Amazon backing out of its deal to buy iRobot due to regulatory issues may feel like a win for privacy advocates, but it could be a death knell for the Roomba robot vacuum as we know it. On the face of it, the objection from the European Commission that the deal was anti-competitive is cruelly […]
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After nearly 16 years in operation, Twitterrific was abruptly deactivated last year during Twitter’s unceremonious purging of third-party apps. Now, the app’s developer Iconfactory is raising funds on Kickstarter to create Project Tapestry, a new internet reader for the publicly accessible web. The iOS app will serve as a “universal, chronological timeline,” pulling from federated
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When news broke out about all of the drugs that were improperly dispensed during Trump’s one term in office, I think a few of us were suspicious of former President Sniffy McAdderrall. There are a few suspicious characters that floated around freely during those four years, like Don Jr., for example. And Rep. Ronny Jackson,
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Tehran Tom used the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online safety for children as an opportunity to once again play the tough guy and badger TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, who’s Singaporean, on whether he’s got ties to the Chinese Communist Party. An increasingly agitated Chew, who’s no stranger to US politicians’ prodding, tried repeatedly
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I know that someone, somewhere, shares my thinking that the virtual assistants we’ve grown fond of are mortal enemies somewhere in a digital parallel universe. But JBL’s new line of Authentics speakers has warped everything I thought I knew about the ancient rivalry, allowing you to call on either assistant without toggling a setting. JBL
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials are revising their preliminary findings on what happened to two Navy SEALs who died during a mission to board an unflagged ship that was carrying illicit Iranian-made weapons to Yemen. Based on further review and interviews with personnel involved in the operations, U.S. officials said Wednesday that Navy Special Warfare
FTX says it will repay investors after the cryptocurrency exchange’s collapse led to the loss of billions of dollars. During a court hearing on Wednesday, FTX lawyer Andrew Dietderich said the company expects to “have sufficient funds to pay all allowed customer and creditor claims in full.” The company will recompense customers based on the
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Over on Truth is stranger than fiction Social, Trump has hung the legal help wanted sign, but with some strange parameters: I am in the process, along with my team, of interviewing various law firms to represent me in an Appeal of one of the most ridiculous and unfair Witch Hunts our Country has ever
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I’m Jewish but I have always had trouble thinking of Graham’s name next to the word “Christianity.” He’s a guy who loves the sexual assaulting, hate monger and liar Donald Trump but attacks Pete Buttigieg as unchristian. Graham has also made bigoted statements about President Barack Obama. So, it feels like a bit of divine
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Google is rolling out its “Circle to Search” feature to Pixel 8 phones today, bringing new ideas about how to gather information on the internet using AI. The feature, which is also available on Samsung Galaxy S24 phones, builds on Google’s multisearch tool that lets you combine image searches with words in the Google app.
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