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...

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...

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...

1. BoF - Zara의 브랜드 이미지 고급화 전략과 패스트패션 디스럽션 방어프리미엄 컬렉션과 대형 마케팅을 통한 브랜드 가치 격상: Zara가 Super Bowl 무대에서 Bad Bunny 의상을 제작하고 대형 플래그십 리노베이션과 한정판 디자이너 협업을 전개하며 저가 패스트패션 이미지를 탈피해 프리미엄 브랜드로 도약.합리적 가격대 유지와 체감 가치 극대화: 생활비 위기로 소비자가 지출을 엄격히 통제하는 환경에서 기본 라인업의 가격 경쟁력을 지키는 동시에 프리미엄 라인을 결합해 소비자가 느끼는 인지 가치 제고.초저가 라이벌 방어와 명품 이탈 수요 흡수: 가격을 파괴하며 추격하는...

How did fashion’s original disruptor defend itself from disruption as lower-priced, ultra-fast rivals gained ground? Drawing on a dozen interviews at the famously opaque Spanish giant, this report breaks down the strategy, from dressing Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl to multi-million-dollar store upgrades, that has made Zara worth the premium.Zara has used premium collections and collaborations, splashy marketing moments and a renovation of its store fleet to elevate its brand image, even as it has kept its core offering competitively priced.Z...

Overwhelmed by online advice and conflicting rules, mothers-to-be are paying for a few days where someone else takes care of the details. For the modern expectant mother, pregnancy in the digital age can feel less like an intimate milestone and more like an obstacle course governed by algorithmic dread. Long before physical signs of pregnancy become apparent to daily commuters, search histories fill with late-night interrogations: bacterial hazards of buffet melon, bath water temperature, lead in aging pipes, or unverified provenance of deli...

New research from 300 global tech leaders maps where enterprise AI needs to scale – and what stands in the way.Enterprise AI deployment is broad. Value conversion is not.The gap shows up across five dimensions.The organizations closing it fastest are sequencing deliberately, starting with the workflows and outcomes that justify investment.CIO Pulse is Accenture’s new regular survey of senior technology leaders at the world’s largest organizations. It draws on responses from 300 CIOs and IT leaders across 19 industries and 16 countries. Ea...

MIT Engineers Unveil ‘Bifur-Circuits’ for Shape-Shifting Smart Devices That Never Lose Electrical Contact.Modular metamaterial blocks embed flexible conductive pathways, enabling objects to sense their own physical form without external wiresSystems withstand over 10,000 compression cycles without loss of conductivity and fabricate via single-pass multimaterial 3D printingBreakthrough points toward self-adjusting antennas, modular soft-robotic grippers, and adaptive assistive medical furnitureEngineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Tec...