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Eufy Omni C28 robot vacuum‑mop delivers premium features at a mid‑range price
The Eufy Omni C28 robot vacuum‑mop retails for £649 (about $810) and offers 15,000 Pa suction, a self‑cleaning mop, and LiDAR navigation. Its automated dock handles dust emptying, mop washing and drying, providing a hands‑free cleaning experience.
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By the numbers: Monarch Quantum raises $55M Series A
NIIMBOT introduced two Bluetooth‑enabled label makers, the D110 and D11, priced at $29.99 each and sold on Amazon. Both devices use direct‑thermal printing, eliminating ink, toner or cartridges, and rely on a smartphone app for design, batch printing and Bluetooth pairing. The D110 offers 203 DPI resolution with automatic label‑roll detection, while the D11 steps up to 300 DPI and a larger 1500 mAh battery for longer print runs. Their compact, USB‑C‑charged designs replace legacy keypads and proprietary cables, targeting home and small‑business users.
Valve’s Steam Machine, originally priced between $800 and $1,000, is now facing component cost spikes driven by AI demand. Prices for DDR5 RAM have tripled and GPUs and high‑capacity SSDs are also surging, pushing projected retail prices above $1,200. Supply‑chain...
GS Microelectronics U.S., Inc. (GSME) has entered a strategic partnership with Tarana Wireless to provide dedicated RF‑Analog engineering support for Tarana’s transceiver portfolio and future road‑map. The collaboration will accelerate product optimization, validation and new releases, especially for Tarana’s Fixed Wireless Access solutions...
Robots can see. But they still can’t feel. An open-source, low-cost tactile sensing system built for real robots might change that. • flexible sensor pads • ~3 min fabrication • ~$2.5 per sensor • 100 Hz tactile streaming FPC-based design...
A new Google breakthrough is shaking assumptions in the AI hardware market. Its research suggests large language models could run with far less memory, raising concerns about future demand for chips from companies like Samsung and Micron. The immediate reaction hit...
Bluetti’s new Sora 500 portable solar panel uses N‑Type TOPCon cells to deliver 509 W in real‑world testing, exceeding its 500 W rating. The panel can add a full day’s 1.6 kWh energy to a van’s power system in just two hours, dramatically shortening...
The Volla Phone Quintus now ships with Ubuntu Touch as a factory‑installed option, priced at roughly $785. It combines a 6.78‑inch 120 Hz AMOLED panel, MediaTek Dimensity 7050 chipset, 8 GB RAM, and 256 GB storage with full 5G, Wi‑Fi 6 and a 4700 mAh battery....
Lenovo unveiled the Legion Go Fold concept at MWC 2026, showcasing a foldable POLED display that expands from 7.7 inches closed to 11.6 inches opened. The prototype runs on an Intel Core Ultra 7 258V Lunar Lake processor, Intel Arc 140V graphics, 32 GB of LPDDR5X RAM, a 1 TB PCIe Gen4 SSD...
Meta is rolling out a series of price cuts and bundles for its Quest 3 and Quest 3S headsets, including up to $50 off the Quest 3S, refurbished Quest 3 units for $380, and a limited‑edition Xbox Quest 3S bundle with Game Pass Ultimate. Additional...
The PLCnext ROS Bridge introduces a Docker‑based ROS node that directly links the PLCnext Global Data Space with ROS topics and services, enabling bidirectional data exchange between industrial PLCs and robotic software. It leverages an Interface Description File to auto‑generate...
Skyrover introduced the S1 Mini, a sub‑249‑gram camera drone priced under $300 that adds forward obstacle avoidance to the budget segment. It features a 1/2‑inch Sony sensor capable of 48‑megapixel stills and 4K / 60 fps video on a 3‑axis gimbal. The drone...
The Motley Fool's latest advisory suggests investors allocate a $10,000 portfolio across five AI‑focused companies—Nvidia, Broadcom, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Microsoft and Nebius—while the market steadies amid geopolitical uncertainty. The picks are backed by strong revenue growth forecasts, from Nvidia's projected...
Nvidia reported a 263% year‑over‑year jump in networking revenue to $11 billion in the latest quarter, underscoring the surge in AI‑driven data‑center builds. The growth highlights a widening AI supply chain that now includes high‑speed interconnects, Ethernet switches and power‑management firms.
