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Philadelphia-based nonprofit Burning Glass Institute has launched a career website in partnership with 10 blue-chip brands designed to define, clarify, track, and update the skills needed in today’s ever-evolving job market. The Big Picture: The economic and technological rollercoaster of the past few years has overcomplicated the job market for both employers and prospective employees. […]
Wealthy Americans are now looking to build or move into homes free from the technology that makes everything customizable but overly complicated. The Big Picture: Home automation has grown into a $100 billion industry that’s poised to explode with the inclusion of AI. But with even tech execs telling their real estate agents to ditch […]
Tinder is releasing a game that allows users to flirt with an OpenAI-powered chatbot, so they can get better at turning their matches into dates. The Big Picture: The AI-ification of every aspect of our lives continues with Tinder’s digital version of Hitch. While chatting it up with a bot may feel awkward, it could […]
Retailers — from streetwear to luxury to basics — are putting coffee shops inside their brick-and-mortar stores to keep customers around longer and build community. Why It Fits: Post-COVID, people, especially Gen Zers, are gravitating back to “third spaces” — places where people can be social and feel belonging outside their homes. By creating those spaces inside retail […]
While there’s been plenty of anecdotal evidence of smartphones impacting our mental health, recent medical studies are showing how smartphone addiction is literally rewiring our brains. Why It Hurts: Expert studies demonstrating how smartphones impact our attention spans, ability to regulate our emotions, and potential for productivity have wide-ranging implications — including a growing no-phones-in-school movement, society’s […]
A new study has found that Gen Z doesn’t really care about the latest trend of giving every podcast a video component… preferring the “old-school” habit of just listening while doing other things. Why It Hits: YouTube, Spotify, and Apple have all been pushing video podcasts because they lead to higher ad revenue… and, well, the kids […]
A new study has found that Americans are increasingly spending more time at home — a trend that was happening even before COVID forced us to stay in. Why It Sits: People generally spending more time indoors has ripple effects on all of society, including how people consume entertainment, what they spend their money on, […]
Toy giant Hasbro is shifting its strategy to focus more on teens and adults, who, logically, have more money to spend than kids… and a growing appetite to play with the IP they grew up with. The Big Game: Hasbro hasn’t exactly been on a financial rollercoaster in recent years, as it enjoyed the highs […]
“Functional beverages” — drinks that claim to fortify your hair and nails, give you clean energy, or make you live longer — are becoming one of the hottest markets in the food and beverage industry, as people look to boost their health, beauty, and performance. Why It Hits: Health and wellness has been surging in popularity across […]
The next era of work will introduce widespread collaboration between human employees and agentic AI chatbots — systems that can both answer questions and complete tasks. Why It Hits: The AI revolution is here. While the tech industry is pitching AI agents as an added value to a human workforce, chatbots are already replacing humans in some roles. […]