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2 days ago
Venture

Amazon acquires Rivr, maker of a stair-climbing delivery robot | TechCrunch

Amazon acquires Zurich-based Rivr, a stair-climbing delivery robot startup, to accelerate autonomous doorstep delivery and scale robotics deployment.
fromEngadget
2 days ago
Venture

Amazon acquires autonomous robotics startup Rivr

Amazon acquired Rivr, a Swiss autonomous robotics startup, to advance its automation capabilities for faster and more efficient package delivery operations.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Rotten Tomatoes Insists There Is No MAGA Bot Manipulation' Behind Melania Doc's Whopping Audience Score

Versant, the parent company of the review aggregation website, said in a statement to Variety this week that there is no bot manipulation behind the fact that Melania carries a 99% approval rating with audience members, but only 7% with critics. There has been no bot manipulation on the audience reviews for the Melania documentary, Versant said. Reviews displayed on the Popcornmeter are VERIFIED reviews, meaning it has been verified that users have bought a ticket to the film.
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fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

I helped create Alexa, then quit Amazon. Here's why, despite being proud of what we built.

William Tunstall-Pedoe founded True Knowledge (Evi), helped build Alexa after Amazon acquired his startup, and left Amazon in 2016 to return to startups.
fromTechCrunch
3 months ago

'It felt so wrong': Colin Angle on iRobot, the FTC, and the Amazon deal that never was | TechCrunch

The goal, of course, is to avoid the abuses that can happen in monopolies and with the goal of protecting consumer choice and protecting innovation. What happened was that iRobot and Amazon came together for the expressed purpose of creating more innovation, more consumer choice, at a time when iRobot's trajectory was honestly different from where it was several years earlier.
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fromTechCrunch
3 months ago

How iRobot lost its way home | TechCrunch

iRobot grew from MIT research into a household brand with Roomba but collapsed into Chapter 11 after 35 years amid manufacturing and acquisition struggles.
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fromZDNET
7 months ago
Gadgets

Can Amazon finally make AI wearables happen? This buzzy new device could be its best bet

fromZDNET
7 months ago
Gadgets

Can Amazon finally make AI wearables happen? This buzzy new device could be its best bet

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7 months ago

Amazon Acquires Bee, Startup Behind Eavesdropping Wearable | Entrepreneur

Bee's core product is an AI bracelet that acts as a second memory, recording all of the conversations it hears to create summaries, reminders, and to-do lists for users.
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