Alphabet may be putting its most high-profile robotics acquisition up for sale just three years after purchasing it. Bloomberg reports that Boston Dynamics, maker of robots which can walk, run, jump, and remain upright when pushed and kicked by humans, is being shopped around. The report cites Amazon and Toyota as potential acquirers, and notes that this would signal a big retreat from robotics, a
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