5.4% of American adults were juggling more than one job last month — the highest share in 15+ years. For more and more US adults in the current economy, it seems like one job is just no longer enough.According to Friday’s job report, the number of multiple jobholders in the US surged to a record 8.9 million in February, the highest since data tracking began in 1994. That’s 5.4% of all employ...

This milestone opens a window to newer possibilities in the fields of wound healing, soft robotics, artificial skin, and drug delivery.We come across different types of gels in our daily lives, such as in hair products, foods, and even in our bodies. However, human skin has unique properties that are difficult to replicate—it combines both strength and flexibility while also having the remarka...

The State of Generative AI in the Enterprise series reveals that no matter how quickly GenAI advances, organisational change only happens so fast. ROI with AI is encouraging, regulation and risk loom large, and agentic AI is on the rise—but businesses are setting their own pace on the path to value.Read the full report to see how far organisations came in 2024 and where things are headed in 20...

In all, 28 of the Augmented Intelligence sale's 34 lots found buyers, including pieces by Refik Anadol, Charles Csuri and Harold CohenChristie’s Augmented Intelligence sale, its first dedicated to art made using artificial intelligence (AI), which ran from 20 February until 5 March, has been contentious to say the least. An open letter posted online on 8 February and garnering almost 6,500 sig...

We mined the CB Insights database to map 170+ AI agent startups across 26 categories. We also provide an outlook on AI agents’ progress, limitations, and future directions.While AI copilots have already made inroads across industries, the next evolution — autonomous agents with greater decision-making scope — is arriving quickly. AI agent startups raised $3.8B in 2024 (nearly tripling 2023’...

The luxury fashion house will release a line of colour cosmetics this autumn, with the renowned British makeup artist Pat McGrath as its creative director.The world’s biggest luxury brand is expanding into beauty.This autumn, Louis Vuitton will debut a line of colour cosmetics with the British makeup artist Dame Pat McGrath as its creative director, the company announced Wednesday.The line, wh...

As options for electric vehicles expand, similarities and differences are arising between the China, US, and EU markets. Automobile marketshare for battery electric vehicles (BEV) in China reached 27% in 2024, compared to 13% in the EU and 8% in the US. To see if this gap will continue, BCG surveyed 10,000 auto buyers in these markets.At least one-third of respondents intend to purchase a BEV,...

The engagement with the blood clot for volume reduction and revascularization of blood flow is achieved through three methods: mechanical fragmentation using an untethered magnetic robot (UMR), chemical lysis employing fibrinolytics, and a hybrid approach that combines both fragmentation and chemical lysis to mitigate the risk of peripheral emboli or hemolysis. Researchers at the TechMed Center...

Among the $17 trillion BATMMAAN tech giants (Big Tech’s version of the Avengers), Nvidia $112.06 (1.94%) is squeezing the most out of every employee.After reporting blowout earnings, which the market found reasons to dislike anyway as Nvidia tumbled 8% in trading on Thursday, we can now calculate that last year Nvidia pulled in $3.6 million in revenue for each one of its employees.That’s more...