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Eufy Omni C28 Robot Vacuum‑Mop Packs Premium Features at $810
The Eufy Omni C28 robot vacuum‑mop retails for £649 (about $810) and delivers high‑end specs such as 15,000 Pa suction, a self‑cleaning mop and LiDAR navigation. Its automated dock handles dust emptying, mop washing and drying, offering a full‑service cleaning solution for busy homes.
Portugal’s Council of Ministers approved a new data‑center strategy that streamlines licensing, creates pre‑approved development zones, and designates AICEP as a single investor contact. The plan leverages the country’s abundant renewable energy and extensive submarine‑cable network to position Lisbon as a digital gateway between Europe, Africa and the Americas. Government estimates suggest each additional gigawatt of capacity could attract up to €8 billion (≈$8.7 billion) in investment over five years, generating thousands of jobs and boosting GDP. The initiative aims to spark a broader digital economy, not just host infrastructure.
MiniMed secured FDA clearance for the MiniMed Flex, its smallest insulin pump yet, featuring a fully smartphone‑controlled, screenless design. The pocket‑sized device is roughly half the size of the 780G and holds a 300‑unit insulin reservoir while integrating continuous glucose...
Amazon's Big Spring Sale is offering the Makita 12V max Cordless Multi‑Cutter kit at a 30% discount, bringing the price down to roughly $106 – about $50 off its regular list price. The handheld cutter handles single‑wall cardboard, thin leather,...
Sony will raise the PlayStation 5 Pro price to $900 next week, marking a $150 hike across all PS5 models. The increase follows a two‑year climb from the console’s launch price of $700, driven by component shortages, AI‑related costs, and tariffs. For...
McLaren disclosed that a software glitch irreparably damaged Lando Norris' Mercedes energy store, forcing a withdrawal from the Chinese Grand Prix. The failure consumes one of the three batteries allocated per driver for the season, and a replacement would incur...
Nintendo’s new Switch 2, priced at $450, launches alongside the highly praised Pokémon Pokopia, which retails for $70, bringing the total cost to $520. Pokopia is lauded as the best Pokémon title in years, offering deep life‑simulation mechanics that appeal to fans...
Bowers & Wickens unveiled the Px8 S2 McLaren Edition, a premium over‑ear headphone priced at $899, aimed at discerning travelers. The model features a 40 mm carbon‑cone driver, adaptive ANC with transparency mode, and up to 30 hours of battery life that can be replenished...
The compute gap is very large. I'd love to come up with an estimate of how large, will try, but its large. NVIDIA alone can't fill the gap, not sure even TPU scale can help fill the gap at...
Lots of SKUs of H100 commanding much higher prices. Inference has moved to N-2,3 etc compute hardware. And we don’t have nearly enough.
DJI has launched a day‑one firmware update (v01.00.0100) for the Avata 360, extending support to the new FPV Remote Controller 3 and enhancing the entire ecosystem, including RC 2, Goggles 3, and the Fly app. The update raises Sport mode’s top speed to 18 m/s,...
Foldable Helicopter That Fits in Your Car Trunk by @tweetciiiim #EmergingTech #TechForGood #Innovation #Technology #Tech https://t.co/h80oHBCqCn
Founders: The sales presentation tech stack: 1. Portable hotspot backup 2. All adaptor types 3. Presentations cached offline 4. Mini projector 5. Remote slide advancer No deals lost to tech issues. Be over-prepared.
Patrick Campanale details how his smart home suffered frequent outages whenever his single Home Assistant server required maintenance. He resolved the issue by deploying a three‑node Proxmox high‑availability (HA) cluster, allowing the Home Assistant VM to migrate automatically if a...
🆓 Friday links: hyperscaler capex, AI's PR problem, and the impact of rising diesel prices. https://t.co/vyzAil00hZ image: https://t.co/roRgnqXJTw https://t.co/3uyUX25bxd
A mini PC deal under $400, and I can't see any significant corners cut either. https://t.co/J2zEZDnrwF
Founders often chase the most visible AI bottleneck—GPUs—while overlooking the real constraints that limit progress. The article argues that true bottlenecks are binding constraints such as power supply, data‑center logistics, or cost‑effective compute sourcing, not necessarily the headline hardware. By...
