SwitchBot’s acquisition of Nanoleaf is about more than lighting
…SwitchBot has also been expanding into AI and robotics, debuting the Onero H1, its first humanoid home robot, at CES this year, following the launch of an AI-powered tennis robot and…
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How much would the Steam Machine cost to build?
…Valve says it’s selling the Steam Machine basically at cost. So we asked ourselves: What would it cost to build something like the Steam Machine yourself? You can’t literally build…
The creator of Roomba is back with a furry robot companion
…And how much it costs. The first Roomba was a hit because it cost under $200 and vacuumed the floor. “Pet ownership costs” is a dizzyingly broad range. While Angle claims interest…
Amazon employees ask Seattle to put the brakes on new data centers
…costs-justified AI buildout,” testified Liesl Wigand, an Amazon senior software engineer, at a Seattle Land Use and Sustainability committee hearing last Wednesday. “The biggest issue is a belief that AI should…
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…loss in court could cost a lot more than $375 million How the internet’s favorite squirrel dad made the hottest camera app of 2026 More in AI The creator of Roomba…
Google I/O 2026
…Google AI Ultra plan, which used to cost $249.99 per month, now starts at $100 per month. There’s also a $200 per month option that includes access to Google’s…
Gemini’s new AI agent is about as good as Google’s demo
Google’s new “24/7” AI agent, Gemini Spark, can be shockingly good at doing things on your behalf. But I’m not sure it’s worth the financial cost and potential…
This AI startup says it can tell if a script will make a hit film
When Quilty hit the industry trades earlier this year, the AI startup promised that its tool could accurately predict a film’s success just by reading the script. When people actually got…
Has Google’s AI watermarking system been reverse-engineered?
A software developer claims to have reverse-engineered Google DeepMind’s SynthID system, showing how AI watermarks can be stripped from generated images or manually inserted into other works. A claim that…
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…SpaceX targets in-house GPUs as it warns investors of chip supply, costs [ Reuters ] Dominic Preston Apr 23 How did you know!? RFK Jr. has declared that AI could make the FDA…