TREND REPORTS
(PDF) WEF - The Future of Jobs Report 2025
[Consumer]
2025/01/17 09:10
Technological change, geoeconomic fragmentation, economic uncertainty, demographic shifts and the green transition – individually and in combination are among the major drivers expected to shape and transform the global labour market by 2030.The Future of Jobs Report 2025 brings together the perspective of over 1,000 leading global employers—collectively representing more than 14 million work...
McDonald's Turns Customers' Receipts Into Cool 'Made to Order' Fan Merchandise
[Business]
2025/01/17 09:09
McDonald’s Sweden just found a new way to let fans wear their love for fast food on their sleeves—literally. The fast-food giant allowed festivalgoers to turn their regular McDonald’s orders into custom merch. The design was as personal as it gets—a receipt featuring each person’s unique McDonald’s favorites, printed right onto a minimalist, “Made to Order” paper white T-shirt.This play...
Citizens of Humanity’s New Jeans are Made with Bio-Dyes
[Product]
2025/01/17 09:08
In 1897, Badische Anilin- und Sodafabrik (now known as BASF), launched the first commercially viable synthetic indigo, dramatically disrupting a centuries-old natural dye industry centered around indigo plantations in India and the Americas. Within two decades, synthetic indigo had captured 90% of the global market, transforming how jeans and other blue textiles get their color. The shift was d...
(PDF) Mckinsey - European Deep Tech : What Investors and Corporations Need to Know
[Investing]
2025/01/17 09:07
Europe can lead in deep tech—with an ecosystem approach and a well-managed investment strategy.Europe’s deep tech sector is currently witnessing a significant surge in both innovation and interest, heralding a wave of potential scientific and technological breakthroughs. These developments are building credibility for a vision of Europe playing a leading role on the global innovation stage. C...
Marble Kitchen Counters and Tabletops Will Charge Your Phone - FreePower
[Product]
2025/01/17 09:06
Wireless charging didn’t just free us from the tyranny of tangles, it also opened the doors to creative charger designs. Especially with the addition of magnetic force, chargers no longer needed to be stuck to walls or power outlets or even lie flat on charging beds. Of course, these still required the presence of often very conspicuous chargers that may look out of place in some situations, n...
(Infographic) AI’s Perceived Impact on Job Creation, by Country
[Consumer]
2025/01/17 09:05
With the popularization of artificial intelligence, more than half of Americans report using AI regularly. Along with the conveniences this technology provides, however, there is growing fear about machines transforming professions or even replacing workers.In this chart, we present the results of a survey conducted by Ipsos, asking people if they believe artificial intelligence will lead to ma...
Virginia's Fusion Power Plant : A Step Toward Infinite Energy
[Tech]
2025/01/17 09:04
No, this isn't the return of Marvel's Iron Man; Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has announced plans to build the world's first grid-scale fusion power plant near Richmond, Virginia.After more than 100 locations around the world were scouted, CFS chose a 100-acre (40.5-ha) plot of land in Chesterfield County in Virginia for the ARC – an acronym for "Affordable, Robust, Compact" – to be built...
Groundbreaking Australian VTOL Makes Its First-ever Flight
[Tech]
2025/01/17 09:03
BAE Systems has announced that STRIX, a new type of VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft, made its first flight in late October. The flight was reportedly successful, paving the way for production of the unique aircraft.STRIX is being developed via a partnership between BAE Systems Australia and Australian aeronautical technology company Innovaero.Designed primarily for military use, th...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The ‘Value Now’ Consumer
[Consumer]
2025/01/16 09:10
US consumers’ sentiment and their spending patterns have been out of sync. Here’s how executives can make sense of the mixed signals.In McKinsey’s latest ConsumerWise research, consumers report feeling more optimistic about the US economy than they have all year. Even so, US consumer optimism overall is still lower than prepandemic levels, and more than half of consumers (53 percent) report...
Walmart’s Bluer New Brand is Its Biggest Update in Nearly Two Decades
[Design]
2025/01/16 09:09
The retailer’s new logo and brand system is a welcome, if familiar, update.The 255 million customers who visit Walmart each week are about to see something new—and even more blue—because Walmart is introducing its first brand update in nearly two decades. A lot has happened since Walmart introduced its last rebrand in 2008, with its lower-case-loving, flat-graphicked response to Y2K’s digit...
Why Inflation Is No Longer a Concern : EY Chief Economist
[Product]
2025/01/16 09:08
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the CPI report for December on Wednesday.The consumer price index increased by 0.4% last month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Wednesday.EY's chief economist Gregory Daco says that even though headline inflation is up, core inflation is at a six-month low, which is a sign that inflation is not accelerating.I understand that the data...
BCG - Capturing Real-World Value in Automotive AI
[Business]
2025/01/16 09:07
Beyond technical implementation, success hinges on design choices that promote adoption, thoughtful process reengineering, and an unwavering focus on savings targets:Fostering adoption by users ensures seamless integration of tools into daily work.Redesigning processes allows automotive companies to embed AI capabilities in core functions such as manufacturing and product design.Linking executi...