Apple has broadened its U.S. manufacturing program, bringing Bosch, Cirrus Logic, TDK and Qorvo on board as new domestic suppliers. The move underscores a multi‑billion‑dollar effort to shore up American supply‑chain resilience for its consumer‑electronics portfolio.
Foundation sent two Phantom humanoid robots to Ukraine for frontline reconnaissance, backed by $24 million in U.S. defense contracts. The trial pits cutting‑edge AI‑powered exoskeletons against ethical and strategic concerns about autonomous warfare.
Moondream 3 doesn't work on Apple MPS out of the box but a a couple of tweaks can make it work. 1. use float16 on MPS 2. disable flex decoding on MPS (and CPU fallback) You can also make it work on...
PortalVR Lets You Play SteamVR Games Without Wearing a Headset by @GabRoXR #AR #VirtualReality #AR #AugmentedReality #Gaming https://t.co/Fz7C1Q06SA
Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity, Water & Renewable Energy announced that it has restored multiple overhead transmission lines damaged by falling debris from recent air‑defence activities. Seven high‑voltage lines were taken offline on 24 March, but most have been repaired, with two...
Developers at LINBIT are synchronizing the Distributed Replicated Block Device (DRBD) driver with the Linux kernel after roughly 15 years of divergence. They have staged a patch series of about 7,260 lines of code to bring the out‑of‑tree implementation up...
China’s semiconductor industry has set an ambitious goal to achieve 80% domestic self‑sufficiency by 2030. The target was announced by a coalition of 13 leading Chinese chip firms, signaling a coordinated effort to close the technology gap with the United...
Safety by Design: Scaling solar and storage in Australia with prefabricated EBOS #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/iqwB1jk9tY https://t.co/tMoCWWh6vE
Samsung has been named the Official Art TV provider for Art Basel Hong Kong 2026, debuting its 2026 Samsung Art TVs in a dedicated lounge. At the same time, the fair’s flagship Encounters sector has been overhauled by a four‑person...
Agile Robots SE announced a collaboration with Google DeepMind to integrate the lab's Gemini Robotics foundation models into its Agile ONE humanoid platform. The partnership will run a series of development and deployment phases in high‑value manufacturing environments, seeking to...
A Finnish startup claims it has created a commercially viable solid‑state battery delivering over 500 Wh/kg energy density and a full charge in roughly ten minutes, promising a 400‑mile driving range. The company says the pack can be produced at costs...
Microsoft opened the Denmark East datacenter region, with sites in Høje Taastrup, Køge and Roskilde, delivering low‑latency, secure cloud services and a strong sustainability focus. Over the next four years Microsoft and its partners will invest roughly $4.5 billion, creating up...
The EAS* hood, shot with DJI Avata 360. Two 1/1.1-inch sensors capturing 8K resolution 360 videos. At just US$480 for the drone, low-key best value drone right now.
New Zealand port demonstrates battery storage potential amid complex tariff landscape #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/BgKIOSa08H
Meta Platforms will debut two new Ray‑Ban smart glasses next week, specifically engineered for prescription wearers. The devices are the first Ray‑Ban models built with prescription lenses integrated at the factory, extending Meta’s existing AR hardware line. The launch leverages...
The VT100 came out in 1978 but I get your point on CLIs. (VAX 11/780 was the computer for the 80s in 1978.)
CPU vs GPU vs TPU vs NPU vs LPU https://t.co/SdMvlqSkSK < that's a lot of three letter acronyms. The visual explanations in here helped me. https://t.co/JMCeP5384p
Researchers have demonstrated an all‑optical neuron built from a thin tellurium film that melts in under 260 picoseconds, breaking the nanosecond barrier for photonic activation. The device operates with threshold energies as low as 0.4 picojoules and occupies less than 5 µm², enabling...
Xreal One Pro AR glasses are now $599, a 22% discount from the regular $769 price. The headset uses flat‑prism optics to achieve a 57‑degree field of view, currently the widest in consumer AR. Reviewers report that its ultra‑wide mode...
HIVE Digital Technologies announced that its BUZZ HPC subsidiary is expanding its liquid‑cooled AI data‑center footprint into British Columbia, Canada, quadrupling the company’s Canadian critical IT load to 16.6 megawatts through a colocation partnership with Bell Canada AI Fabric. Phase 1 will...
