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  • MIL-OSI Security: Pacific Partnership 2025 Conducts Mission Stop in Suva, Fiji, June 9, 2025 [Image 4 of 13]

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    SUVA, Fiji (June 9, 2025) Engineering Aide 2nd Class Jordanne Jones, left, and Construction Electrician 2nd Class Connor Croissant, both assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion 1, conduct construction repairs at Waiqanake School during Pacific Partnership 2025 in Suva, Fiji, June 9, 2025. Now in its 21st iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster management preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Moises Sandoval/Released)

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Senator Collins Speaks at 2025 Alzheimer’s Impact Movement Advocacy Forum

    US Senate News:

    Source: United States Senator for Maine Susan Collins
    Published: June 11, 2025

    Click HERE to watch and HERE to download video from the event.
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    Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, delivered remarks at the 2025 Alzheimer’s Impact Movement (AIM) Advocacy Forum in Washington. Maine Alzheimer’s advocates Mary Dysart Hartt and her husband Mike introduced Senator Collins at the event. Mary and Mike live in Hampden, and Mary has been a tireless advocate on behalf of Mainers living with Alzheimer’s—like Mike—and their caregivers.
    “When I first joined the Senate, there wasn’t really much of a focus in Washington on brain health. Neurodegenerative diseases were thought of as just part of growing old,” said Senator Collins. “But, working with incredible partners like the Alzheimer’s Association, we have raised awareness and put a federal focus on this disease. For myself and members of the Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s I lead, this fight is both a personal cause and a matter of crafting effective policy. We must not let Alzheimer’s be one of the defining diseases of our children’s generation as it has ours.”
    In her remarks, Senator Collins also highlighted her successful legislative efforts to advance Alzheimer’s research, prevention, and treatment. In the 118th Congress, there were 1,868 standalone health care bills introduced in both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. Of those bills, only 15 passed both chambers and were signed into law. U.S. Senator Susan Collins led or co-led 5 of those 15 bills to passage with strong bipartisan support, and 3 of those 5 bills dealt directly with brain health. Those bills were the National Alzheimer’s Project Act (NAPA), the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act, and the Alzheimer’s Accountability and Investment Act.

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  • MIL-OSI: Xtract One Technologies Inc. Announces $7 Million “Bought Deal” Public Offering

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

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    BASE SHELF PROSPECTUS IS ACCESSIBLE AND PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE ON SEDAR+ WITHIN TWO BUSINESS DAYS

    TORONTO, June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — June 11, 2025 – Xtract One Technologies Inc. (TSX: XTRA) (OTCQX: XTRAF) (FRA: 0PL), a leading technology-driven threat detection and security solution that prioritizes the patron access experience by leveraging AI, (the “Company” or “Xtract One“) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Ventum Capital Markets (the “Underwriter“) pursuant to which the Underwriter has agreed to purchase 18,000,000 units (the “Offered Securities“) from the treasury of the Company, at a price of $0.39 per Unit (the “Issue Price”) and offer them to the public by way of prospectus supplement for total gross proceeds of $7,020,000 (the “Offering“). Each Unit will consist of one common share of the Company (each a “Common Share”) and one common share purchase warrant (each full warrant, a “Warrant” and collectively the “Warrants”).

    The Company has granted the Underwriter an option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the Offered Securities at the Issue Price. The Over-Allotment Option may be exercised in whole or in part to purchase Offered Securities as determined by the Underwriter upon written notice to the Company at any time up to 30 days following the Closing Date (the “Over-Allotment Option”).

    The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering for working capital and general corporate purposes.

    The Offered Securities will be offered (i) by way of a prospectus supplement to the base shelf prospectus of the Company dated February 6, 2024 (the “Base Shelf Prospectus”) to be filed in all provinces and territories of Canada, except Quebec (the “Prospectus Supplement”); (ii) may be distributed in the United States to Qualified Institutional Buyers (as defined in Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”)) pursuant to an exemption under Rule 144A; and (iii) may be distributed outside Canada and the United States on a basis which does not require the qualification or registration of any of the Company’s securities under domestic or foreign securities laws.

    This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to sell any of securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.

    The Offering is expected to close on or about June 18, 2025, or such other date as the Company and the Underwriter may agree, and is subject to customary closing conditions, including the approval of the securities regulatory authorities and the Toronto Stock Exchange.

    Access to the Prospectus Supplement, the Base Shelf Prospectus and any amendments thereto are provided in Canada in accordance with securities legislation relating to procedures for providing access to a shelf prospectus supplement, a base shelf prospectus supplement and any amendment to such documents. The Base Shelf Prospectus is, and the Prospectus Supplement will be (within two business days from the date hereof), accessible through SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.com. An electronic or paper copy of the Prospectus Supplement, the Base Shelf Prospectus and any amendment thereto may be obtained, without charge, from Ventum Financial Corp., or email at ecm@ventumfinancial.com by providing the contact with an email address or address, as applicable.

    About Xtract One

    Xtract One Technologies is a leading technology-driven provider of threat detection and security solutions leveraging AI to deliver seamless and secure experiences. The Company makes unobtrusive weapons and threat detection systems that are designed to assist facility operators in prioritizing- and delivering improved “Walk-right-In” experiences while enhancing safety. Xtract One’s innovative portfolio of AI-powered Gateway solutions excels at allowing facilities to discreetly screen and identify weapons and other threats at points of entry and exit without disrupting the flow of traffic. With solutions built to serve the unique market needs for schools, hospitals, arenas, stadiums, manufacturing, distribution, and other customers, Xtract One is recognized as a market leader delivering the highest security in combination with the best individual experience. For more information, visit www.xtractone.com or connect on Facebook, X, and LinkedIn.

    About Threat Detection Systems

    Xtract One solutions, when properly configured, deployed, and utilized, are designed to help enhance safety and reduce threats. Given the wide range of potential threats in today’s world, no threat detection system is 100% effective. Xtract One solutions should be utilized as one element in a multilayered approach to physical security.

    For further information, please contact:
    Xtract One Inquiries: info@xtractone.com, http://www.xtractone.com
    Media Contact: Kristen Aikey, JMG Public Relations, 212-206-1645, kristen@jmgpr.com
    Investor Relations: Chris Witty, Darrow Associates, 646-438-9385, cwitty@darrowir.com

    Forward-Looking Information
    This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws. All statements that are not historical facts, including, without limitation, statements regarding the anticipated completion of the Offering, intended use of proceeds from the Offering, future estimates, plans, programs, forecasts, projections, objectives, assumptions, expectations or beliefs of future performance, are “forward-looking statements”. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “plans”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “estimates”, “intends”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, “believes”, or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, events or developments to be materially different from any future results, events or developments expressed or implied by such forward looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the Company’s limited operating history and lack of historical profits; risks related to the Company’s business and financial position; fluctuations in the market price of the Company’s Common Shares; that the Company may not be able to accurately predict its rate of growth and profitability; the failure of the Company and/or the Underwriter to satisfy closing conditions to the Offering; whether the Over-Allotment Option will be exercised; the failure of the Company to satisfy certain TSX additional listing requirements in respect of the Offered Securities; the failure of the Company to use any of the proceeds received from the Offering in a manner consistent with current expectations; reliance on management; the Company’s requirements for additional financing, and the effect of capital market conditions and other factors on capital availability; competition, including from more established or better financed competitors; and the need to secure and maintain corporate alliances and partnerships, including with research and development institutions, clients and suppliers. These factors should be considered carefully, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. Although the Company has attempted to identify important risk factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other risk factors that cause actions, events or results to differ from those anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements. The Company has no intention to update any forward-looking statement, even if new information becomes available as a result of future events, new information or for any other reason, except as required by law.

