Washington state is launching a major effort to tackle the high cost of sustainable aviation fuel. The Cascadia Sustainable Aviation Accelerator, funded with $20 million, brings together Amazon, Boeing, and airlines to try and build a new market from scratch.
Chinese companies dominated global humanoid robot shipments in 2025, accounting for most of the roughly 13,000 units sold. Startups like Shanghai AgiBot and Unitree are leading the charge with significantly cheaper models than Western competitors like Tesla.
Wabash National Corporation is permanently closing plants in Minnesota and Indiana, eliminating 270 positions. The move follows a 17.8% year-over-year drop in quarterly sales. Costs for the shutdown are estimated between $15 and $20 million.
China’s top market watchdog is cracking down on potential collusion in the booming solar sector. Six leading manufacturers have been summoned and told to submit rectification plans by January 20.
In a major move for cancer drug development, Amgen is buying Dark Blue Therapeutics for a deal worth up to $840 million. The acquisition centers on a novel therapy targeting a hard-to-treat form of leukemia.
The AI boom isn’t just about silicon. A major new analysis from S&P Global forecasts that artificial intelligence, alongside defense and robotics, will drive global copper demand up by a staggering 50% by 2040. The catch? Supply is projected to fall short by over 10 million metric tons a year withou
At CES 2026, Siemens and Nvidia announced major steps to fuse AI with industrial operations. Their collaboration includes an Industrial AI Operating System and a new Digital Twin Composer tool to create adaptive, AI-driven manufacturing sites.
Generac is expanding its manufacturing footprint to chase the booming data center market. The company just acquired a new facility in Sussex, Wisconsin, which will create over 100 jobs and help tackle a backlog that recently doubled.
China has started an anti-dumping investigation into imports of dichlorosilane from Japan, a material vital for chip production. The probe, initiated after an application by Tangshan Sanfu Electronic Materials, will cover July 2024 to June 2025 and must conclude within a year. Separately, Beijing is
According to Reuters, China’s massive power generation and cheaper electricity give it a theoretical edge in the AI race. However, U.S. chip controls, slow data center build-out, and a glut of unviable infrastructure mean that advantage hasn’t translated into leadership yet.
