Industrials

Enterprise AI

Battlefield AI Grapples With Risk-Tolerance Minefield

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Future battlefields will be shaped by AI weapons that defense firms and Big Tech are vying to build for the military. Guardrails are lagging.

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Industrials

Is Monetization the Final Frontier for the Commercial Space Industry?

As the ISS is decommissioned, several space station projects are in the works, but a business model may be the final frontier.

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Industrials

Deep-Sea Oxygen Discovery is a Big Problem for Deep-Sea Mining

A recent study adds more ammunition to the idea that disturbing the sea floor via deep sea mining could do serious ecological damage.

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Industrials

Europe Wants to Wean Itself off SpaceX

A new kind of European rocket plans to take off from the European Space Agency’s launch pad in French Guiana.

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Industrials

Embattled Boeing Shows Surprising Signs of a Turnaround

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It was only last year that 737 felt like the number of scandals Boeing was embroiled in, rather than the name of its narrow-body aircraft.

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Industrials

Elliott Wants to Shake Up Southwest After Building $2 Billion Stake

Elliot is calling on the company to replace CEO Bob Jordan, revise its board of directors, and conduct a comprehensive business review.

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Industrials

The Natural Diamond Industry is Cracking Up

The diamond industry is undergoing a major shake-up. But can just how far can the bottom fall for the industry?

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Industrials

Airbus Races to Complete Aircraft Sale to China Before Politics Gets Involved

Beijing is reportedly unhappy with the prospect of an EU tariff on EVs, and is considering retaliatory tariffs on the EU’s aviation industry.

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International Economics

China Trumpets Trade War Mettle With Strategic Mineral Advantage

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China is a top global producer of 30 of the 50 minerals the US considers critical, and is sources more than half of the US annual supply.

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Industrials

Manufacturing Discontent: Can Tariffs Spur Domestic Reindustrialization?

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As a share of US GDP, the manufacturing sector has decreased from a nearly 25% peak in the 1950s to about 11% today.

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Technology

The State of the Billionaire Space Race

Blue Origin is going slower than SpaceX, but it also nailed a massive rocket launch on the first try. Jeff Bezos is back in the space race.

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Industrials

Saudi Arabia Invests $100 billion in Mining

The focus will be on mining earth metals including lithium, zinc, copper and nickel, all crucial metals for battery-making.

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Industrials

Boeing Reveals Just How Bad a Year it Had

It’s basic Newtonian physics, as Boeing just learned: When the sky falls for a company, so, too, will the bottom line.

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