When it comes to designing a mopping robot, there are a number of approaches you can pick from, including just having the movement of the robot push the soggy mop over the floor, having spinning pads, or even a big spinning roller. But what difference does it make? Recently the [Vacuum Wars] channel ran a
Read MoreAfter “a decade of deep focus on embedded and server systems,” T2 SDE Linux “is back to the Desktop,” according to its web site, calling the new “T2 Desktop” flavour “ready for everyday home and office use!” Built on the latest KDE Plasma, systemd, and Wayland, the new T2 Desktop flavour delivers a modern, clean,
Read MoreSmall footprint. Speedy performance. | Image: The Verge Happy Saturday, folks! This week, Best Buy kicked off its so-called “Winter Sale,” introducing a whole host of price cuts that range from not-so-good to legitimately great, at least for this time of year. We’ll be publishing many of the highlights in a dedicated news post tomorrow,
Read MoreApple VP for Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives Lisa Jackson has been removed from Apple’s Leadership page, as the executive heads off into retirement. Lisa Jackson will no longer have to stand on the roof of Apple Park. Image source: Apple In December, Apple confirmed that Lisa Jackson was retiring in late January 2026, after
Read MoreApple VP for Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives Lisa Jackson has been removed from Apple’s Leadership page, as the executive heads off into retirement. Lisa Jackson will no longer have to stand on the roof of Apple Park. Image source: Apple In December, Apple confirmed that Lisa Jackson was retiring in late January 2026, after
Read MoreI put two viral Paris Hilton-branded kitchen products to the test. I have some thoughts.
Read MoreI put two viral Paris Hilton-branded kitchen products to the test. I have some thoughts.
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority For the past year or so, I have treated it as a matter of fact that I am in the process of leaving Verizon. That may sound like a long time to be perpetually “in the process,” but, like many others, I was originally drawn in by free phone
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority For the past year or so, I have treated it as a matter of fact that I am in the process of leaving Verizon. That may sound like a long time to be perpetually “in the process,” but, like many others, I was originally drawn in by free phone
Read MoreBeauty truly is in the eye of the beholder. (Credit: MattKC, YouTube) What’s it like to use a 2002-era Apple eMac all-in-one in 2025? That’s what [MattKC] asked himself after obtaining one of these systems from a seller who ominously mentioned that it had been ‘left outside for years’. The Apple iMac is a bit
Read MoreA federal judge has temporarily lifted the Trump administration’s suspension of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, allowing construction on the largest offshore wind project in the U.S. to resume. CNBC reports: Judge Jamar Walker of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted Dominion’s request for a preliminary injunction Friday. Dominion called
Read MoreRecently, [Vinnie] aka [vinthewrench] moved from Oregon to Arkansas to start a farmstead. This is a style of farming that focuses not just on a profitable farm where produce is sold at market, but also on a homestead where much of one’s own food is grown on the farm as well. Like any farm, though,
Read MoreRecently, [Vinnie] aka [vinthewrench] moved from Oregon to Arkansas to start a farmstead. This is a style of farming that focuses not just on a profitable farm where produce is sold at market, but also on a homestead where much of one’s own food is grown on the farm as well. Like any farm, though,
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Even low levels of common agricultural pesticides can stunt the long-term lifespan of fish, according to research led by Jason Rohr, a biologist at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. Signs of aging accelerated when fish were exposed to the chemicals, according to the study,
Read MoreAnna’s Archive has been hit with a U.S. federal court default judgment and permanent injunction over its scraping and distribution of OCLC’s WorldCat data, which occurred more than two years ago. According to the ruling, the shadow library must delete all copies of its WorldCat data and stop scraping, using, storing, or distributing the data.
Read MoreAnna’s Archive has been hit with a U.S. federal court default judgment and permanent injunction over its scraping and distribution of OCLC’s WorldCat data, which occurred more than two years ago. According to the ruling, the shadow library must delete all copies of its WorldCat data and stop scraping, using, storing, or distributing the data.
Read MoreCredit: IKEA TL;DR IKEA has published a product listing on its Swedish website for its upcoming Varmblixt LED smart lamp. The listing suggests that the lamp could cost the same as the original Varmblixt lamp. It was only a few months ago when IKEA revealed it would reset its smart home lineup, starting with 21
Read MoreAn Amazon Web Services data center in Ashburn, Virginia, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. | Photo: Getty Images The Trump administration and a bipartisan group of governors are pressuring the PJM Interconnection, the biggest electricity market in the US, to hold a power auction meant to spur a massive buildout of new power plants.
Read MoreThough Netflix’s plan to buy Warner Bros. Discovery has prompted concerns about how the deal might hurt the movie theater business, the streamer’s co-CEO says that there is nothing to worry about. In a new interview with The New York Times, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said that, should the WBD acquisition go through, the streamer
Read MoreThough Netflix’s plan to buy Warner Bros. Discovery has prompted concerns about how the deal might hurt the movie theater business, the streamer’s co-CEO says that there is nothing to worry about. In a new interview with The New York Times, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said that, should the WBD acquisition go through, the streamer
Read MoreAI still can’t produce code as well as most junior programmers he’s worked with, David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of Ruby on Rails and co-founder of 37 Signals, said on a recent podcast , which is why he continues to write most of his code by hand. Hansson compared AI’s current coding capabilities to “a
Read MoreAI still can’t produce code as well as most junior programmers he’s worked with, David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of Ruby on Rails and co-founder of 37 Signals, said on a recent podcast , which is why he continues to write most of his code by hand. Hansson compared AI’s current coding capabilities to “a
Read MoreApple will still benefit as TMSC confirms large-volume production has started for its newest 2nm processor, but as Nvidia ascends, Apple’s days of being able to command the firm’s entire output are over — for now. Dies on wafers – Image Credit: TSMC Back in 2020, Apple was able to buy TSMC’s entire 3-nanometer production
Read MoreApple will still benefit as TMSC confirms large-volume production has started for its newest 2nm processor, but as Nvidia ascends, Apple’s days of being able to command the firm’s entire output are over — for now. Dies on wafers – Image Credit: TSMC Back in 2020, Apple was able to buy TSMC’s entire 3-nanometer production
Read MoreApple began with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak marketing primarily at trade shows, and now the iPhone has made it $4 trillion firm with ubiquitous advertising. But throughout, Apple has used sometimes terrible branding to sell us all on its products. Iconic Apple marketing, L-R: original logo, “I’m a PC” campaign, and the famous six-colors
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