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August 4, 2022
In this photo provided by NASA, NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.. NASA's Artemis I flight test is the first integrated test of the agency's deep space exploration systems.
NASA Aims for Saturday Launch of New Moon Rocket
August 31, 2022
BAE Systems’ Combat System Mission Crew Workstation (CSMCW) is now qualified for the P-8A Poseidon Multi-mission Maritime Patrol Aircraft – adding to the aircraft’s mission capability.
BAE Systems’ Workstation Qualified for P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
August 30, 2022
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Gerresheimer Invests Some $94M in U.S. Expansion
August 18, 2022
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This photo provided by Edmunds shows the 2022 Lucid Air, a luxury electric sedan with an EPA-estimated range of up to 520 miles.
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2022 Lucid Air vs. Tesla Model S
Figure 2: Shown here installed on the side of a conveyor, an AutomationDirect STRIDE IO-Link master module is a convenient way to connect photoeyes, solenoids, buttons, and beacons as controller I/O. These modules are easily daisy-chained down the length of a conveyor, minimizing wiring.
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Equipment I/O Gets Smarter
Wind turbines turn near the village of Feldheim, rear left, near Treuenbrietzen, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022.
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In One Tiny German Town, Nobody Worries About Energy Bills
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Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.
August 4, 2022
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, middle, and her mother, Noel Holmes, left, arrive at federal court in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022.
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Judge Declines to Overturn Elizabeth Holmes Guilty Verdict
The disgraced Theranos CEO was convicted on four felony counts of fraud and conspiracy.
September 2, 2022
Julie Lee Choi waves off reporters outside Santa Clara Superior Court in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Choi, accused of harassing Apple CEO Tim Cook with pleas for sex and other crude suggestions before showing up at his Silicon Valley home last autumn and suggesting she could become violent agreed to stay way from him for the next three years under an agreement approved Tuesday.
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Accused Apple CEO Stalker Agrees to Stay Away
She made crude suggestions and even showed up at his house.
March 30, 2022
The nation's largest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric is poised to emerge from five years of criminal probation amid worries that it remains too dangerous to be trusted.
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PG&E's Criminal Probation to End Amid Ongoing Safety Worries
Since 2017, the utility has been blamed for more than 30 wildfires.
January 24, 2022
In this Oct. 11, 2019, file photo, a bystander watches the Saddleridge Fire in Sylmar, Calif. Pacific Gas & Electric plans to bury 10,000 miles of its power lines in an effort to prevent its fraying grid from sparking wildfires when electrical equipment collides with millions of trees and other vegetation sprawling across its drought-stricken service.
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PG&E to Spend $15B Burying Power Lines
It's an effort to prevent its fraying grid from sparking wildfires.
July 22, 2021
This April 18, 2019, file photo shows a sign for Zoom Video Communications ahead of their Nasdaq IPO in New York. Zoom is still booming, raising prospects that the video-conferencing service will be able to sustain its momentum, even as the easing pandemic lessens the need for virtual meetings.
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Zoom's Boom Continues
The company's post-pandemic hopes maintain momentum.
June 3, 2021
In this March 24, 2020 file photo, Woodward Avenue is shown nearly empty in Detroit. Before the coronavirus showed up, downtown Detroit was returning to its roots as a vibrant city center, motoring away from its past as the model of urban ruin. Now, with the coronavirus forcing many office workers to their homes in the suburbs, those who remain wonder if revitalization will ever return.
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From Detroit to Oakland, Pandemic Threatens Urban Renewal
In resurgent cities, businesses were banking on continued growth to fund investments.
October 21, 2020
In this still image provided by Apple from the keynote video of a special event at Apple Park in Cupertino, Calif., Apple's Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams unveils Apple Watch Series 6 on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. Apple is introducing the cheaper version of its smart watch in its latest attempt to broaden the appeal of its trend-setting products while more consumers are forced to scrimp during ongoing fallout from the pandemic.
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Apple Debuts Discount Watch
But no new iPhones ... yet.
September 16, 2020
In this Feb. 7, 2019, file photo, Christina Taft, the daughter of Camp Fire victim Victoria Taft, displays a collage of photos of her mother, at the burned out ruins of the Paradise, Calif., home where she died in 2018. Pacific Gas & Electric officials are to be expected to appear in court Tuesday, June 16, 2020, to plead guilty for the deadly wildfire that nearly wiped out the Northern California town of Paradise in 2018.
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PG&E to Plead Guilty to Deaths
The company is accused of 84 felony counts of involuntary manslaughter.
June 16, 2020
In this Nov. 21, 2019, file photo, Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduces the Cybertruck at Tesla's design studio in Hawthorne, Calif. Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears to have hit all the milestones necessary to receive a stock award currently worth about $730 million to pad the eccentric billionaire's already vast fortune. The electric car maker ended Wednesday, May 6, 2020, with an average market value of $100.4 billion for the past six months, according to data drawn from FactSet Research.
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Elon Musk Nets $730M Stock Award
Tesla just cleared the last hurdle needed for Musk to receive nearly 1.69 million stock options.
May 6, 2020
In this Nov. 18, 2019, file photo, Pacific Gas & Electric CEO Bill Johnson speaks during an oversight hearing of the Energy, Utilities and Communications committee at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif.
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PG&E CEO Quits After 14 Months
The nation's largest utility hired him to rescue it from a financial mess caused by a history of negligence.
April 22, 2020
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Outbreak Hits Tech Darlings
The pandemic has offered a harsh reality check.
April 9, 2020
In this Aug. 15, 2019, file photo, a Pacific Gas & Electric worker walks in front of a truck in San Francisco.
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Tumult Threatens PG&E Deal
The red flag raised in court documents filed Monday threatens to derail PG&E's plan to emerge from bankruptcy.
April 7, 2020
This Wednesday, March 18, 2020, file photo, shows a Tesla charging station for automobiles in Port Huron, Mich. T
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Tesla's Sales Were Surging Before Pandemic
The company had to slam the brakes because of worldwide efforts to contain the worst pandemic in a century.
April 3, 2020
In this Nov. 17, 2018, file photo, a California Office of Emergency Services worker hands out bottles of water to Camp Fire evacuees waiting in line at the Chico FEMA station in Chico, Calif.
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PG&E Settles Battle Over $13.5B Wildfire Victims' Fund
PG&E told a federal bankruptcy judge that it has settled a dispute with disaster-relief agencies that threatened to siphon money away from a $13.5 billion fund earmarked for victims of catastrophic wildfires in California.
March 11, 2020