Amazon Buying Roomba for Data-Gathering Abilities?

Amazon Buying Roomba for Data-Gathering Abilities?

Amazon has agreed to acquire autonomous vacuum cleaner manufacturer iRobot in a move industry observers say will add household mapping capabilities to Amazon’s already significant data-gathering arsenal. While Amazon gains shopping data from its core market platform, entertainment insights from its streaming services, and endless data points from its voice-activated Alexa assistant, the iRobot purchase means the company could soon understand how its users’ homes are laid out.

 

Amazon Buying Roomba for Data-Gathering Abilities?

Iran to Move Forward With Uranium Enrichment

Iran has said it plans to increase uranium enrichment up…

‘USS Nimitz’ Turns Around

After beginning its way toward the Middle East, a US aircraft…

Brexit Faces ‘Bumpy Moments’ Despite Deal

Most people completely missed one of the five greatest prophetic…