We interact with so many products and services daily that it's easy to overlook their impact on our lives. Qualtrics serves as a reminder with a timeline of the past few decades, highlighting the most important products and technologies that transformed or even birthed new industries.
Artificial intelligence has taken the business world by storm, with cost-saving mechanisms, automation, and inspiration for fresh ideas. The Qualtrics team presented 25 statistics emphasizing the speed and power with which AI has spread across the business world. There are 70,000 AI companies worldwide, with the most successful earning, on average, $3.48 billion. The U.S. is the home of AI. It hosts the largest number of companies, and they’ve invested the most in the industry. American private investment in AI has reached $109.1 billion. Private companies develop 90% of AI models. Nvidia is the biggest player in the AI industry, the first to exceed $5 trillion in market value. Small businesses in the U.S. have also started using AI. 89% use them in their daily operations, whether it’s for financial management or customer service. Data reveals that AI is entrenched in everyday business practice.
A new study from the Rove Lab ranks all 50 U.S. states by how much time residents spend at home, using a score that combines their average minutes per day on at-home activities and the percentage of people who work from home. The top spot goes to New Jersey, where residents spend much of their day at home and have one of the highest remote-work rates in the country.
This PixlParade article reads like a chaotic group chat full of friends lovingly arguing over which romantic comedy reigns supreme and gets romance right. It rounds up the most popular rom-coms of all time and reminds us that, as a society, we have strong feelings about tropes like enemies-to-lovers, fake dating, and grand declarations that would cause a scene in real life. The rankings here feel less like cold data and more like a collective declaration of love for the genre. The data reveals some surprising truths. For example, New York City is apparently the most romantic place on planet Earth based on how often it’s featured. And did you know at least one animated ogre earned beloved rom-com status? (That would be Shrek.)
This new study from Preply doesn’t just show where Americans use affectionate nicknames most, it also highlights how varied those names can be depending on regional quirks and specific couple preferences. Using survey data from residents in every state, the research assigned a score reflecting how often people call their partners by a pet name and listed the most popular names in each region. Nationwide, we can see that classics like “honey”, “love”, and “baby” are the most common. Many Americans believe affectionate nicknames strengthen their relationships. One in four people report feeling that something is wrong if their partner uses their real name instead of a nickname.
A new article from Ooma pairs practical guidance with a clear, easy-to-scan chart of safety tips for seniors. These tips provide families with a quick, thorough overview of protective measures that have the greatest impact on their aging loved ones.
Freelancers might find this graphic from LLC Attorney.com useful as a list of warning signs and green flags. It shows exactly how much each of these popular side-gig apps extracts in fees from the payment of each job. Ride-share and delivery apps pull anywhere from 25% to 30% from fares, which is a large chunk of fees. Apps like Wag are on the high end. They extract 40% in service fees.
Ooma’s new timeline reminds viewers that office technology didn’t evolve overnight. It presents the work of centuries of problem-solving with innovations building on each other to make office work more accurate, connected, and efficient. From handwritten manuscripts to cloud-based software, the timeline shows the many steps in between. The timeline breaks down several aspects of office technology.
The NapLab team created a guide that breaks down the complex web of corporate connections behind well-known mattress brands available in stores and online. While consumers may think there are dozens of independent companies competing against each other in a diverse market, the team’s graphic reveals that a handful of parent companies actually own these recognizable brands. For example, we see that Somnigroup International owns famous brands like Tempur-Pedic, Sleepy’s, Sealy, and Stearns & Foster, while Serta Simmons Bedding owns Simmons, Serta, and Beautyrest, among other lines.
There was a time when landline phones and cable TV were fixtures in every American home, but that moment is fading into history, as we can see in the Ooma article on U.S. cord-cutting statistics. The infographic tells a vivid story in 30 facts about how wireless phones and streaming entertainment have become the new norm. In late 2024, almost 79% of adults and 87% of children lived in a home without landlines. Landline-only households have nearly vanished. Cable TV is on the outs, too. 46% of U.S. households with Internet have canceled cable, while 12% never subscribed to begin with. Most of these households list the cost of cable TV as the reason for cutting the cord. Flexible, on-demand streaming platforms like Netflix and Hulu offer tons of content for less. Americans today enjoy the freedom to watch what they want, when they want, and despite rising fees, they’re still paying less for streaming than for a cable package. It’s no wonder that cable is fading away.
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