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One of the biggest mistakes companies are making with AI is treating it primarily as a way to reduce talent, rather than as an opportunity to rethink how people and technology can work together. The temptation is understandable, as AI can automate ...

When you are having a hard workday, it is comforting to remember that tacos fall apart and people still love them. This metaphor is particularly timely on National Taco Day, which just so happens to be today (Tuesday, October 6, 2026). Regardless of ...

For six decades, I've worked on product design and manufacturing for companies such as Polaroid, Seiko, and Apple, as well as startups. When I worked at Polaroid and Apple, they still had their own factories and chose to go to Asia to build products.

2026 may have been the year when AI stopped getting brownie points simply for being amazing. What's impressive now is AI that performs useful tasks. All the better if it does it quietly, cleverly, and in areas that help humans focus on the work that ...

While U.S. companies continue to dominate global news, these companies are solving problems abroad. The three honorees, from diverse industries, are addressing specific challenges in the markets they serve: reducing drag on boats, helping ranchers ...

AI innovation may feel like it's utterly dominated by a few giants, but the reality couldn't be more different. These honorees have thrived by zeroing in on specific challenges, including teaching the technology to interpret sensor data, speeding up ...

As companies emerge from early startup stage, pressure mounts to focus on execution. But they must also have an eye toward opportunities to improve, expand, and serve evolving marketplace needs. This year's honorees have used AI to streamline and ...

Fintech and blockchain technology has seen its fair share of boom and bust cycles in the past decade, from the cryptocurrency explosion during the COVID pandemic to the AI era launched by ChatGPT. But the tech has continued to evolve in step with it ...

Large companies have scale, but scale can also make change difficult. This year's enterprise-size honorees show what happens when established organizations use new technology to rethink core operations, from hiring tens of thousands of workers to ...

As these honorees show, the future of medicine is looking more and more . . . futuristic. They include AI that diagnoses more than a dozen serious conditions from a single abdominal scan, a sci-fi-worthy clinic that reimagines the preventive care ...