Amazon announces deal to buy Roomba maker for $1.7 billion - Ars Technica

Amazon says it wants to help customers handle chores like vacuuming.

Enlarge/ iRobot's Roomba j7+ robot vacuum. 117 with 89 posters participating Amazon just announced a blockbuster deal to buy the home robotics company iRobot for $1.7 billion. The pending acquisit… [+1915 chars]

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