This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Synthesia’s AI clones are more expressive than ever.
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These roving robots are expensive alternatives to some good old-fashioned yard work, but they’re finally good enough to consider if you’d rather sip an iced tea and watch the robot
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Carpet and indoor dust can harbor much worse than just pet hair and dirt. Luckily, there’s a simple solution.
If you’re like me, you spend too much time working at only a laptop. It’s time to stop.
Every year, I sit in these fancy amphitheaters and watch the biggest names in tech promise how their latest phone, smartwatch, app, chatbot, or doohickey will make our lives better.
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Niko and Noa are AI-powered pets. It was inevitable that AI would be everywhere at IFA this year, but the smart home is where we’re really seeing action. SwitchBot, known
Continue readingSwitchBot launches three AI-powered smart home products — including a pair of robots
SwitchBot’s new AI Hub can interpret events captured by its cameras and use them to trigger events. AI could bring the smart home closer to the Star Trek dream: a
Continue readingSwitchBot has ambitions to be the AI that powers your smart home
One of the top civil rights organizations in the US is putting the tech industry “on alert,” issuing a call to action for communities to demand more accountability from companies
Fitness trackers have come a long way from the simple bands that tracked steps and little else. Modern trackers can monitor everything from your heart health to how well you’ve
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Google’s Circle to Search feature now supports translation.