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  These Look Like Ordinary Backpacks, But The Tech Inside Will Blow You Away I can think of a lot of things in my life that I wish were as easy to track down as a pair of AirPods or an Apple Watch using Apple's Find My app. Of course , that's why Apple made AirTags. But now, the tech that's in AirTags is getting built into a bunch of different kinds of products. One of the most useful is backpacks. I tested two backpacks that now have Apple Find My trackers built-in and found a lot to like about both of them.  The two I tested -- and the first two Find My-enabled backpacks I've seen -- were Hyper's HyperPack Pro and Targus' Cypress Hero. Since Hyper is owned by Targus, there are natural similarities between the two, but they are also very distinct products designed to appeal to different customers.  The HyperPack Pro is full of very cool features that will appeal to tech enthusiasts and creatives carrying a lot of gear. The Targus Cypress Hero is an eco-consciou...

  According to an April report in the Korea Times, one owner placed tablets on every table in his restaurants to eliminate the need for waiters. During the pandemic, Reuters reported that South Korean tech company KT Corp started selling "Aglio Kim" – a trolley-like AI robot to restaurants. It can carry food for as many as four tables on each trip, Lee Young-jin of KT told the news agency. However, tech executives in South Korea told the FT they're now concerned the market is being flooded by cheap Chinese robots, stymying the country's own robotics makers. Server tech has become more sophisticated in recent years, moving beyond tablets on tables to fully autonomous robots collecting orders and delivering food. One Chinese-made serving robot costs 10 million to 30 million won ($7,500 to $22,600) – about a fifth of the price of Korean equivalents, the newspaper reported. One unnamed executive told the FT said they were trying to win the battle with better-quality robot...