Technology News – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for July 1, 2025
MIL-OSI Submissions: ‘Piracy’ to legitimacy: how companies like French ride-hailing platform Heetch can make their mark
Source: The Conversation – France – By Maxime Massey, Docteur en Sciences de Gestion & Innovation – Chercheur affilié à la Chaire Improbable, ESCP Business School The 2024 arrest and subsequent release of activist Paul Watson, the founder of the NGO Sea Shepherd that fights to protect ocean biodiversity, highlighted a division between two opposing […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Pope Francis and Laudato Si’: an ecological turning point for the Catholic Church
Source: The Conversation – France – By Bernard Laurent, Professeur, EM Lyon Business School In Laudato Si’, Pope Francis called for a radical break with consumerist lifestyles. Ricardo Perna/Shutterstock On May 24, 2015, Pope Francis signed his encyclical Laudato Si’ – “Praise be to you” in medieval Italian. This letter to Roman Catholic bishops was no […]
MIL-OSI USA: Schatz: Republicans Are Ripping People Off, Plunging Country Into Energy Crisis To Cut Taxes For Billionaires
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Hawaii Brian Schatz WASHINGTON – During a debate on the Republican tax bill, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) condemned the bill’s provisions to gut clean energy which will raise people’s energy bills by more than a hundred dollars starting next year and make blackouts and power outages […]
MIL-OSI: ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. to Announce Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results July 21st
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. (NYSE: SFBS) is scheduled to announce earnings and operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 on July 21, 2025 at 4 p.m. ET. The news release will be available at www.servisfirstbancshares.com. ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. will host a live audio […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: New research organisations established on 1 July
Source: New Zealand Government Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Dr Shane Reti says today marks a major milestone for New Zealand’s science and innovation sector with the launch of three new science organisations designed to unlock innovation, drive economic growth, and improve the lives of hardworking Kiwis. “Science, innovation and technology are the engine rooms of […]
MIL-OSI: Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. Announces Closing of $2.0 Million Public Offering
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) THORNTON, Colo., June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTI) (“Ascent” or the “Company”), the leading U.S. innovator in the design and manufacture of featherweight, flexible, and durable CIGS thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solutions, today announced the closing of its previously announced public offering of an aggregate of 1,000,000 […]
MIL-OSI USA: ICYMI: In Senate Floor Speech Ahead of Reconciliation Vote, Shaheen Decries Republican Megabill as “Largest Transfer of Wealth from the Poor to the Rich in a Single Bill in History”, Urges Colleagues to Vote No
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, spoke on the Senate floor tonight to highlight the devastating impacts the Republican reconciliation bill will have on families in New Hampshire and across America. In […]
MIL-Evening Report: Understanding the ‘Slopocene’: how the failures of AI can reveal its inner workings
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Binns, Senior Lecturer, Media & Communication, RMIT University AI-generated with Leonardo Phoenix 1.0. Author supplied Some say it’s em dashes, dodgy apostrophes, or too many emoji. Others suggest that maybe the word “delve” is a chatbot’s calling card. It’s no longer the sight of morphed bodies […]
MIL-Evening Report: Sexy K-pop demons, a human lie detector and shearers on strike: what to watch in July
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Mickel, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology Tomorrow marks exactly halfway through 2025. Luckily there’s a suite of streaming options to help get you through the mid-year bump. We’ve got iconic classics celebrating major anniversaries, as well as an animated K-Pop spectacle, […]
MIL-OSI: DataGrail Report: Consumer Demand for Data Privacy Surges, Driving Up Business Costs as Data Deletion Requests Rise
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) SAN FRANCISCO, June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Consumers are reclaiming control of their personal data—and businesses are feeling the impact. DataGrail’s newly released 2025 Data Privacy Trends Report shows a surge in data deletion and do not share requests, skyrocketing privacy expectations globally, and a failure by companies to honor consumer […]
MIL-OSI: Mensa IQ Test – Free International Mensa IQ Quiz with Instant Results Now Offered by QuickIQTest.org
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) New York City, June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — QuickIQTest.org, a trusted leader in online cognitive assessments, proudly announces the official launch of its Free Mensa IQ Test 2025. Designed to closely mirror the structure and rigor of a Mensa international IQ test, this new online Mensa IQ test offers individuals around […]
MIL-OSI USA News: National Security Presidential Memorandum/NSPM-5
Source: US Whitehouse MEMORANDUM FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY THE DIRECTOR […]
MIL-OSI USA News: Providing for the Revocation of Syria Sanctions
Source: US Whitehouse By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-175) (Syria […]
MIL-OSI: Progress Software Announces Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Annualized Recurring Revenue (“ARR”) of $838 million Grew 46% year-over-yearRevenue of $237 million Grew 36% year-over-yearRaises Full Year Guidance for Revenue, Operating Margin, Earnings Per Share, and Cash FlowAcquires Agentic RAG AI Company BURLINGTON, Mass., June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Progress Software (Nasdaq: PRGS), the trusted provider of AI-powered digital experience […]
MIL-OSI Economics: Members explore technology transfer case studies, patent information, trade-related IP data
Source: WTO Headline: Members explore technology transfer case studies, patent information, trade-related IP data Discussions at the meeting saw a high level of engagement by delegations. Members highlighted how voluntary technology transfer to developing economies can boost innovation, productivity and development, drawing on sectoral case studies. They also focused on better harnessing information from expired […]
MIL-OSI: Progress Software Acquires Nuclia, an Innovator in Agentic RAG AI Technology
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Company adds easy-to-use agentic RAG-as-a-service product for organizations to automate and retrieve verifiable, high-quality AI search and generative answers BURLINGTON, Mass., June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Progress Software (Nasdaq: PRGS), the trusted provider of AI-powered digital experience and infrastructure software, today announced the acquisition of Nuclia, an innovator in agentic Retrieval-Augmented […]
MIL-OSI USA: Joint Statement from CISA, FBI, DC3 and NSA on Potential Targeted Cyber Activity Against U.S. Critical Infrastructure by Iran
News In Brief – Source: US Computer Emergency Readiness Team Iranian state-sponsored or affiliated threat actors are known to conduct a range of targeted cyber activity to include exploit known vulnerabilities in unpatched or outdated software, compromise internet-connected accounts and devices that use default or weak passwords and work with ransomware affiliates to encrypt, steal […]
MIL-OSI USA: CISA and Partners Urge Critical Infrastructure to Stay Vigilant in the Current Geopolitical Environment
News In Brief – Source: US Computer Emergency Readiness Team Today, CISA, in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3), and the National Security Agency (NSA), released a Fact Sheet urging organizations to remain vigilant against potential targeted cyber operations by Iranian state-sponsored or affiliated threat […]
MIL-OSI USA: US Department of Labor awards nearly $84M in grants to expand Registered Apprenticeships
Source: US Department of Labor WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of nearly $84 million in grants to 50 states and territories to increase the capacity of Registered Apprenticeship programs, representing an important step toward meeting the Administration’s goal of expanding the program to 1 million active apprentices. Since the beginning […]
MIL-OSI: Lightchain AI Positions Itself as the First Layer-One Where AI Logic Actually Lives and Breathes On-Chain
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) SHREWSBURY, United Kingdom, June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lightchain AI positions itself as the first Layer-One blockchain where AI logic truly lives and breathes on-chain. Having completed all 15 presale stages and launched its Bonus Round at a fixed price of $0.007, Lightchain AI has raised $21.2 million from committed buyers […]