Month: August 2022
Your Roomba is about to become an Amazon device
Audio player loading… Amazon will buy iRobot for $1.7 billion. The deal, which the companies announced on Friday morning, will make the popular Roomba line of robot vacuums part of the Amazon family and fast-track a deeper integration with Amazon’s smart assistant Alexa and the company’s smarthome ecosystem. Founded in…
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Asics’ 3D-printed sandal offers post-workout comfort
The theory and practice of marginal gains is to find and fix hundreds of small things that, in aggregate, add up to something vast. Asics believes that there are gains to be made in what runners wear when they’re at home as much as what they’re wearing on the track.…
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More Cisco SMB router ranges have serious security flaws
Audio player loading… Cisco has announced fixes for three major vulnerabilities found in four different series of its SMB routers (opens in new tab). The flaws, should they be exploited, would have allowed threat actors to launch code remotely, or trigger denial of service attacks. Those that are unable to…
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New cloud services are set to give your business a major productivity boost
Audio player loading… Two technologies – integration platform-as-a-service (iPaaS) and enterprise low-code application platforms (LCAP) – are predicted to climb Gartner’s “Plateau of Productivity” within the next two years. The “Plateau of Productivity”, the final stage of Gartner’s Hype Cycle, is where “the real-world benefits of the technologies are demonstrated…
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Samsung’s Z Fold 3 durability one year in: Tougher than you might think, but with one big caveat
Foldable phones are still kind of awkward, unproven devices. But over the last three generations (with a fourth presumably on the way), Samsung has made major strides with its designs, paving the way for innovative (though sometimes quite pricey) alternatives to the typical glass brick. And when you combine that…
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The 18 Best Accessories for Your PlayStation 5
From extra game storage to a fancy new 120-Hz TV, here are our favorite WIRED-tested complements to your PS5. Source
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