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 Boston Dynamics AI Institute. Both organizations were founded by Marc Raibert, a former MIT professor who served as Boston Dynamics’ CEO for

Ampere, the semiconductor business founded by former Intel exec Renee James, is reportedly on the cusp of selling itself to SoftBank — the latest in an ongoing saga over the company’s future ownership. The deal could value Ampere at about $6.5 billion, Bloomberg reports. That’s a price cut from the $8 billion valuation in 2021

Key Takeaways FMC Corp. shares lost a third of their value on Wednesday after the release of the company’s fourth-quarter results late the day before. The company reported revenue that came in below analysts’ estimates and issued sluggish guidance for 2025. The agricultural sciences company said growth in the fourth quarter was “below our expectations,”

Key Takeaways The S&P 500 gained 0.4% on Wednesday, Feb. 5, recovering from morning losses as chip giant Nvidia and other AI names reinvigorated the tech sector. Supermicro shares pushed higher after the server maker provided an update on the availability of its latest AI solution. FMC shares lost a third of their value a