Month: February 2025

Boston Dynamics joins forces with its former CEO to speed the learning of its Atlas humanoid robot

Boston Dynamics joins forces with its former CEO to speed the learning of its Atlas humanoid robot Boston Dynamics Wednesday announced a partnership designed to bring improved reinforcement learning to its electric Atlas humanoid robot. The tie-up is with the Robotics & AI Institute (RAI Institute), earlier known as The

SoftBank could soon buy Renee James’ Ampere chip company for about $6.5B

SoftBank could soon buy Renee James’ Ampere chip company for about $6.5B And it’s the latest in an ongoing saga over the company’s future ownership. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/05/softbank-could-soon-buy-renee-james-ampere-chip-company-for-about-6-5b/

Sonos lays off 200 ahead of rumored set-top box release

Sonos lays off 200 ahead of rumored set-top box release Sonos announced that it has laid off 200 people in a letter posted to its site Wednesday. The news follows a 100-person layoff in August. Both rounds arrive in the wake of a disastrously botched update to the Sonos app

Researchers created an open rival to OpenAI’s o1 ‘reasoning’ model for under $50

Researchers created an open rival to OpenAI’s o1 ‘reasoning’ model for under $50 AI researchers at Stanford and the University of Washington were able to train an AI “reasoning” model for under $50 in cloud compute credits, according to a new research paper released last Friday. The model, known as

Scout Motors sued over plan to sell EVs direct to consumers

Scout Motors sued over plan to sell EVs direct to consumers Scout Motors’ plan to eschew traditional dealerships and sell EVs directly to consumers is running into legal trouble. A group of Volkswagen and Audi dealers filed a lawsuit in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County this week

Welcome to our new IVY reporter!

Welcome to our new IVY reporter! IVY “Interreg Volunteer Youth” is an initiative by the European Commission that started in 2017. It gives young people aged between 18 and 30 years old the opportunity to be a volunteer within the organisations that make European cooperation possible.  The Interreg Euro-MED Programme supports the IVY initiative and welcomed Farah Ben Hadj

Investor slashes value of Pleo stake by 25 per cent

Investor slashes value of Pleo stake by 25 per cent An investor in expenses management platform unicorn Pleo has cut the value of its stake by over 25 per cent year-on year, according to a new report. Kinnevik, which holds a 14 per cent stake in Denmark-founded Pleo, valued the