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Fauna CEO Rob Cochrane and the Sprout robot.Provided by: Fauna RoboticsAmazon The company announced Tuesday that it has acquired Fauna Robotics, a startup that develops “friendly” humanoid robots for consumers and businesses. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “We are excited about Fauna’s vision to develop capable, safe and fun robots for everyone,” an Amazon spokesperson told CNBC in a statement. “With Amazon’s robotics expertise and decades of experience earning customer trust at home through our retail and device businesses, we look forward to inventing new ways to make our customers’ lives better and easier.”Bloomberg first reported on the…
President Donald Trump arrives at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on October 31, 2025. President Trump is spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Palm Beach, Florida. Samuel Corum | Getty ImagesDemocratic candidate Emily Gregory is expected to win the Florida House seat representing the Palm Beach County district, also home to President Donald Trump, in a special election Tuesday night.Gregory is expected to defeat Republican John Maples, 43, who supports President Trump, and the 87th Congressional District seat will be stripped from Republican control.The district includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, where he…
Arsenal’s Eberechi Eze is expected to miss several weeks with a calf injury, Sky Sports News reports.Eze was injured in last week’s Champions League game against Bayer Leverkusen and missed the Carabao Cup final against Manchester City. The attacking midfielder, who has been withdrawn from the England squad, will undergo further tests and there are hopes he could return sooner than the reported four to six weeks. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player How much impact will Manchester City’s victory over Arsenal in the Carabao Cup final have on the Premier League title race? The Premier League…
For developers working with AI, “vibe coding” at this point means babysitting every action or risking letting the model run unchecked. Anthropic says the latest updates to Claude aim to eliminate that option by allowing the AI to determine which actions are safe to perform on its own, albeit with some limitations. This move reflects broader changes across the industry, as AI tools are increasingly designed to work without human approval. The challenge is to balance speed and control. Too many guardrails can slow things down; too few can make the system dangerous and unpredictable. Anthropic’s new “Auto Mode” is…
Ships lined up in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026.Altaf Qadri | APWhile there is some hope that the United States and Iran may find a way out of the war, prediction market investors are unsure whether the Middle East’s key oil shipping route will be reopened in the coming weeks.The probability that tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz will “return to normal” by April 15 is below 25% in Karshi. But by June 1st, the odds drop to over 67%, and by July 1st, they drop to 76%. Kalsi…
Arm Holdings shares soared 6% in after-hours trading Tuesday after Chief Executive Officer Rene Haas announced annual sales forecasts for 2031 that would be more than six times higher than 2025.Haas unveiled Arm’s first in-house chip at an event in San Francisco on Tuesday, with Meta being its first customer. CNBC visited Arm’s research lab in Austin, Texas, earlier this month to get an exclusive first look at the chip.Arm shares closed about 1.5% lower on Tuesday following the chip announcement.Haas said Arm expects the new chips to generate annual sales of about $15 billion by 2031, total annual sales…
Arsenal took control of their Women’s Champions League quarter-final against Chelsea with a 3-1 first-leg win at the Emirates.Current European title holders, the Gunners have had a near-perfect record in north London this season, losing just one of 21 games at the ground under manager Lennie Sleggers. They were in good shape heading into the match. The form was in their favor as they were unbeaten in seven games in all competitions and had maintained that form since January’s 2-0 win against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea dominated the first 15 minutes, with Alyssa Thompson and Lauren James hitting the…
Ida Huddleston and her family have owned farms in northern Kentucky for generations. And they turned down at least one multi-million dollar offer to save it. Last year, a “major artificial intelligence company” offered $26 million to sell part of the farm for a proposed data center, according to a recent report from WKRC. Huddleston and his family refused, saying they didn’t want a data center built near them or on 1,200 acres of farmland outside Maysville, Kentucky. “They call us stupid old farmers, but we’re not,” Huddleston, 82, told Local 12WKRC. “We always know we’re out of food, we’re…
Here are some stocks that are attracting attention in intraday trading. Circle — The stablecoin issuer’s stock plunged 20.1% after rival Tether announced it had hired an unnamed Big Four accounting firm to audit its USDT reserves. SAP — The software provider’s shares fell 4% after JPMorgan lowered its rating to neutral from overweight and lowered its price target from €260 (US$300.83) to €175 (US$202.48) per share. “SAP’s current cloud backlog is likely to slow further as the migration infrastructure matures, making reacceleration difficult to undertake,” said analyst Toby Ogg. Applied Optoelectronics — Shares of the optical components maker soared…
A Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-200 flies past the Capitol dome in Washington as it lands at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on November 9, 2025.Bill Clark | Cq-roll Call Inc. | Getty ImagesThere are no empty benefits!delta airlines The airline announced Tuesday that it has suspended airport escort and red coat services for members of Congress and staff as the Department of Homeland Security continues its partial shutdown.The move comes a week after Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian, in an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” accused Congress of failing to approve salaries for Transportation Security Administration employees during…