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Source: The Verge The Combo 2 is now the most expensive option in iRobot’s Essential line and slightly pricier than the $400 DreameBot D10 Plus, our current choice for the best budget robot vacuum and mop. The Vac 2 is available via “select retailers” in North America (including Target and Best Buy, so far) and…
Source: Bitcoinist Ripple Labs co-founder Chris Larsen has significantly increased his backing of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, making headlines with substantial donations over the past month. In a recent announcement, Larsen disclosed a $10 million donation in XRP to Harris’s campaign, following a previous contribution of $1 million worth of XRP to Future Forward,…
Source: Coin Tegraph The oracle protocol is partnering with financial infrastructure providers including Franklin Templeton and UBS. Read Full Article
Source: Live Mint The start of the Federal Reserve’s easing cycle was supposed to be the long-awaited catalyst to ignite a rally in Brazil’s stocks. Banco Santander’s local unit predicted the Ibovespa gauge would rally almost 20% this year. Analysts at Bradesco BBI saw similar gains. Bank of America favored Brazil over Mexico amid estimates…
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Source: The Verge The House Committee on Homeland Security is looking into Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) surveillance network in the wake of a report that nearly one-third of the agency’s cameras along the US-Mexico border don’t work. Privacy advocates say this is just the latest instance of expensive border surveillance infrastructure not working as…
Source: Venture Beat GamesBeat lead writer Dean Takahashi, sat down with Xsolla CMO, Berkley Egenes, to dig into the latest Xsolla news. Read Full Article
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Source: The Verge Amazon says that it has gotten rid of plastic air pillows at its warehouses. “As of October 2024, we’ve removed all plastic air pillows from our delivery packaging used at our global fulfillment centers,” the e-commerce giant said in an October 9th blog post. It’s a welcome change following years of pressure…
Source: Venture Beat Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon 8 Elite, which it claimed is the world’s fastest mobile centralized processing unit (CPU). Read Full Article
Source: Coin Tegraph The exchange asked regulators to disclose documents relating to an ongoing crackdown on crypto companies among US banks. Read Full Article
Source: Venture Beat Attention, developers: you can now get your hands on Elon Musk’s Grok 2 multimodal language model through his startup xAI’s new API. Read Full Article
