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  December 23, 2025
 
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Space crashes are "getting likelier by the day."

 

 
Tyson Foods employees at an informational meeting held by the Nebraska Department of Labor in Lexington, Neb., Dec. 3, 2025.

The largest employer in Lexington, Nebraska — a Tyson Foods beef plant — is set to close next month.

 
Stanley Black and Decker building in Mississauga, Ontario.

Howmet Aerospace will acquire the tool maker's Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing business.

 

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Most in the manufacturing sector understand the potential of AI. However, understanding where to apply it within the enterprise might be less clear. In this short video, we’ll offer some actionable strategies to get started.

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Bottles of bourbon for sale at a wine and spirits store, Jan. 22, 2022, Harmony, Pa.

The company said the move will give it time to invest in improvements at the facility.

 
The company logo is shown on the grille of an unsold 2026 AMG S63 Performance model on the lot of a Mercedes Benz dealership Nov. 2, 2025, in Littleton, Colo.

The automaker allegedly equipped vehicles with a device used to cheat regulations.

 

Generative AI (GenAI) saves time, processes data, and increases worker productivity during the implementation of new tools and technologies. Here are five key areas throughout the industrial enterprise where GenAI knocks over implementation hurdles.

 
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At its core, the Durango SRT Hellcat remains unabashedly old-school.

 
Maintenance technician Liz Cardenas replaces a conveyor belt roller at a training area in a Walmart distribution center Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, in Bentonville, Ark.

As of mid-November, almost 400 employees had graduated from Walmart's program.

 

The key to combatting these ongoing and constantly evolving threats is understanding them. And the good news is that the good guys are getting better at spotting bad actors and showing you how to fight back. These are some of the latest hacking trends and how to protect your company from them.  

 
Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Bowen is shown Oct. 18, 2025, in Euharlee, Ga.

The move will be one of the biggest build-outs in the U.S. with construction costs at $16.3 billion.

 
Industrial Cyber

It will provide a common framework for understanding, securing, and sustaining these systems.

 

A mountable hands-free blower for static elimination at assembly stations for benchtop applications. It is designed to neutralize static charges on surfaces in demanding industrial settings where static can become troublesome.

 
Tranche 3 Tracking Layer space vehicle.

The contract for 18 space vehicles holds a potential value of more than $1 billion.

 
Digital Threads

Reflective Automation and Situated Intelligence offer new layers to industrial frameworks.

 

Learn how manufacturers are changing the narrative to combat rising costs in materials, operations, and the workforce. Explore the different drivers of increased global worker costs, how worker skills and qualification shortages are plaguing the industry, and new ways to work through acquisition and retention.

 
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The "snub" isn't simply about one company's tech readiness.

 
A Waymo vehicle sits idling at an intersection with no operating traffic lights due to power outages, in San Francisco, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025.

Raising questions about the cars' ability to to adapt to real-world driving conditions.

 
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Also, largest U.S. transformer maker gets huge fine and new study says drivers fail to multitask.

 

 
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