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Google Patent Makes Controlling Robots Easier

The tech allows a robot to operate based on both language commands and environmental surroundings.

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Why Factory Floors Are the Best Place to Start with AI Robots

“The problem is bounded,” one expert said.

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Blockchain

Fidelity (and So Many Others) Test Stablecoin Waters

Stablecoins are the Girl Scout cookies of the financial world, and everyone’s splurging for their own this spring.

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Technology

23andMe Bankruptcy Leaves 15 Million Customers’ Genetic Data in Limbo

CEO Anne Wojcicki stepped down, but the cofounder remained on the board and says she is trying to buying it back.

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Artificial Intelligence

Nvidia, ADM Buoyed by Saudi AI Deals, Softer US Export Controls

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A change in US export controls on advanced semiconductors presaged a wave of AI deals between the US and Saudi Arabia this week.

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Artificial Intelligence

Tech Giants Are Betting Billions on AI Smartphones. But Consumers Aren’t Sold

Big Tech is hoping AI-powered smartphones will be the first of many great returns on its eye-popping AI investments.

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Semiconductors

Nvidia Fights to Stay One Step Ahead of AI’s Many Evolutions

This year’s Nvidia GTC event comes after the bombshell DeepSeek moment, the acceleration of a global trade war, and a broader market rout.

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Can Intel Get its Groove Back?

Intel building up its chip foundry business may be a “slow-moving train.”

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Artificial Intelligence

Chegg Cuts Workforce as AI Takes Over the Chat

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Online learning company Chegg is laying off almost a quarter of its workforce amid worries that AI is doing people’s homework for them.

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Quantum Computing Race Isn’t Run ‘In a Vacuum’

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“It is a technology that is emerging worldwide.”

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