From here on out, all silicon architecture designs will be designed with agentic AI in mind. Basically, all silicon becomes agentic workload-focused.
Our senior printer editor said, "I can’t find another mid-price printer so loaded with features and ink." https://t.co/n7gpXi6NIw
Razer unveiled the Boomslang 20th Anniversary Edition, a limited‑run collector’s mouse priced at $1,337, with all 1,337 units sold out at DreamHack UK. The mouse revives the original Boomslang silhouette in a translucent green chassis, featuring ambidextrous side buttons and...
Meet the engo3 smart glasses, with an AR heads-up display compatible with Apple and Garmin watches. https://t.co/N2J5EGRqR0
Kodak's affordable do-it-all camera returns with the updated PixPro AZ653, adding USB-C charging to a versatile feature set, including 65x zoom and macro mode https://t.co/vMrl02Wwgj
Benin’s Ministry of Digital and Digitalization has issued a World Bank‑funded request for proposals to conduct a technical, economic and legal feasibility study on a secondary national data centre. The study, due by March 27, 2026, will explore locating the backup facility...
Upgraded to macOS Tahoe 26.4 on M4 Max and now `duetexpertd` is sometimes consuming 100% CPU. Any pro tips for how to suppress or kill that thing? Thanks. :-)
Logitech’s G703 Lightspeed wireless gaming mouse is now on Amazon for $60 in the United States and £53 (about $68) in the United Kingdom, its lowest price of 2026. The mouse packs a 25,600‑DPI Hero sensor, Lightspeed 2.4 GHz zero‑latency wireless,...
If independent testing is on the money, this is effectively the most battery stamina ever seen with a laptop, pound-for-pound. https://t.co/cYhYCpiyjB
StickTite Bifocal Lenses let users transform any pair of sunglasses into prescription readers for just $20. The adhesive stickers attach to the inner lens surface, require only water, a press, and a 15‑minute drying time. Tested by Runner’s World’s Jeff...
Refurbed has sealed an exclusive partnership with GoPro to sell refurbished HERO9‑11 cameras in Ireland, Denmark and Sweden. The collaboration follows a pilot that saw GoPro sales on the platform jump 195%, and reflects a 329% year‑on‑year increase in camera...
This might be your last chance to pick up a PS Portal ahead of the price hike. https://t.co/TrKlAO8oqj
#WhatsNext? This futuristic smart bathroom brought to you via sensors and #IoT technologies. (Interesting Engineering) https://t.co/o14g9MttHw
NTT East, a unit of Japan’s NTT conglomerate, completed a landmark private‑5G laboratory trial using O‑RAN Alliance‑defined RAN Intelligent Controllers (RICs) with 26 vendor partners. The multi‑vendor tests achieved a 98.5% success rate across 335 device combinations, validating interoperability and...
For less than $70 you can score the Fitbit Inspire 3 and make the most of its wide range of fitness features without having to splurge on an Apple Watch. https://t.co/CAF7DUZlG1
Day 3 of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale delivers deep discounts across tablets, smartphones, laptops and accessories. Lenovo’s 12.7‑inch Idea Tab Pro falls to $237.50, a 40% cut, while TCL’s 60 XE NXTPAPER phone starts at $180, 30% off. Microsoft’s Snapdragon X Elite Surface Laptop is...
Superpowered RC-Style Lawn Mower Shreds Weeds With Precision Control by @IntEngineering #EmergingTech #Innovation #Tech #Technology https://t.co/MvTvZfyeXR
Gigabyte announced the upcoming BRIX GB‑BRR7‑450 mini PC, powered by AMD's new Ryzen AI 400 “Gorgon Point” processor. The compact device measures 119 × 113 × 34 mm and supports up to 96 GB of DDR5‑5600 memory, dual M.2 slots (PCIe 5.0 and PCIe 4.0), and a range of...
