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Amazon buys Fauna Robotics, maker of the Sprout humanoid robot that can dance and pick up toys
Amazon has acquired Fauna Robotics, just under two months after the startup introduced a humanoid robot called Sprout designed to be…
Private equity is eying Asia’s healthcare funding gap as countries get wealthier and older
Asia is getting wealthier, older—and potentially sicker, as rates of non-communicable disease rise across Southeast Asia. Yet governments aren’t investing…
Russia’s war on Ukraine began four years before the U.S.-Israel war on Iran did, but the battle lines are getting…
Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone on ‘the white whale of turnarounds’ and turning to AI—licensed from Anthropic
Internet trailblazer Yahoo is exploring technology’s next frontier with Scout, an answer engine powered by artificial intelligence. Scout seems insightful,…
Russia expected a windfall from soaring oil prices, but Ukrainian drones are devastating exports
The U.S. war on Iran set up Russia’s economy for a major rescue after oil prices soared after the closure…
Global economy takes gut punch from war in Iran, with nobody untouched the longer it goes on
U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran have driven up prices, darkened the outlook for the world economy, sent global stock…
‘There are a lot more attacks happening that aren’t being reported’: Iran’s cyber response creeps across the globe
As they fled an Iranian missile strike, some Israelis with Android phones received a text offering a link to real-time information…
AI is so sycophantic there’s a Reddit channel called ‘AITA’ documenting its sociopathic advice
Artificial intelligence chatbots are so prone to flattering and validating their human users that they are giving bad advice that…
As a fresh-faced Gen Z job seeker, securing a spot at one of the big Wall Street banks is one…
In February, the U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs. Unemployment rose to 4.4 %. Economists had expected modest growth. Instead, job…












