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For almost 20 years, WordPress.com has been used by many people as a platform for sharing stories online in a secure and user-friendly way, and now, the company is making its services even more interesting by introducing something special: the 100-Year Plan, designed to ensure that your online presence will last for generations.

They have spilled the beans about this new plan recently in a blog post, saying that it is ideal for:

• Preserving family history, including photos and stories, for your descendants.
• Safeguarding your company’s past, present, and future.
• Creating a stable and adaptable online space for whatever the tech future holds.

We all know that WordPress.com is pretty popular because of its trusted website creation tools, but this new 100-Year Plan aims to take the user experience even further with interesting features like:

• Domain registration for a century, securing your web address.
• Multiple backups across the world and submission to the Internet Archive.
• Support for transferring site ownership during life’s changes.
• Superior managed WordPress hosting with speed and security.
• Dedicated support from the moment you express interest.

About the new plan, Matt Mullenweg, CEO and co-founder of WordPress.com said:

“Whether it’s giving a newborn the special gift of a domain and lifetime home on the web, or something you put in your will to make sure your website and story are accessible to future generations, I hope this plan gets people and other companies thinking about building for the long term.”

So there it is, The 100-Year Plan from WordPress.com — of course it may not be a fit for every user but, when we analyze the features and services, we can clearly see that the idea behind this new offer is to offer users something that can be seen as an investment for their future, whether they’re building their digital legacy or providing trusted online presence for loved ones from generations to come.

WordPress Unveils 100-Year Plan: Your Online Presence Will Last For A Century

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Android is lagging hard behind iOS for emergency satellite connectivity, and Google may be reaching out to Garmin to enable some kind of emergency SOS feature.

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The second supermoon of the month will rise this Wednesday, August 30. It will be even closer to Earth than the first supermoon of the month, the so-called Sturgeon Moon that rose on August 1.

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iRobot announced two new combo vacuum / mop combo robots today. The Roomba Combo j5+ and Combo i5+ provide some of the dual-mode features of the $1,1099 Roomba j7+ but for more affordable prices. However, there are some tradeoffs in selling these models for $799 (j5+) and $549 (i5+), including having to swap out their bins when it’s time to switch between vacuuming and mopping.

One of the biggest differences between the two new models is that the Roomba j5+, the higher-end one, can identify “No Mop Zones” to avoid rugs and carpeted rooms and learn your overall cleaning preferences. In addition, only the j5+ has advanced obstacle avoidance and can steer clear of “over 80” common floor hazards, including solid pet waste. The more expensive model also adds iRobot’s P.O.O.P. promise, which vows to replace your device if it fails to avoid pet messes.

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Apart from those differences that make the i5+ $250 cheaper, the two have much in common. They both run iRobot OS, provide control through the iRobot Home app and have self-emptying dustbins / charging stations. Each will automatically switch between vacuuming and mopping when you attach the corresponding bin. (According toThe Verge, they have 360ml dustbins and 210ml mopping tanks.) The machines also work with voice assistants, letting you control them with Alexa, Siri or Google Assistant devices. And although the cheaper i5+ won’t learn specific carpeted / rugged areas, you can still label room names and program it to target specific ones.

The $799 Roomba Combo j5+ and $549 Roomba Combo i5+ are available for pre-order today in North America on iRobot’s website ahead of retail availability on September 3rd. Meanwhile, European customers can buy the i5+ today, with the j5+ arriving in September. iRobot says it will roll out to other international markets throughout 2023 and into early next year.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/irobots-latest-roombas-can-vacuum-and-mop-for-cheaper-171543756.html?src=rss

Carefully constructed by Montreal-based designer and modelmaker Nicolas Temese of Miniatua, these tiny computer replicas really make it hard to tell they aren’t full-size. I mean, if he didn’t occasionally include his hand in the photos for size reference. Either those are some tiny computers, or the Titans have awoken to destroy us all.

Nicolas has made miniature versions of the normally room-sized IBM 704, first introduced in 1954, as well as an IBM 1401, IBM PC 5150, and a diorama of David Lightman’s room and IMSAI computer and the WOPR from WarGames. That was a good movie and probably a prophetic one considering the untethered advancement of AI.

The tiny computers include screens that cycle through command prompts and games, as well as LED lights for added realism. They sure don’t make computers like they used to, do they? They do not, and that’s a good thing – could you imagine using one of those dinosaurs? I do miss the old green-screen monochrome monitors, though. I mean, really, who needs more than one color anyway?

[via Waxy]