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The last-gen bot vacuums well, mops hardwood floors, and comes with an auto-empty dock for $679. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

Basic robot vacuums can speed up the cleaning process, but they don’t do much for hard floors. If you want a robovac that requires less work, consider the Roomba Combo j7 Plus, which can mop your floors and features an auto-empty



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As a Maryland state legislator, Neil Parrott consistently opposed LGBTQ+ rights.
  • A GOP House candidate in Maryland opposed mandating insurance coverage for IVF for same-sex couples.
  • Then-Delegate Neil Parrott said it would create a "false sense of equality" for those couples.
  • Parrott says he supports IVF in general but was concerned about the fiscal impact of

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Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro has blocked X in the country for 10 days after claiming that the platform's owner Elon Musk had incited hatred and "violated" his own social network's rules. "Shame on Dictator Maduro," wrote Musk, who claimed that the incumbent president had committed "major election fraud."

Maduro, who also argued that his rivals were using the platform to stoke political



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Dodge has let rip the final version of its virtual engine sound profile for its upcoming Charger Daytona electric muscle car, and it sounds like a gallon of gasoline combusting in a hot flash.

The new Charger Daytona is, of course, an EV that does not burn any gas. But that isn’t stopping Dodge from trying to trick owners and onlookers with its new



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A family argues on how to handle the bills.
  • My frugal parents were ultra-cautious about spending money on my sister and me as children.
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Apple's success in AI depends on utility, not Gen Z, an analyst said.
  • Gen Z loves Apple but isn't prioritizing AI features in new smartphone purchases, a survey said.
  • Still, Apple Intelligence is expected to boost iPhone 16 sales.
  • Analysts believe that young people will come around to AI eventually.

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Security researchers have found a vulnerability in AMD processors that has persisted for decades, according to reporting by Wired. This is a fascinating security flaw because it was found in the firmware of the actual chips and potentially allows malware to deeply infect a computer’s memory.

The flaw was discovered by researchers from the security firm IOActive, who are calling the AMD-based



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A Smartmatic executive, who was not accused of wrongdoing, demonstrating the use of an election machine in Manila.
  • Federal prosecutors accused Smartmatic's president of bribery and money laundering.
  • The election tech company became the subject of false conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
  • Defendants in Smartmatic's defamation lawsuits argue that scandal, not defamation

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