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This laundry-folding robot startup swears it’s for real (FastCo)
Syncere’s Lume robot video went viral. But can it actually ship?
A robot that folds your laundry is the kind of idea that sells itself. Just ask Syncere, a five-person startup that secured more than 1,000 preorders for its Lume robot with nothing but a simulated concept video.
– https://www.fastcompany.com/91401347/this-laundry-folding-robot-startup-swears-its-for-real-this-time?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss
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Back Market is turning old Windows 10 PCs into $99 Chromebooks (FastCo)
The refurbished tech store plans an ‘Obsolete’ section for all the PCs Microsoft is leaving behind.
In just a month, Microsoft will end support for Windows 10 and doom millions of PCs to obsolescence. For the refurbished tech vendor Back Market, that’s an opportunity.
– https://www.fastcompany.com/91403854/back-market-is-turning-old-windows-10-pcs-into-99-chromebooks?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss
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This smart streaming clock is the perfect Netflix companion (FastCo)
Never waste a moment of your precious downtime again.
A lot of the Cool Tools we feature here are about maximizing productivity, but this week, let’s focus instead on a way to budget your precious downtime.
– https://www.fastcompany.com/91396987/streaming-clock?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss
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Your phone’s ‘Share’ button doesn’t get enough love (FastCo)
Beyond just sharing links and photos with other people, it serves as a hub for all kinds of helpful shortcuts.
One of the most powerful buttons on your phone is also one of the easiest to ignore.
– https://www.fastcompany.com/91395844/your-phones-share-button-doesnt-get-enough-love?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss
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Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold7 ruined other foldables for me—including mine (FastCo)
It’s hard going back to anything else.
There’s no other phone I’d rather be using right now than Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold7—and that’s a problem.
– https://www.fastcompany.com/91395297/samsung-galaxy-z-fold7-ruined-other-foldables-for-me?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss
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How I took control of my email address with a custom domain (FastCo)
Custom email domains are a great way to control a core piece of your online identity.
Over the past three years, I’ve changed email providers three times without ever changing email addresses.
– https://www.fastcompany.com/91395733/how-i-took-control-of-my-email-address-with-a-custom-domain?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss
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I tried 10 AI browsers. Here’s why Perplexity’s Comet is the best so far (FastCo)
Sorry, Google, Microsoft, and Apple: Only Comet offers our best look at the future of agentic AI.
While AI features have been creeping into pretty much every popular browser for the past couple of years now, most of them don’t actually change how you browse the web.
– https://www.fastcompany.com/91387650/perplexity-comet-best-ai-browser?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss
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