Alaska Airlines has restored operations after an IT outage that grounded all flights

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Alaska Airlines grounded all flights on Thursday after a tech outage — its second major IT failure this year.

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Air traffic controllers have become reluctant bargaining chips in the government shutdown. They just want to get paid.

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Air traffic controllers are about to miss their first paycheck of the government shutdown.

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Ford is moving workers from its EV unit to boost production of its F-150 pickup truck

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President Trump's tariffs on imported cars and trucks are likely to increase prices for US consumers by thousands of dollars, trade groups and experts warned.

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Rivian plans to lay off more than 600 workers. Read the memo from CEO RJ Scaringe.

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Rivian is set to lay off more than 600 employees.

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An airline forced to cancel 70 flights when it washed plane seats wrong says it has a fix — replacing 1,700 seat covers

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A Finnair Airbus A321 lands at London Heathrow Airport, England on Monday 14th September 2020.
Finnair expects all its Airbus A321s to be back in the skies by the end of the month.

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What’s Powering All These Futuristic Data Centers? In Many Cases Repurposed Jet Engines

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Gas turbine engine of feed gas compressor inside enclosure.

An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing after the pilots mistakenly thought someone was trying to break into the cockpit

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An American Eagle American Airlines Embraer E175LR takes off from Los Angeles International Airport on January 24, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
A problem with the plane's intercom and knocking on the cockpit door made the pilots think someone was trying to break in.

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Rivian CEO says the company tore down a highly popular Chinese EV. Here's what he thought.

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Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe said China's low cost of labor and government support helps make EVs cheaper in the country.

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GM CEO Mary Barra says there's 'over capacity' in China's EV market

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"You can't have over 100 different OEMs in a country trying to compete, especially now as they're competing on price," GM CEO Mary Barra said of China's EV market.

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5 big takeaways from Tesla's Q3 earnings call — including fiery words from Musk over $1 trillion pay package

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Tesla's Q3 profits missed expectations, but revenue hit a record high with strong deliveries.

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