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  • MIL-OSI: Arra Finance To Acquire Crescent Auto Finance, Rapidly Scaling Its Subprime Auto Finance Platform

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    IRVING, Texas, June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Arra Finance, LLC (“Arra” or the “Company”), a subprime indirect auto finance company, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the auto financing division of Crescent Bank (“Crescent”), a New Orleans-based FDIC insured bank with approximately $1 billion in assets that has provided nationwide indirect auto lending since 1991. The deal accelerates the rapid expansion of Arra’s platform, enhancing its technology stack and analytics capacity well ahead of growth expectations. Crescent will retain its branch and online retail banking platforms, as well as its commercial lending program, and Arra will become the servicer for Crescent’s $815 million originated auto loan portfolio. The transaction is expected to close in 3Q 2025. Financial terms were not disclosed.

    As a well-established operator in the subprime auto financing space, Crescent has originated upwards of $5.3 billion in auto loans nationwide over its 30-year history and $652 million in the last two years. This acquisition brings Crescent’s e-contracting, internal loan servicing and accelerated auto-decision capabilities to the Arra platform, alongside advanced analytics and additional fraud protection tools in underwriting and funding.

    With financial backing from Obra Capital (“Obra”), Arra now has the operational bandwidth and capital structure necessary to provide a comprehensive suite of financing solutions to auto dealers across the country. Arra expects to rapidly scale delivery of customer financing solutions to dealers by leveraging Crescent’s existing operations, with a significantly increased auto finance origination capacity, larger dealer base and the ability to respond to credit applications within seconds of submission.

    As part of the acquisition, Arra will welcome approximately 180 new employees from Crescent, expanding Arra’s best-in-class team by a factor of six. This includes 24 new sales team members, who will support the deployment of Arra’s capital base and provide a consistent touchpoint for new and existing dealer customers alike. The new additions will continue to be primarily based in Carrollton, Texas, supporting a seamless operational integration while opening new pathways for opportunity, as enabled by Arra’s access to asset-backed financing solutions.

    “With today’s announcement, we have rapidly advanced Arra’s growth trajectory, substantially improving our ability to be the premier financing partner for franchise and select independent dealers,” said Kenn Wardle, Chief Executive Officer of Arra Finance. “After only six months in market, we are on track to outpace our growth targets by a number of years, and we have developed the platform capabilities necessary to deliver responses to credit applications in a matter of seconds. I look forward to welcoming our new team members as we bring our combined offerings to market and continue to streamline the car buying experience for dealers and consumers across the country.”

    Gary Solomon Sr., Chairman of Crescent Bank praised the transaction, stating: “Partnering with Arra and Obra has ensured the talent, momentum and reputation Crescent has garnered over the years will continue to support the auto industry, as Crescent Bank shifts its focus to our core retail banking business.” Crescent Bank has significantly grown its online banking presence nationwide in recent years, particularly in its offering of Certificates of Deposits. Mr. Solomon added, “This is a pivotal moment for Crescent Bank, as we refocus our investment strategy in support of our local New Orleans area community and nationwide customers alike.”

    “Today’s announcement is a major growth milestone for Arra, and a testament to the opportunity in the auto finance market,” added Blair Wallace, President and CEO of Obra. “With the capital structure and flexibility provided by Obra’s insurance company balance sheets, Arra has taken decisive and aggressive steps to meet the needs of dealers across the country and become a leading player in the subprime space. The business is capitalized for success in the long term, and we look forward to seeing what’s next.”

    About Arra Finance
    Arra Finance is a subprime indirect auto finance company that purchases and services retail installment contracts originated by U.S. automobile dealers. Arra offers fast, simplified solutions and options for dealers. The company’s cutting-edge auto finance platform provides more than 1,200 franchise and independent dealerships across 15 states (with planned business expansion to dealerships in 37 states) with auto financing solutions for used car buyers. Its scalable origination system and data warehouse provide dealers with access to finance solutions and enables them to facilitate auto sales for the dealership’s customers. For more information about Arra Finance, please visit www.arrafinance.com.

    About Crescent Bank
    Crescent Bank is a Louisiana chartered, FDIC insured bank which has served the New Orleans area community since 1991 providing retail banking services and direct lending to businesses and consumers. Shortly after its founding, Crescent Bank began to open loan production offices throughout Louisiana to provide auto loans to consumers who were not being served by traditional lending institutions. As the bank succeeded and grew, its geographical lending footprint expanded nationwide. In recent years it has further expanded its retail operations to include offering certificates of deposits to consumers and investors in all states.

    About Obra Capital
    Obra is a specialized alternative asset management firm with approximately $5.8 billion in capital under management as of May 31, 2025. Obra provides investment products and solutions across insurance, multi-sector credit, asset-based finance and longevity investment strategies. Obra aims to generate long-term value and attractive returns for investors through a variety of funds and separate accounts. With capabilities in investing, originating, structuring and servicing, Obra strives to provide differentiated investment opportunities and capital solutions for investors worldwide. For more information about Obra and its registered investment advisors, please visit www.obra.com.

    Media Contact:
    Dan Gagnier
    Gagnier Communications
    Obra@gagnierfc.com
    646-569-5897

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  • MIL-OSI USA: LEADER JEFFRIES: “HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STOP THE GOP TAX SCAM”

    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (8th District of New York)

    Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer where they urged House Republicans to use their second chance to do the right thing and stop the GOP Tax Scam.  

    LEADER JEFFRIES: It’s an honor and a privilege to be joined today by Leader Chuck Schumer. We’ve been working closely with Leader Schumer and Senate Democrats in a unified way to stop the Republican One Big, Ugly Bill from ever becoming law. Later on today on the House Floor, Republicans will have an opportunity to stop the GOP Tax Scam and address the concerns that have been raised by dozens of House Republicans with respect to the damage that the One Big, Ugly Bill will do to everyday Americans. The GOP Tax Scam represents the largest assault on healthcare in American history. More than 16 million Americans will lose access to healthcare in the United States of America as a result of the One Big, Ugly Bill. Hospitals will close, nursing homes will shut down and people will die because they’ll lose access to the medical care that they need. Tens of millions of additional Americans will pay higher premiums, co-pays and deductibles.

    There are more than a dozen House Republicans who have indicated that they don’t support cutting Medicaid for the people that they represent. Those House Republicans have a chance to stop this bill from even being sent over to the United States Senate by voting no on the rule today. Other House Republicans have indicated that they don’t support the cuts to the clean energy tax credits that have generated jobs and economic opportunity in their communities. Yet somehow, mysteriously, they voted for the One Big, Ugly Bill a few weeks ago. But now, these House Republicans have the ability to stop the GOP Tax Scam from being sent over to the United States Senate.

    It’s strange to me that you have Republicans who voted for a bill that they apparently disliked, and then publicly sent a letter to their Senate Republican colleagues to say, stop these provisions from ever becoming law. I mean, that’s the height of irresponsibility. Vote yes and then hope for the best. No, you have a job to do in the House of Representatives, and now you have a second chance to actually stop this One Big, Ugly Bill and the provisions that you disagree with, whether that’s the cuts to Medicaid or the cuts to clean energy tax credits, or the prohibition against regulating artificial intelligence across all 50 states or the aggressive overreach that many Republicans have complained about in terms of trying to strip away the ability of federal courts to issue contempt orders against an out-of-control executive branch. Every single one of those Republicans, dozens of them, now have an opportunity to actually act responsibly. Vote no against the rule that will be on the Floor of the House and stop the GOP Tax Scam from even going over to the United States Senate. I’m thankful again for the leadership and presence of Chuck Schumer. It’s now my honor to yield to him.

