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  • Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Bought a Robot Vacuum

    Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Bought a Robot Vacuum

    I love my Roomba, and I hate my Roomba. The endearing little beeps and boops, the hypnotic but inexplicable path it takes across my floor, the possibility of training woodland animals to ride it across the floor…there’s a lot to like. But, three years into its use, I have some bones to pick. Here are…


  • Schedule These Maintenance Tasks to Keep Your Robot Vacuum Running

    Schedule These Maintenance Tasks to Keep Your Robot Vacuum Running

    If you’re into practical gift-giving, robot vacuums are a slam dunk. Once they’re properly set up, they can take one of the worst time-sucking chores off your to-do list for good — or at least until they break. Thankfully, robot vacuum maintenance is fairly simple. Here’s everything you need to do to keep yours from…


  • An Old Vulnerability Is Back, Impacting Many Major Websites

    A vulnerability from last century, dubbed ROBOT (Return Of Bleichenbacher’s Oracle Threat) is back and potentially impacts a number of major websites including Facebook and Paypal. ROBOT affects the handling of RSA encryption keys as they are applied to the TLS protocol. If a website uses these keys, it is possible to launch a man-in-the-middle…