1. (PDF) McKinsey 보고서 - 소비자가 재편하는 모빌리티의 미래재무적 제약과 실속형 차량 선호: 물가 상승과 고금리 여파로 전 세계 소비자의 32%가 차기 차량 구매를 연기하고 45%가 차급 낮춤을 고려하며, $40,000 이하 저가형 A/B 세그먼트 선호도 증가.대중형 EV 확산과 브랜드 충성도 약화: 구매 기준이 브랜드 헤리티지에서 ADAS 및 소프트웨어로 이동하는 가운데 소비자의 28%가 브랜드 교체를 희망하며, 배터리 용량 증대로 차량 가격과 개인 충전기 접근성이 대중화의 핵심 변수로 부상.중국 OEM의 부상과 AI 기반 옴니채널 구매: 중국 OEM이 압도적 가성비와 스마트 콕핏 기술...

Economic uncertainty, rapid technological innovation, evolving digital purchasing behaviors, and new transportation modes are fundamentally reshaping the global automotive landscape. According to the McKinsey Mobility Consumer Pulse 2026 Survey published in July 2026, which surveyed over 20,000 mobility users across China, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, consumer expectations are undergoing a profound transformation. Vehicle buyers are increasingly willing to re-evaluate traditional brand loyalties, adopt electrifi...

Humanoids desperately need to stop making YouTube videos and get a job already, and Persona AI is one of the few humanoid companies which seems to be entirely focused on making that happen. Persona’s approach has been to carefully select a job that is economically viable for robots right now, and they’ve found one that was also the job of one of the very first industrial robots ever sold: welding.IEEE Spectrum first spoke with Persona two years ago, shortly after it was founded by Nic Radford and Jerry Pratt. Radford led NASA JSC’s Valkyr...

Stronger oversight, better data, and deeper coordination are needed to safeguard faster and more interconnected markets.Artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping how financial institutions price risk, allocate credit, and respond to market stress. As AI becomes deeply embedded in the operational and decision-making architecture of global finance, central banks and supervisory authorities face a critical challenge: ensuring these technologies are governed in ways that reinforce, rather than destabilize, broader financial stability.To...

Matic, a home robotics company, has raised $115 million after nine years of development to build an intuitive, AI-powered home robot that responds to voice and gestures. Its new Cues feature lets users point at a mess and say, “Hey Matic, clean this,” while the robot uses voice localization, computer vision and 3D mapping to identify the target and clean it autonomously; users can also tell it to follow them or clean specific rooms, and it understands 75 languages. Matic says 13,000 families now use its robots, which feature 8x the airflow...

Dating-minded trivia events have exploded in popularity as young singles turn to hobbies to make connections in the real world.In 50 years or so, quite a few Gen Zers are going to be telling their grandkids that they met while birdwatching.At least, that’s according to the latest study from the events marketplace Eventbrite. The platform’s research found that Gen Zers are increasingly looking to find love IRL, and they’re doing it at the kinds of hobby-based events that might’ve once been the purview of older generations.“For a long tim...

What’s Behind the Big Swings in Fashion Stocks.Fashion companies have seen substantial fluctuations in their share prices over the last few weeks as Wall Street's lofty expectations clash with conservative corporate guidance.The market reactions reflect current investor sentiment as much as company fundamentals, creating an environment where share prices can see outsized movement relative to actual business results.While these big swings in share price aren't permanent, the general state of volatility in the marketplace may be here to stay...

Tiny plastic smartphone keys have never gone away—and Clicks’ Power Keyboard is the best thing to happen to them in years.While most obsolete technologies—from floppy disks to CRT displays—have vanished for good, tiny, tactile smartphone keyboards continue to maintain a passionate following. Long after the touchscreen revolution appeared to render physical QWERTY keys obsolete, a small hardware startup called Clicks, founded by veteran tech journalists Michael “MrMobile” Fisher and Kevin “CrackBerry Kevin” Michaluk, is keeping the no...

I am not a parent myself, but I have been around enough parents that I make some unsolicited observations (to myself, to be fair), especially when it comes to them carrying babies and toddlers. Whenever I see them carrying babies on a sling, I keep thinking, “That doesn’t seem to be that comfortable for both the parent and the kid.” So it’s interesting to see baby brands try to come up with design solutions for this kind of problem, since it’s something that will be around forever.South Korean baby brand Konny’s contribution to easing...