Amazon buys iRobot, Mofi vinyl controversy, Cybertruck cost increase

• Amazon announces deal to buy Roomba maker for $1.7 billion.
• Amazon's iRobot Deal Would Give It Maps Inside Millions of Homes.
• Ring, Google, and the Police: What to Know About Emergency Requests for Video Footage.
• Facial recognition smartwatches to be used to monitor foreign offenders in UK.
• Disney could soon lose exclusive rights to Mickey Mouse.
• California Regulator Accuses Tesla of Falsely Advertising Autopilot.
• U.S. Senate passes major $430 billion bill to fight climate change, cut drug costs.
• Bill Gates: A Clean Energy Future is in the Hands of Congress.
• Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company.
• Elon Musk challenges Twitter CEO to a 'public debate' about bots.
• Tesla's Cybertruck is going to be more expensive than originally planned.
• How a Phoenix record store owner set the audiophile world on fire.
• Citing Danger of "Ink Spills" Epson Programs End of Life for Some Printers.
• Post-quantum encryption contender is taken out by single-core PC and 1 hour.
• Pearson (LON:PSON) Sees NFT, Blockchain Helping Making Money From E-Books Sales.
• Samsung Unpacked Date Is Aug. 10: This Is What To Expect.
• Tinder scales back its plans for dating in the metaverse.
• HBO Max, Discovery+ to Launch as Merged Product in Summer 2023.
• Why HBO Max Spent $130 Million to Shelve 'Batgirl' and 'Scoob 2'.
• French Scientist's Photo of 'Distant Star' Was Actually Chorizo.

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