JooHyun Lee’s “Balance Objects” Debuts at Milan Design Week — From Craft to Collectible: The Rise of Functional Art in the High-End Consumer Market
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Did War Erupt in the Middle East—and Gold Went Crazy Again?
News that breaks before dawn is always the scariest. On February 28 (local time), the United States and Israel launched military strikes against Iran. When the news broke, many markets had not fully reacted yet—but gold moved first. London spot…
The Battle for Silver Pricing Power: Behind a 100+ Yuan Silver Price, a Delivery Storm and High-Stakes Game Is Unfolding
In March 2026, the global silver market’s “Normandy moment” may arrive—a run on physical silver is quietly drawing near. COMEX data points to a brewing storm: in January 2026, a month that is traditionally not a major delivery month, more…
Gemini 3 Is Powerful to the Point of Being Scary: Has AI Moved From “Can Talk” to “Can Get Things Done”?
In November 2025, Google officially released Gemini 3. The new model simultaneously landed on enterprise-grade platforms such as Vertex AI and Gemini Enterprise, and on day one was integrated into Google Search and Android—compared with previous models like GPT-5 and…
The First Year of Mass Production for Humanoid Robots: From “Optimus Prime” to “Iron Bro,” Who Is Jump-Starting the Future?
In 2025, the “mass-production storm” of the humanoid-robot industry officially arrived. This year, Tesla’s Optimus began trial production in Fremont; XPeng’s IRON started tightening screws on the Guangzhou factory line; Kepler’s K2 “Bumblebee” was the first to achieve commercial sales;…
Amazon’s Mass Layoffs: The “Re-Creation” Path Driven by AI
In October, Amazon announced a new round of layoffs involving 14,000 employees, with the actual number of people affected expected to reach 30,000. This is another large-scale personnel adjustment following Amazon’s ten-thousand-person layoffs in 2022. At the same time, tech…
CEIBS GEMBA Marks Six Consecutive Years Among the World’s Elite
Sources: CEIBS, BCC Global Media Interview (Apr 2025) China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) has once again reaffirmed its position as one of the world’s premier institutions for executive education. According to the 2025 Financial Times Executive MBA Ranking, the…
OpenAI DevDay 2025: ChatGPT’s “Applicationization” Ambition and Platform Pull
On October 7, 2025, OpenAI delivered a major set of product and strategic updates at its annual developer conference (DevDay 2025)—from built‑in ChatGPT apps to Agent‑based automated shopping, and to the enterprise coding engine Codex being formally commercialized. This sequence…
TikTok’s Fourth Lifeline Countdown: $50 B Ecosystem, 170 Million Users, and the Algorithm Guardrail War
On September 16, 2025, the U.S. once again extended TikTok’s “sell or ban” deadline to December 16—this is the fourth extension in five years. With 170 million U.S. users and a platform that generates $5.8 billion in GMV annually (per TikTok…
Apple 2025 Fall Launch Event: Innovation Reshapes the Future
At 1 a.m. Beijing time on September 10, Apple held its 2025 annual fall launch event. A wide array of new products was unveiled, spanning smartphones, watches, and earphones—demonstrating Apple’s continued investment in technological innovation while offering more choices for…