How iRobot lost its way home

How iRobot lost its way home

There’s something painfully American about the arc of iRobot, the company that taught your vacuum to navigate around the furniture. Founded in 1990 in Bedford, Massachusetts by MIT roboticist Rodney Brooks and his former students Colin Angle and Helen Greiner, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday, punctuating a 35-year run that took…

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#Bidens spending Thanksgiving at billionaire’s Nantucket home

#Bidens spending Thanksgiving at billionaire’s Nantucket home

“#Bidens spending Thanksgiving at billionaire’s Nantucket home” President Biden and first lady Jill Biden said they will spend Thanksgiving at the Nantucket home of a private-equity billionaire. In a statement to reporters, the White House said, “The First Family will stay at the home of their friend, David Rubenstein, as they have done previously.” The…

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