Gains in home prices slow as world-wide residential investment continues to decline. Housing markets across the world, from the U.K. to China to Australia, are losing steam, holding back prospects for the global economy that last year grew at its slowest rate since the financial crisis.Across 23 countries, an index of inflation-adjusted home prices compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas...

The great thing about public transport is that it’s cheap and eco-friendly. The not-so-great thing about it is the word ‘public’. Unless you’re with company, transportation is all about keeping to oneself, whether it’s listening to music, browsing the internet, playing a game, working, or catching some crucial shut-eye. LAYER Design’s Joyn brings privacy to public transportation, more pop...

Millions of tech-savvy Americans want the freedom to work from the couch. Will the anticipated ‘5G Revolution’ help them realize that dream—or is it mostly hype? Plus: A hopeful tool kit of 5G gear and toil-at-home hacks.THERE’S NO WORKPLACE LIKE HOME According to a 2019 “Future Workforce Report” by Upwork, 74% of millennial and Gen-Z managers have employees who work a “significant” por...

Placed on the upper arm, the Nerivio Migra® uses smartphone-controlled electrical pulses to create a Conditioned Pain Modulation (CPM) response.When Israeli entrepreneur Alon Ironi founded biomedical company Theranica Bioelectronics in 2016, the last migraine medication to have hit the market emerged in the 1990s, and the migraine treatment world was largely static.Remedies for migraines – th...

At CES, BMW announced a lot of new tech for its upcoming cars, but it’s also highlighting some of the work it’s doing on creating the right kind of creature comforts for when autonomous driving takes off. Why, after all, wouldn’t you want to lounge in a “luxurious ZeroG Lounger” while your (robot) driver whisks you down the highway. And why shouldn’t your car’s interior resemble “the re...

Today’s consumers are motivated by a search for value that goes beyond price comparisons.Throughout history, shopping has involved taking a trip, planned in advance, to a favorite store for which a consumer made time. Then, the ecommerce revolution upended that predictable relationship and activity. In lieu of going to a store, people increasingly purchased goods and services online and sight...

Autonomous vehicle startup Cruise has revealed its first self-driving, electric car designed for shared ownership, which has no steering wheel or pedals.Cruise was able to rid the Origin car of an engine, steering wheel, rearview mirrors, pedals and windshield wipers, to leave a spacious cabin "designed around the rider".Developed in partnership with General Motors (GM) and Honda, Origin is the...

China has confirmed the newly identified coronavirus in Wuhan city is transmitted from person to person. With growing numbers of fatalities and confirmed pneumonia-like infections worldwide, the Chinese authorities’ most urgent concern is to contain the outbreak as the Lunar New Year holiday rush begins.The first cases of what was then a mystery illness were reported in December in Wuhan, the...

Adobe's SieveNet realistically transfers images of clothing to virtual models.Platforms that let shoppers virtually try on cosmetics, apparel, and accessories have exploded in popularity over the past decade, and it’s easy to see why. According to a survey conducted by banking company Klarna, 29% of shoppers prefer to browse for items online before actually buying them, while 49% are intereste...