    Full press conference can be watched here.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Rep. Aguilar Announces Over $5 million to Improve and Expand HIV Prevention and Treatment Services in San Bernardino

    Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Pete Aguilar (31 CD Ca)

    Today, Rep. Pete Aguilar announced $5,306,794 in grant funding for the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health to expand access to and improve HIV prevention, early intervention and treatment services for underserved communities in San Bernardino County. 
    “Everyone in our community deserves access to quality health care and treatment options to prevent the devastating effects of HIV,” said Rep. Pete Aguilar. “This grant funding represents a significant step forward in expanding early intervention and treatment services across San Bernardino County, bringing us closer to ending this disease and ensuring no one is left behind.”
    “Securing funding through the HIV Emergency Relief Project Grants and the Ending the HIV Epidemic Program represents a major advancement in San Bernardino County’s efforts to address HIV prevention, care, and treatment. These funds will enable the Department of Public Health and community partners to expand access to critical medical and support services, enhance testing and prevention efforts, and ensure individuals living with or at risk of HIV receive the comprehensive care they need. We are deeply committed to improving health access, strengthening our public health infrastructure, and making measurable progress in ending the HIV epidemic within our communities,” said Josh Dugas, Director of the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health.
    The funding comes as part of four grant awards secured under the Biden-Harris Administration from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources & Services Administration. Included in the funding is $2,444,965 from the FY25 HIV Emergency Relief Project Grant Program, $1,076,917 from the FY25 Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, $122,744 from the FY25 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part C Early Intervention Services (EIS) Grant Program and $1,662,168 from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part A HIV Emergency Relief Grant Program.  Rep. Aguilar serves as Chair of the House Democratic Caucus and as a member of the House Committee on Appropriations.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Dmitry Grigorenko told young civil servants and students about the digital model of managing state projects

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Government of the Russian Federation – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    On the eve of Russia Day, Deputy Prime Minister – Chief of the Government Staff Dmitry Grigorenko told students and young civil servants about the model for managing key government projects. The event was held at the Government Coordination Center as part of the educational project of the Knowledge Society.

    In his speech, the Deputy Prime Minister emphasized that digitalization has become the main tool for implementing large-scale government initiatives. Thus, the Government uses a digital management model to control more than 10 thousand events under Russia’s national projects. This allows real-time monitoring of the construction of schools and hospitals, the modernization of the urban environment, the development of electric transport and other areas.

    During a visit to the Government Coordination Centre, the event participants saw practical examples of how data is collected and analysed to make management decisions.

    “Digitalization is not just a trend, but a powerful management tool. Today, modern technologies, including big data, are the most effective way to control and implement both local and large-scale projects. For example, we actively use the digital management model in the implementation of national projects, state programs and other strategic initiatives. It is important for us to share experience so that the new generation can learn from real cases, adopt best practices and avoid repeating mistakes,” Dmitry Grigorenko emphasized.

    At the end of the meeting, students and young civil servants asked the Deputy Prime Minister questions of interest to them, including about the digitalization of the legislative process. As Dmitry Grigorenko noted, in the near future, routine procedures can be automated using artificial intelligence, but the substantive work – analysis and decision-making – will remain with people.

    Please note: This information is raw content directly from the source of the information. It is exactly what the source states and does not reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

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  • MIL-Evening Report: Medical scans are big business and investors are circling. Here are 3 reasons to be concerned

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sean Docking, Research Fellow, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University

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    Timely access to high-quality medical imaging can be lifesaving and life-altering. Radiology can confirm a fractured bone, give us an early glimpse of our baby or detect cancer.

    But behind the x-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI machines is a growing, highly profitable industry worth almost A$6 billion a year.

    Corporate ownership dominates the sector. In our new study, we show how for-profit corporations own about three in every five private radiology clinics.

    As radiology becomes an increasingly attractive target for investors, are we letting business interests reshape a key part of our health-care system?

    30 million scans and counting

    In 2023–24, two in five Australians had an x-ray, ultrasound, CT scan or MRI. That’s about 30.8 million scans in total (individuals may have two or more scans).

    Medicare funds most of this imaging. In fact, imaging is now Medicare’s second-largest area of spending, behind only GP visits.

    But a growing number of scans are not bulk billed and patients are out of pocket on average about $125 per scan. An estimated 274,000 Australians are delaying or forgoing scans each year because of the cost.

    There have also been dramatic changes behind the scenes. Since the early 2000s, for-profit corporations have been buying small radiologist-owned clinics.

    Today, 65% of private radiology practices are owned by publicly listed shareholders or private investors, including private equity firms. This marks a significant shift from clinician-led to investor-driven health care.

    Need an ultrasound? You may end up at a private radiology clinic.
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    Why should we care?

    Advocates of corporate ownership suggest this business-focused approach can make the system more efficient through economies of scale. They say this allows consolidation of administration tasks and a reduction in overheads.

    Easy access to finance can help buy expensive imaging machines. It can also provide investment towards new technologies, such as artificial intelligence.

    Yet, there are three main reasons why corporate ownership of the radiology sector may be cause for concern.

    1. It reduces competition

    Large corporations buying up a bunch of smaller practices ultimately leads to less competition. In Tasmania, for example, 11 of the 17 private radiology clinics are owned by one company, significantly limiting patient choice.

    We also found limited competition among radiology providers in South Australia, the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory.

    When a single company dominates a local market, it creates the conditions for higher fees and reduced incentives to bulk bill. However, objective data on the impact of reduced competition on the affordability of scans is scarce.

    2. It may lead to too many expensive scans

    High-cost scans, such as MRIs and CTs, are lucrative. Medicare expenditure on MRI scans alone has doubled since 2012.

    This may reflect improved access and a recommended shift towards more sensitive tests for some conditions. However, for-profit corporations now own about 76% of MRI machines in private clinics. These corporations may be financially incentivised to offer more costly imaging over equally effective, lower-cost options.

    With profits tied to the number of scans, there’s growing unease financial motives may be influencing when and how often these scans are used.

    While radiology corporations are not the ones requesting scans, there is little incentive for them to address overuse of radiology services, an issue for high-income countries such as Australia.

    Low-value imaging may also generate overdiagnosis (when something shows up on imaging but will never cause the patient any health issues, for example). It can lead to unnecessarily exposing patients to radiation and cause unwarranted patient (and doctor) anxiety. This can ultimately lead to more tests and unnecessary treatment.

    Is an MRI scan really necessary? Sometimes cheaper imaging is best.
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    3. Radiology clinics become an asset

    Private equity firms view radiology clinics as a commodity to be bought, their value increased, then sold over a relatively short time frame (typically three to seven years).

    These firms generate profit not from delivering care, but from boosting the clinic’s value and charging them annual “management fees”.

    A prime example is unfolding. I-MED, Australia’s largest radiology provider, is considering listing the business on the Australian Stock Exchange after failing to sell at a reported $3 billion. Its UK private equity owner bought I-MED for about $1.26 billion in 2018. If sold, this would be the latest of multiple owners since delisting from the stock exchange in 2006.

    If there are debts, health-care companies can collapse, as we’ve seen recently with hospital chain Healthscope, which is owned by a Canadian-based private equity firm.

    Experience of private equity’s role in health care in the United States also offers a cautionary tale. Reductions in the quality of care, asset stripping and ultimately the closure and bankruptcy of vital health-care providers have prompted Congressional investigations. The state of Oregon is on the verge of blocking private equity firms from controlling health-care providers.

    What next?

    As radiology becomes an increasingly attractive target for investors, questions are mounting about whether this profit-driven model can coexist with the public’s need for affordable, accessible health care.

