Virtual Reality: Inside An IKEA Carpet-Making Factory In India

Take a tour of IKEA's carpet supplier in Bhadohi, a district in northern India. The Swedish retailer is trying to modernize a process that has remained virtually unchanged for centuries.

Jun 19th, 2017

Cisco Plans $41M Office in Atlanta, Hiring 700

The tech giant plans to open the “talent and collaboration center” next year.

Extreme Laptops for Extreme Jobs

Improved daylight-readable and glove-touch capable screens offer up to 1400 nits of brightness for optimal field usability.

John Deere Drivetrain Operations workers in Waterloo, Iowa, stand on the picket line at the plant as the UAW officially started its strike on Oct. 14.

Deere Workers Begin Strike After Rejecting Contract

Thirty-five years have passed since the last major Deere strike, but workers were emboldened to demand more this year.

University of Utah mechanical engineering assistant professor Tommaso Lenzi, left, helps Alec McMorris put on an experimental exoskeleton that Lenzi has developed for lower-limb amputees.

Powered Exoskeleton Helps Amputees Walk with Less Effort

The device uses motors, microprocessors and algorithms, much like an e-bike helps riders pedal uphill.

Brian Goldner of Hasbro stands next to some of the company's toy figures at its headquarters, Pawtucket, R.I., May 20, 2008.

Brian Goldner, Who Led Transformation at Hasbro, Dies at 58

The announcement came two days after the company said Goldner was taking a medical leave of absence.

The JFK airport Airtrain, left, on overhead tracks above Long Island Rail Road trains near Jamaica Station, Queens, N.Y., Nov. 1, 2012.

$2B Rail Project on Hold After Cricitism

Transit officials are pausing the project to consider alternatives.

Amazon campus outside the company headquarters in Seattle, March 20, 2020.

Amazon to Allow Employees to Work Remotely Indefinitely

As long as they can commute to the office when necessary.

Frito-Lay Adding Nearly 15,000 Frontline Workers in US

More than 5,000 roles are actively being filled now through the end of the year.

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3D-Printed Wireless Wearables Never Need a Charge

The "biosymbiotic devices" operate continuously using a combination of wireless power transfer and compact energy storage.

A glass worker heats glass in a methane-powered oven in a factory in Murano island, Venice, Italy, Oct. 7, 2021.

Methane Price Surge Hammers Glassblowers

The price for the methane that powers their ovens has skyrocketed fivefold since the beginning of the month.

In this Sept. 16, 2017, file photo, a person uses a smart phone in Chicago. Most Americans across party lines have serious concerns about cyber attacks on U.S. computer systems and view China and Russia as major threats. That's according to a new poll by The Pearson Institute and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research

Poll: 90% of Americans Concerned About Cybersecurity

About two-thirds say they are very or extremely concerned.

Brian Goldner, chairman of the board and CEO of Hasbro, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable with industry executives about reopening the country after coronavirus closures, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, May 29, 2020, in Washington. Toymaker Hasbro Inc. announced Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021, that Goldner is taking a medical leave of absence from his CEO role, effective immediately. The move follows Goldner's disclosure in August 2020 that he was undergoing continued medical treatment for cancer since 2014.

Hasbro's CEO to Take Immediate Medical Leave

Brian Goldner announced last year that he'd been undergoing cancer treatment since 2014.