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DJI’s first robovac features drone tech and a transparent design

Following the reveal of its first 360-degree action camera a week ago, DJI has announced its first robot vacuum cleaner. The DJI Romo is available in three versions that are mostly differentiated by their appearance  — two use transparent shells to reveal their inner workings — but they all borrow technology from the company’s drones […]

HBO Max is going to get even more annoying about password sharing

HBO Max’s password-sharing crackdown is about to get stricter. During an earnings call on Thursday, Warner Bros. Discovery streaming head JB Perette said prompts surrounding account sharing will become more persistent starting next month, pushing people toward paying an extra $7.99 per month to add an extra member to their account. “In September, you’ll actually […]

The US GSA says AWS has agreed to provide federal agencies with up to $1B in discounts for cloud adoption, modernization, and training through 2028 (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

Annie Palmer / CNBC:
The US GSA says AWS has agreed to provide federal agencies with up to $1B in discounts for cloud adoption, modernization, and training through 2028  —  Amazon Web Services has agreed to provide U.S. federal agencies with up to $1 billion in discounts for cloud adoption …

Trump’s tariffs are a mess. But are tariffs always bad?

Editor’s note, August 7, 10:30 am ET: On August 7, Trump’s tariffs went into effect for about 90 countries. The story below was originally published on April 2. Since President Donald Trump announced a slate of new tariffs on about 90 countries last week, global financial markets have tumbled. False reports about a potential pause in […]

Why Trump’s tariffs could live forever 

President Donald Trump’s tariffs are slowing economic growth, raising prices, undermining American manufacturing, marginalizing the US geopolitically, and attracting widespread public opposition. And future presidents may largely preserve them.  This is because Trump’s trade agenda is succeeding at one of its purported goals: The president’s tariffs are generating a lot of revenue for the US […]