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The company behind the robovacs root told investors earlier this week that the income was substantially low and He is struggling to pay his debts. amazon was briefly used to acquire the Robot Irobot company, but the threat of an investigation of the European Commission led to the retailer to end the agreement, apparently happy enough to pay the termination rate of $ 94 million.
However, that is not enough to address the loan of $ 200 million that Irobot took out to survive enough for amazon to come to the rescue. It is very difficult when the company announced, just the previous week, a lot of new models, which include a new Roomba that can compact waste and dust, so it should only be emptied every few weeks.
At the same time, rival robot vacuum cleaners are becoming more versatile, more complicated and more intriguing. This year's CES had a prominent alluvion of new robovacs that can perform multiple tasks and even pack robot weapons inside, as something of a cartoon.
But many of these devices have not yet been seriously launched, while Irobot has delivered solid -story cleaners for years. With luck, you can continue that race.
– Mat Smith
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Microsoft could finally be entering hand computers
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An internal video of the Sony PlayStation Group was leaked The edge, Demonstrating a version of Al ai, the protagonist of the Horizon game series.
Aloy was able to narrate and talk with the presenter while playing. The character could also answer in real time to questions, with a synthesized voice that coincided with facial animations. The face -to -face chat between the presenter and the character on the screen was not super remarkable, but Aoy's comment was a bit more intriguing. He could explain the enemies that are typically found in the surrounding area and mark their own health levels and that is under attack.
Unfortunately, the video was disconnected, but with GDC just around the corner, with luck, Sony will have more to share soon.
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This article originally appeared in Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/general/the-morning-after-engadget-newsletter-121544992.html?src=rsss
