Amazon has this week announced it is acquiring robot vacuum maker iRobot and the pair have entered into a "definitive merger agreement". Amazon will acquire iRobot for $61 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.7 billion, including iRobot’s net debt. Completion of the … [Read more...] about Amazon acquires iRobot for $1.7 billion
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Creative Sound Blaster X1 USB DAC unveiled
Creative has launched their latest headphone amplifier, the Creative Sound Blaster X1, the device comes with the Sound Blaster Acoustic Engine technology. The new Creative Sound Blaster X1 is now available to buy in the US and the device retails for $69.99, more details about the device are … [Read more...] about Creative Sound Blaster X1 USB DAC unveiled
Facebook Live Shopping to shut down on the 1st of October
Meta has announced that it is planning to shut down its Facebook Live Shopping from the 1st of October 2022. The company has said that they are shutting this feature down because of consumers' behavior shifting, you can see more details below. Beginning on October 1, 2022, you will no longer be … [Read more...] about Facebook Live Shopping to shut down on the 1st of October
Sky and NOW unveil Autumn 2022 lineup
Sky and Now have unveiled their Autumn 2022 line-up and there are some great new shows headed to Sky and Now this autumn. The lineup includes the second season of Gangs of London, this is one show I have been waiting for and it is coming to Sky Atlantic this Autumn. There is also the return of … [Read more...] about Sky and NOW unveil Autumn 2022 lineup
Learn about Deep Learning Accelerators on the Jetson Orin with NVIDIA
Developers or those of you interested in learning more about the Deep Learning Accelerator on NVIDIA's Jetson Orin mini PC will be pleased to know that NVIDIA has published a new article over on its technical blog providing an overview of the Deep Learning Accelerator (DLA) when used with the Jetson … [Read more...] about Learn about Deep Learning Accelerators on the Jetson Orin with NVIDIA
Arduino multitasking introduced
The official Arduino team this week announced the introduction of Arduino multitasking and is looking for help from the community by joining the discussion on GitHub. "We’re sharing our API proposal along with a fully working implementation as well" explain the Arduino team would like to know your … [Read more...] about Arduino multitasking introduced
Samsung unveils next gen memory solutions at Flash Memory Summit 2022
Samsung has unveiled its next-generation memory solutions at the Flash Memory Summit 2022, the event is being held in Santa Clara, California between the 2nd and 4th of August. At the event, Samsung announced its new Memory-semantic SSD which comes with up to a 20 times improvement in random read … [Read more...] about Samsung unveils next gen memory solutions at Flash Memory Summit 2022
Global Chromebook shipments fall over 50%
According to a recent report by IDC, global Chromebook shipments fell 51.4 percent in Q2 from the previous year. IDC also revealed some details about the tablet market, it only managed to grow by 0.15 percent year over year for Q2 of 222. "The tablet market performed better than expected despite … [Read more...] about Global Chromebook shipments fall over 50%
Amazon Drive cloud storage closing down
Users of the Amazon Drive cloud storage service first launched by Amazon way back in 2011 will be disappointed to learn that Amazon has taken the decision to close down the service and users will no longer be able to upload files from January 31, 2023. Following the removal of uploads Amazon will be … [Read more...] about Amazon Drive cloud storage closing down
Worlds first 232 Layer NAND shipped by Micron
Micron has this month announced they have started shipping the world's first 232-Layer NAND offering customers extended design flexibility while still providing the highest TLC density per square millimeter ever produced at 14.6 Gb/mm2. The areal density is between 35% and 100% greater than … [Read more...] about Worlds first 232 Layer NAND shipped by Micron
Silicon Motion MonTitan PCIe Gen5x4 user programmable SSD
Silicon Motion has this week unveiled its latest creation in the form of the MonTitan PCIe Gen5x4 user programmable SSD featuring an entirely new, purpose-built ASIC and FW architecture. MonTitan has been created to provide users with a high performance programmable PCIe Gen5 platform utilizing … [Read more...] about Silicon Motion MonTitan PCIe Gen5x4 user programmable SSD
Innodisk Edge AI SSD storage unveiled
Innodisk has announced the launch of its new Edge AI SSD storage in the form of the 2.5” SATA 3TS6-P, 3TS9-P and M.2 (P80) 4TS2-P drives. Providing low latency, high DWPD (drive writes per day), and large capacities the new SSD's are equipped with iCell and AES technologies to protect your data from … [Read more...] about Innodisk Edge AI SSD storage unveiled
