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Chip designer Arm targets robotics with new Physical AI business
Chip design company Arm Holdings Plc has created a new Physical AI business unit that’s going to be focused on developing semiconductors for robotics and intelligent cars. The announcement was made today at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, where robots have been a major theme, along with “physical AI” models aimed at improving how they ...
Chinese regulators probe Meta’s acquisition of AI startup Manus
Meta Platforms Inc.’s proposed $2 billion acquisition of the Chinese-founded but now Singapore-based artificial intelligence startup Manus hasn’t gone unnoticed, as the deal is reportedly being scrutinized by Beijing regulators over alleged export control law violations,. But it’s unclear whether they’d be able to prevent the acquisition from going ahead. The Financial Times reported that Chinese ...
Amazon’s AI agents spark backlash from retailers after listing their products without permission
Amazon.com Inc. has irked dozens of online retailers after using experimental artificial intelligence tools to scrape their websites and list their products on its sprawling online marketplace without their knowledge or consent. The tools in question include “Shop Direct,” which is a feature that allows Amazon customers to browse products from other brands’ websites on ...
Photonic raises $130M to scale quantum computers with entanglement-based networking
Canadian quantum computing startup Photonic Inc. said today it has closed on CAD$180 million ($130 million) in funding as part of the first phase of its latest investment round. The company said it’s aiming to raise much more in the coming months as it looks to scale up its quantum entanglement-based networking technology for quantum ...
Marvell buys network switching specialist XConn for $540M to boost its AI story
Chipmaker Marvell Technology Inc.’s stock moved higher today after the company announced plans to acquire the network interconnect startup XConn Technologies Holdings Inc. in a stock-and-cash deal valued at $540 million. XConn is a maker of interconnect switching technologies for artificial intelligence and data center infrastructure. The addition will help to strengthen Marvell’s own switching ...
Lenovo launches new ThinkSystem servers dedicated to AI inference
Lenovo Group Ltd. is pushing to become the workhorse of the artificial intelligence industry after unveiling a slate of new, enterprise-grade server systems specifically for AI inference workloads. The new servers are the latest additions to Lenovo’s Hybrid AI Advantage portfolio. They underscore how the AI industry is moving away from its focus on training ...
AI lending startup Pluto Financial raises $8.6M to unlock illiquid private equity capital
A startup called Pluto Financial Technologies Inc. said today it has raised $8.6 million and secured hundreds of millions of dollars in lending capacity to help investors in private equity unlock the value held in these illiquid assets. The round was led by Motive Ventures and saw backing from Portage, Apollo Global Management, Hamilton Lane, ...
Vibe’s new AI robot sits in on meetings to record every interaction and delegate tasks
Digital whiteboard company Vibe Inc. is evolving, merging robotics with artificial intelligence to improve knowledge capture during key team meetings and ensure that no details slip through the cracks. It’s launching a new product called Vibe Bot – a compact, physical, in-room device modeled on the popular Labubu toys that’s paired with advanced spatial intelligence ...
Ambiq debuts first energy-optimized NPU chipset for advanced AI on battery-powered devices
Edge artificial intelligence chipmaker Ambiq Micro Inc. took to the stage today at the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to unveil Atomiq, its first system-on-chip integrating a specialized neural processing unit for accelerating AI at the network edge. Ambiq rose to prominence last year after launching an initial public offering in July that ...
Dell unveils new Alienware gaming PCs oozing power and style
Dell Technologies Inc.’s Alienware brand has been flexing its muscles at the CES electronics show in Las Vegas today, unveiling three new gaming laptops alongside a traditional tower personal computer powered by Nvidia Corp.’s most advanced gaming processor. Though the new Alienware laptops are designed for mobile gaming and feature shiny new OLED panels for ...