Manufacturing Shrank At Slower Pace

HopfON seeks to reduce the construction industry’s waste, and its planet-warming emissions, by limiting the need for finite resources through hops-made products. Two students in Munich, sipping beers on their dormitory couch in 2022, chatted about a recent lecture describing the use of banana fibers in Colombia to make sustainable building materials.

Stellantis denies breaking the terms of the labor contract it signed with the United Auto Workers union only a year ago. The United Auto Workers is taking steps toward holding strikes that could interfere with some of Stellantis’s operations in the United States. Stellantis, formed in 2021 through a merger, is the international automaker of Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, and other vehicles.

Sagmeister took us inside three decades of his private sketchbooks and revealed what they say about his creative process. Stefan Sagmeister is one of the most famous designers in the world, known for projects ranging from album covers for the Rolling Stones and David Byrne to branding for Levis and BMW to his experimental documentary on happiness.

With summer officially over, it’s back to business (or school) for many people, which can mean more time writing longer things, especially on the go. The smartphone has replaced the laptop for many tasks, but when it comes to text input, tapping away on tiny onscreen keys might make you wish you had hauled along the computer just for its keyboard.

By JAMES POLLARD, The Associated Press NEW YORK — A lively discussion broke out backstage during Climate Week NYC between a TikTok comedian, a buzzed-about actress, a Latin cuisine entrepreneur and a cooking content creator. Convened by World Food Program USA to educate the panel’s audiences — over 1.8 million Instagram followers combined — about hunger, the four weighed best practices for authentically breaking down weighty topics on social media. “I want to force myself to be more active on TikTok,” said “ Avatar: The Way of Water ” star Bailey Bass.

TWAIN HARTE, Calif. –This is the tinderbox of the Sierra Nevada. It’s early June, the temperature is 97 degrees Fahrenheit and the air shimmers over dead trees choked in brush. In the Stanislaus National Forest, logging roads wind through firs and ponderosa pines, past 20-foot-tall burn piles — tons of scrap wood not worth bringing to a sawmill.