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Amazon drones could see directly into millions of homes after major 'iRobot' deal
Amazon is about to get its hands on the maps of millions of homes after it acquires robo-vacuum cleaner company iRobot.The online retail joint announced its plans to buy the home android company for $1.7 billion (£1.4bn). iRobot manufactures the Roomba vacuum cleaner, which automatically cleans peoples' homes. Using a range of smart sensors and laser scanners, the Roomba builds a map of home interiors and then cleans it.  READ NEXT: Brit who lost £150m Bitcoin at dump says he'll give people £50 each to help him look As well as owning the robots themselves, the buyout will also mean that Amazon gets hold of all the data iRobot devices hold on their users, giving them a window directly into the homes of millions of customers.In a statement, Dave Limp of Amazon Devices said: "Over many years, the iRobot team has proven its ability to reinvent how people clean with products that are incredibly practical and inventive—from cleaning when and where customers want while avoiding common obstacles in the home, to automatically emptying the collection bin."Combined with Amazon's Ring doorbell, smart speakers, cameras, and more, it means the world's biggest online retailer will have an unprecedented glimpse into the data generated by our private lives at home.An Amazon spokesperson told WIRED in a statement: "Customer trust is something we have worked hard to earn—and work hard to keep—every day.However, privacy experts are worried.
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Bitcoin 'millionaire' who threw out £149m fortune wants robot dogs to search landfill
bitcoin millionaire is attempting to find a hard drive containing around £149 million of cryptocurrency in a landfill – using robot dogs.James Howells, 36, made headlines when he accidentally chucked out his precious hard drive in 2013 while clearing out an office.And he has been searching for it ever since.READ MORE: 'Permanently angry' looking puppy with rare condition is a 'miracle from god'Last year, he reached out to Ontrack – a data company that once helped NASA - to help him find the cryptocurrency after he tossed the equipment out in Newport, Wales back in 2013.The company were previously hired by NASA to recover an important hard drive from the Columbia space shuttle after it plunged to Earth in 2003.And despite the hard drive being located in a dried-up lake bed six months after the crash, the Minneapolis company were able to recover 99% of the data.Ontrack believed there was an 80% to 90% chance James’ huge Bitcoin fortune can be recovered - if the hard drive wasn’t cracked.But council bosses have so far refused James permission to search the rubbish tip for the missing computer parts - despite him offering them a quarter of any fortune found.And now he is pleading with them to allow him to use robot dogs powered by AI to find the precious drive.
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Matt Damon Mocked Anew for ‘Fortune Favors the Brave’ Crypto Ad as Virtual Currency Values Crash
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorJust a few short months ago, Matt Damon exhorted us to fearlessly buy into cryptocurrencies — in a slick CGI ad for Crypto.com hyping the tagline, “Fortune Favors the Brave.”Now, with cryptocurrencies in freefall and cratering to new lows, the Oscar-winning star of “Good Will Hunting” and “The Martian” is getting mercilessly dragged again for his gig as the face of Crypto.com in a new round of online jeering.Users across social media are pointing out that if you had taken Damon’s advice to buy into cryptocurrencies last fall, the value of your holdings would have dropped roughly two-thirds today.If you bought $1,000 of bitcoin the day Matt Damon's "Fortune favors the brave!" commercial came out, it would now be worth $375 pic.twitter.com/rp5IdjBD3m— Jon Schwarz (@schwarz) June 13, 2022Damon is one of a slew of celebs who have touted cryptocurrencies, alongside bold-face names like Kim Kardashian, Steph Curry, Larry David, DJ Khaled, Floyd Mayweather and Tom Brady.In the Crypto.com ad, Damon takes viewers on a historical journey of brave men and women who have made a difference in the world, inspiring people to “be their bravest selves.” The ad, directed by Wally Pfister, began airing in October and also ran during NBC’s Super Bowl LVI telecast.
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