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The promise of artificial intelligence in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry is massive, but progress continues to lag behind other sectors. According to a recent McKinsey survey, 71% of CPG leaders report using AI in at least one aspect of their business. However, only 1% of executives across industries say their organizations are operating AI at full maturity, and CPG companies are among the lowest spenders despite significant value potential. In our work with CPG executives, we’ve consistently found that access to AI tools isn’t the primary constraint. The technologies themselves are rapidly commoditizing. The real barrier is operating…
An artificial buffer composed of a photoionizing material released into space at the edge of Earth’s magnetic field could hold off powerful solar storms that potentially pose a risk to modern civilization. The plan to put a buffer in place is called StormWall, proposed by space plasma dynamicist Brian Walsh of Boston University, and Dan Welling and Zhenguang Huang of the University of Michigan. Solar storms are triggered when a coronal mass ejection (CME) on the Sun launches a vast cloud of charged particles towards us. If this cloud hits us, the charged particles can overwhelm Earth’s magnetic field. Magnetic…
Concerning the MacBook Neo, Francisco Jeronimo, IDC vice president for client devices, said: “The $100 increase takes the entry model from $599 to $699, close to a 17% increase, one of the sharpest percentage hikes in the announcement, and it hits one of Apple’s best-selling, most price-sensitive laptops right as it is winning share. Raising the price of its fastest-selling entry product indicates that Apple believes demand will stay strong, given the value the product offers. It also signals Apple is willing to give up some unit growth at the bottom of the range to defend margin, and it widens the…
Donald Trump is not exactly a health influencer: The 47th president famously loves fast food and Diet Coke, and reportedly eschews both sleep and exercise.But Trump’s political power comes in part from a group of exceedingly health-conscious Americans. Supporters of the Make America Healthy Again movement, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., helped propel Trump to a second term in the White House.Trump’s relationship with MAHA was one of the many unusual alliances that have helped his version of the Republican Party consolidate power over the past 11 years. Well-known for his anti-vaccine activism, Kennedy had amassed a following among…
How much long-haul network bandwidth is required to power the AI revolution?
Microsoft is taking a new approach to fighting cybercrime, targeting the cyberattack supply chain, not just individual services. In a case unsealed today, we are simultaneously targeting two widely used cybercrime tools, Amadey and StealC, after AI-assisted analysis revealed they rely on the same infrastructure. This action goes after the cybercrime “assembly line,” where coordinated tools drive ransomware, financial fraud, and disruptions to public services. Amadey and StealC are often used alongside each other: Amadey helps attackers gain access to devices, while StealC steals passwords and sensitive information. Together, they form a critical link in the chain. In the first…
Learn how to implement cost-effective multi-tenant search using Amazon OpenSearch Serverless next-generation architecture with scale-to-zero compute and simplified routing through per-account, regional endpoints. Building multi-tenant search architectures requires balancing data isolation with operational cost and complexity. In this post, we provide code examples for an implementation of multi-tenant search using a collection-per-tenant model with Amazon OpenSearch Serverless per-account, regional endpoints. Collection-per-tenant provides data and workload isolation. The regional endpoint simplifies routing requests for indexing and searching data. Amazon OpenSearch Serverless is a serverless deployment option for Amazon OpenSearch Service that simplifies infrastructure management, index tuning, and data lifecycle management. OpenSearch…
Google is loosening its grip on Play Store payments, but it is not letting go of the revenue stream entirely. Starting June 30, Google will begin rolling out lower Play Store fees and expanded support for third-party payment options in the European Economic Area, the UK, and the US. The changes could give developers more room to steer users toward external payment methods while still requiring them to pay Google a platform fee. The move puts Google in a different posture from Apple, which has more aggressively defended its App Store payment model amid regulatory and legal pressure. Changes to…
Wearable health data is moving beyond step counts and sleep scores. On June 24, Samsung Electronics announced a partnership with German digital clinical research organization Alcedis to explore whether Galaxy Watch biometrics can support clinical trials for pharmaceutical and research organizations. The companies plan to study how real-world signals from consumer wearables could become validated endpoints or biomarkers for evaluating drug safety, efficacy, and patient outcomes. For healthcare IT teams, the bigger question is not whether smartwatches can collect more data. It is whether that data can be secured, validated, audited, and integrated into regulated clinical research workflows. How the…
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues now shape many of the decisions made across a range of industries. For the automotive sector in particular, this is a key focus. Manufacturers, suppliers, retailers and service providers all face regulatory demands around how they operate responsibly. There are also targets and expectations from investors and customers. Understanding the importance of ESG for this industry is vital for both those who work in motoring and motorists who are driving the end product. Environmental responsibility: decarbonisation, resource efficiency and circularity Automotive brands are under pressure to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from both exhaust pipes…