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The deal, Amazon’s second robotics acquisition this month, brings a 50-pound, 3.5-foot bipedal robot called Sprout into the company’s portfolio, less than two months after Fauna launched it to research and development partners. Terms were not disclosed. The race to put a humanoid robot in every home has a new entrant. Amazon has acquired Fauna […]



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Whether you're looking for a kid-friendly tablet or a compact laptop replacement, there are plenty of excellent options out there. If you're not exactly sure which tablet you should buy, we've got one simple question to help narrow down your search: Are you an Apple person? We tested the entire iPad lineup, and though iPads are our preferred tablets in 2026, we also love some of the best tablets


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The often-imitated hair dryer has a lot of copycats that dupe Dyson's signature look but skimp on quality. A good rule of thumb: Avoid the $40 Amazon knockoffs that copy Dyson's signature fuchsia and nickel design. I promise they won't perform the same, and you'll be lucky if they last six months. However, in recent years, a handful of competitors have released Dyson Supersonic alternatives that


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Exotec, a warehouse robotics startup, wants to automate the entire flow of goods in warehouses.
  • Decathlon, a global sporting goods chain, automated seven of its European warehouses using Exotec.
  • Exotec is a French startup that makes warehouse robots and automation systems for moving goods.
  • Exotec's CEO said companies can reduce the warehouse footprint while increasing order output.

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I recently received a letter from my health insurance. They said they had sent me a $50 (paper) check and noticed I never cashed it. Had I not received it? I was excited. I had not received my check! How nice of them to make sure I'd get the money I was owed!

Then I read the bottom of the letter: If I wanted them to send a new check, I needed to fill out the enclosed form


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The nonprofit that controls OpenAI has outlined four programme areas, Alzheimer’s, jobs, AI resilience, and community, and brought on two senior hires to run the biggest of them. The gap between its charitable history and its new ambitions is the most striking number in their announcement. When OpenAI moved its operational activities into a for-profit […]



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What are the best noise-cancelling headphones of 2026?

Even the best value headphones will feel lacking if they don't come equipped with halfway decent noise cancellation. Besides, there are simply too many headphones on the market (our testing pool gets bigger by the month) for you to pay hundreds only to get subpar ANC. So, which brand comes out on top?

For most people, we think the Bose


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Netflix has officially announced Bridgerton Season 5, and it looks like it's time for quiet pianist Francesca (Hannah Dodd) to get a second chance at love.

Based on When He Was Wicked, the sixth book in Julia Quinn's Regency romance series, Bridgerton's fifth season will focus on Lady Francesca Stirling (née Bridgerton). Francesca was tragically widowed during Season 4 after suddenly losing her