    Medicare was designed to guarantee affordable access to quality health care for all Australians, not guarantee revenue for corporations.

    While unwinding corporate participation in the radiology sector is near impossible, there is still time to implement safeguards that prevent wealthy investors from prioritising financial gain over Australians’ health and wellbeing.

    Stronger oversight and greater transparency from these corporations are needed to ensure Medicare dollars deliver real value for patients and the public.

    We would like to acknowledge Jenn Lacy-Nichols (University of Melbourne) and Martin Hensher (University of Tasmania) who co-authored the paper mentioned in this article.

    Sean Docking is a member of UniSuper (Industry Super Holdings Pty Ltd) as part of his superannuation; Unisuper is an investor in PRP Diagnostic Imaging. He has no direct investments in any diagnostic imaging companies.

    Rachelle Buchbinder has received grant funding from NHMRC, MRFF, Arthritis Australia and HCF Foundation. She receives royalties from UpToDate for writing and editing ‘Plantar fasciitis’. She also receives royalties for her book entitled ‘Hippocrasy: How doctors are betraying their oath’. She has not received funding from for-profit industry, including from radiology companies.

    – ref. Medical scans are big business and investors are circling. Here are 3 reasons to be concerned – https://theconversation.com/medical-scans-are-big-business-and-investors-are-circling-here-are-3-reasons-to-be-concerned-257820

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  • MIL-OSI Economics: Software République unveils “vision 4rescue”, an integrated technological ecosystem for the next-gen of Emergency Services

    Source: Thales Group

    Headline: Software République unveils “vision 4rescue”,
    an integrated technological ecosystem for the next-gen of Emergency Services

    • In response to the increasing frequency and intensity of emergencies and natural disasters, Software République introduces “vision 4rescue,” designed to enhance the efficiency of emergency response during critical situations.
    • This ecosystem, comprising 20 interconnected solutions, aims to better integrate the various technologies used by emergency services for faster and more coordinated interventions.
    • For this innovative ecosystem, Software République has joined forces with 3 firefighter/emergency units as well as 4 other technological partners.

    Viva Technology, Paris – June 11, 2025 – For the 2025 edition of Viva Technology, Software République, a group of 7 European companies1 that combine their expertise towards an intelligent, secure and durable mobility, has partnered with three firefighter units2 to unveil “vision 4rescue,” a system of interconnected technological solutions aimed at increasing the efficiency and improving the coordination of rescue and emergency services.

    In France, natural disasters have increased fivefold in fifteen years, with two-thirds of municipalities now likely to experience some kind of major natural disaster3. Faced with more frequent, intense, and complex interventions (natural disasters, industrial hazards, urban accidents, or emergency medical interventions), emergency and rescue professions need to adapt to increasing challenges. This adaptation is all the more necessary given an aging population, growing urbanization, and an increasingly strained healthcare system, where personal assistance now accounts for over 80% of emergency services’ operational activity (4 million interventions per year4). These growing challenges call for new solutions to risk management, intervention methods, as well as the transformation of equipment and technologies used.

    Making a Difference:
    ​    A Technological Ecosystem serving Emergency Services and Populations

    To be more effective, a key factor is removing the technological barriers between the different services used by emergency teams. Whether it involves vehicles, video surveillance cameras, or communication systems, emergency services now need seamless integration among all these devices. “vision 4rescue” offers a system of integrated, interconnected, and secure technologies to address this challenge.

    By combining their expertise and leveraging a deep and comprehensive understanding of the Emergency services requirements, the partners have designed an ecosystem of nearly 20 interconnected solutions to:

    Anticipate with precision emergencies through enhanced field vision and real-time analysis of multi-source data.

    Act more effectively at every stage of the emergency and rescue intervention, with tailored, accessible, and integrated devices.

    Communicate more efficiently with emergency teams and with the public through more direct, faster, and targeted messaging, thereby enhancing collective resilience and the ability to respond effectively.

    Interconnected Equipment: A Decisive Lever for Emergency Response

    “vision 4rescue” includes several pieces of equipment designed to collect and share as much information as possible:

    • Long-range drones (Thales) and short-range drones (Parrot): Equipped with cameras and onboard communication systems, they provide precise surveillance of emergency zones, collecting and sharing information.
    • Connected urban furniture (JCDecaux) serves as a direct communication interface with the population and plays a sentinel role. The short-range drone can use the take-off / landing platform facilitating the incident diagnosis by the emergency services.
    • Renault 4 E-Tech electric vehicle (Renault Group): Tailored to emergency needs, acting as a mobile command center close to the operations.

    In addition to these three pieces of equipment, electronic sensor networks (STMicroelectronics) are used in both urban (urban furniture, traffic lights, etc.) and rural environments (forests, near watercourses, etc.) to detect anomalies.

    Next-Generation Technological Solutions

    Software République integrates a system of technologies into “vision 4rescue” a set of technologies that makes it a unique and comprehensive ecosystem, capable of adapting operational responses in real time to the most complex and simultaneous situations. These include:

    Modeling, simulation, and detection solutions:

    • Dassault Systèmes connects virtual twins of physical and digital systems in a collaborative virtual world to simulate complex risk scenarios, explore prevention plans, and orchestrate the optimal deployment of resources.
    • Cybersecure AI platforms (Thales) manage autonomous drone operations and orchestrate tactical missions, analyzing multi-source data (drones, satellites, etc.) in real time to better detect risks and anticipate their evolution – even from mobile, decentralized command centers like the R4.
    • The Flux Vision (Orange) analysis tools and mission planning tools (HawAI.tech) optimize drone flight paths taking into account all mission constraints.
    • A crisis management solution (Atos) integrates prevention plans, monitoring, and simulation data to organize emergency responses.

    Solutions to enhance responsiveness:

    • A V2X – vehicle to everything – solution (Orange) enables real-time communication between the vehicle and its environment.
    • A tactical communication tool (Atos) connects vehicles, field teams, and drones to maximize data collection, enhanced via AI, and shared in real time.
    • To transmit vital information to firefighters under stress in complex environments, Peripheral uses peripheral vision.
    • Embedded AI and electronic components (STMicroelectronics) optimize equipment responsiveness, reduce latency, and ensure high data security while incorporating energy-saving solutions for greater autonomy and durability.

    Guaranteed connectivity under all circumstances:

    • Hybrid networks and devices (Orange), including onboard 5G network and a connected SOS backpack, along with ultra-light Wi-Fi mesh technology (Green Communications) with embedded resilience applications, ensure communication between emergency teams during critical operations where traditional infrastructure is unavailable.
    • An emergency communication system (Thales) integrated into long-range drone or the R4, geolocates mobile phones in risk zones and sends alert messages to which civilians can respond if needed.
    • A communication solution compliant with the C-ITS (Cooperative Intelligent Transport System) international standard ensures native interoperability and secure exchanges between vehicles and road infrastructure (Atos).

    Key Partnerships

    For this project, Software République and its seven members (Atos, Dassault Systèmes, JCDecaux, Orange, Renault Group, STMicroelectronics, and Thales) partnered with three firefighter units and four other technology partners: Parrot, HawAI.tech, Peripheral, and Green Communications.

    Presentation at VivaTech

    At VivaTech (June 11 to 14, 2025), Software République will showcase “vision 4rescue” (Stand G18, Hall 1.1), highlighting several real-world use cases:

    • Forest Fire
    • Flood
    • Urban Emergency

    1Atos, Dassault Systèmes, JCDecaux, Orange, Renault Group, STMicroelectronics et Thales

    2Brigade des Sapeurs-Pompiers de Paris, la Fédération Nationale des Sapeurs-Pompiers et le SDIS 78

    3Source Ministère de la Transition Ecologique

    4Source Ministère de l’Intérieur

    About ​ Software République

    The Software République is defined as an open innovation ecosystem dedicated to intelligent, secure, and sustainable mobility. It was created in April 2021 by six founding members: Atos, Dassault Systèmes, Orange, Renault Group, STMicroelectronics and Thales. In March 2024, JCDecaux became the seventh partner member.

