TREND REPORTS
The Looming Retirements Crisis
[Consumer]
2025/02/07 09:03
An aging population represents a major challenge for many countries around the world. Falling birth rates coupled with rising life expectancies are likely to place significant pressure on labor markets, healthcare and pension systems. OECD data reveals how a number of countries are facing particularly rapid aging. Where the number of retirees for every 100 workers already stood at more than 55...
(PDF) Bain - 2024 China Luxury Goods Market : Navigating Turbulent Waters
[Business]
2025/02/06 09:10
China's luxury market faced a significant slowdown in 2024, primarily driven by reduced domestic spending due to low consumer confidence and increased tourist spending abroad.In 2024, the Chinese mainland luxury market experienced a significant decline of 18%–20%, reverting to 2020 levels due to low consumer confidence and increased overseas spending. In many ways, this downturn marks the end...
OpenAI Launches ‘Deep Research’ Tool That It Says Can Match Research Analyst
[Tech]
2025/02/06 09:09
ChatGPT developer announces AI agent amid growing challenge from rivals such as China’s DeepSeek.OpenAI has stepped up its development of artificial intelligence agents by announcing a new tool that crafts reports which it claims can match the output of a research analyst.The ChatGPT developer said the new tool, “deep research”, “accomplishes in 10 minutes what would take a human many hours...
Revolutionary' Kiwi Invention Offers Transport That Glides Above Road-based Traffic
[Tech]
2025/02/06 09:08
A new autonomous gondola system could make transport around Sugar Land more convenient.Imagine soaring high in the air like a bird. No traffic, just gliding smoothly from one side of Sugar Land to the other. No stoplights or bad drivers, just a quick, scenic ride. That’s the vision behind the Sugar Land Whoosh, a proposed gondola system designed to make taking quick trips around town faster, e...
Your Arabica Coffee Will Get Even Pricier as Beans Soar to Record $4 a Pound
[Investing]
2025/02/06 09:07
Price hike has hurt demand in both major and emerging markets. Top-grower Brazil is suffering after a prolonged drought.Trade wars, tariff threats and logistics shocks are upending businesses and spreading volatility. Understand the new order of global commerce.Arabica coffee topped $4 per pound in New York for the first time, as concerns over tight global supplies fuel a dizzying rally that’s...
Gartner : AI Assistants May Reduce Mobile App Usage by 25% by 2027
[Business]
2025/02/06 09:06
Mobile app usage could drop by 25% by 2027 as more people rely on artificial intelligence (AI) assistants, according to research from Gartner Inc., a consulting firm. AI tools like Apple Intelligence, ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Meta AI are expected to take over tasks that apps currently handle. Gartner said in a media release that aside from this shift, apps may combine features across differe...
How are Researchers Using AI ? Survey Reveals Pros and Cons for Science
[Consumer]
2025/02/06 09:05
Despite strong interest in using artificial intelligence to make research faster, easier and more accessible, researchers say they need more support to navigate its possibilities.Using artificial intelligence (AI) tools for processes such as preparing manuscripts, writing grant applications and peer review will become widely accepted within the next two years, suggests a survey of nearly 5,000...
LinkedIn Founder's Manas AI Raises $24.6M for AI Drug Discovery
[Investing]
2025/02/06 09:04
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and Siddhartha Mukherjee, cancer researcher and author of the book “The Emperor of All Maladies,” have co-founded an AI-powered drug discovery startup, Manas AI. The company, which will initially focus on breast cancer, prostate cancer, and lymphoma, has raised $24.6 million in seed funding from Hoffman, General Catalyst, and Greylock.Manas AI’s capital haul pal...
This Carbon Fiber Smart Handlebar Turns The Cycle’s Front Into A Streamlined Cockpit
[Product]
2025/02/06 09:03
For most of us, cycling is all about the basics—just a bike, whether electric, geared, or both—and we’re off to work, out for exercise, or running errands. But as you spend more time riding, you start to see the handlebar as more than just a steering mechanism. It’s more of a blank canvas for useful gadgets. Soon, you find yourself adding aftermarket displays, GPS systems, lights, and other...
