Americans’ vote for anti-data center candidates and ballot measures could rein in AI’s expansion and hobble economic growth.The luminaries of America’s artificial intelligence boom gathered in black-tie attire at the San Francisco Opera House on Tuesday evening for a gala performance of Mozart’s *The Marriage of Figaro*, hosted by Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang. Yet over champagne and passed hors d’oeuvres, the celebratory atmosphere quickly dissolved into palpable anxiety. As midterm election returns flashed across smartphone scre...

Google describes a home gadget that tells people apart by how they walk and swipe their hands, then gives every visiting stranger a temporary, pseudo ID to remember them next time—all without requiring face scans, names, or optical cameras.A smart display senses invisible radio wave reflections to distinguish between a family member and an unrecognized guest.How Google's radar tells you from your guestsMost smart home devices cannot detect who is in the room, meaning a smart speaker might read out personal calendar reminders or sensitive no...

Luxury fitness operator Equinox has partnered with American Express to launch House of Equinox, an exclusive four-day immersive wellness event in New York City taking place from November 12 to November 15.The strategic collaboration marks a significant push by Equinox to expand its premium wellness ecosystem beyond traditional gym walls, targeting high-tier consumer segments through experiential offerings.Exclusive Access and High-Tech Recovery OfferingsCurated exclusively for American Express Platinum and Centurion cardholders, the multi-da...

1. (PDF) EY 보고서 - AI 생산성 배당을 장기 기업 가치로 전환하는 CEO 전략비용 절감에서 생산 용량 창출로의 생산성 재정의: EY-Parthenon 조사 결과 글로벌 CEO의 대다수가 AI와 자동화로 인당 생산성 향상을 체감한 가운데, 단순 비용 절감보다 인력이나 자본 증원 없이 더 높은 산출물을 내는 용량 창출을 핵심 비즈니스 가치로 인식.조직 복잡성과 레거시 모델로 인한 가치 잠식: 창출된 생산 용량의 23%가 복잡한 규제와 컴플라이언스에 흡수되고 있으며, 레거시 시스템과 내부 운영 복잡성이 생산성 배당을 재무 성과로 전환하는 최대 걸림돌로 지목.인력 감축보다 직무 재설계와...

CEOs are investing in AI, talent and portfolio transformation to convert productivity gains into growth.AI can create capacity, but CEOs must decide where to reinvest it. Without operating model change, gains risk being absorbed by complexity and friction.Waiting is increasingly seen as riskier than investing, with CEOs pressing ahead despite economic, cyber and technology disruption.CEOs combine innovation, alliances and deals to build capabilities and release capital, as growth demands accelerate portfolio reinvention.A decisive majority o...

A self-driving car facing a messy road has too many possible moves to check them all. Zoox's patent describes an AI that glances at the options, guesses which one looks cheapest, and only then thinks hard about it.A self-driving vehicle plans a path around roadway obstacles like traffic cones and parked cars.What Zoox's path-guessing AI actually doesEver tried to cross a crowded parking lot by mentally testing every possible turn? You would never finish. Instead you glance around, guess which gap looks most promising, and only then think it...

Andy Elder and Arjun Mathur were Stanford roommates who both studied computer science before spending a decade at Palantir. Elder led product design for a team of 800 people building software for U.S. defense and intelligence agencies, while Mathur served as a senior vice president in the company’s commercial practice. When the friends decided to build a startup early last year, there was no question they would do it together.Despite having no direct background in architecture, Elder and Mathur were troubled by a growing problem: Fewer buil...

French startup HyLight goes up against helicopters and drones.Inspecting tens of thousands of kilometers of high-voltage transmission lines, buried gas pipelines, and transcontinental railway corridors is one of the most logistically demanding, expensive, and dangerous maintenance tasks in modern industrial engineering. Historically, utility operators have relied almost exclusively on chartered helicopters—crewed machines that are notoriously expensive to operate, produce intense noise pollution, and generate up to a metric ton of carbon di...

Luxury’s brand rankings are being reshuffled as desirability, not scale, determines which houses gain ground.According to brand consultancy Interbrand’s Best Global Brands 2026 report, French leather goods house Hermès has surpassed Louis Vuitton to become the world’s most valuable luxury brand for the first time. Across the sector, the results show a widening divide between brands that have sharpened their appeal and those leaning on heritage alone.“For years, strong brands could assume their reputation would carry them through difficu...