    The Software République builds collective businesses focused on tomorrow’s mobility through its unique horizontal collaboration model. The ecosystem stands out for its innovative approach, combining established companies and start-ups from different backgrounds to bring to market products and services that meet the new challenges of the connected vehicle, the smart city and energy. These projects are based on the complementary expertise of its partners in data analysis, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, connectivity, and virtual twins, and on the ambition to invent a new model of innovation while keeping people and the environment at the heart of its motivations.

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  • MIL-OSI United Nations: From coast to community: Local leaders drive early warning action at UN Ocean Conference

    Source: UNISDR Disaster Risk Reduction

    Nice, France, 9 June 2025 – As climate extremes intensify and sea levels rise, coastal communities are sounding the alarm – not about distant threats, but about dangers already unfolding. At the 2025 UN Ocean Conference, a side event titled “From Coast to Community: Building Resilience Through Early Warnings” put the spotlight a critical mission: ensuring that every person on Earth is protected by Early Warnings for All (EW4All) by 2027. Co-hosted by the UN Office for Partnerships, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the event brought together ministers, mayors, scientists, and UN leaders.Their message was clear: early warnings save lives – but only if they are inclusive, trusted, and locally led.

    The call: early warnings must be inclusive, trusted and locally led

    Opening the session, Annemarie Hou, Executive Director of the UN Office for Partnerships, underscored that nearly half the world still lacks access to basic early warning systems- She emphasized that early warnings are not just about sensors and satellites, – they are about people, institutions, leadership, and action at every level. From coastlines to city halls, from community organizers to data scientists, everyone has a role to play. 

    “Sea levels are rising. Storms are intensifying. Lives and livelihoods are hanging in the balance. And when disaster strikes without warning, the results are brutal. That’s not just a gap – that’s an injustice.” – Annemarie Hou, UN Office for Partnerships

    Jamaica: Reaching people where they are

    H.E. Kamina Johnson Smith, Jamaica’s Foreign Minister, shared how the country is integrating smart technologies and community engagement into its early warning systems. With 70% of the population living within five kilometers of the coast, Jamaica has installed flood gauges, hurricane detection systems, and 15 early warning siren towers – covering 95% of the population. 

    “We’ve partnered with mobile networks to deliver real-time alerts and even used TikTok to reach people where they are. Early warnings must be accessible, relatable, and trusted.” – Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jamaica

    Jamaica’s approach is grounded in legislation, with early warnings embedded in both its Disaster Risk Management Act and Climate Change Policy Framework.

    WMO: The physics of urgency

    Prof. Celeste Saulo, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, delivered a sobering message: science is clear, and the window for action is closing. Greenhouse gas concentrations are at record highs, and the last decade has been the hottest on record. She emphasized that adaptation and coastal resilience are no longer optional – they are essential. Early warnings are a cornerstone of that resilience, but they must be timely, actionable, and globally supported.

     “We cannot negotiate with the laws of physics. Every fraction of a degree matters. Early warnings work – but only if they work for everyone, everywhere.” – Celeste Saulo, Secretary-General, WMO

    UNDRR: Local leadership is not optional – It’s essential

    Kamal Kishore, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, emphasized that early warnings are central to achieving the Sendai Framework’s goals. He reminded the audience that while 108 countries report having multi-hazard early warning systems, 85 still do not. He outlined three priorities: empower local leadership, bridge science and community knowledge, and embed early warnings into broader systems of resilience. He also called for simplified, accelerated financing to support small island states and vulnerable communities. 

    “If we fail on early warnings, we fail on reducing disaster losses. Local actors are not waiting – they are innovating. They deserve investment and political support.” – Kamal Kishore, UNDRR

    Local leadership in action: Voices from the frontlines

    Moderated by Pulitzer Center journalist Delger Erdenesanaa, the panel showcased how cities and communities are turning global goals into local action: 

    – Thabani Nyawose, Speaker of Council, Durban, South Africa, shared how community-based early warning systems saved lives during the devastating 2022 floods. In Quarry Road informal settlement – home to 1,000 residents – not a single life was lost, thanks to a locally managed alert system linked to the South African Weather Service. 

    – Dr. Jérôme Aucan, Head of PCCOS, described how Pacific Island nations are building resilience through decades of investment in ocean modeling, risk knowledge, and regional cooperation. In Tuvalu, early warning data informed over $50 million in adaptation investments and supported legal advocacy at the International Court of Justice. 

    – Rym Nadia Benzina Bourguiba, President of La Saison Bleue, emphasized the power of inclusive dialogue and South-South cooperation. Her organization has mobilized thousands of students and citizens across Africa and the Mediterranean through education, cleanups, and regional summits. 

    – Patricia Desouza, UN Resident Coordinator in Cabo Verde, described how the UN is helping transform early warnings into daily tools for dignity and security. In Mozambique, early alerts triggered evacuation protocols that protected over 3 million people. In Cabo Verde, early warnings are now embedded in agriculture, water governance, and national policy planning.

    A Call to Action: Urgency, Innovation, and Equity

    Closing the session, Prof. Dwikorita Karnawati, Head of Indonesia’s BMKG, called for harnessing AI, big data, and IoT to make early warnings smarter and more accessible. She emphasized that innovation must be paired with capacity building and local ownership. 

    “We must move from managing disasters to managing risk. Early warnings are the bridge.” – Dwikorita Karnawati, BMKG Indonesia

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  • MIL-OSI Canada: Prime Minister Carney speaks with President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa

    Source: Government of Canada – Prime Minister

    Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, spoke with the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa.

    The leaders agreed to advance shared priorities during their respective G7 and G20 presidencies this year, including energy, critical minerals, artificial intelligence, and wildfires. The Prime Minister thanked the President for South Africa’s deployment of firefighters to help combat wildfires in Canada in recent years.

    Prime Minister Carney and President Ramaphosa also agreed to deepen the partnership between Canada and South Africa. They looked forward to meeting at the 2025 G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta.

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  • MIL-OSI: $500 Loan for Bad Credit with No Credit Check & Same-Day Approval – A New Launch from Low Credit Finance

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    New York City, June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Financial crises impact millions of Americans each year, too often leaving people with poor credit choices navigating for instant funding alternatives. Low Credit Finance, an online lending marketplace, has created a $500 loan product tailored to subprime borrowers who have poor credit records. The product takes advantage of the increased need for affordable emergency lending among consumers who do not qualify for conventional bank loans.

    The company functions on an online application process that brings borrowers into contact with prospective lenders in their network. Such a system seeks to simplify the lending process while offering solutions to individuals who have traditionally been denied services by mainstream financial institutions.

    >>> Start Your 60-Minute Loan Request – Same-Day Cash for Bad Credit <<<

    Low Credit Finance Launches $500 Loan Solution Targeting Bad Credit Borrowers

    The $500 loan program resulted from studies that showed most American consumers do not have access to emergency financing when they encounter surprise expenses. Federal Reserve statistics show that about 40% of Americans would be unable to afford a $400 surprise expense without going into debt or selling assets.

