Ford's AI cameras are catching hard-to-spot manufacturing errors. It could solve the company's costly recalls.

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Viewing devices track assembly line to teach AI at Ford Detroit plant
Ford's AI system could help it solve a billion-dollar headache: recalls.

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Fast-food restaurants are using their wealth of data to harness AI in their supply chains

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Juici Patties on the table
 

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Here's why Apple can't make an iPhone in the US — no matter what Trump says

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Tim Cook at an Apple Store in Chengdu, China
Apple CEO Tim Cook oversaw his company's deep investment in China. That was an enormously successful strategy for Apple — but now it's a real problem, argues author Patrick McGee.

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Trump's tariffs are putting the robots to work

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A Formic robotic arm places packages
Formic's automated palletizer works in a facility.

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US companies are demanding price cuts from Chinese suppliers to mitigate tariffs— but there's nothing left to squeeze

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An employee works on a production line of a textile factory in Renshou county of Meishan, Sichuan province, China.
Chinese manufacturers are finding little wiggle room to further lower prices for US companies that are trying to mitigate tariffs.

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Tim Cook must pull off a careful balancing act to protect Apple's supply chain empire in China

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Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers remarks before the start of an Apple event at Apple headquarters on September 09, 2024 in Cupertino, California.
Tim Cook faces a tough balancing act between Washington and Beijing to protect Apple's supply chain in China.

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Boeing delays are wreaking havoc with the airline industry's plans, and flyers may well feel the pain

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Irish businessman, CEO of Ryanair Michael O'Leary talks to media on August 27; 2024 in Brussels, Belgium.
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary expects to cut traffic expectations for next year.

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Fears of automation are at the heart of the dockworkers strike

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Dockworkers picket near the Port of Miami entrance and demand a new labor contract.
Dockworkers picket near the Port of Miami entrance and demand a new labor contract.

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Dockworkers strike could compound supply-chain problems for Boeing and Airbus

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The fuselage of an Airbus A321 is seen on the eve of the inauguration of Airbus' first US manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama, on September 13, 2015
Airbus ships some components to its plant in Mobile, Alabama.

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This is how badly the port strike could wreck the US economy

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Striking dockworkers in Baltimore hold up signs
Dockworkers at the Port of Baltimore are part of a port strike extending from Maine to Texas.

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