PwC’s 2026 Global AI Jobs Barometer analyses over a billion job ads from six continents to reveal that AI is creating a two-track labour market in which skills like judgement and leadership are even more critical–and more rewarded. AI is driving big productivity gains for companies and–perhaps surprisingly–companies making the biggest gains are raising wages and headcount faster than companies least exposed to AI. 40% Productivity growth is 40% higher at companies most exposed to AI versus least.2x Skills needed for the most AI-exposed j...

Sports stars Dak Prescott and Tyrese Haliburton are among the partners of the fund investing nearly $50 million into Rhoback.L Catterton, the private equity firm backed by LVMH, has made the first investment from its new athlete-led consumer fund, taking a minority stake in Charlottesville, Va.-based activewear brand Rhoback in a deal worth nearly $50 million, according to The Wall Street Journal.The transaction marks the debut of Champ, a $500 million vehicle created with sports advisor Mark Patricof to turn elite athletes into co-owners ra...

The90 Launches The Gem, The First Personal Sun Intelligence Wearable.The90 has officially launched The90 Gem, a smart jewelry wearable designed to help women track real-time UV exposure and make more informed decisions about sun protection and long-term skin health. The product aims to address a critical skincare challenge: while up to 90% of visible skin aging is linked to cumulative UV exposure, consumers have historically lacked a way to measure that exposure in real time.Unlike traditional UV index readings, which provide broad location-...

AI Adoption Is Creating a New Enterprise Risk: Distributed De-Skilling.Boston Consulting Group’s new article, When Everyone Uses AI, Companies Risk Losing Critical Skills, argues that the next major AI risk for companies may not be hallucinations, data leakage, or job displacement alone. It may be the quiet erosion of the very human capabilities that make organizations intelligent. The report calls this risk distributed de-skilling: the collective weakening of judgment, critical thinking, creativity, problem framing, and reasoning when empl...

Function as a flavor is not a cosmetic trend. It is a structural shift in how brands must think about the relationship between a product's stated purpose and its felt experience. For years, efficacy was enough. If a cleanser worked, consumers would use it. If an app tracked nutrition accurately, users would log. If a fragrance smelled distinct, buyers would return. That model assumed usage was guaranteed. No more.

The evidence for this shift is accumulating across categories and geographies simultaneously: 

1. Shiseido's S Hada Gumi N...

Silicon Valley startup begins hand-assembling $300,000 Model A vehicles for controlled testing by select customers.Alef Aeronautics begins hand-building $300,000 Model A flying cars for testingVehicle rotates 90 degrees for vertical takeoff but limited to 25 mph roadsEarly buyers become beta testers rather than daily commuters at luxury pricingTraffic-clogged highways have spawned countless flying car fantasies, but Alef Aeronautics just delivered something tangible: actual production of their Model A Ultralight at a Silicon Valley facility....

Phone addiction has reached a point where doomscrolling is affecting our cognitive intelligence and already, dumbphones are trying to address this global problem. More often than not, these devices work for a while, eventually triggering the user to ditch them and get back to old ways.Commodore, resurrected by YouTuber Peri Fractic (a.k.a. Christian Simpson), brought back the 1982 Commodore 64 keyboard, and the brand looks strong to capture a very niche segment of the nerdy market. Now, under his leadership, there’s yet another gadget that...

1. 웨어러블 패치 Barrière가 건강보조식품 산업을 혁신하는 전략패치형 솔루션의 대형 리테일 진입: 건강보조식품 스타트업 Barrière가 유당불내증 및 멀미 완화용 웨어러블 비타민 패치를 Walmart 1,700개 매장에 독점 출시하며 가파른 오프라인 유통망 확장세 실증. 경피 흡수 기술과 패션 미학의 결합: 미세 비타민 입자와 체온을 활용해 성분을 피부로 직접 전달하는 12시간 지속 transdermal 기술에 패션 배경 파운더의 디자인 감각을 입혀 웰니스 액세서리로 자산화. 성장세 속 규제 컴플라이언스 마찰: 2026년 매출 1,000만 달러 및 기업가치 1,900만 달러 마크를 관측하는 고속...

Supplement patch company Barrière is launching the first-ever lactose intolerance patch in 1,700 Walmart stores, the company told CNBC exclusively.The wearable patches company is projecting its 2026 revenue to double from last year, reaching $10 million, with a current valuation of $19 million.It’s one of many supplement companies leading the charge in new innovations in the market, which remains largely unregulated in the U.S.The supplement industry is seeing rapid innovation as consumers place greater focus on health, wellness, and conve...