Explore the latest advancements, news, and trends in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics.
WASHINGTON (TECHY QUANTUM) — Meta Platforms Inc. is preparing to eliminate roughly six hundred positions from its artificial intelligence division, according to a report from Axios citing an internal company memo. The cuts will impact several parts of the company’s Superintelligence Labs, including its long standing Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR) unit, along with product … Read more
BEIJING (TECHY QUANTUM) — Chinese technology giant Baidu is preparing to bring its robotaxis to Switzerland, marking its most ambitious move yet in Europe’s self driving market. The company announced Wednesday that its autonomous unit Apollo Go will begin test operations in December, ahead of a planned launch of steering wheel free robotaxis by early … Read more
SEATTLE — Amazon, the second largest private employer in the United States, is preparing for one of the biggest transformations in its history. According to internal planning documents reviewed by The New York Times, the company is advancing toward a future where robots, not humans, perform much of the labor inside its warehouses. Executives reportedly … Read more
A viral video claiming a woman arrived at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport with a Torenza passport women document is false, according to fact checkers and aviation officials. The video, widely shared on social media since October 8, 2025, repurposed footage from a mid 2000s television show, and airport authorities confirmed no … Read more
SEOUL — Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang is scheduled to travel to South Korea later this month to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit, marking a significant step in the company’s push to strengthen global partnerships in artificial intelligence and semiconductor technology. The high profile visit, confirmed by Nvidia on Sunday, will take … Read more
Meta announced Friday that parents will soon gain the ability to disable private conversations between their teenagers and the company’s artificial intelligence chatbots. The move follows public criticism and mounting regulatory scrutiny over reports that some of the AI characters on Instagram and Facebook engaged in flirtatious or inappropriate exchanges with underage users. The new … Read more
PARIS — Shares of Essilor Luxottica, the Paris listed maker of Ray-Ban glasses, rose 14 percent Friday to reach an all time high, adding nearly $20 billion to the company’s market capitalization. The surge came amid investor enthusiasm for the company’s AI powered Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, developed in collaboration with Meta Platforms. The company … Read more
NEW YORK & DALLAS ~ A consortium including BlackRock, Nvidia, Microsoft, and xAI announced Wednesday that it will acquire Aligned Data Centers from Macquarie Asset Management in a deal valued at $40 billion. The acquisition marks the first investment by the newly formed Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership, or AIP, as demand for AI data centers … Read more
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Broadcom Inc. on Tuesday unveiled a new networking chip designed to help companies build massive artificial intelligence computing systems, intensifying its competition with Nvidia Corp. as the race to dominate AI infrastructure accelerates. The new chip, called the Thor Ultra, enables cloud operators to connect hundreds of thousands of data processing … Read more
Broadcom’s top chip executive on Monday dismissed speculation that OpenAI was the company’s unnamed $10 billion customer, clarifying widespread assumptions that emerged after Broadcom’s September earnings call. Charlie Kawwas, president of the semiconductor solutions group at Broadcom, said during a joint appearance with OpenAI President Greg Brockman on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street that the … Read more
