Factory CEO says he bought each of his 30 employees a $3,000 cooling mattress cover so 'they'll be sharper' at work

Tech Insider : Business, Style
The Eight Sleep Pod 5 is pictured.
Factory's CEO said that he bought employees $3,000 Eight Sleep mattress covers because he was "optimizing for output."

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Silicon Valley's latest binge-watch is a humanoid warehouse worker

Tech Insider : Business, Economy
Humanoid sorting packages
Viewers gave the three humanoids sorting packages names: Bob, Frank and Gary.

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How 8 million bars of olive oil soap are handmade at this factory in Turkey

Tech Insider : Business, Style

Doktoroğlu Soaps is one of Turkey's largest producers of handmade olive oil soap, turning out nearly 8 million bars a year. Workers follow centuries-old methods using just a few simple ingredients.

The rise and fall of American vinyl manufacturers

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Style

Vinyl has made a record-breaking comeback, with sales now outpacing those of CDs and mp3 downloads. It is now the music industry's highest-grossing physical format.

China Outpaces Rest of World in Working Robots

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Look out for a boom in the 'Toyota Camry of housing' that could make starter homes cheaper

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
An ADU built by Villa Homes with a porch
Manufactured homes offer some of the most affordable options on the market, particularly in rural and exurban areas.

Courtesy of Villa Homes

The most immediate threat to China's economy isn't external. It's internal.

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
Chinese and foreign tourists in Shanghai, China.
China's economic challenges include weak consumer sentiment and demand.

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The West is freaking out that China is making too much stuff, and it looks like China might be starting to agree

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics, Economy
Employees working on a production line.
A factory for lithium-battery products in Yichang, Hubei province, China.

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A factory in Japan is ramping up measures to avoid animals sneaking in after a cat fell in a toxic vat and went on the loose

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A stock image of a ginger cat.
A stock image of a ginger cat.

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Homes made in factories were supposed to save us from the housing crisis, but the companies that make them are failing

Tech Insider : Economy
A crane taking four 15-foot-wide by 60-foot-long modular home segments and stacking them on one on top of the other to make a new duplex in Aurora, Colorado.
A crane taking four 15-foot-wide by 60-foot-long modular home segments and stacking them one on top of the other to make a new duplex in Aurora, Colorado.

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