Matt O'Brien

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

November 21, 2022

5 Minutes with Epson's Nathan Cheng on Using AR to Make Better Decisions

January 23, 2023

Union: Energizer to Close Two Wis Plants, 'Deport' Jobs

January 20, 2023

Futuristic X-Plane Moves Closer to Test Flight

January 19, 2023

Industrial Media Unboxing Video

Industrial Media Unboxing Video

IEN Unboxed is a new show in which our editors unbox new tools on the market and discuss their features.

November 23, 2022

Microsoft Surface equipment lies on the turf before an NFL football game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Cleveland Browns, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, in Atlanta. Microsoft earnings are reported on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022.

Microsoft Down as Windows Hit by Weak PC Sales

Still, the software maker posted revenue of $50.1 billion.

October 26, 2022

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Running Twitter May Be Much Harder than Elon Musk Thinks

The world’s richest man will have a steep learning curve.

May 11, 2022

The Twitter icon is displayed on a mobile phone in Philadelphia on April 26, 2017. Twitter said in a statement Friday, April 15, 2022, that its board of directors has unanimously adopted a “poison pill” defense in response to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s proposal to buy the company and take it private.

Twitter Says Poison Pill Makes 'Coercive' Takeover Difficult

Despite the poison pill defense, the board is still leaving open the possibility of negotiating with Musk or another suitor.

April 18, 2022

Intel Corp. is planning an initial investment of more than $20 billion for two semiconductor chip plants in central Ohio to help address a global shortage of semiconductor chips.

Intel Building $20B Ohio Chip Facility Amid Global Shortage

The two factories are expected to create 3,000 jobs.

January 21, 2022

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White House Soft-Launches COVID-19 Test Request Website

People can order four at-home tests per residential address.

January 18, 2022

Firefighters search a debris field that came from a house that was ripped off its foundation and trees were cut off after a tornado ripped along Highway F at the intersection of Stub Road in St. Charles County, Mo., on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021.

Planning Questions Emerge at Tornado-Destroyed Candle Plant

Eight of the 110 workers on the overnight shift Friday are confirmed dead.

December 13, 2021

Samsung to Build $17B Chip Factory in Texas

It hopes to begin operations in the second half of 2024.

November 24, 2021

Honolulu Police Acting Lt. Joseph O’Neal demonstrates a robotic dog in Honolulu, May 14, 2021.

Robotic Police Dogs: Useful Hounds or Dehumanizing Machines?

It goes by the name Spot.

July 30, 2021

In this Sunday, March 13, 2016, file photo Anthony Bourdain speaks during South By Southwest at the Austin Convention Center, in Austin, Texas.

Why the Anthony Bourdain Voice Cloning Creeps People Out

It has renewed a debate about the future of voice-cloning technology

July 19, 2021

In this Sept. 16, 2015 file photo, West Salem police chief Charles Ashbeck flies his department's new drone in West Salem, Wis.

Gov't Use of Chinese Drones in Limbo

Lawmakers worry they could facilitate spying on critical infrastructure.

June 1, 2021

In this May 29, 2020 file photo, Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, speaks during a roundtable with industry executives about reopening country after the coronavirus closures, in the State Dining Room of the White House, in Washington. Microsoft has become the third big tech company this week to say it won’t sell its facial recognition software to police, following similar moves by Amazon and IBM. Smith, announced the decision and called for Congress to regulate the technology during a Washington Post video event on Thursday, June 11.

Microsoft Joins Amazon, IBM in Pausing Face Scans for Police

The tech giants are stepping back from systems criticized for incorrectly identifying people with darker skin.

June 11, 2020

In this April 21, 2020 file photo, a pumpjack is pictured as the sun sets in Oklahoma City. Google says it won’t build custom artificial intelligence tools for speeding up oil and gas extraction, taking an environmental stance that distinguishes it from cloud computing rivals Microsoft and Amazon. The announcement followed a Greenpeace report on Tuesday, May 19, that documents how the three tech giants are using AI and computing power to help oil companies find and access oil and gas deposits in the U.S. and around the world.

Google Backs Off Oil & Gas AI

The custom artificial intelligence tools would speed up oil and gas extraction.

May 19, 2020

This April 28, 2020, photo shows a smartphone app built for the state of Utah displaying coronavirus test sites. The app tracks symptoms and shares location data for contact tracing, the process of determining who might have been exposed to the virus. The app is “a tool to help jog the memory of the person who is positive so we can more readily identify where they’ve been, who they’ve been in contact with, if they choose to allow that,” said Angela Dunn, Utah’s state epidemiologist.

COVID-19 Tracking Is Having Some Issues

Among them are technical glitches and a general lack of interest.

May 18, 2020

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Apple, Google Team Up

They want to track down people who may have been infected by coronavirus carriers.

April 13, 2020