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Unitree surges in Shanghai debut, a milestone for China's humanoid robotics sector

Unitree surges in Shanghai debut, a milestone for China's humanoid robotics sector

By Samuel Shen and Eduardo Baptista SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Shares in Unitree, China's best-known humanoid robot maker, soared…

August 20, 2026

Amazon plans drone delivery expansion to about 500 US locales

By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Amazon said on Wednesday it will expand its drone delivery service…

August 20, 2026

LG Energy, once fixed on EV batteries, jumps to Plan B

(Corrects to remove faulty hyperlink in paragraph 2) By Kalea Hall Aug 19 (Reuters) - A few years ago, battery…

August 20, 2026

LG Energy, once fixed on EV batteries, jumps to Plan B

(Corrects to remove faulty hyperlink in paragraph 2) By Kalea Hall Aug 19 (Reuters) - A few years ago, battery…

August 20, 2026

Ex-Meta executive says Zuckerberg put growth before child safety

By Kenrick Cai, Diana Novak Jones and Jonathan Stempel OAKLAND, California, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A former engineering director at…

August 20, 2026

Europe AI data centres seek cheaper, quicker energy and land

By Simon Jessop and Iain Withers LONDON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Europe's developers of data centres for artificial intelligence are…

August 20, 2026

Alphabet raises $3.9 billion in inaugural Australian dollar bond

HONG KONG, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Alphabet has raised A$5.5 billion ($3.89 billion) via its inaugural Australian dollar debt issuance,…

August 20, 2026

Payments firm Stripe to buy marketplace OpenRouter in AI push

By Aditya Soni and Arasu Kannagi Basil Aug 19 (Reuters) - Payments firm Stripe said on Wednesday it had agreed…

August 20, 2026

Ex-Meta executive says Zuckerberg put growth before child safety

By Kenrick Cai, Diana Novak Jones and Jonathan Stempel OAKLAND, California, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A former engineering director at…

August 20, 2026

Mark Zuckerberg encouraged growth over child safety, ex-Meta executive testifies at trial

By Kenrick Cai, Diana Novak Jones and Jonathan Stempel OAKLAND, California, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A former engineering director at…

August 20, 2026