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Taggers sprayed graffiti on at least 27 floors of a partially completed downtown Los Angeles skyscraper directly across from Crypto.com Arena at LA Live, which is planning to roll out the red carpet for Sunday’s Grammy Awards. It’s unclear how the taggers gained access to the massive Oceanside Plaza site, a $1-billion mixed-use project on Figueroa Street and has been stalled since 2019. Street photographer Daron Burgundy told KTLA-TV that that taggers had been busy spray painting the structure for the past three nights.…

CES has long been a launchpad for innovation and cutting-edge technology. However, at this year’s event, there was a conspicuous void: the near-absence of sex tech. Despite being an industry that caters to a universal human experience, sex tech has always had an uneasy association with CES. This year, its conspicuous absence begs the question: Why are we still so prudishly resistant to integrating technology and intimacy? In 2019, sex tech had its headline moment at CES when pleasure tech…

The Roomba i5+ does a great job on carpet. Jack Wallen/ZDNETZDNET's key takeawaysThe Roomba i5+. But for $349, the Roomba i5+ is a tempting packageZDNET Recommends Roomba i5+ The i5+ is fast and does an outstanding job on carpet. The specsWorks on hardwood, hard floors, and carpet.Automatic bin emptying (for up to 60 days before you'll need to change the bag).Designed for both wet and dry cleaning. (More on this in a bit.)4-stage cleaning that pulls in dirt, debris, and pet hair.Automatically returns to its last…

The Roomba i5+ does a great job on carpet. Jack Wallen/ZDNETZDNET's key takeawaysThe Roomba i5+ is available now on Amazon for $349.Cleans carpet quickly and to perfection.Wet-cleaning feature failed to work and the brushes broke after two weeks.Until I met the Narwal Freo, I was not a fan of allowing a robot vacuum to take over the floor-cleaning chores. However, since that robot came into our house, I've been a convert. The Narwal set a rather high bar, which the many devices I've tested subsequently have failed to…

Maria Diaz/ZDNETThis mop is tip-top.The Eufy Clean X9 Pro CleanerBotZDNET RECOMMENDS Eufy Clean X9 Pro CleanerBot This is the perfect robot vacuum and mop for homes with hard floors, even if there are carpets and rugs in between. The CleanerBot truly lives up to the name, outperforming my old Roborock and the Yeedi MopStation Pro in vacuum and mop functions. The suction power, 5,500pa at maximum capacity, is outstanding. And the main brush is bristle-less, made of silicone wedges instead that are just as effective…

Maria Diaz/ZDNETI'm a sucker for a great robot vacuum. At my age, the promise of clean floors with little-to-no physical labor is enough to make me smile. Add a built-in mop to the deal and you can consider me sold.Also: Best robot mops: Wash your floors on auto-pilotThe Yeedi Mop Station ProZDNET RECOMMENDS Yeedi Mop Station Pro One of the most balanced robot vacuums I've tested, with strong suction and effective mopping. And it's on sale right now. As someone who never enjoyed having carpets at home, I value a…

pros and cons Pros 6,000 Pa suction Reactive 3D Obstacle Avoidance Stress-free, self-cleaning mop head Cons Expensive at $1,600 Only empties the dust bin at the end of a job more buying choices I have tested a few too many robot vacuums over the past year, but none of them come close to what's been cleaning my floors as of late.  I haven't had any reasons to pull out my handheld vacuum while testing the S8 Pro Ultra.  through its paces and can confidently say that it puts all other robot vacuums to shame. The latest…

Hotel rooms are planned for the upper floors of the historic Evans School in the Golden Triangle. An application submitted to Denver’s Landmark Preservation Commission, which will consider aspects of the project on Tuesday, specifies the planned use. “An event space on the second level will host large gatherings,” the document states. “The remainder of the upper floors will house hotel rooms and hotel amenity spaces.” The three-story former elementary school at 1115 Acoma St. was purchased in 2019 for $11 million by…

There are plenty of robots that say they can vacuum and mop your floors, but never to anyone’s satisfaction. With some, you have to futz with the system to add the mop halfway through, others it’ll drag the dirty pad across your clean carpets and rugs. It’s a problem that iRobot has spent plenty of engineering resources trying to solve, saying that the new Combo j7+ is the solution. Co-founder and CEO Colin Angle describes it as the “first legitimate 2-in-1 vacuuming and mopping robot ever created.” Instead of requiring a…

Construction workers might soon spend more time building and less time preparing. HP has unveiled a SitePrint robot that autonomously prints layouts on construction site floors. With the help of a remote control tablet and cloud tools, the machine can outline walls, doors and other elements with little intervention — it can avoid unexpected obstacles, including steep drops. The company claims the bot can finish a layout in a "fraction" of the time humans require, although this will vary by the complexity of the project.…