There’s a reason people still often refer to robot vacuums as “Roombas.” The company behind the well-known robovac series, iRobot, has spent decades iterating in the space, resulting in some of the best robot vacuums you can buy. The Roomba j7 Plus is a great example, one that’s on sale at Wellbots for Verge readers for $549 ($250 off) — its … Read more
Some iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro owners have complaints reminiscent of the bad old days of “batterygate,” reporting that with less than a year of service on the clock, their phones are already reporting more battery degradation than expected. Sam Kohl of AppleTrack tweeted in July that his iPhone 14 Pro had already dropped to a maximum … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The media deification of Barack Obama has really never ended. His election to the presidency in 2008 was treated as a milestone, like man landing on the moon. Allegedly objective journalists lined up in every studio and on every front page to do him homage. It wasn’t journalism. It … Read more
A woman in British Columbia, Canada, has received over 50 Amazon packages that she’s never asked for, as reported by CBC. As a result of getting these shipments, which she hasn’t had the chance to refuse upon arrival, the United Parcel Service (UPS) has sent her customs bills for more than $300. “They keep coming … Read more
Poem postcards live within Google’s Arts & Culture app and website, where you can choose from various types of poems to generate, including a sonnet, limerick, ode, elegy, haiku, and others. The AI will base the contents of the poem on the subject you type into the generator, like “ocean” or “spring,” as well as … Read more
A pair of thieves waltzed into Gen Con 2023 and stole as much as $300,000 of gaming cards in Indianapolis (via IndyStar). The cards, which were sitting in boxes on a pallet, were stolen using a pallet jack while vendors were setting up for the long-running yearly gaming convention that Dungeons and Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax started. As for what cards were taken, … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! For several years, The Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City was a hot spot for liberal fans to absorb the latest Trump headlines through what’s been dubbed as “clapter,” a term that meshes “clapping” and “laughter” to describe the Democrat pep rally-like atmosphere that has taken … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! All right, Happy Thursday everybody. So you ever watch something that brings a special joy to your heart, even though you feel like you shouldn’t like it, it’s gross and dirty. Like, besides this show. Well, a 7-Eleven in Stockton, California, almost became yet another victim of … Read more
Passengers ride in an electric Jaguar I-PACE car outfitted with Waymo full self-driving technology in Santa Monica, California, Feb. 21, 2023. Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Waymo, the Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company, is officially entering the land of breakfast tacos: Austin, Texas will become the newest city to offer Waymo’s … Read more
Amon Cristiano, CEO of Qualcomm, speaking on Squawk Box at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 17th, 2023. Adam Galica | CNBC Shares of Qualcomm fell about 10% in Thursday morning trading, a day after the chipmaker reported weaker-than-expected quarterly revenue and guidance as it continues to see declining sales for smartphone chips. Qualcomm’s … Read more