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  December 30, 2025
 
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See how Gen Z views company loyalty and long-term careers.

 

 
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The trouble started at night.

 
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The sector faces five specific skill deficits that leave operations vulnerable.

 

AutoReview is an AI agent that knows how to read engineering drawings like a seasoned engineer. It can apply your internal standards, catch cross‑sheet issues, and leave clear, trackable feedback with zero prompting.

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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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Intllectual Property

Critical data is being collected via archaic systems - representing a far-reaching vulnerability.

 
Monitoring

The newly acquired technology provides software that remotely monitors machine operations.

 

Manufacturing continues to be the most highly targeted sector - surpassing healthcare, education and finance when it comes to ransomware attacks. Here's some insight on the latest hacking trends, and how you can identify, defend and respond to them.  

 
Rendering of mechanical engine components.

Here's how RTX-built software helps researchers sift through a sea of engineering options.

 
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Metalformers also anticipate an increase in incoming orders in the next three months.

 

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.

 
Agentic Ai Parradee Kietsirikul

They could be uncomfortable, but they're definitely essential.

 
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More diameters for the world’s first exchangeable tip drill with two cutting edges.

 

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.

 
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Designed to deliver scalable material handling.

 
Apprenticeships

The model awards eligible employers and sponsors $3,500 per apprentice.

 

The AI tools that upskill and motivate your workforce, increasing retention and productivity while reducing the need to hire externally for specialized roles.

 
Workers install panels at a solar project May 21, 2025, in Galena, Alaska.

President Donald Trump's return to the White House brought a roller coaster year for the industry.

 
In this long exposure photo, a string of SpaceX StarLink satellites passes over an old stone house near Florence, Kan., on May 6, 2021.

Intelligence services suspect Russia is developing a new anti-satellite weapon to target Starlink.

 
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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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