    Low Credit Finance identified this financing gap within the financial services sector and created their platform to cater to borrowers who might have:

    • Credit scores lower than 600
    • Short credit history
    • History of past financial struggles
    • Unpredictable income cycles
    • Recent foreclosure or bankruptcy

    The method of the platform is to match such borrowers with lenders that deal in subprime financing and thus increase access to emergency loans for people who would otherwise be rejected by conventional banks.

    Growing Demand Drives Americans to Low Credit Finance for Emergency 500 Dollar Loans

    Financial insecurity and surprise bills have driven greater demand for alternative lending. The platform has noticed more interest in emergency loans for a range of reasons, such as medical expenses, car repairs, and electricity bills.

    Some reasons behind the trend:

    • Traditional banks usually demand extensive paperwork and lengthy processing times
    • Credit unions could have membership conditions that disqualify some borrowers
    • Payday loans are available but tend to have high charges and short repayment periods
    • Online platforms provide quicker application times and decision time

    The trend toward online lending platforms mirrors larger shifts in consumer banking behavior, with people opting for online applications rather than face-to-face banking trips for smaller loans amounts like 500 dollar loans.

     >>> Emergency Expense? Secure $500 Today Without Hassle <<<

    About Low Credit Finance’s – A Streamlined Platform Offering $500 Loans & More

    A Low Credit Finance Loan of $500 is a short-term loan suitable for unexpected expenses. The loan site acts as an intermediary, matching borrowers with lenders within their network who might be interested in lending even with bad credit records.

    The most notable features of these loans are the following:

    • Up to a certain amount of $500 for the loan amount
    • Online application
    • Possible funding within a day
    • Repayment terms usually for one to several months
    • Interest rates and fees set by individual lenders

    The loans are not secured, i.e., borrowers are not required to give collateral. However, lenders assess applications on the basis of income verification, employment status, and other parameters other than conventional credit scores.

    How Low Credit Finance’s $500 Loan No Credit Check Process Works

    Low Credit Finance is not a lender itself but a loan matching service. The website brings borrowers in touch with a network of lenders who are experts in lending money to people who have less than perfect credit profiles.

    The “no credit check” feature pertains to the website’s practice of not asking for a hard credit check at the time of the initial application. Individual lenders in their network, however, may ask for their own credit checks as part of their underwriting processes.

    The business model of the platform includes:

    • Gathering borrower data via online loans
    • Matching borrowers with suitable lenders according to their profiles
    • Providing the bridge between the borrowers and the prospective lenders
    • Offering a unified platform to handle loan requests

    This framework enables the platform to accommodate subprime borrowers who may not gain access to bank loans and link them with expert lenders who are familiar with subprime lending markets.

    Low Credit Finance’s Simplified $500 Loan Application Process

    Low Credit Finance’s application process is a streamlined online process that helps reduce complexity and time taken to process. Borrowers go through their applications online without making visits to physical offices.

    • Initial Application

    Applicants enter standard personal data, such as name, address, work information, and proof of income. The initial application form usually is filled out in 5-10 minutes.

    • Application Review

    The system of the platform processes applications submitted and tries to match borrowers with suitable lenders within its network according to the information given.

    • Lender Connection

    When a potential candidate is found, the borrower’s data are sent to the lender for further evaluation. Several lenders may consider the same application.

    • Approval Decision

    Each lender approves or rejects borrowers individually based on their own criteria and risk assessment processes.

    Once approved, borrowers are funded by direct deposit, usually within a business day of approval.

    The entire process, from the submission of application to funding, may be done within 24 hours subject to lender availability and approval decisions.

     >>> Quick $500 Loans – No Banks, No Collateral, No Delays <<<

    Key Advantages of Low Credit Finance’s $500 Loans for Poor Credit Borrowers

    The loan program of the platform provides a number of benefits to borrowers who have poor credit records but require emergency money:

    • Accessibility

    Convenience of online application removes geographical constraints and enables borrowers to apply from anywhere where they have internet connectivity. This is especially useful for people living in rural communities that have restricted access to conventional banking facilities.

    Digital processing greatly shortens the period from application to funding in comparison to bank loans that can take weeks for approval.

    • Flexible Qualification Criteria

    The lenders within the network can look at factors other than credit rating, such as job history, income stability, and debt-income ratio.

    • No Collateral Requirements

    Since they are unsecured loans, borrowers have no risk of losing personal assets in case of repayment issues.

    • Transparent Process

    The site offers transparent disclosure of the process to apply and brings borrowers and lenders together directly for discussions on the loan term.

    Low Credit Finance Offers Instant Online Loans with Guaranteed Approval

    Though Low Credit Finance assures quick processing of a loan, it should be noted that approval is never guaranteed. The network of lenders on the platform has its own individual underwriting criteria and makes separate approval judgments.

    The use of the word “instant” does not imply guaranteed acceptance but denotes the rapidity of the application and possible funding timeline. The following can be factors affecting approval determinations:

    • Confirmed sources of income
    • Stability of employment
    • Outstanding debt commitments
    • History with a bank
    • State-by-state lending statutes

    Every lender within the network retains authority for their criteria of approval, and borrowers can be offered terms and interest rates by multiple lenders whose offers vary.

     >>> Don’t Wait – Access Fast Funds With Just Proof of Income <<<

    Low Credit Finance Serves Emergency Loan Needs with Fast $500 Solutions

    Emergency needs typically demand immediate financial remedies, and Low Credit Finance has designed its platform to meet timely funding demands. The online application process and network of expert lenders facilitate quicker processing than conventional financial institutions.

    Typical emergency circumstances that can qualify for $500 loans include:

    • Unplanned medical costs not reimbursed by insurance
    • Car repairs essential for work transportation
    • Household maintenance issues that need to be addressed quickly
    • Payment of utility bills to avoid service shutdown
    • Emergency travel loans for family emergencies

    The speed emphasis of the platform enables borrowers to respond to immediate financial requirements as they continue pursuing long-term financial planning options.

    Ideal Candidates for Low Credit Finance $500 Loan Applications

    The $500 loan initiative by Low Credit Finance is aimed at particular borrower profiles that could be in need of short-term emergency financing. The best applicants are usually individuals with:

    1. Poor Credit Histories

    Borrowers with credit scores less than 600 or those experiencing current financial hardship might discover that conventional loans are not readily available.

    1. Require Emergency Financing

    Require unexpected costs and do not have the savings to meet ongoing needs.

    1. Maintain Stable Income Streams

    Though there may be bad credit, verifiable income ensures lenders understand repayment potential.

    1. Are Aware of Short-Term Loans

    Borrowers who demonstrate that these loans are not for sale as ongoing financing solutions but instead for filling short-term gaps.

    1. Are Able to Repay Within the Stipulated Terms

    Prudent borrowers who have weighed their capacity to satisfy payment commitments without placing further financial pressures.

    Popular Applications for Low Credit Finance $500 Emergency Loans

    Small-dollar loans like these are widely applied to sudden, everyday expenses. According to platform trends and consumer behavior, typical applications include:

    • Emergency medical or dental visits
    • Car repairs or towing
    • Payment of utility or telephone bills
    • Supplemental rent
    • Travel or transportation during emergencies

    Borrowers are motivated to utilize funds prudently and confirm whether they can repay under agreed terms.

    Technology Behind Low Credit Finance’s Online Loan Platform

    The Low Credit Finance platform functions through a hi-tech digital infrastructure intended to match borrowers with suitable lenders in an efficient manner. The platform leverages technology to simplify the historically complicated lending process.

    • Platform Architecture

    The site uses secure encryption methods to safeguard borrower data throughout the application process. Data transmission is conducted in accordance with industry security practices.

    • Lender Network Management

    The site has relationships with various lenders that operate in subprime lending markets. The network model maximizes the chance of accessing appropriate funding sources for borrowers.

