CNBC

Xiaomi trials humanoid robots in its EV factory — says they're like 'interns'

Xiaomi has trialed the use of its self-developed humanoid robots in its electric vehicle factory. Two humanoid robots can complete 90% of the work in three hours, Xiaomi President Lu Weibing told CNBC ...
CNBC

China's factory activity slumps more than expected in February as holiday disrupts production

The official manufacturing purchasing managers index fell to 49 in February. That marks a second straight month of contraction in PMI. A private survey released the same day, however, showed the ...
Wall Street Journal

U.S. Factory Activity Continued to Expand in February

U.S. factory activity expanded in February for the second straight month as new orders and production continued to grow, a survey of manufacturing firms said. The Institute for Supply Management said ...
Orange County Register

Social Distortion’s Mike Ness announces band’s return with ‘Born to Kill’

Mike Ness sat on the tiny stage of the Silverlake Lounge on Tuesday, Feb. 24 and thought for a minute about a question he’d just been asked by Brett Gurewitz, head of Epitaph Records. When “Born to ...
Rolling Stone

Social Distortion’s Mike Ness on Kicking Cancer, New Album, and Learning to Love Oasis

In April 2023, Mike Ness was ready for Social Distortion to finally get back in the studio. The Orange County punks were set to record their first studio album since 2011’s Hard Times and Nursery ...
Wall Street Journal

U.S. Factory Orders Fell in December

U.S. factory orders fell in December, the Census Bureau said Monday. Orders from U.S. factories fell 0.7% in December to $617.5 billion, from $621.9 billion in November. Economists polled by The Wall ...
Politifact

Is US factory construction at an all-time high?

Factory construction remains at a high level compared with recent history, but most of the increase came under President Joe Biden, and there are signs that that boom has faded under President Donald ...
BGR

Xiaomi's Dark Robot Factory Can Make A Phone Every Second Without People - Here's How

Xiaomi's smart factory in Changping, Beijing, stands at the forefront of a global manufacturing shift. This 96,900 square-yard facility uses advanced robotics and AI to operate without any human ...
Futurism

Elon Musk Shutting Down Tesla Car Factory to Manufacture Robots Instead

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has ...
New York Post

Maine factory that makes Lincoln Logs to close, setting off frantic search for new manufacturer

Lincoln Logs are among a handful of classic toys made in the USA with American trees, but that’s likely to change in a matter of weeks. Pride Manufacturing — the Maine factory that makes Lincoln Logs ...
Computerworld

What exactly is an AI factory?

At CES this year, the concept was bandied around a lot in different contexts. Is it a literal factory? A data center? A software stack? Or is it something else? LAS VEGAS — The term “AI factory” came ...