After decades of creating war machines and home cleaning appliances, iRobot agreed to be acquired by Amazon for $1.7 billion, according to a joint statement by the two companies. If the deal goes through, it would give Amazon access to yet another wellspring of personal data: interior maps of Roomba owners’ homes. iRobot got its …
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Jolynn Dellinger, a senior lecturer fellow focusing on privacy and ethics at Duke University’s school of law, says recording audio when someone is on the street is a “serious problem” for privacy and may change how people behave. “We operate with a sense of obscurity, even in public,” Dellinger says. “We are in danger of …
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Dissatisfied started to ripple through Amazon’s largest UK warehouse as soon as details of a bump in hourly pay flashed onto screens around the facility on Wednesday. Rumors at the Tilbury distribution center in southeast England had anticipated a raise of £1 ($1.20) per hour, for many workers an increase of 9 percent. Instead, the …
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Surprise, Google’s got a new app. OK, you’re probably not all that surprised. Google has always had an on-again, off-again relationship with the housemade apps that Android phones use to access its services. Specifically, Google often likes to make big changes to them, rebrand them, or just suddenly kill them dead with little explanation. The …
The websites you visit can reveal (almost) everything about you. If you are looking up health information, reading about trade unions, or researching details around certain types of crime, then you can potentially give away a huge amount of detail about yourself that a malicious actor could use against you. Researchers this week have detailed …
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prime day is as good a time as any to drop money on Amazon devices. It’s when you can take advantage of the best deals. Whether you’ve been eyeing a Kindle e-reader, an Echo smart display, or a Fire tablet, Amazon has a wide variety of its own gadgets on sale during the annual two-day …
prime day is as good a time as any to drop money on Amazon devices. It’s when you can take advantage of the best deals. Whether you’ve been eyeing a Kindle e-reader, an Echo smart display, or a Fire tablet, Amazon has a wide variety of its own gadgets on sale during the annual two-day …
Amazon Prime Day deals are just one benefit that comes from being an Amazon Prime member. Here’s another: Amazon is offering at least $52 in credits to Prime members ahead of the big sale event, which runs on July 12 and 13. We’ve highlighted the best promotions below. These are an easy way to rack …
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Amazon Prime Day officially starts on July 12 and runs until the 13th, but early deals are already rolling in across the retailer and its competitors. For example, several Google products are on sale at Amazon and retailers like Target, from the Chromecast With Google TV to Nest Cams. Some items might see further discounts …
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Amazon Prime Day is a two-day sales event where Prime subscribers can find hundreds of exclusive deals on products available through the online retailer, though there are lots of other discounts for non-members. This year, Prime Day is set for July 12 and 13, but you can already get plenty of pretty slick deals on …