They were once the pioneers of robotic vacuum cleaning, but iRobot — the company behind the iconic Roomba — is now out of cash and on the brink of bankruptcy. Once a prized acquisition target for Amazon, the deal collapsed after U.S. and EU regulators blocked the takeover. Since then, iRobot’s technology has fallen behind,... Read More
And just like that, a close-to-$1k purchase will become a paperweight, taunting the purchaser from beyond the grave.