1. PwC의 2026 금융 서비스 인력 AI 설문조사 - MBA 자격보다 더 중요한 AI 기술AI 기술에 대한 압도적 선호도 및 보상 인상: 미국 금융 서비스 임원의 86%가 신규 채용 시 MBA 프로그램보다 AI 교육을 더 가치 있게 평가하며, 91%가 AI 기술 보유 직원의 보상을 인상 중임을 확인.핵심 인재 확보를 위한 3대 전략 수립: 임원의 62%가 AI 전문 신규 인력 채용을 계획하고, 61%가 기존 직원 Upskilling을 추진하며, 57%가 외부 Vendor 및 서비스 제공업체와의 파트너십을 활용할 방침.역할 특화형 연속 학습 및 Curation 전환: 급변하는 기술 환경에 맞춰 정형화된 교육을 넘어 일상 업무와...

PwC's 2026 Financial Services Workforce AI Survey shows firms moving aggressively on AI—but many are still unprepared for the workforce transformation it requires. AI is reshaping talent strategies in financial services, from higher pay for AI skills to new approaches to hiring, upskilling, and leadership development.Strong AI governance is becoming a business imperative as financial services firms confront shadow AI, regulatory risk, and increasingly autonomous AI agents.Some 86% of the more than 1,000 US financial services executives surv...

Maker of iPhones talks to China’s CXMT, but any deal would be politically sensitive.Apple has tested memory chips from China’s CXMT and held early talks with the company to supply components for some devices sold in China.Federal rules prevent U.S. companies from transferring technology to CXMT, which effectively stops Apple from ordering custom chips.Apple hopes to win the White House’s blessing to do business with CXMT to avoid political blowback.Apple has been testing memory chips from China’s CXMT across product lines including iPhon...

P&G announced it was acquiring Thorne, and backlash ensued.P&G expands presence in supplements sector with $3.8 bln cash dealLVMH-backed L Catterton bought Thorne for $680 million in 2023CNBC reported Thorne was set to reach $650 million in sales this yearP&G shares rise about 1% ​on TuesdayProcter & Gamble (PG.N), opens new tab is acquiring supplements maker Thorne for $3.8 billion in cash from LVMH-backed (LVMH.PA), opens new tab private equity firm L Catterton, the companies said on Tuesday, as the consumer goods giant de...

Zenpack Crafts Clever Cardboard Packaging for Verve Coffee’s Debut Silicone Dwell Dripper.Specialty coffee brand Verve Coffee Roasters has officially expanded into brewing hardware with its debut device, the Dwell Dripper for Verve Coffee Roasters. To elevate the consumer introduction of the new product, San Jose–based agency Zenpack engineered a custom paperboard unboxing experience that seamlessly bridges functional design, tactile aesthetics, and structural utility. The collaborative packaging project was recognized as a winner at the i...

Large-cap companies with the highest vitality—a measure of a company's capacity to generate future core growth through innovation—delivered 11.5% annual revenue gains over five years, according to the 2026 BCG Vitality Index.The annual TSR that large-cap companies with high vitality delivered was 3.1 percentage points higher than that of companies in the lowest vitality quartile.Companies that significantly improved their vitality over five years generated an additional 6.8 percentage points in annual total shareholder return (TSR) compare...

Microdot Tool Offers Painless Permanent Tattoos To Those With Blood And Needle Phobias.CipherX compresses the tattoo process into a small disposable patch filled with hundreds of pigment-carrying microneedles. Applied with a handheld tool, the patch stays on the skin for around 10 to 15 minutes while its microscopic points dissolve and deposit ink in a fixed digital pattern, removing the vibration, visible blood, and repeated puncturing associated with a conventional tattoo machine.The system gives permanent body art a different point of ent...

Feature phones have been having something of a quiet comeback, driven largely by people who are tired of the attention-capturing machinery baked into modern smartphones. Most of what’s on the market offers a stripped-back feature set with very little room to grow. Calls, texts, maybe a basic camera, and that’s about where the conversation ends, which hasn’t exactly made the category feel like an exciting place to be.The Sidephone SP-01 has been quietly building a different kind of case for itself since its debut in 2025, not by piling fea...

China accounted for the largest share of global GDP in 2025 when adjusted for purchasing power parity (PPP).The U.S. share of global output peaked at 29.7% during World War II.At its 19th-century peak, the British Empire contributed nearly one-quarter of global GDP.Over the last 200 years, economic leadership has shifted from China to the British Empire, then to the United States, and increasingly back toward Asia.This streamgraph tracks how the share of global gross domestic product (GDP) held by major economies changed from 1820 to 2025. T...