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  • Roomba Won’t Give Amazon a Map to Your Home After Merger Implodes

    Roomba Won’t Give Amazon a Map to Your Home After Merger Implodes

    Amazon abandoned its $US1.4 billion acquisition of Roomba maker, iRobot, on Monday after regulators in the European Union threatened to block the deal. The deal’s implosion means the robot vacuums, and the company’s maps of 40 million floor plans across the globe, will not join the growing list of smart-home devices Amazon uses to collect…


  • Burger King Giving Discounts If Facial Recognition Thinks You’re Hungover

    Burger King Giving Discounts If Facial Recognition Thinks You’re Hungover

    The Brazilian wing of Burger King announced a surveillance technology marketing stunt this week called the “Hangover Whopper,” celebrating the booze-filled days between Christmas and New Year’s with facial recognition. All you have to do is hold your bleary-eyed visage up to a camera, and the company says its face-scanning software will judge how hungover…