How iRobot lost its way home | TechCrunch

How iRobot lost its way home | TechCrunch

[ad_1] There’s something painfully American about the arc of iRobot, the company that taught your vacuum to navigate around the furniture. Founded in 1990 in Bedford, Massachusetts by MIT roboticist Rodney Brooks and his former students Colin Angle and Helen Greiner, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday, ending a 35-year run that…

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Digital artist Beeple put his face on a 0K robot dog next to Elon Musk and Picasso – it sold first | TechCrunch

Digital artist Beeple put his face on a $100K robot dog next to Elon Musk and Picasso – it sold first | TechCrunch

[ad_1] Mike Winkelmann, the digital artist known as Beeple, has placed himself at the center of the pack — literally — with his latest viral installation at Art Basel Miami Beach, and there’s still time to see it through Sunday. His “Regular Animals” project features $100,000 robotic dogs outfitted with hyper-realistic heads resembling Elon Musk,…

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Varda says it has proven space manufacturing works — now it wants to make it boring | TechCrunch

Varda says it has proven space manufacturing works — now it wants to make it boring | TechCrunch

[ad_1] When Will Bruey talks about the future, the timelines are shorter than most might imagine. The Varda Space Industries CEO predicts that within 10 years, someone could stand at a landing site and watch multiple specialized spacecraft per night zooming toward Earth like shooting stars, each carrying pharmaceuticals manufactured in space. Within 15 to…

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SoftBank stays in as Meesho 6M IPO becomes India’s first major e-commerce listing | TechCrunch

SoftBank stays in as Meesho $606M IPO becomes India’s first major e-commerce listing | TechCrunch

[ad_1] Meesho, an Indian e-commerce rival to Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart, is set to launch a roughly $606 million IPO marked by token sell-downs from early backers and no sales from big names such as SoftBank and Prosus, signalling investor conviction in India’s booming online retail market at a time when tech shareholders globally have…

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