result or Discover article (both the Google app feed and to the left of Discover), websites now open in a sheet that shows a sliver of the current background. When in Search, you either get the Google logo if you tap the first result or the…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: September 26, 2022

September 27, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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MobileNews

Where is Android Auto’s promised redesign? – Google’s summer plans didn’t work out

September 27, 2022
Android Auto has been waiting on a redesign for the past several months, but it seems that Google’s timeline on the update has slipped. Recapping what we’ve seen to date, Android Auto has long been developing a new look under the code name “Coolwalk.” The design first showed up about a year ago and has evolved in the time since. Early this year, the new UI showed its first signs of…
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