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...

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...

1. Wall Street Journl의 분석 - Big Tech의 AI 지출이 공시보다 3조 달러나 더 많은 이유 ?재무제표 미반영 AI 부채의 급증: Alphabet, Meta, Oracle 등 9개 주요 테크 기업의 장부 외 AI 관련 재무 의무가 약 3조 달러에 달하며 traditional CAPEX의 5배 수준까지 폭증.미개시 리스 및 Data center 프로젝트 구조: Meta의 Hyperion 데이터센터 사례처럼 합작법인을 통한 펀딩 및 미개시 리스 계약(1.2조 달러)을 활용해 초기 부채를 장부 외로 감추는 재무 구조 확산.구매 약정과 FCF 악화 리스크: 1.9조 달러에 달하는 반도체 및 Energy 장기 계약으로 인해 AI 수요 지연 시 취소 불가...

Massive spending commitments for data-center leases and chips aren’t shown on companies’ balance sheets.Each quarter, big tech companies disclose their massive capital expenditures on artificial-intelligence infrastructure, from data centers to chips.But those figures don’t come close to expressing the full extent of future spending to which Google parent Alphabet, Meta Platforms, Oracle and many others have committed. That is because a huge swath of their coming financial obligations aren’t reflected on their balance sheets.Nine top tec...