    • Application Processing System

    Computerized systems scan applications and find possible matches according to borrower profiles and lender requirements. The technology decreases processing time and increases efficiency.

    • Customer Support Infrastructure

    The site offers customer service support to assist borrowers through the application process and inform them of their choices.

     >>> Need Cash Fast? $500 Could Be in Your Account by Tomorrow <<<

    How Low Credit Finance Differs from Payday Lenders in Bad Credit Loans

    Although both Low Credit Finance and $500 dollar loan payday lenders cater to bad credit borrowers, their strategies and structures vary greatly:

    • Loan Structure

    Payday lenders generally issue short-term loans with repayment on the borrower’s upcoming payday, typically in about two weeks. Low Credit Finance matches borrowers with lenders who might provide more favorable payment terms.

    • Fee Structure

    Payday lenders typically have flat fees per loan amount, meaning they can lead to very high annual percentage rates. Low Credit Finance’s network of lenders will potentially have differing fee structures based on the individual lender.

    • Application Process

    Payday lenders tend to necessitate physical trips to storefronts, whereas Low Credit Finance is conducted entirely online, which will be more convenient and accessible.

    • Regulatory Compliance

    The site operates under federal and state loaning laws, although payday loaning laws differ considerably by state and could contain controls or bans.

    • Business Model

    Low Credit Finance is a matching service instead of an immediate loaner, giving borrowers several potential possibilities instead of one loan opportunity.

    Low Credit Finance Prioritizes Safety and Speed in Subprime Lending

    Ease of use and safety are primary design concerns for Low Credit Finance. Low Credit Finance offers a secure, encrypted online space for the transfer of sensitive borrower data.

    Protective measures and practices include:

    • Adherence to data protection legislation
    • No fees or unsolicited telephone calls to apply
    • Utilization of soft credit pulls where appropriate

    The platform serves subprime borrowers through exposure to lenders willing to accept lower credit limits.

    Low Credit Finance’s Features Giving It A Competitive Edge in Bad Credit Loan Market

    Several features set Low Credit Finance apart in the alternative lending space:

    • Network Approach

    Instead of dealing with a single funder, the platform brings borrowers together with several prospective funders, raising odds of approval.

    • Specialization in Subprime Lending

    The platform targets exclusively borrowers with bad credit, building experience within this niche market.

    • Technology Integration

    Computerized processes minimize paper and processing time and enable 24/7 application availability.

    • Transparency

    The website offers transparent information regarding the process and links borrowers with lenders for term loan negotiations.

    • No Upfront Fees

    Borrowers are able to apply for loans without paying application charges or fees prior to loan offers.

     >>> No Credit Score? No Problem. Get $500 in 24 Hours or Less<<<

    Final Thoughts: Low Credit Finance Provides a Lifeline for Low Credit Borrowers

    With financial constraints building up across all income levels, sites such as Low Credit Finance present an alternate path to capital for those with restricted credit access. The $500 loan product, while small in value, can potentially bring temporary rescue funds at urgent financial junctures.

    Borrowers are cautioned to use such sites prudently, with complete understanding of their terms and repayment conditions. These loans are not a long-term option, but they can act as a short-term bridge for those going through financial uncertainty with limited traditional lending available.

    Media Details:
    Company: Low Credit Finance
    Full Company Address: 102 W Service Rd, Apt: 820, Champlain, NY 12919
    Company Website: https://lowcreditfinance.com/
    Contact Person: David C. Hans
    Official Email ID: David.hans@lowcreditfinance.com

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  • MIL-OSI: Winslow Technology Group Named Arctic Wolf’s Northeast Regional Partner of the Year for 2025

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    WALTHAM, Mass., June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Winslow Technology Group has been named Arctic Wolf’s Northeast Regional Partner of the Year for 2025.  This recognition highlights the company’s exceptional leadership in cybersecurity, outstanding service delivery, and commitment to helping mutual customers drive innovation and achieve stronger security outcomes.

    “Winslow Technology Group has partnered with Arctic Wolf since 2016 and is one of the company’s first partners,” says Scott Winslow, President and Founder of Winslow Technology Group.  “We continue to be extremely impressed with their management team, comprehensive portfolio, and vision for the future. Many of our customers are not interested in building and staffing their own Security Operations center.  Together with Arctic Wolf, WTG is able to help our customers improve their cyber resiliency with Managed Detection and Response, Managed Awareness, Managed Risk, Aurora Endpoint Security, and Incident Response in an ever-evolving threat landscape.”

    The Arctic Wolf Partner of the Year Awards recognize elite partners who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in helping organizations improve their security operations through Arctic Wolf’s portfolio of solutions. Now in their eighth year, the honors celebrate top-performing companies that have shown excellence in security practice, executive alignment, revenue growth, and service.

    “This year’s award winners represent the very best of the Arctic Wolf partner community,” said Will Briggs, Senior Vice President, Global Channels, Arctic Wolf. “Each of these organizations has demonstrated exceptional commitment to our shared mission to end cyber risk, helping customers navigate an increasingly complex threat landscape with confidence and resilience. We’re proud to recognize their achievements and celebrate the critical role they play in driving meaningful security outcomes.”

    As organizations worldwide face an increasingly complex threat landscape and a persistent cybersecurity talent shortage, over 10,000 organizations globally now rely on the Arctic Wolf Aurora Platform to help end cyber risk. Built on an open-XDR architecture and powered by Alpha AI™ technologies, the Aurora Platform is designed to deliver positive security outcomes at scale. Each week, it ingests, parses, enriches, and analyzes over eight trillion security events, transforming overwhelming volumes of data into an average of just one actionable alert per customer per day.

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    About Winslow Technology Group

    Winslow Technology Group, LLC (WTG) is a leading provider of IT Solutions, Managed Services, and Cybersecurity Services dedicated to providing exceptional business outcomes for our customers since 2003.  WTG enables our clients to innovate and transform their business by realizing the benefits of data center, cybersecurity, digital workspace, networking, and cloud infrastructure solutions.  WTG serves the IT needs of clients ranging from medium sized organizations to Fortune 50 companies that operate in a variety of market segments including public sector, finance, healthcare, insurance, education, manufacturing, technology, and more.

    Contact:
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    Director of Marketing
    781-697-0603
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  • MIL-OSI Analysis: Inside the chimpanzee medicine cabinet: we’ve found a new way chimps treat wounds with plants

    Source: The Conversation – UK – By Elodie Freymann, Post-doc affiliate, University of Oxford

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    As it turns out, chimpanzees make pretty good doctors. For decades, scientists have been studying what chimpanzees do when they fall ill. This search has led to the identification of medicinal behaviour, which often involves the ingestion of plants with chemical or physical properties that can help the animal’s recovery.

    My team’s recent study in the Budongo Forest of western Uganda found its chimpanzees show a range of healthcare behaviour – one of which, applying chewed botanical material to wounds, had never before been documented in chimpanzees.

    Previous studies have shown that wild chimpanzees appear to treat their wounds and maintain sexual hygiene using medicinal plants found in their environment. What’s more, they treat other group members, even ones who are unrelated to them.

    In 2022, a study in Gabon, west Africa found that wild chimpanzees catch and apply insects to their wounds as well as the wounds of non-kin community members. A previous study had reported that chimpanzees in the Kibale Forest of Uganda occasionally dab the wounds of unrelated group members with leaves.

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    Now our research, published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, shows the chimpanzees of the Budongo Forest engaging in topical healthcare, both on themselves and others.

    To figure out whether the Budongo chimpanzees practice first aid, we combed through more than three decades of hand-written observations from field staff and researchers who have worked in this forest, and searched video archives by Budongo primatologists. We also headed into the field to collect eight months of our own behavioural data. The aim: to accumulate all the cases we could find of external healthcare behaviour and see if a pattern emerged.

