While 2025 ushered in numerous obstacles for marketers, the industry showcased its resilience. Global advertising revenue exceeded initial projections from firms like WPP Media, and the momentum is expected to continue in 2026. However, resiliency will be important as marketers this year continue to navigate many of the same complexities that defined last year, including…
The Game Developers Conference, now rebranded as the GDC Festival of Gaming, has released its 2026 State Of The Game Industry survey, revealing a broad range of insights from professionals across different sectors. The survey was run by GDC operator Informa in partnership with research firm Omadia, supported by the editorial team at Informa outlet…
But a new research study by AI company Section surveying 5,000 knowledge workers at large organizations in Canada, the United States and Britain reveals a stark disconnect between what executives …
Timed to this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Adobe has announced that it is working with a number of studios, directors, and talent agencies to develop “private, IP-safe” Firefly Foundry gen AI “omni-models.” According to the company, Firefly Foundry models are meant to “accelerate creativity without eroding ownership or creative intent” while generating different kinds of…
For the food manufacturing industry, 2025 brought tariff pressures, major acquisitions and consumers’ increasing concerns over health and wellness. FOOD ENGINEERING expects to see those themes return in 2026, in addition to advances in artificial intelligence and sustainability. We outline our reasoning below. Tariffs At the start of 2025, anxiety around the form and impact…
ISTANBUL, Turkey — January 15, 2026 — Shaping the transformation of the textile industry, the ITM 2026 International Textile Machinery Exhibition is set to lead the sector into the future with a strong focus on sustainable production and digital technologies. From environmentally friendly machinery to smart manufacturing systems, from energy-efficient solutions to artificial intelligence–supported applications,…
How will AI change marketing by 2026?AI will move beyond automation and become a core part of marketing strategy. It will help brands predict customer behavior, personalize content, optimize campaigns in real time, and improve decision-making. Will AI replace marketing jobs?AI will not eliminate marketing jobs, but it will change them. Routine tasks will be…
Generative AI at the Consumer Electronics Show didn’t arrive as a flashy tech demo or speculative promise. Instead, it showed up proving a point. A working production tool in the form of Kling AI, and evidence that it can actually deliver films. Two recent projects powered by Kling AI, “A Very AI Yule Log” and…
Who is a data scientist? What does he do? What steps are involved in executing an end-to-end data science project? What roles are available in the industry? Will I need to be a good coder to be a good data scientist? How do we solve a data science problem in healthcare without domain knowledge of…
Quanta Computer held its year-end banquet on the evening of January 15, 2026, during which company chairman Barry Lam highlighted three major waves that hit 2025. He named the tariff war, the all-out battle over artificial intelligence (AI) applications,…
