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Arm's CEO Insists the Market Needs His New CPU. It Could Piss Everyone Off
- Arm just confirmed the rumors: It's producing its own chip for the first time. CEO Rene Haas explains why this won't alienate the many chipmakers who license the company's designs. Rene Haas is half-prone on a couch in his office in San Jose, California. A basketball rests in his hand, partly obscuring his face. Haas had grimaced when WIRED's photographer first asked him to assume this position. The headlines came ...

Source: wired.com
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Amazon acquires Fauna Robotics
- Amazon acquires Fauna Robotics and its approachable humanoid Sprout The deal, Amazon's second robotics acquisition this month, brings a 50-pound, 3.5-foot bipedal robot called Sprout into the company's portfolio, less than two months after Fauna launched it to research and development partners. Terms were not disclosed. The race to put a humanoid robot in every home has a new entrant. Amazon has acquired Fauna ...

Source: thenextweb.com
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Ads are coming to Apple Maps, as Apple expands its business offerings
- Topics More from TechCrunch Apple on Tuesday announced that it will begin to allow advertisers to target customers on Apple Maps , starting in the U.S. and Canada later this summer. The ads will be available to any size business that has a physical location and has already created a business listing on Apple Maps. Users, meanwhile, will see the ads appear next to relevant search results. The ads are part of a ...

Source: techcrunch.com