Technology News – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for May 22, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: Senator Murray Opening Remarks at Hearing on the Department of Energy’s Budget
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Washington State Patty Murray ***WATCH: Senator Murray’s opening remarks*** Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee, kicked off a hearing on the fiscal year 2026 budget request for […]
MIL-Evening Report: ‘Perfect bodies and perfect lives’: how selfie-editing tools are distorting how young people see themselves
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Coffey, Associate Professor in Sociology, University of Newcastle Olena Yakobchuk/Shutterstock Like many of her peers, Abigail (21) takes a lot of selfies, tweaks them with purpose-made apps, and posts them on social media. But, she says, the selfie-editing apps do more than they were designed for: […]
MIL-OSI USA: Durbin, Graham, Reps. Ocasio-Cortez & Lee Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Combat Non-Consensual, Sexually-Explicit Deepfake Imagery
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Illinois Dick Durbin May 21, 2025 The DEFIANCE Act would give survivors a tool to reclaim their image and freedom WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14), U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and U.S. […]
MIL-OSI USA: Klobuchar Opening Remarks and Questions at Antitrust Subcommittee Hearing on AI-Generated Deepfakes
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Minnesota Amy Klobuchar WATCH KLOBUCHAR’S FULL REMARKS AND QUESTION HERE WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, held a hearing titled “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: AI-Generated Deepfakes in 2025.” Testifying at […]
MIL-OSI: Oyster Enterprises II Acquisition Corp Announces the Upsized Pricing of $220,000,000 Initial Public Offering
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Miami, Florida, May 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Oyster Enterprises II Acquisition Corp (the “Company”) announced today the upsized pricing of its initial public offering of 22,000,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit. The units are expected to be listed on the Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”) and begin trading tomorrow, […]
MIL-OSI: LexinFintech Holdings Ltd. Reports First Quarter 2025 Unaudited Financial Results
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) SHENZHEN, China, May 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LexinFintech Holdings Ltd. (“Lexin” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: LX), a leading technology-empowered personal financial service enabler in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. Mr. Jay Wenjie Xiao, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lexin, commented, “The […]
MIL-OSI: CORRECTION — LiveRamp Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2025 Results
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) SAN FRANCISCO, May 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In a release issued earlier today under the same headline by LiveRamp (NYSE: RAMP), please note the GAAP operating income and Non-GAAP operating income for the first quarter of fiscal 2026 and fiscal 2026 were stated incorrectly. The corrected release follows: Q4 Revenue up 10% […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Tech – Europe’s Largest Inaugural Tech and Startup Event Opens in Berlin as the Continent Spurs Momentum for Open Innovation and AI Leadership
Source: GITEX EUROPE x Ai Everything 2025 EconomyEntrepreneurs / Start-UpTech / DigitalInnovation – Ministers and senior tech stakeholders from the European Union, Germany and the UAE inaugurate the momentous first edition of GITEX EUROPE x Ai Everything. Berlin, Germany – 21 May 2025: Berlin became the focal point of Europe’s tech momentum and global digital cooperation […]
MIL-OSI: NowVertical Group Reports First Quarter 2025 Financial Results
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Company Hosting Investor Webinar on Thursday May 22, 2025, at 10:00 AM EST Q1 2025 revenue was $10.4 million, up 23% Y/Y excluding recent divestitures Q1 2025 Income from Operations was $1.5 million, up 1,253% Y/Y excluding recent divestitures Q1 2025 Adjusted EBITDA was $2.5 million, up 119% Y/Y excluding recent divestitures […]
MIL-OSI: First Merchants Corporation Announces Changed Ex-Dividend Date for Previously Announced Dividend
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) MUNCIE, Ind., May 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — First Merchants Corporation (Nasdaq: FRME) has amended the ex-dividend date for its recently declared cash dividend of $0.36 from June 5, 2025, to June 6, 2025. The payment date for the quarterly dividend will remain as June 20, 2025, as previously announced on May […]
MIL-Evening Report: Evidence shows AI systems are already too much like humans. Will that be a problem?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sandra Peter, Director of Sydney Executive Plus, University of Sydney Studiostoks / Shutterstock What if we could design a machine that could read your emotions and intentions, write thoughtful, empathetic, perfectly timed responses — and seemingly know exactly what you need to hear? A machine so seductive, […]
MIL-OSI: iRhythm Technologies to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferences
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) SAN FRANCISCO, May 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:IRTC), a leading digital health care company focused on creating trusted solutions that detect, prevent, and predict disease, today announced that its management team is scheduled to present at the following investor conferences. William Blair 45thAnnual Growth Stock Conference on Wednesday, […]
MIL-OSI USA: Padilla, Schiff Condemn Trump Administration’s Student Visa Revocations
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Alex Padilla, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.) blasted the Trump Administration’s recent harmful revocations of international student visas, including on ideological grounds, underscoring the lack of due process regarding these revocations and […]
MIL-OSI: Best Mobile Tracking & Monitoring App 2025: mSpy Review – Top Mobile Spy App for Hidden Phone Surveillance
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) New York City, NY, May 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In the contemporary era of digitization, the ubiquity of smartphones has redefined our modes of communication and global connectivity. Concomitant with this technological progress, the surge of phone surveillance applications has emerged, granting a window into the undertakings and engagements transpiring on […]
MIL-OSI: Micron Technology to Report Fiscal Third Quarter Results on June 25, 2025
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) BOISE, Idaho, May 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU) announced today that it will hold its fiscal third quarter earnings conference call on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. Mountain time. The call will be webcast live at http://investors.micron.com/. Webcast replays of presentations can be accessed from Micron’s […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend Romania on Deinstitutionalisation Process, Raise Questions on Corporal Punishment and Segregation in Education
Source: United Nations – Geneva The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its review of the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of Romania, with Committee Experts commending the State on the deinstitutionalisation process of alternative care centres, while raising questions on the prevalence of corporal punishment and measures taken to combat […]
MIL-OSI Economics: Tawazun Council and Thales Sign Agreement to Establish Ground Master Air Surveillance Radar Production Facility in UAE
Source: Thales Group Headline: Tawazun Council and Thales Sign Agreement to Establish Ground Master Air Surveillance Radar Production Facility in UAE 21 May 2025 Share this article As part of the Tawazun Economic Program, Thales Emarat Technologies announces its investment in a state-of-the-art factory to produce Ground Master series air surveillance radars. The facility is […]
MIL-OSI: Zoom Communications Reports Financial Results for the First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2026
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) First quarter total revenue of $1,174.7 million, up 2.9% year over year as reported and 3.4% in constant currency First quarter Enterprise revenue of $704.7 million, up 5.9% year over year First quarter GAAP operating margin of 20.6% and non-GAAP operating margin of 39.8% First quarter GAAP EPS of $0.81, up 18.7% […]
MIL-OSI: NextNRG Reports Q1 2025 Revenues up 147% Year-over-Year
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Triple-Digit Growth Highlights Execution of Integrated Energy Infrastructure Strategy Q1 2025 Conference Call Scheduled for May 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM ET MIAMI, May 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NextNRG, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXXT), a pioneer in AI-driven energy innovation—transforming how energy is produced, managed and delivered through its advanced Utility Operating System, […]
MIL-OSI: Synaptics Names Rahul Patel as President and Chief Executive Officer
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) SAN JOSE, Calif., May 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Synaptics® Incorporated (Nasdaq: SYNA) announced today that Rahul Patel has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, and a Director of the company. Patel succeeds Synaptics CFO Ken Rizvi, who has served as the company’s Interim CEO since February 2025. Rizvi will continue […]