Amazon to purchase Roomba maker iRobot in US$1.7 billion deal

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Amazon has just signed an agreement with iRobot, the company behind Roomba robot vacuum cleaners, to buy the company for US$1.7 billion (around CA$2.2 billion). It'll be an all-cash transaction for US$61 (approx. CA$79) per share. Colin Angle, iRobot's CEO, will remain in his position.

As CNET noted, Amazon has been a market leader in smart home devices, but a vacuum cleaner hasn't been introduced in its wheelhouse yet. The company didn't detail how it plans to integrate iRobot with the rest of the company.

Hollywood Suite's Cinema A to Z Books launches this month

Film fans can turn a new page this August with Cinema A to Z: Books. The Hollywood Suite original program is the first in a series of hour-long episodes that explore common themes through a selection of expertly curated movies. Cinema A to Z: Books will premiere exclusively on Hollywood Suite on August 21 at 9pm ET. Viewers can also catch the show on Hollywood Suite On Demand starting August 1, 2022.

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'Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered' gets verified for Steam Deck

Source: Sony

Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered is coming to the PC next week. Alongside that, the game gets verified for Steam Deck. Developer Insomniac Games announced this development on its Twitter account. When a game gets verified for Steam Deck, it should play great on the handheld gaming machine without significant tweaks.

Insomniac has also confirmed Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales will be coming to the PC sometime this fall. We're assuming the title could be verified then, too.

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Apple iPadOS might launch later due to issues with Stage Manager

Source: Apple

While we're expecting new Apple products in October, iPadOS might roll out a bit later. Bloomberg reports that Apple might delay the release by a month. It will go against Apple's typical style of releasing a new version of its operating system alongside the latest products.

The delay is supposedly due to the Stage Manager feature, which expands the multitasking capabilities of the iPad. It will let you group several windows into "piles" and keeps all the windows open in a tab on the left. It's already available in beta versions of iPadOS and macOS, but the iPadOS version is too buggy and confusing that Apple needs to rework it.