TREND REPORTS
Art Basel Qatar to Launch in February 2026
[Business]
2025/05/21 09:06
Art Basel, which operates four fairs wordwild, said today that it would partner with Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) and QC+ to launch a fair in Doha next February, marking the first major art fair in the Middle East. The news of this fair comes about a month before Art Basel’s Swiss fair will open its doors.“Growing the global art market, supporting artists and galleries and developing new co...
YouTube Wants To Monetize Its Growing TV Dominance With AI-Powered Ad Formats
[Business]
2025/05/21 09:05
It’s been a big week for TV, with the annual “upfront” period kicking off in New York, where television titans put on extravagant sales presentations to draw in big advertising advances — a mainstay of the ad industry since the 1960s Madison Avenue days. This year, though, was different. Not only did the uncertainty of looming tariffs tighten the purse strings of some of TV’s biggest spend...
Chinese Startup Trials First AI Doctor Clinic in Saudi Arabia
[Business]
2025/05/21 09:04
A Chinese startup has opened the world’s first clinic in Saudi Arabia where artificial intelligence diagnoses patients, a key step in replacing human doctors as the first line of medical treatment.Synyi AI, a Shanghai-based medical technology company, launched the trial program in Saudi Arabia’s eastern Al-Ahsa region in April in collaboration with the country’s Almoosa Health Group. The pil...
Product Purgatory : When They Love It But Still Don’t Buy
[Consumer]
2025/05/21 09:03
Most people say nice things when you pitch your product. “Oh, that looks really great! I like it, but we’re not buying right now. Maybe call back later in the year?” It’s hard to tell you that your baby is ugly.This creates a trap for new founders who are (rightly!) infatuated with their ideas. They yearn so desperately for validation—nominally product validation but actually personal vali...
(PDF) Capgemini - The Battery Revolution
[Business]
2025/05/20 09:10
Shaping tomorrow’s mobility and energy.Investment in battery technology is increasing, particularly in the US and Europe. This is due, in part, to the rising demand for electric vehicles and energy storage solutions, and is influenced by an array of geopolitical, sustainability, and technological factors. The battery revolution: Shaping tomorrow’s mobility and energy, the latest report from t...
How to Make Millions Selling Temporary Tattoos - Fazit
[Product]
2025/05/20 09:09
It’s the one category that transcends every demographic. Bonus: They can look like croissants now. Fazlit's founder said the brand did $10 million in sales in 2024, but hopes to quadruple those sales this year. Welcome back to Haul of Fame, your must-read beauty roundup for new products, new ideas and a teen drama with its own blush brush.Included in today’s issue: Bella Hadid, Colourpop, Dun...
(Video) Air-Powered Robot Uses Physics Instead of Circuits to Run on Tube-Legs
[Tech]
2025/05/20 09:08
Although soft-bodied robots themselves can be fairly simple, low-cost devices, they typically require complex onboard electronics to control their locomotion. Such is not the case with a new bot, however, which utilizes a phenomenon of physics to automatically move its inflatable legs.Designed by Alberto Comoretto, Mannus Schomaker and Bas Overvelde at the Netherlands' AMOLF institute, the tiny...
More Than A Quarter Of Computer-Programming Jobs Just Vanished
[Consumer]
2025/05/20 09:07
Learning to code was supposedly the salvation of millions of liberal art majors. But now programming jobs are plummeting. The Post’s Department of Data tries to figure out what’s going on.More than a quarter of all computer programming jobs have vanished in the past two years, the worst downturn that industry has ever seen. Things are sufficiently abysmal that computer programming ranks among...
Hermès, Chanel, Miu Miu Lead With Entertainment
[Business]
2025/05/20 09:06
From Hermès to Miu Miu and Louis Vuitton — brands are blending entertainment, emotion and creativity to deepen cultural relevance and drive long-term value.In a season marked by creative shake-ups and geopolitical uncertainty, the latest earnings reports reveal diverging fortunes among luxury’s biggest players. While Kering and LVMH posted declines in Q1, Hermès stood out with a 9% rise in...
