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Amazon has acquired Rivr, a startup focused on autonomous robotics. Rivr is based in Zurich and was valued at $110 million in a funding round from August 2024, which both Amazon and its CEO's Bezos Expeditions participated in. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. 

Rivr's robots have four legs and wheels that allow it to maneuver on stairs and other potentially uneven surfaces


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Sony’s WF-1000XM6 are on sale in both color options. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
Sony’s WF-1000XM6 are on sale in both color options. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

Sony’s WF-1000XM6 are the best noise-canceling wireless earbuds you can buy, but they’ve been hard to recommend over the last-gen model because of the price. While the older version is often on sale for $248, the update costs $329 — and has never before been marked down. That’s why this deal



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President Donald Trump
  • The Department of Education announced an agreement to transfer student-loan borrowers to the Treasury Department.
  • The transfer will begin with defaulted student-loan borrowers' accounts.
  • It's Trump's first step toward moving federal student loans out of the Department of Education.

The Trump administration took its first step toward transferring the


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DoorDash has launched a new option for its gig economy workers to earn some extra cash. The delivery service introduced Tasks, which it describes as "short activities Dashers can complete between deliveries or in their own time." It gives taking pictures of restaurant dishes or recording video of unscripted conversations in languages other than English as examples. These materials will be used to


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Google is testing a version of its Gemini app for macOS, Bloomberg reports. The app would bring the AI assistant to uncharted territory, and in more direct competition with OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude, both of which offer standalone Mac apps.

Gemini remains accessible through the web, and it sounds like the macOS app offers the same set of features, with the ability to respond to


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Taylor Frankie Paul's season of "The Bachelorette" begins Sunday.
  • Taylor Frankie Paul is the star of "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" and was set to lead "The Bachelorette."
  • Reports surfaced alleging a domestic violence incident between Paul and her ex, Dakota Mortensen.
  • A spokesperson for Disney Entertainment Television confirmed Paul's season will not air.

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