With luxury consumers rapidly embracing AI, the strategic question for merchants is no longer whether agents will mediate the journey, but who controls how brands are perceived.For decades, the strategic playbook for luxury brands has centered entirely around physical and digital destinations. The flagship boutique served as the sacred front door where desire was meticulously manufactured, while e-commerce platforms operationally extended that footprint downstream without altering who held the keys to brand identity. However, a groundbreakin...

Is AI Good At Stock-Market Timing? A New Study Casts Doubt.Research finds that while large-language models may work well initially, they don’t outperform the market over long periods and in changing conditionsLarge-language models may be immune to human emotions like fear and greed, but they still struggle to beat the market over longer periods.Researchers recently backtested a range of LLM-based trading strategies over 20 years and found that they mostly failed to outperform simple buy-and-hold investing. The reason sounds surprisingly hum...

Central Saint Martins graduates Domenico di Paolo and Kieran Feechan have created a novel listening device in the form of Imago, which turns a critical eye on the use of AI in music.Looking a bit like a crystalline record player, Imago presents listeners with a circular touchscreen lit up with three glowing dots that they can slide around with their fingers to modify a composition.Feechan and di Paolo think of Imago as a cross between a "deep listening device" and a synthesiser. It lets listeners explore a unique soundscape carefully curated...

1. (PDF) Deloitte - 2026 MZ 세대 트렌드 보고서 : 안정성과 웰빙을 향한 가치관 재편◦ 경제적 스트레스 누적으로 인한 메이비 레이터(Maybe Later) 현실 고착화: 지속적인 생활비 인플레이션과 주거비 불안 여파로 인해 조사 대상의 과반수가 결혼, 출산, 주택 매매, 고등 교육 등 주요 인생 과제를 무기한 연기하는 기조 확인.◦ 전통적 수직 승진 모델 거부와 지속 가능한 성장 지향성 부각: 관리직 진입을 극심한 번아웃과 과도한 책임 유발 요인으로 판단하여 기기하는 대신, 일과 삶의 균형 사수를 위해 수평 이동이나 더 낮은 타이틀을 전향적으로 수용하는 기류 안착.◦ 일상적...

The 15th anniversary edition of Deloitte’s global survey finds Gen Zs and millennials are seeking progress on their own terms, prioritizing stability, skills, and well-being over fast-paced growth.The "Maybe Later" Reality Shaped by Persistent Financial StrainFor the fifth consecutive year, the cost of living remains the absolute top concern for both Gen Z and Millennial cohorts, far surpassing other societal and workplace anxieties. Financial vulnerability has become an enduring baseline feature of everyday life, with nearly half of all re...

Boston biotech secures Series A funding to move its once-weekly GLP-1 obesity patch into first-in-human clinical trials. Is the weekly injection finally under threat?GLP-1 medicines have reshaped obesity treatment faster than almost any therapy in recent memory, turning household names like Ozempic and Wegovy into cultural phenomena. Yet for all their success, they still ask patients to do something many people never quite get comfortable with: inject themselves every week. Some also require refrigeration, adding another layer of inconvenien...

How venture-capital firms are rewriting the rules in a once-in-a-lifetime IPO boom.Yasmin Razavi holds an unusual position as the only outside investor on Anthropic’s board of directors. The general partner at Spark Capital invested in the artificial-intelligence safety hub relatively late by traditional venture capital standards, leading the company’s Series C financing in May 2023. Razavi is part of a new generation of investors currently transforming the face of venture capital. As high-growth companies choose to stay private longer, th...

New Jersey Seeks Cut From FIFA’s $450 World Cup Grass Patches, Report Says.Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s, D-N.J., office wants in on FIFA’s plan to sell patches of grass from the field of the World Cup final, according to Politico, as the federation looks to generate over $11 million from the sale.Key FactsSean Higgins, a spokesperson for Sherrill, told Politico, “New Jersey paid for the vast majority of the total expense for the pitch at MetLife stadium, so New Jersey taxpayers should share in any proceeds from this latest money grab.”The Worl...

High Bandwidth Flash Offers Efficient Storage For Model Weights.[By using advanced packaging technology, familiar flash memory dies can be stacked to drastically improve read speeds.]Large Language Models (LLMs) demand immense amounts of memory, and the more people use them, the more memory is required. Memory makers responded by accelerating plans to build new memory fabs, with a focus on High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) and DRAM, the first of which is scheduled to start production in 2027. But the demand for memory may also provide an opportuni...