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Kuka aims to lead in China as robotics move from industry to home use

Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images A Kuka AG robotic arm pours a bottle of beer into a glass during a demonstration at the International Robot Exhibition 2017 at the Tokyo Big Sight on November 29, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan. Robots are changing the way people live and Kuka wants a …

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Interactive Brokers warns of risk from bitcoin futures

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Thomas Peterffy, chief executive officer of Interactive Brokers. “Smaller brokerage firms will go bankrupt,” Peterffy warned on Thursday, adding it could “destabilize the clearing houses.” Peterffy has sounded alarms before about the dangers of bitcoin, but his firm is allowing traders access to …

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Didi could drive Uber out of Latin America, plans to expand to Mexico

Adriano Machado | Reuters The chief executive of Uber Technologies, Dara Khosrowshahi. By the summer of 2016, Uber agreed to sell its China-based business to Didi in a merger which gave it a one-fifth stake in Didi and granted ex-Uber CEO Travis Kalanick a non-voting board seat at Didi. Didi …

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