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Lifestyle shot of Roomba Combo 10 Max cleaning floor with woman and child in the background.

The New Roomba Has Evolved Past Needing Humans

It's the first robot vacuum to use the Matter smart home standard. But the bigger news is that the vac can wash its own mop and refill its own tank, freeing up time and keeping hands clean.

By Sherri L Smith Published July 23, 2024

ReviewsHome Entertainment & Smart Home

Samsung QN90D 4K Neo QLED Review: Looking Good From (Almost) Every Angle

Samsung’s QLED 4K TVs are solid upper-midrange options for those who want good picture without high costs.

By Kyle Barr Published April 23, 2024

ReviewsHome Entertainment & Smart Home

First Look: Samsung’s 4K, 8K QLED and OLED TVs Are Some of the Best TVs for Gamers

The QN90D 4K QLEDs are still contenders, even though the S95D OLED still beats them all. We’re still waiting for the real use case for expensive 8K viewing.

By Kyle Barr Published March 27, 2024

Illustration: NSF/LIGO/Sonoma State University/A. Simonnet

SciencePhysics & Chemistry

These Violent Collisions Could Be Producing Dark Matter

The mergers of neutron stars might be extreme enough for new physics.

By Isaac Schultz Published March 13, 2024

SciencePhysics & Chemistry

Physicists Measure Gravity of Smallest Mass Yet

A bundle of magnets and glass had a slight but detectable gravitational pull, pushing scientists closer to the boundary between classical and quantum physics.

By Isaac Schultz Published February 23, 2024

SciencePhysics & Chemistry

Physicists Captured Images of Heat’s ‘Second Sound.’ What?

An experiment involving superfluids showcases some wild phenonmenon.

By Isaac Schultz Published February 14, 2024

Tech News

Matter’s Latest Update Adds Support for Home Appliances, but Does It Matter?

It is cool to be able to start a robot vacuum remotely, but I've been doing that with the smart home I already have.

By Florence Ion Published October 23, 2023

Tech News

Samsung Adds SmartThings to Its Soundbars and Smart TVs

The premium HW-Q900C will be the first to debut SmartThings baked into a Samsung device.

By Florence Ion Published October 5, 2023

Graphic: U.S. National Science Foundation

SciencePhysics & Chemistry

Antimatter Reacts to Gravity in the Same Way as Ordinary Matter, Physicists Find

The result from CERN confirms expectations, but it's the first time gravity’s effect on the stuff has actually been tested.

By Isaac Schultz Published September 27, 2023

Tech News

Amazon’s Big Bet on New Devices and AI

The e-commerce giant bunts on new products but lean heavily into AI.

By Dan Ackerman Published September 20, 2023

Image: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); Acknowledgment: J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin), M. Mountain (STScI) and P. Puxley (National Science Foundation)

ScienceSpace & Spaceflight

Measuring Helium in Distant Galaxies May Give Physicists Insight Into Why the Universe Exists

New helium measurements in distant galaxies could provide solutions to a long-standing cosmology problem, potentially explaining why the universe isn't empty.

Anne-Katherine Burns, The Conversation Published July 26, 2023