2025-01-06
The Morning After: This robot vacuum has a robot arm
At CES 2025 in Las Vegas, which kicks off this week, Roborock, a Chinese manufacturer of robot vacuums and other household cleaning appliances, has unveiled a new robotic vacuum model with a foldable robotic arm. It had already piqued my curiosity, but now I really want one. < [...]
2025-01-06
Elvie’s newest product is a smart baby bouncer that transforms into a bassinet
Elvie, the company known for its popular wearable breast pump, is showing off a new piece of baby gear at CES. Called Rise, it’s an app-controlled baby bouncer that can transform into a bassinet with a baby inside. <br /> The $799 device is made for infants in the first f [...]
2025-01-06
Swave, the startup building true holographic smart glasses, bags €27M
In the 1977 Star Wars film A New Hope, there’s an iconic scene where the beloved droid R2-D2 casts a beam of light to create a hologram of Princess Leia pleading for the help of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Sadly, almost 50 years on, we’re not much closer to the true holograms science fic [...]
2025-01-06
Meta adds UFC CEO and Trump booster Dana White to its board
UFC CEO Dana White is joining Meta's board, the company announced today. The addition of the mixed-martial arts impresario jives with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's well-documented UFC fandom, but also the larger strategy Meta appears to be using heading into a second Trump [...]