This Week in Tech

Logitech’s New Dock Is Designed for a Work From Home World

Logitech’s New Dock Is Designed for a Work From Home World

Logitech is announcing a new all-in-one dock that’s designed for the new realities of a post-pandemic hybrid workforce. “When the pandemic hit, we spent an incredible amount of time with our end users to understand their needs and pain points in a work-from-home world. The result was Logi Dock,” says Scott Wharton, general manager and vice president of Logitech video collaboration…


iRobot’s Newest Roomba Uses AI to Avoid Dog Poop

Using a robot vacuum has always been a bit hazardous for pet owners. Leaving a robovac to do its thing in your absence can be a problem if your less-than-perfectly-trained dog or cat also does its thing while you’re out. A quick Google of “Roomba dog poop” gives you some idea of what the outcome can be, as unheeding robots with spinning brushes barrel into the mess and proceed to spread it liberally around the house…


These Boat Drones Are Designed to Sail Directly Into the Eye of a Hurricane

Saildrone makes autonomous ocean vessels to study the environment. This summer, the Silicon Valley startup sent five of its vessels directly into the path of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. While airplanes can fly through hurricanes, the screaming winds kick up such huge waves that attempting to sail boats right into them is something best to be avoided…


Researchers Complete First-Ever Detailed Map of Global Coral

HONOLULU (AP) — Researchers have completed a comprehensive online map of the world’s coral reefs by using more than 2 million satellite images from across the globe…


A Single Laser Fired Through a Keyhole Can Expose Everything Inside a Room

Being able to see inside a closed room was a skill once reserved for super heroes. But researchers at the Stanford Computational Imaging Lab have expanded on a technique called non-line-of-sight imaging so that just a single point of laser light entering a room can be used to see what physical objects might be inside…


They Will Even Sing ‘Happy Birthday.’ Robots Are Picking Up Unwanted Jobs at a Latin Restaurant in Texas

(CNN)Restaurants across the country are struggling to find employees, so one establishment in Dallas decided to hire robots to help pick up the slack…


Kuo: AirPods 3 to Be Announced Alongside iPhone 13 at September Event, Possible Higher Prices as AirPods 2 Will Stay in the Lineup

In a report from reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today, Apple is said to be announcing the new generation of AirPods as part of Tuesday’s iPhone 13 event. The new ‘AirPods 3’ will be the new version of Apple’s AirPods earbuds, which were last refreshed in March 2019…