Artificial intelligence has crossed a decisive threshold from departmental experimentation into core operations, with agentic and physical systems beginning to execute autonomous actions across business workflows. According to the State of AI in the Enterprise 2026 report released by the Deloitte AI Institute, titled Built differently: How AI is reshaping the way enterprises work, grow, and create value, corporate leadership has reached a critical structural turning point. Based on a survey of 3,500 senior executives across 25 countries and...

Surging Inbound Tourism Offsets South Korea’s Sluggish Domestic Consumption as Overseas Visitors Drive Retail GrowthForeign tourist arrivals surpassed an all-time record of 17 million in the first nine months of 2026, positioning inbound travel to contribute roughly 0.2 percentage point to GDP growth.Overseas credit-card expenditures in Seoul surged nearly 60% year-over-year to 8.8 trillion won ($6.5 billion), providing critical liquidity to brick-and-mortar retail, hospitality, and traditional markets.Inbound spending is bridging an acute...

Last week's steep stock market sell-off, led by AI and technology stocks in the wake of Democrats' triumph at the midterms, was another reminder of how nervous investors currently are with respect to the staying power of the AI boom. Fears that Democrats might slow the datacenter buildout were enough to trigger the largest selloff since Trump's Liberation Day tariff announcement in April 2025, wiping out roughly $3 trillion in market capitalization. It was just the latest example in a series of setbacks, all triggered by headlines, statement...

On Holding AG's improved outlook disappointed investors wanting more proof it can overcome the wider slump in the sneaker industry.On Holding AG raised its full-year profitability forecast on the back of government tariff refunds and resilient full-price sales, yet failed to appease Wall Street investors looking for stronger top-line momentum to counteract a broader slump in the athletic footwear sector.Shares of the Roger Federer-backed Swiss sportswear firm dropped as much as 8.3% in premarket trading following the report, leaving the stoc...

Researchers at Beihang University develop “Detangle,” an experimental comb combining micro-pulsed electrical stimulation with localized transdermal genetic therapy.For individuals confronting androgenetic alopecia, hairbrushes and combs have traditionally served merely to manage retreating strands rather than restore them. A research team led by scientists from Beihang University has engineered a high-tech alternative: an experimental electrified comb that stimulates dormant follicles with micro-pulsed currents while injecting genetic ther...

Led by Sequoia at a $300 million valuation, the 18-person startup automates continual learning pipelines for enterprise AI.Whether developed by OpenAI or Anthropic or built on open source alternatives, current AI models share a critical limitation: They don’t learn from their mistakes without further training.Businesses adapting these models for specialized fields, such as law and finance, typically get around this by fine-tuning general models. However, that often requires hiring internal research teams or relying on expensive consultants,...

Reaching for your phone to pause a song can easily turn into reading messages you weren’t planning to open. Aina Ring proposes keeping those small decisions on your hand instead, with a display and thumb-operated control built into a substantial titanium band. The upcoming wearable is designed to handle quick commands and AI suggestions while your iPhone stays tucked away in your pocket.The design doesn’t pretend to be an ordinary piece of jewelry. A rectangular OLED display sits above the index finger, with glass covering its face and rou...

Ring, the Amazon-owned smart home security company known for popularizing the video doorbell, is launching a dedicated robotics division with an aim toward automating property patrols across residential and commercial environments. Announced Tuesday, Ring Robotics unveiled two autonomous surveillance devices: an indoor flying camera designed to patrol private residences and a roving commercial security robot tailored for business operations.The move marks Amazon’s renewed push into physical consumer and enterprise automation, while once aga...

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