Walmart announced it will install electronic shelf‑label (ESL) displays in every U.S. store by the end of 2026, eliminating paper price tags. The move is pitched as a labor‑saving, error‑reducing tool, but lawmakers and consumer advocates warn it could enable...
SiTime has signed a lease for roughly 150,000 square feet across two adjacent buildings that once housed ServiceNow’s headquarters in Santa Clara. The chipmaker plans to relocate its headquarters to the Jay Street campus by April 1, 2027, a move that aligns...
Focal has unveiled the second‑generation Slatefiber speaker kit, a six‑piece system that includes coaxial, component, midrange and subwoofer units designed for automotive retrofits. The speakers feature a proprietary Slate fiber cone made from non‑woven recycled carbon fibers and polymer, delivering...
The United Football League (UFL) has appointed Sportable as its Official Connected Ball and Player Tracking Partner for the 2026 season. Sportable’s sensors will be embedded in every football and wearable devices, delivering real‑time data on ball location, speed, spin...
On March 26, 2026, Syntiant Corp. and Novi Space completed a successful in‑orbit demonstration of real‑time AI object detection on a commercial LEO satellite. Using Syntiant’s quantized neural network models deployed on Novi’s SP240 space‑edge computer, the system identified ground...
Latest: Arm’s game-changer; QC break year; GF sues Tower; new fabs; helium atom beam litho; AI tool $; 90% less GenAI cost; 2D roadmap; Intel’s security report; imec's silicon photonics; PQC challenges; memory for AI at the edge and more... https://t.co/CKaBq9LCZI #semiconductor
Ireland is moving forward with CASPIR, a new high‑performance computing platform procured by the University of Galway in partnership with the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and to be operated by the Irish Centre for High‑End Computing. The supercomputer will dramatically expand...
House panel advanced legislation that would require the Commerce Department to demand chipmakers do more to keep AI tech from being smuggled to China Despite incessant cheerleading from some quarters, members understand the many problems with this bill... https://t.co/kBjLLxHfN9
Bluetti has launched FridgePower, a plug‑and‑play battery system aimed at keeping refrigerators and other essential home devices running during power outages. Unlike fixed residential storage like Tesla Powerwall, FridgePower requires no permanent installation and can be moved within the house....
Apple executives told WIRED that the iPhone will remain a core product well beyond the company’s 50th anniversary, with plans to continue selling new models when Apple reaches its centennial. The strategy emphasizes relentless innovation, especially in artificial intelligence, rather...
Sony announced a global price hike for every PlayStation 5 model and the PlayStation Portal, effective April 2, 2026, with increases ranging from $50 to $100. The Digital Edition will rise to $599, the standard PS5 to $649, the PS5 Pro to $899, and...
The Birdfy Smart Bird Feeder, an AI‑powered device that records and identifies over 6,000 bird species, is now $60 off (about 30% discount) during Amazon’s Big Spring Sale ending March 31. It streams 1080p video with 8× digital zoom and full‑color...
Apple’s Mac Pro celebrates two decades of evolution, from its 2006 Intel‑Xeon launch to the 2019 modular redesign and the recent M2 Ultra‑powered models. The original “cheese‑grater” chassis set a benchmark for workstation performance, while the 2013 cylindrical version sparked...
Apple is reportedly developing an AI‑powered pin, roughly the size of an AirTag, that could launch as early as 2027. The device would attach to clothing or accessories and act as an ambient sensor hub, feeding camera and microphone data...
Utilities have poured billions into smart‑grid sensors, communications and analytics, yet the digital representation of the physical distribution assets remains rudimentary. Traditional asset databases rely on periodic inspections, causing records to drift from reality and limiting engineers’ ability to assess...
Last year everyone spoke about over building of AI data centers, likely this year will start to demonstrate that there is not nearly enough compute to meet demand I think to degree to which AI is currently subsidized depends on...
