TREND REPORTS
Inside South Korea’s Cosmetic Tourism Boom
[Business]
2025/07/15 09:10
Korea’s medical tourism sector is thriving — but strict defamation laws, cultural differences and nationwide doctors’ strikes present unique challenges to foreigners seeking medical and aesthetic treatments in the global beauty capital.Apgujeong is the name of a particularly affluent ward in the upscale Gangnam district of Seoul, located right where the neighbourhood meets the southern bank...
The Sculpting Robots Quietly Used by Big-Name Artists
[Design]
2025/07/15 09:09
Two studio owners whose clients include Jeff Koons and Maya Lin dominate robot-chiseled art. One is spending big to preserve the human touch.High in the marble quarries of Carrara, Italy, a four-and-a-half-ton robot steadily carves the likeness of Indian spiritual leader Sai Baba. Lying flat in the cold sunlight, the sage’s likeness is slowly emerging from a massive block of premium Carrara ma...
(PDF) Mckinsey - How AI and Automation Can Transform the Consumer Enterprise
[Business]
2025/07/15 09:08
New analysis helps quantify the impact of technological disruption and shows how consumer companies can turn automation’s potential into value.Let’s say a retail merchandiser starts the process of analyzing scores of sales data and making recommendations for stock adjustments. Today, this worker is likely to perform that task using some amount of assistance from AI and automation tools, but n...
(Video) AI Robots Fill In For Weed Killers And Farm Hands
[Tech]
2025/07/15 09:07
Aigen's solar-powered autonomous robots aim to take the chemicals and toil out of industrial weeding.Oblivious to the punishing midday heat, a wheeled robot powered by the sun and infused with artificial intelligence carefully combs a cotton field in California, plucking out weeds.As farms across the United States face a shortage of laborers and weeds grow resistant to herbicides, startup Aigen...
The AI Layoffs Begin
[Consumer]
2025/07/15 09:06
Six months into 2025, over 50,000 tech workers have already been laid off, with giants like Microsoft, Google, Meta, IBM, PwC, and Chegg Inc. making headlines. While AI is often cited as the culprit, insiders say the reality is more complex—part efficiency, part financial recalibration.At Microsoft, nearly 6,000 employees were let go, including a veteran developer who spent 18 years at the com...
(Video) This ‘Iron Dome’ For Mosquitoes Shoots Down Bugs With Lasers
[Product]
2025/07/15 09:05
The Photon Matrix is an AI-guided laser system that claims it can zap up to 30 mosquitoes per second.You can now order an “Iron Dome” for mosquitoes. Its name is the Photon Matrix, a black box about the size of a smartphone that can detect, track, and eliminate mosquitoes mid-flight using an AI-guided laser system.According to its inventor, it can identify and zap up to 30 mosquitoes per seco...
Venture Capital Is Riding A New AI Wave
[Investing]
2025/07/15 09:04
What do two decades of innovation research reveal about staying power in a shifting world? This year’s “Most Innovative Companies” report does more than spotlight today’s leaders. It explores what it takes to lead consistently through change, and how innovation excellence has evolved alongside digital disruption, AI acceleration, and growing geopolitical complexity.One of the many findings:...
Jacob Walls Unveils Touch-Responsive Pangolin Seating
[Design]
2025/07/15 09:03
London-based designer Jacob Walls has unveiled Pangolin, a seating collection that visibly reacts to human interaction. Made from industrial foam offcuts, the benches are hand-dyed with thermochromic pigments, allowing them to change colour in response to body heat. Much like a mood ring, each seat retains ghostly impressions of where someone has touched or sat — giving the furniture an almost...
TIME100 Creators 2025
[Consumer]
2025/07/14 09:10
Kai Cenat Lands TIME100 Cover As TIME Unveils Its First-Ever List Of Top CreatorsAfter years of shaping the internet from behind screens, creators are finally having their moment in the spotlight.TIME has released its first-ever TIME100 Creators list, recognizing 100 of the most influential digital voices in the world. Twitch streamer Kai Cenat marks the occasion on the cover, photographed by A...
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