iRobot’s vacuum-only Roomba j7 is nearly 75 percent off
When the dust bunnies in your home are getting large enough to adopt as pets (and yes, I’m talking about my own living quarters at this point), maybe it’s time to stop promising yourself you’ll clean up “one day” and get yourself a robot vacuum. Admittedly, they’re not inexpensive, so it’s a good idea to take advantage of sales when they come along. Luckily, there’s currently a great one on iRobot’s Roomba j7, which is available at Woot for $169.9...
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Sonos and Ikea are ending their partnership
After several years, the collaboration between Sonos and Ikea on “Symfonisk” products like lamp speakers, bookshelf speakers, and even picture frame speakers has reached its conclusion. Sonos confirmed to The Verge on Tuesday that current inventory of the Symfonisk lineup is being phased out globally at all Ikea locations and no future devices are planned. Existing products will continue to receive software updates. “Over the past eight years, we’ve had the pleasure of working clo...
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Google’s iOS app will use AI to simplify jargon
Google has a new AI tool that can help iPhone users to better grasp complicated or confusing writing online. The Simplify feature, rolling out in the Google app on iOS starting today, generates a simpler, more digestible version of any highlighted text without leaving the current web page. Simplify is built on Google’s Gemini AI model, and was developed by Google Research to make technical jargon easier for anyone to understand without losing key details. For example, Simplify can break...
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Opera has new ways for Android users to manage tabs
Opera has added new tab features to its Android web browser that give users more control when organizing web links. Opera says version 89 of its browser introduces “the best tab management system for Android devices,” providing new tab layout options, grouping features, and capabilities for searching, muting, and restoring tabs. This update includes Tab islands, which allow users to manually group tabs together. Tab Islands can be created by either long pressing on a tab and dragging it o...
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DOJ asks court to split up Google’s ad tech empire
The US Department of Justice filed a plan in court to make Google divest its advertising marketplace and ad management platform, part of a proposal to address the company’s “decade-long campaign of exclusionary conduct,” which a judge has declared violates antitrust law. On Monday, the DOJ and Google both filed requests for remedying the tech giant’s legally declared ad-tech monopoly. The DOJ plan proposes having Google sell two major pieces of its business: its Ad Exchange (A...
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Grand Theft Auto VI’s second trailer sets up its Bonnie and Clyde story
It’s been quite some time since Rockstar set the internet on fire with the first Grand Theft Auto VI trailer, and then subsequently delayed the game, but now we finally have a second look. The new trailer is — like the first — pretty heavily-focused on setting up the characters and world, without much in the way of gameplay (though the developer does call it “the biggest, most immersive evolution of the series yet”). But we do have a few more details about the story. Here’...
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Microsoft’s new Surface devices ditch magnetic charging port for USB-C
The Surface Connect port on a Surface Laptop 7. Microsoft has just announced two new Surface devices, and neither comes with the company’s Surface Connect charging port. The Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch can now only be charged through USB-C ports on the devices, after years of Microsoft equipping its Surface laptops and tablets with the company’s proprietary magnetic charging port. While this isn’t the first time Microsoft has ditched the Surface Connect por...
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The best earbuds to buy right now
It’s hard to buy a bad pair of wireless earbuds these days, and with constant discounts and deals wherever you look, now is as good of a time as any to splurge on the pair you’ve been eyeing. The market has come a long way since the early era of true wireless earbuds when we had to deal with mediocre sound quality and unreliable performance, all for the sake of ditching cables. Things are much different now. After several product generations of learned lessons, companies like Sony...
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