Wednesday, March 19, 2025

The renewed promise of robotics

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Tech Across the Globe

Nvidia's AI superstore: The chipmaker announced plans for more powerful AI chips, a model for robotics, desktop AI "supercomputers" and partnerships with companies as varied as General Motors and Disney, during the first day of its annual developer conference.

A new Pebble: The founder of smartwatch pioneer Pebble, sold to Fitbit in 2016, is back with two new products modeled on the original hardware.

Apple's fight with Germany: The iPhone maker lost its fight with German regulators to prevent greater antitrust oversight. Germany's top civil court let stand a decision that Apple met the criteria to be put under tighter scrutiny with other US tech giants.

Revalued

Cybersecurity company Wiz agreed to be acquired by Google parent Alphabet for $32 billion in cash. Wiz, which will join Google's Cloud business after the deal closes, turned down a $23 billion offer last year, saying it didn't value the company high enough. At the time, Wiz executives said they would pursue an initial public offering.

Must read

Robots are suddenly hot again for venture capital investors, Jackie Davalos reports in today's Tech In Depth. Despite losing money on initial efforts by robotic startups, breakthroughs in artificial intelligence have revved up confidence in the future of humanoid robots, she writes. For more Bloomberg coverage of the technology industry, subscribe here.

This week in Soundbite

As more and more podcasters put their shows on video and their business includes live tours, social media posts, merchandise and newsletters, Ashley Carman asks in this week's Soundbite: Just what is a podcast any more? For more coverage from Ashley on the music and podcast industry, subscribe here.

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