Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Thursday, April 4th, 2024. I'm Brian McCullough

today. Is Apple Pivoting to Home Robotics now that the Apple Car Project is dead, is Google about to pivot to

subscription-based search, why is X handing back blue check marks whether people

want them or not, why Amazon Merchants are upset over return scams and why the band Kiss might live forever.

Here's what you missed today in the world of Tech.

Well, that new vein of revenue has to come from somewhere, doesn't it?

Mark Germin's sources are telling him that Apple is exploring home robotic devices, including a mobile robot that can follow users around the house

and a tabletop device that uses robotics to move a display.

Is robotics the next big thing, in quotes,

now that the Apple car is dead,

quoting Bloomberg.

Engineers at Apple have been exploring a mobile robot

that can follow users around their homes said the people who

asked not to be identified because the Skunk Works project is private. The

iPhone maker has also developed an advanced tabletop home device that uses robotics

to move a display around, they said.

With robotics, Apple could gain a bigger foothold in consumers' homes and capitalize on

advances in artificial intelligence.

But it's not yet clear what approach it might take, though the robotic smart display is much further

along than the mobile bot.

It has been added and removed from the company's product roadmap over the years, according to the people.

The robotics work is happening within Apple's Hardware Engineering Division. the and Brian Lynch, two executives focused on home products have overseen the hardware development.

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