The Future of Payments Is Becoming Invisible—and Agentic.Global payments is entering a structural transition. After more than a decade of growth driven by cash-to-digital migration, rising financial flows and favorable interest rates, McKinsey expects the industry to shift from volume-led expansion toward operational excellence, software orchestration and AI-driven payments.Global payments generated approximately $2.6 trillion in revenue in 2025 from 3.8 trillion transactions representing $2.1 quadrillion in annual payment flows. The sector...

By 2029, 30% of Employees Laid Off Due to Replacement by AI Will Need to Be RehiredAs AI continues to accelerate the pace and scope of work, CIOs must prepare for four shifts that will influence the future of work, said Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company.“When business and IT executives look back on the early AI-era, they will realize their greatest mistake was believing that work automation was the point, when workforce amplification was the opportunity,” said Tori Paulman, VP Analyst at Gartner. “The competitive a...

A humidifier usually isn’t something you think much about. You put it somewhere, fill it with water, turn it on, and eventually move it somewhere else. Jalloc, a steam humidifier designed by Superset Design for Smillon, takes that everyday routine and makes the physical object itself a little more considered. The most noticeable detail is the gently cinched shape around the top. At first, it looks like a purely sculptural choice. It isn’t. That narrowed section effectively becomes the humidifier’s handle.Unlike an air purifier or water di...

1. (PDF) BCG의 2026 M&A 보고서: 글로벌 M&A 회복과 AI 기반 M&A 플레이북 재편메가딜 중심의 글로벌 M&A 회복세: 2026년 상반기 글로벌 거래액이 전년 대비 15% 증가한 가운데, 100억 달러 이상의 메가딜이 37건을 기록하며 북미($1.2T, +17%)와 유럽($541B, +43%) 시장이 회복을 주도.AI가 초래한 가치 평가의 불확실성과 파트너십 다변화: AI 파동으로 기존 소프트웨어 자산의 수익 구조 불확실성이 커짐에 따라, 단순 완전 인수 대신 소수 지분 투자, 합작법인(JV), 조건부 가격 조정(Earnout) 등 유연한 거래 구조 선호.비테크 기업의 AI 역량 확보와 사모펀드(PE)...

Global M&A activity is accelerating again in 2026, but the recovery remains heavily concentrated in large transactions. At the same time, artificial intelligence is reshaping what companies want to acquire, how assets are valued, and even whether companies should buy them outright.BCG’s 2026 M&A Report finds that global deal value increased 15% year over year during the first eight months of 2026, exceeding the ten-year average by 11%. Yet the recovery remains incomplete: megadeals and transactions above $1 billion are booming while...

Tesla has been granted a new patent for an “Electric Fan Car,” designed to increase downforce while simultaneously reducing aerodynamic drag.The design uses electrically driven ducted fans, typically shown as a row of four at the rear, powered by the vehicle’s high-voltage battery. The fans pull air from an underbody inlet, route it through ducts, and expel it from a larger rear outlet that functions as a diffuser. Faster flow under the floor lowers pressure there, pressing the car onto the road and adding downforce even at low speeds, wh...

The company’s AI chips keep making their way to China despite US curbs. Officials are asking why the company missed red flags.A widening global crackdown has exposed a sprawling black market that continues to funnel restricted Nvidia AI chips into China despite US export controls.One surveillance image released by US prosecutors showed brokers in a Southeast Asian warehouse using a hair dryer to remove serial-number stickers from server packages. Other investigations have ranged from intercepted cargo in Taiwan to a seized Singapore mansion...

Bose Corp. introduced a $99 wired pair of noise-canceling earbuds, offering a rare feature at a time when corded earphones have seen a resurgence among younger shoppers.The plainly named Bose Noise Cancelling Wired Earbuds will be available Oct. 15, with preorders beginning Monday through the company’s website and Best Buy Co. It will be offered in three colors: white, black and a limited-edition mint green.In the lead-up to Monday’s announcement, Bose didn’t have any wired headphones for sale in its online store. In 2022, the company dis...

Earlier this year, people were buying Mac minis by the cartload just to give their OpenClaw agents somewhere to live, and Apple Store staff reportedly started calling it the “OpenClaw machine.” Pamir’s Lapis One looked at that trend and asked a very reasonable question: what if the agent’s computer was actually designed for the agent? The answer is a coaster-sized Linux box with a Rabbit R1 orange cap, an iMac G3 two-tone body, and a pixel robot snoozing on its little screen. Your AI assistant gets its own desk, its own internet connecti...