March 29, 2024

Amazon Buys Roomba Maker to Suck Up Your Dirt (and Your Data)

Tech and e-commerce giant Amazon has reportedly purchased iRobot, the maker of the popular automated home vacuum Roomba, for $1.7 billion. Jeff Bezos’ company is likely just as interested in the ability to map customers’ homes as it is in adding vacuums to its growing empire of products and services. Bloomberg reports that Amazon has purchased…

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