Amazon acquires ‘approachable’ humanoid maker Fauna Robotics
Fauna CEO Rob Cochran with a Sprout robot. Courtesy: Fauna Robotics Amazon has acquired Fauna Robotics, a startup…
Alibaba reveals new AI CPU chip designed for ‘agents’
Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images Alibaba on Tuesday announced a new chip designed for agentic capabilities…
Amazon acquires startup Rivr to test robots for ‘doorstep delivery’
A worker delivers Amazon packages in San Francisco on Oct. 24, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg |…
Meta backtracks on decision to end Horizon Worlds VR fans speak up
Pavlo Gonchar| SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images A day after announcing that it will be shutting…
Google brings more Gemini AI to navigation with ‘Ask Maps’ feature
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Google is adding its Gemini AI technology to a new feature…
The memory stock cycle of boom-bust-repeat is over, executives say
The artificial intelligence spending blitz has the memory industry dancing to a new tune. Shares of Micron are…
Nebius stock pops 14% on Nvidia $2 billion investment announcement
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks during the 2026 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada,…
Nvidia CEO Huang says $30 billion OpenAI investment ‘might be the last’
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang speaks about the Vera Rubin AI platform at the annual Consumer Electronics…
Qualcomm CEO sees robotics as a ‘larger opportunity’ within 2 years
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon delivers a keynote speech at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, May 19, 2025. Ann Wang…
Microsoft and SpaceX’s Starlink partner on global internet effort
Elon Musk attends the 56th annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2026. Denis Balibouse…
Blizzard prompts Boston Globe to call off printing paper
A record-setting snowstorm has prompted managers of The Boston Globe to call off printing their daily newspaper for…
What I saw at India’s AI summit
CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal sits down with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at the AI Impact Summit. Photo: Yolande Chee…