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Ford's redirection represents a reckoning not just for the Blue Oval but for the entire auto sector.

 

 
A worker walks through steam coming from the Tyson Foods' beef plant in Lexington, Neb., Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025.

The plant is laying off 3,200 workers in a town of 11,000 people.

 
Containers with Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation, a Taiwanese container shipping company, are stacked up at the Port of Los Angeles with the the Long Beach International Gateway Bridge seen in the background on Wednesday, April 9, 2025 in Los Angeles.

One customs broker described the current trade system as "chaotic and troubling."

 

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The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Kashiwazaki, Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, on April 2021.

The site idled for more than a decade.

 

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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The contract would increase L3Harris’ annual production rate of Zeus motors by more than 50%.

 
Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr speaks during the Concordia Annual Summit in New York, Sept. 22, 2025.

Citing security risks.

 

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.  

 
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Policy moves slow, by design, and threats are moving faster.

 
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The company designed its portfolio to reduce energy consumption by 20% to 50%.

 

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.

 
Wind turbines operate at Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts, July 19, 2025.

Wind proponents slammed the move, saying it was another blow in an attack against clean energy.

 
An Amazon Prime driver makes a delivery outside an apartment building in Pittsburgh, March 10, 2025.

Why delivery has become more polluting.

 

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.

 
Big rigs stack up at the Flying J Truck Stop along Interstate 70 near the small Colorado plains community of Limon, May 21, 2009.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy accused Colorado of "slow walking" required license purges.

 
The Personalized Sound app debuted on the Google Play store on December 15. It is available now for download on every Nissan and INFINITI equipped with Google built-in, including those already on the road.

Questions remain about how a tailored audio system will perform in real-world conditions.

 
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