That's where Microsoft's Project Orleans comes in. Designed to simplify the development of actor-based applications, Orleans handles the heavy lifting of clustering, actor distribution, state ...

The tech giant is targeting 2027 for a potential launch of these new devices. Other robotic projects in development include a mobile bot with wheels and an industrial mechanical arm for manufacturing.

Oracle’s co-founder and the world’s second-richest person pledges to concentrate his vast resources on his own research institute and for-profit ventures to address health, hunger and climate ...