manufacturing

Industrials

Alaska Airlines Gets $160 million Compensation Check from Boeing

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Alaska Airlines has received $160 million from Boeing in compensation after a door plug blew off one of its planes.

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla Hits a First Quarter Roadblock Like No Other

Elon Musk’s Tesla wrangled the crown of the world’s top EV seller away from China’s BYD this quarter, but it’s not taking any victory laps.

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Artificial Intelligence

Mexico is Quietly Becoming an AI-Hardware Manufacturing Hub

With AI on the mind, US tech heavyweights are are urging Taiwan-based contract manufacturers to move production facilities to Mexico.

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Patent Drop

Nvidia, Google Patents Signal Big Tech’s AI Robot Craze

While robots aren’t taking over the world any time soon, tech companies seem intent on creating AI-enabled machines that walk among us.

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Autos

Struggling EV Maker Fisker Can’t Find a Dance Partner

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The EV startup’s stock fell even further on Monday after news that talks fell through on a potentially company-saving partnership.

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Patent Drop

Intel Patent Brings AI Robot Coworkers to Factory Floors

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Intel’s latest patent shows that it wants robots to co-work with humans — without the risk of hurting them.

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Patent Drop

Amazon’s Factory Robot Patent Could Fight Understaffing

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This kind of patent is particularly significant amid the company’s ongoing battles with workers aiming to unionize.

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