The Powell Perspective

As inflation erodes real wages, workers are rejecting budgeting apps and financial webinars in favor of cold, hard cash and immediate liquidity.

NUU’s new $170 unlocked smartphone offers Android 16 and freedom from carrier bloatware, but does its short software lifespan present a hidden cost?

As Chinese gaming giants deploy XR fashion and AI to court European creatives, the hidden costs of digital diplomacy come into forensic focus.

Subeca's $3M Series A-2 leverages Amazon Sidewalk to bypass cellular fees, offering affordable smart water metering to 51,000 neglected US utilities.

AI is breaking the internet's physical backbone. Fortress Group's new modular optical nodes offer a high-density fix to a critical infrastructure bottleneck.

Evernorth debuts on the Nasdaq with a new CIO to lead its active XRP treasury, but a quiet SEC filing correction reveals unexpected equity dilution.

As startups race to integrate AI into wealth management, the true test lies in regulatory reality, operational safeguards, and algorithm transparency.

A new pilot program pairs youth with homebound seniors to combat isolation, proving that our most critical urban infrastructure might just be human connection.

As AI chips pivot from training to inference, the true bottleneck isn't silicon design—it's global power grids, custom ASICs, and sovereign investments.

Capriotti's turns its 50-year-old Thanksgiving sandwich into a manufactured holiday, revealing a masterclass in first-party data acquisition and franchise scaling.

As generative AI hype fades, multinational giants are pivoting to agentic decision intelligence to automate global supply chains and reshape white-collar work.

Davis Kelin's recent accolades signal a broader market shift, where selective, trial-ready plaintiff boutiques are upending corporate and insurance risk models.

A late-summer surge has crowned Florida the undisputed king of U.S. migration. But are movers trading high-cost coastal cities for a hidden affordability trap?

A Toronto firm’s recent #1 ranking highlights the crushing compliance burden on small businesses—and the murky, unregulated world of digital B2B awards.

As the Austin AI Film Festival unveils its 2026 lineup, Hollywood heavyweights and state lawmakers collide over the economics of generative cinema.

AI delivers undeniable ROI, yet only 13% of organizations successfully scale it. Discover the hidden workforce and regulatory costs stalling progress.

As generative AI floods the job market with synthetic identities and fake resumes, a new platform aims to restore trust without removing the human element.

Cygnet.One and The Unlimited's multi-year Azure migration proves that true digital transformation in emerging markets requires offline-first cloud architecture.

As the APAC hospitality sector battles severe talent shortages, a new digital community aims to turn annual awards into year-round retention strategies.

Retail energy supplier Agway recently completed a mission-critical billing migration. Susan Powell examines how they achieved a rare "zero-downtime" cutover.