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LISTEN: Amazon Believes Robotics Could ‘Flatten’ Its Hiring Within a Decade
Automating most company operations could prevent more than 600,000 new hires.
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LISTEN: Rivian Reportedly Laying Off 600 Workers
Electric vehicle maker Rivian plans to lay off approximately 4% of its workforce, according to the Wall Street Journal. The report...
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LISTEN: World’s Largest Playable Gaming Screen Carried by a Helicopter in Miami
Some marketing efforts are just simple PR stunts, while others are truly revolutionary feats of engineering. But when a gamer and a hip-hop artist take to the skies to play a video game on a giant screen suspended from a helicopter while flying...
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LISTEN: Hypersonic Space Plane Promises Delivery in One Hour, Anywhere on Earth
Even a fairly straightforward pizza delivery still requires at least 30 minutes to bake the pie, throw it in a car and drive it to your door. But Inversion, an aerospace and defense technology company, is raising the stakes by promising to deli...
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LISTEN: SpaceX 'Behind' on Moon Mission, NASA to Reopen Contract
The goal of Project Artemis has been characterized as a journey to the Moon “for scientific discovery, technology advancement, and to learn how to live and work on another world as we prepare for human missions to Mars.”
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LISTEN: Eye Implant Paired with AR Glasses and AI to Help Blind Patients Read Again
Researchers from University College London and Moorfields Eye Hospital recently announced the results of a trial for a new device that helps the blind not just see again, but read again.The Prima device is a novel wireless subretinal pho...
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LISTEN: Battery Startup Launches Factory in Former Newspaper Building
The Austin American-Statesman reported that battery manufacturing startup Base Power moved into the newspaper’s former dow...
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LISTEN: Former Ohio Paper Mill Repurposed to Manufacture Medical Gloves
In the heart of Chillicothe, Ohio, a 175-year-old paper mill, long considered an unofficial symbol of the community, was forced to end production in August. Once a cornerstone of the town of 22,000, demand for the specialty paper it produced st...
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LISTEN: ABB to Sell Robotics Divison for $5.4 Billion
An engineering brand synonymous with bots will divest its robotics division.ABB has announced that it is selling this business to Soft...
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LISTEN: Ford Could Lose Up to $1 Billion as Plant Fire Hobbles F-150 Production
The Ford F-150 has been a top-selling pickup truck in America for many years running, but a recent disaster at the plant of one of the automaker’s key suppliers speaks to the precarious nature of even the most valuable supply chains.On S...
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LISTEN: Manufacturer Sues Automation Company Over Troubled Factory Overhaul
The maker of windows and doors says that its equipment is more than two years overdue.
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LISTEN: Unmanned EV Drives Away After Accidental Parking Command
The owner, identified as Li Xiaoshuang, parked his SU7 outside of a store, and what happened next was captured on a surveillance camera: while Li and another person conducted some...
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LISTEN: Jaguar Land Rover Restarts Production; Provides Lifeline to Critical Suppliers
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has restarted manufacturing and is working with suppliers to keep them in business as the U.K. automaker works to recover from a cyberattack that crippled production for more th...
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LISTEN: EV Prototype Explodes, Damages Company HQ
Another day, another update on fledgling electric carmaker, Faraday Future.Recent reports point to an incident in a satellite building to the company’s Los Angeles headquarters, in which a vehicle prototype allegedly caught fire.h...
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LISTEN: Forklift Companies Charged With Dodging Tariffs, Defrauding U.S. Out of $1M
A federal grand jury charged two Colorado companies and some of their executives with conspiring to avoid paying ...
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LISTEN: Ag Equipment Maker, Citing Tariffs, to Shift Work Out of U.S.
A manufacturer of agricultural equipment is citing tariffs in its decisions about its operations in the U.S.But rather than expanding its U.S. production, it will instead shift some work overseas.
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LISTEN: BlueOval Accused of Making Employees Work Off the Clock
A former production operator and production technician filed a lawsuit against electric vehicle battery maker BlueOval SK, a joint venture created by Ford and Korean manufacturer SK On. The lead plaintiffs, Sean O’Brien and Randall Moore, alleg...
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LISTEN: 50-Year-Old Skateboarding Legend Hits 65 MPH as He Flies Down 22-Story Building
Sandro Dias is a 50-year-old Brazilian skateboarding legend; he's a six-time vert world champion. Well, he recently made history once again when he dropped in from the curved facade of a 22-story building in Brazil. Until now, the C...
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LISTEN: Gen Z in Manufacturing: Creating a Startup Model Inside Large Corporations
For this episode, I welcome Marco Ristano, a 28-year-old senior industrial engineering and planning specialist at machinery manufacturer Caracol.Ristano joined Caracol after a contact in the investme...
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LISTEN: Former Employee at DVD Maker Gets Nearly 5 Years for Stealing 'Blockbuster Movies'
Last Thursday, a former employee of a multinational DVD and Blu-ray manufacturer and distributor was sentenced to 57 months in prison, nearly five years, for stealing DVDs and Blu-rays of "blockbuster movies" and selling them before their relea...
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LISTEN: Boeing Defense, St. Louis Machinists Union Reach Deal After Five-Week Strike
Boeing Defense and the machinists union have reached a tentative deal, ending a five-week-long strike in St. Louis.An official vote on the new five-year contract is scheduled for Friday, September 12.
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LISTEN: Manhole Cover Maker Turning Manufacturing Site Into Distribution Center
Neenah Foundry, a maker of manhole covers and other iron castings, announced that it plans to close its plant in Lincoln, Nebraska, by the end of the year. Nebraska Public Media
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LISTEN: Lumber Plant Catches Fire Amid Bankruptcy, Layoffs
A fire at a Pennsylvania plant owned by hardwood lumber producer Weaber broke out on the night of September 8, reportedly requiring more than 1 million gallons of water to contain.F...
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LISTEN: Serta Simmons Continues Shutdown Spree, Closes 8th Factory Since '22
Serta Simmons is saying goodnight to a 122,000-square-foot factory in Jamestown, New York – a move the company says will take place in the next few months and impact 84 employees.According to
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LISTEN: Tyson Foods Cuts Chief Supply Chain Officer for Violating Code of Conduct
Last Tuesday, Tyson Foods announced that Brady Stewart, group president of prepared foods, beef and pork and the company's chief supply chain officer, was leaving the food company immediately. Stewart took "certain actions" that violated the co...
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