Roomba maker iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday and said the robotic vacuum cleaner would sell itself to a Chinese contract manufacturer. Shenzhen PICEA Robotics Co., which ...

Should Roomba owners worry about their robot vacuum after iRobot's bankruptcy? Here's what the company says. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images It's been a tough few years for iRobot, maker of the ...

Americans’ data could be at risk as Roomba’s new ownership would be required to hand over sensitive private data to Chinese authorities.

Humans bonded with the robotic floor cleaners, giving them names like Dirt Reynolds, but the autonomous agents of chaos ...

A bipartisan pair of lawmakers is asking Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to conduct a national security review of a proposal that would hand control of Roomba vacuum manufacturer iRobot Corp. to its ...

The smart home niche has introduced many technologies that can help you with basic or complex household chores, and that's what iRobot has been all about. However, as much as the Roomba came to take ...

Users on Reddit report that the latest Roomba firmware update expands compatibility with the Matter smart home protocol, which in practice also enables HomeKit compatibility via Apple’s Home app on ...

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The sale of bankrupt robot vacuum maker iRobot to a Chinese firm is a done deal. Or is it? Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren suggested last week that iRobot’s acquisition by Shenzhen ...

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