American Bitcoin Corp. announced the purchase of 11,298 new ASIC miners, expanding its owned fleet by 12% to 89,242 units and adding roughly 3.05 EH/s of hash power. The new hardware, slated for delivery in March 2026, will be installed at...
Robert Bosch GmbH released a technical paper that embeds error propagation theory into the FMEDA (Failure Modes, Effects, and Diagnostic Analysis) framework. The authors demonstrate how to calculate confidence intervals for the Single Point Fault Metric (SPFM) and Latent Fault...
The Ameru Smart Bin is an #AI-powered waste management solution by @ameruai #ArtificialIntelligence #EmergingTech #Innovation #Tech #Technology https://t.co/swsZvDS6oK
Mark Gurman, Bloomberg’s veteran Apple reporter, fielded a live Q&A on March 26, 2026, outlining Apple’s strategic priorities for its pivotal 2026 year. He detailed a push toward higher‑margin services, a refreshed product slate including a new AR/VR headset and upgraded iPhone...
A new Systematization of Knowledge paper from Ruhr University Bochum and the Max Planck Institute surveys 187 peer‑reviewed hardware reverse engineering (HRE) studies spanning ICs, FPGAs and netlists. The analysis reveals that only seven papers (4%) supplied reproducible artifacts, underscoring...
If you've already received a Panther Lake machine, you can run the dev build of Omarchy 3.5 to have everything work out of the box. It might still have some sharp edges, but it's way better than not running Linux...
Japanese electronics giants Mitsubishi Electric, Toshiba and Rohm have signed a memorandum of understanding to begin talks on merging their power semiconductor businesses. The three firms, which together will hold about 11% of the global market by 2025, aim to...
Sony’s PlayStation Portal, a handheld remote‑play device for PS5 launched in November 2023, lets users stream high‑fidelity games away from the TV. Early adopters reported frequent disconnections, low resolution, and frame‑rate drops on congested Wi‑Fi networks. After upgrading to dedicated 5 GHz...
🏭@CrusoeAI Announces New 900 MW AI Factory Campus in Abilene, Texas to Support Microsoft AI Infrastructure New dedicated campus designed to support large-scale AI workloads; combined with Crusoe’s existing Abilene infrastructure, the full site is expected to reach approximately 2.1 GW...
Sony announced a second price increase for its PlayStation 5 within a year, raising the standard model to $649.99 and the digital edition to $599.99, while the new PS5 Pro will cost $899.99. The hikes represent roughly a 30% rise...
Amazon’s Echo Studio and select Echo Show models now support spatial audio, a 3‑D sound experience that uses seven beam‑forming microphones and crosstalk cancellation to create immersive soundscapes. The feature is disabled by default and must be activated through the...
Omnissa’s 2026 State of Digital Workspace report, based on global telemetry, finds Windows PCs crash 3.1 times more often than Macs and freeze 7.5 times more frequently. Windows devices are typically refreshed every three years, compared with five years for Macs, leading...
The Denon DP‑500BT is a mid‑price turntable priced about $900 that adds Bluetooth streaming to a traditional belt‑drive design. Reviewers found its sound quality on Bluetooth virtually indistinguishable from a wired connection, delivering warm, detailed audio across 33 ⅓, 45 and...
Amazon's Big Spring Sale slashes JBL prices, with the Boombox 3 now $299.95—a $200 discount—and the Tour Pro 2 earbuds at $139.95, 44% off. The promotion also includes deep discounts on PartyBox, Charge 6, and a range of JBL headphones...
The Strategist’s Michael Zhao recommends the Urevo CyberPad Office as the top walking pad, despite its $450 price tag, because of its all‑metal construction, quiet dual‑motor system, and 400‑pound weight capacity. The pad offers a 39.4‑by‑16.5‑inch walking surface, 14% electronically...
NZXT recently released the Player Two Prime, a high‑performance pre‑built gaming tower aimed at users who prefer a ready‑to‑play PC over assembling their own. The system packs top‑tier CPUs, GPUs, and ample storage, while featuring modular cable management and advanced...
AI chip memory bandwidth has accelerated to 70 million terabytes per second, representing a 4.1× annual growth since 2022. This capacity dwarfs global internet traffic by a factor of roughly 300,000, highlighting the massive data movement required for modern inference. The...
