A few years ago, if you asked most technologists around Silicon Valley which technologies would affect the future of work, the discussion would have centered around AI, self-driving cars, fully digital assistants and the inevitability of long-term technological unemployment. Everyone was focused on the implications of AI as a fundamental, new prime intellectual mover in our world to replace ...

Robotic arms that can perform complex, delicate tasks—from assembling electronics to picking and packing online orders in warehouses—are one of the holy grails of researchers and tech companies. Developing them is also proving to be highly risky, as the failure of another robotic arm startup shows. 

Carbon Robotics, a San Francisco–based startup that has spent the past ...

China’s ByteDance, whose TikTok video app has taken the U.S. by storm, is trying to sell its overseas news and entertainment app, called TopBuzz, people familiar with the matter said.

ByteDance is in talks with a handful of potential buyers, including U.S.-based media companies, the people said. It remains unclear whether the discussions, which have been going on for at least three ...