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      The top 10 robot vacuums and mowers ZDNET readers bought in 2025

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      Maria Diaz/ZDNETAs a smart home reviewer, I’m particularly fond of robot vacuums. I enjoy unboxing, setting up, and testing them, and I love seeing new technologies emerge each year. Even if robot vacuums look similar, each one is actually quite different, which means I’m constantly learning new things about these devices. We test dozens of robot vacuums each year at ZDNET, both in our lab and at home. As a result, I’m always writing reviews for different models and updating our choices for the best units you can buy. Also: The best Black Friday robot vacuum deals live nowNow, our team has compiled data on the top-selling robot vacuums across various retailers through 2025 so far. The following are listed in order of units sold through the links clicked from ZDNET stories. (A note: Your privacy is protected — we only have access to aggregate data from our user base, and there is no way for us to identify individual people’s purchases.) Here are ZDNET readers’ most-purchased robot vacuums this year so far (and several are on sale already for Black Friday). 
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      Cloud-native computing is poised to explode, thanks to AI inference work

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      dem10/iStock/Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source<!–> on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways The CNCF is bullish about cloud-native computing working hand in glove with AI. AI inference is the technology that will make hundreds of billions for cloud-native companies. New kinds of AI-first clouds, such as neoclouds, are already appearing. At KubeCon North […] More

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      I tried Google’s new trip-planning AI tool, and I’ll never plan my own trip again

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      Screenshot by Artie Beaty/ZDNETZDNET’s key takeawaysYou can now describe a trip to Google and get a full itinerary.Canvas will visualize your trip, including flights and hotels.Google also unveiled new flight tools. If you’re the type of person who obsesses over every little detail of planning a trip, or you’re the type of person who gets so overwhelmed they can’t plan a trip, Google’s new AI tool might just be what you’re looking for.In a recent blog post, Google revealed how you can use Canvas to plan your next trip, including hotels and flights. Just tell the AI where you’re going, Google says, along with a few details, and you’ll get a fully planned trip.More than just a list of sightsTo try out the new feature, I asked it to build an itinerary for a trip I took last fall — a five-day trip to New York City. I kept my request open-ended: “Help me plan a five-day trip to NYC focusing on historical sites and museums.”Also: I let Google’s new AI tools take on my holiday shopping list – here’s how it wentAfter a few seconds, what I saw surprised me — an itinerary that looked strikingly close to what I had spent hours building last fall, including hotel recommendations. The sights included museums that I did indeed see, like The Met and the MOMA, things to do, like a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, and a handful of restaurants I couldn’t miss. The number one hotel recommendation was the actual one I chose for my last trip. What I found most impressive about the itinerary was that the AI went a step further than just telling me what to see. It recommended a week-long unlimited OMNY card and told me I didn’t need one of the popular sightseeing passes since many historic sites are free to visit. Everything listed included Google reviews and information like hours, admission prices, and other details.   More