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Everybody loves robots, but the initial ardor for building one can quickly be snuffed out by the complex reality of actually programming it to do anything. That’s where Linkbot comes in, a new project from the Barobo team that brought us the Mobot. It’s designed as a modular system that can be expanded infinitely with accessories like a camera mount, gripper, and wheels, thanks to three separate mounting surfaces — which also have standard #6-32 screw attachment holes on the mounting plate to attach personality-enhancing cutouts...

What does the PlayStation 4 look like? We didn’t find out back at Sony’s big New York City reveal gala in February, but it looks like we’re edging ever closer to that moment: June 10th at 6PM PT seems to be exactly when we’ll find out. Hey, wouldn’t you know it, that lines up with Sony’s E3 2013 press conference, which we’ll be liveblogging right here on Engadget. The coincidences simply won’t stop! A new tease video today gives us a few glimpses at what we might see in a few weeks, but for now you’ll have to be sated by looking through individual video frames. Take a look (and then another, and then another) just below the break.

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By most accounts, the HTC One is the most compelling Android smartphone on the market today, but only three of the major US carriers are wise enough to sell it. Up until this point, we’ve put the AT&T and Sprint models through their paces, and now we have an opportunity to round out the trio with T-Mobile’s version. Given the carrier’s recent shift to an unsubsidized pricing model — which brings lower monthly fees in exchange for purchasing your phone outright — you may be in for some sticker shock with the HTC One, which runs $580, but you can also pay $100 down with installments of $20 per month over the course of two years.

If you’re currently on the fence about whether the HTC One is right for your needs, you’ll definitely want to check out our full review, which features an in-depth ...

Seamless and GrubHub, two of the biggest food delivery services in the US, have just announced they’ll be merging into a combined company, with the name of the new operation to be decided at a later date. (SeamHub? Grubless?) Unlike some other transactions we cover around here, this does seem to be a merger in the truest sense of the word, with GrubHub founder Matt Maloney stepping up to the role of president, and Seamless CEO Jonathan Zabusky staying on as president. Though we don’t yet know what the new service will be called, the companies are already saying it will serve 500 US cities, with around 20,000 restaurants taking orders...

ASUS’ Transformer Book hybrid may have just graduated from our review testing, but the company already has a new product to tempt you. The Zenbook Infinity will be the “world’s first Ultrabook with a lid made form Corning Gorilla Glass 3” and will be revealed in full at Taipei’s Computex 2013 in a few weeks. It’ll measure in at just 15.5mm thick — a full 14 percent thinner than previous Zenbooks. Next-generation Gorilla Glass will cover the outer lid and the keyboard surround, although you can expect to see that familiar concentric circle pattern beneath that protection. ASUS says the Ultrabook will launch Q3 2013, but we can expect to see the full specs before then.

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The Sony Entertainment Network, which is already live in the US and Brazil among other countries, will launch in Japan on May 29th. As you may recall, the service is a browser-based marketplace with games, movies and other media available for download. SEN is especially targeted at PlayStation users; games and videos purchased will automatically show up in the PlayStation store. Given that Sony calls the Land of the Rising Sun home, it’s high time its Entertainment Network opened its doors to Japan. And with E3 less than a month away, the world may get a taste of Sony’s next-gen hardware for enjoying this service — stay tuned.

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As much as Europe can hope for deeper integration, it doesn’t feel that way when citizens get whacked for hefty roaming rates. European digital commissioner Neelie Kroes has got such charges in her sights, telling business leaders that she’s planning to push through a single mobile telecoms market before she retires in 2015. She told European Business summit that she had “no intention to retire until [she'd] knocked down all the barriers to a single market,” which was her “major priority” for the rest of her term. Hopefully those on that side of the pond will never again have to fork out $8 per day just to check Vine.

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Hot on the heels of yesterday’s rumors, Yahoo and Tumblr have jointly announced a “definitive agreement” for the former to acquire the latter for $1.1 billion. The agreement says that Tumblr will be “independently operated as a separate business” with its own branding and line of development. A frankly worded press release says that this arms-length arrangement will help Yahoo “not to screw it up” and promises that the 300 million monthly visitors to the blogging site will continue to experience the Tumblr’s “irreverence, wit, and commitment to empower creators.” Those who have allegedly fled to WordPress already, for fear of Tumblr being shut down, may have slightly jumped the gun.

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Say hello to the Jolla Phone. Preorders for the world’s first Sailfish OS device launched today and we’ve called into Helsinki to get the whole story from Jolla’s Head of Software, Marc Dillon. While we know there’s a 4.5-inch “high definition” screen (resolution TBC), dual-core processor and 8-megapixel camera, we were kept at arms length during our meeting with an early prototype of final hardware. So, unfortunately, our full hands-on treatment will have to wait until later today. For now, Marc takes us through the thinking behind the hardware — and what the notion of the “other half” really means — right after the break.

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On top of yesterday’s 4K announcement, Samsung has also given us a quick heads-up on one of the prototype displays it’s planning to show off at this year’s Display Week event. It’s a highly gawp-worthy 3,200 x 1,800 (“WQXGA+”) panel destined for 13-inch laptops that insist on taking things further than the Retina MacBook Pro (2,560 x 1,600) or Samsung’s Series 9 prototype (2,560 x 1,440, shown above). As an added advantage, the panel is promised to deliver “30 percent greater power-savings” compared to existing LCDs thanks to a reduction in the number of driver circuits as well as more efficient backlight units. Display Week starts today, so we should soon have a first-person account of this unheard-of pixel density straight from Samsung’s stall.

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