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LISTEN: Hackers Steal MLB Player's Lamborghini By Rerouting Delivery
Last month, Colorado Rockies third baseman Kris Bryant awaited the imminent delivery of a $300,000 Lamborghini Huracan to his home in Las Vegas … but it never came.Bryant, who was having the vehicle transported for the offseason
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LISTEN: AI Taught to Hear Battery Fires Before They Start
NIST reported that these fires can produce a jet of flame that reaches up to 2,012° Fahrenheit, nearly the heat of a blowtorch, in approximately one second. This hazard differs from traditional residential fires that start more slowly, which al...
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LISTEN: Commercial Jet Flies Nearly 300 Hours with Tool Stuck in its Engine
Chalk this one up to either dumb luck or stupid-mistake resistance design, but a commercial jet just managed to fly the equivalent of almost two weeks with a tool stuck in one of its engines.A newly published report from the Australian T...
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LISTEN: Stanley Black and Decker Expects $200M Hit from Tariff Hikes
Stanley Black & Decker indicated in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that proposed increases in tariffs under the forthcoming Trump administration could affect its pre-tax operating income by some $200 million on an...
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LISTEN: Calif. Highway Patrol Tests Lucid EV
One state’s highway patrol is perhaps the most famous nationwide – and that’s California’s, a unit that inspired the 1970’s cop drama CHiPS.And anyone who’s viewed it knows that CHiPS was associated with motorcycles – specifically classi...
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LISTEN: Costco Butter Recalled for Forgetting to Mention it Contains Milk
The FDA announced a recall for about 79,200 pounds of Costco butter. The reason: the product’s packaging failed to mention that it contains milk. The re...
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LISTEN: Natilus Plane Concept Could Compete with Popular Boeing 737, Airbus A320 Aircraft
Based in San Diego, Natilus is an aerospace startup developing a portfolio of efficient blended-wing-body aircraft that could transport passengers and cargo more sustainably. According to the company, compared to the traditional tu...
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LISTEN: Spirit AeroSystems' Future Faces 'Substantial Doubt'
On Monday, Boeing's union machinists voted to accept the company's contract offer and end a strike that stretched for more than seven weeks. As the troubled plane maker gets back to busi...
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LISTEN: Molson Coors Shutting Down 157-Year-Old Wisconsin Brewery
In a statement obtained by WTMJ, Molson Coors Chief Supply Chain Officer Brian Erhardt said the decision to shutte...
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LISTEN: This Wallet Would Never Fit In Your Pocket
Digital payment solutions have become so commonplace that some consumers now regularly leave the house without the one key item that was once indispensable – a wallet.And while it’s convenient to leverage apps like Apple Pay and flash yo...
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LISTEN: Butcher Harvests Invasive Raccoons to Make Meatballs
Kade is a small German village about an hour west of Berlin. The area reportedly has quite the pest problem, but rather than tossing them in the trash, one entrepreneur found a more sustainable solution: eat'em. Raccoons were brough...
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LISTEN: 1.3 Million Chickens Killed After Poultry Processor Goes Belly Up
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) announced that it received permission from a court to kill approximately 1.3 million broiler chick...
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LISTEN: EV Maker Exec Calls In-Car Buttons a 'Bug, Not a Feature'
Many automakers have been shifting toward touchscreens embedded in their vehicles’ dashboards and away from dedicated physical buttons. While it may enable more potential features, it could also make driving less safe and possibly more annoying...
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LISTEN: This $4M Ferrari Was Almost a One-Seater
It’s not a common configuration, but sometimes you just need to push the envelope.That was the thought of Ferrari engineers when they dabbled with the idea of designing the new F80 with just one seat.In a recent interview with Fer...
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LISTEN: Boeing Could Sell Space Business to Blue Origin
While Boeing's past in the space industry is undeniable, it's the company's present and future that's the problem. Most notably, the aerospace giant's cash issues have the company looking to raise $19 billion in a stock offering while still pur...
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Gen Z in Manufacturing: Gen Z Will Respect Manufacturing More If They Understand Its Challenges
Welcome to another episode of Gen Z in Manufacturing, a podcast where I interview young people about their journeys in manufacturing, how they intend to influence the in...
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LISTEN: eVTOL Aircraft Maker Runs Out of Money, Stopping Operations
German eVTOL jet maker Lilium announced that it is ceasing operations for its two subsidiaries, citing a lack of f...
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LISTEN: Elon Musk Says Making a $25,000 EV Is ‘Silly’ and ‘Pointless’
Way back in September 2020, Tesla CEO Elon Musk planted the idea of a “compelling” $25,000 electric vehicle. The promise came as the company worked to reduce the cost and boost the range for its EV batteries.That attractive price point h...
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LISTEN: Handmade Instrument With 600-Year History Invaded by Machinery, Mass Manufacturing
The shift from handcrafted to machine-made products is a recurring story, and a musical instrument with a 600-year history is no exception. According to French international news agency
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LISTEN: Stellantis to Shutter, Sell Arizona Facility
The leadership team at Stellantis has faced an onslaught of scrutiny after the automaker’s lackluster performance so far this year – underscored most recently by a 20% Q3 drop in U.S. sales.And as one part of its strategy to cut costs an...
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LISTEN: Boeing Starts Selling Off Pieces
Boeing hasn't made an annual profit since 2018 and has lost some $25 billion in the process. Last week, Boeing announced intentions to raise up to $25 billion in new stock and debt to rein in its balance sheet. The company plans to raise the ca...
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LISTEN: Hybrid-Electric Plane Maker Announces First U.S. Factory
A French startup developer of hybrid-electric aircraft plans to build a 500,000-square-foot airplane factory along Florida’s Atlantic Coast — its first facility in the U.S.Aura Aero on Thursday
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LISTEN: GM Just Tested the Fastest Car Ever Built by a U.S. Automaker
Once again, General Motors has made history. The 2025 Chevy Corvette ZR1 recently became the fastest car ever built by a U.S. auto manufacturer—and the driver was none other than GM President Mark Reuss. The GM team traveled to Germ...
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