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The Best Robotic Pool Cleaners of 2026: Beatbot, iGarden, Dreame

This robot has everything: near-perfect cleaning capabilities (including floors, walls, and waterline), a powerful battery with six hours of charge under the water, AI-powered debris detection, and a solid mobile app. It also has the ability to skim the surface…

Weighing an octopus starts with a laundry basket

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Physicists recreate black hole energy extraction in the lab

More than 50 years ago, physicist Sir Roger Penrose proposed a remarkable idea: under the right conditions, it might be possible to extract energy from a rapidly spinning black hole. In his concept, a particle entering the black hole’s ergosphere,…

Summer Games Done Quick Once Again Raises Over $2 Million For Doctors Without Borders

The annual speedrunning marathon event ran from July 5-11. Games Done Quick/Count Gooby Summer Games Done Quick is officially over after a marathon week of speedrunning games for a good cause, and the organizers say it raised a…

Lorde says Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses are ‘not sexy’

Lorde was performing at the Real Cool Festival in Madrid on Thursday and took some time during her set to speak out against AI glasses. While she didn’t specify any brands in particular, it’s likely she was taking a shot…

TechCrunch Mobility: A robotaxi ultimatum

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! I…

Uber’s Autonomous Vehicle Strategy: Slow Their Adoption

A decade ago, then-Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said he saw autonomous vehicles as an existential threat to the ride-hail company’s business model. “What would happen if we weren’t a part of that future? If we weren’t part of the autonomy…

Global warming already causing crop losses of over $20 billion a year

The economies of countries where many people work in farming will be hit the hardest Imago/Alamy Global warming-fuelled heat and drought is already hitting yields of maize, wheat and soybeans to the tune of $20 billion a year, a study has…

The dos and don’ts of removing a tick

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Alzheimer’s tau protein has a surprising secret role in memory

New research has revealed that tau, a protein best known for its connection to Alzheimer’s disease, is also essential for creating long lasting memories. The discovery provides new insight into how healthy memory works and could help guide future efforts…