    What we found surprised us. The Budongo chimpanzees appear to have quite a diverse behavioural toolkit for tending to their own wounds and maintaining hygiene in the wild. This behaviour ranges from simple actions like wound licking, to more complicated behaviour such as applying plant material to an injury.

    In some cases, chimpanzees dabbed their open wounds with leaves. In rarer cases, they chewed up plant material (like leaves or stem bark) and applied it directly to the affected area with their mouths. Similar behaviour was shown in Sumatran orangutans in 2024.



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    But these chimpanzees don’t limit their self-care to treating wounds. We recorded them freeing themselves from wire snares set by hunters, and cleaning their genitals with leaves after mating. In one notable case documented in the forest’s logbook from 2009, a chimpanzee wiped herself with a leaf after defecating.

    Chimpanzees are known to tend each other’s wounds.
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    We also wanted to determine which plants the Budongo chimpanzees were selecting. We discovered that some of these plants, such as Alchornea floribunda and a species of Acalypha, have traditional medicinal uses and chemical properties related to wound-healing or infection prevention. Whether this is a coincidence, or an indicator that chimpanzees can identify medicinal plants helpful for wound care, is a question for future research.

    Chimpanzee doctors

    Buried in logbooks and video archives, we also found seven cases of chimpanzees providing healthcare for others in their community. Even more interesting, the demographics of the providers and receivers of this healthcare varied dramatically – occurring between both genetically related and unrelated chimpanzees.

    Our study includes cases of chimpanzees licking each other’s wounds and applying plant material to the wounds of injured group members. This kind of wound care, directed toward others, is considered “prosocial” as it offers no obvious or immediate benefit to the carer. In fact, this kind of direct interaction with the wounds of others can pose risks for the carer, exposing them to infectious pathogens or infections.

    As far as we know, this is the first time prosocial wound care has been reported among chimpanzees in the Budongo forest reserve. We also noted cases in which chimpanzees helped free others from nylon snares, and one case in which a female wiped the genitals of a male in her group with leaves after mating.

    Our findings add this site to the growing list of places where altruistic healthcare has been observed among non-kin, advancing our understanding of chimpanzees’ capacity for compassion and empathy.

    Survival of the kindest?

    Chimpanzees are often painted as aggressive, Machiavellian and self-interested, especially in comparison to their peace-loving bonobo cousins. But it appears that these highly social animals have a softer side.

    Chimpanzees are not the only animals who have been observed administering first aid to others. Recently, a US study found that mice help pull the tongues out of the mouths of unconscious cage companions, clearing their air passages. The carer mice were more likely to do this if they were familiar with the incapacitated mouse.

    Even Matabele ants from sub-Saharan Africa will help treat nest mates’ infected wounds with self-generated antibiotic secretions.

    Non-human healthcare may take different forms, but it appears that animals throughout the animal kingdom can administer first aid to themselves and others. It may not be such a dog-eat-dog world after all.

    Elodie Freymann does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

    – ref. Inside the chimpanzee medicine cabinet: we’ve found a new way chimps treat wounds with plants – https://theconversation.com/inside-the-chimpanzee-medicine-cabinet-weve-found-a-new-way-chimps-treat-wounds-with-plants-258094

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  • MIL-OSI Analysis: E-bikes are becoming e-waste – here’s how to reduce the environmental cost

    Source: The Conversation – UK – By Yvonne Ryan, Associate Professor in Environmental Science, University of Limerick

    Electric e-bikes make cycling easier, faster and more accessible. They are already playing an important role in reducing the environmental impact of transport, particularly when they replace a trip in a private car.

    But when you scrap an e-bike, you also have to scrap its battery. And these batteries can be particularly dangerous and tricky to dispose of. This means the growth of e-bikes is leading to at least one related environmental problem: a rise in electronic or e-waste.

    The sector needs stronger regulations to encourage it to cut its waste. This includes encouraging bikes to be designed to be easier to repair or recycle, and establishing universal standards that allow parts to work across different brands and models, so components can be reused instead of thrown away.

    However, e-bikes often fall between legislative cracks, and their exclusion from the priority products under the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, introduced in 2024, was unfortunate.

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    At the University of Limerick in Ireland, colleagues and I have been researching the environmental impact of e-bikes. We’re interested in their full lifecycle, from metals in rocks to extraction, manufacturing, years of use and eventual disposal – to see if there are ways to reduce the materials they use.

    We interviewed retailers and people who work in waste management. They expressed concerns about online sales of lower-quality e-bikes with easily broken components, as well as the high turnover rates of e-bikes.

    E-bike rental services like this one in Dublin, Ireland are growing fast.
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    Using data from the fleet of e-bikes loaned out at our university, we noted issues with design and compatibility of components. Bike tyres, for instance, have become increasingly non-standard and specialised.

    Additive manufacturing, such as 3D printing, may become more important for bike retailers and repairers, who could use it to “print” themselves replacements nuts, screws or even seats. This may be particularly needed in island states such as Ireland, where there are often delays in sourcing parts.

    But first, the e-bikes must be of sufficient quality to be repaired. Then, to create the replacement parts, people will need to access the necessary data – digital files with precise designs of objects such as a bicycle tyre or handlebar.

    Keeping e-bikes in use

    New business models are emerging. Some companies are lending e-bikes to their employees, with a management company taking care of maintenance and repair.

    There are also a growing number of mobile e-bike repair services, and specialist training for e-bike repair and retail through manufacturer platforms like Bosch and Shimano.

    E-bike brands are shifting from a focus on selling bikes towards offering ongoing services. For example, e-bike retailer Cowboy offers a subscription to mobile bike mechanics, and VanMoof partners with authorised repair services. But while these models work well in big towns and cities, they may not be suitable for rural and smaller urban areas.

    Care needs to be taken to ensure that consumers are not disadvantaged or locked out from repair options. In the US, e-bike manufacturers have been requesting exceptions to laws designed to make products easier to repair – while urging that the public should not be allowed to access data needed to make repairs.

    E-bikes can be hard to spot

    On the waste handling side, some of the innovations that have made e-bikes more accessible are also creating new problems.

    For example, e-bikes have evolved to be sleeker and sometimes indistinguishable from regular bikes. This makes it easier for them to end up in regular waste management facilities that aren’t equipped for electronic waste. If a lithium-ion battery inside an e-bike still holds charge and gets crushed or shredded, it can start a fire.

    But this is a problem we can solve. Computer vision and other AI technologies could help to recognise e-bikes and batteries at waste management facilities. QR codes on bike frames could be used to provide information on the entire product lifecycle, including repair manuals and service history – just like the EU’s proposed product passports.

    Consumer awareness, choice and education are key. While it’s up to consumers to initiate the maintenance and repair of e-bikes, policymakers need to ensure these options are available and affordable, and that consumers are aware of them.

    Retailers need support to embed “repair and reuse” in their business models. This includes cycle-to-work schemes for people to buy e-bikes, as well as better access to insurance and legal protections for selling refurbished e-bikes, and a workforce with the skills to repair these bikes.

    Across the world, bike libraries and “try before you buy” schemes are helping consumers make better decisions, as people can test an e-bike before committing. Moving away from traditional ownership – especially for expensive e-bikes – could make active mobility more accessible.

    Policies that drive sales, such as grants and incentives for new bike purchases, can work against efforts to reduce waste. We need more policies that support refurbished and repaired e-bikes.

    The e-bike sector is one with great potential to improve both environmental and public health. But to realise these benefits, we need to focus on making them last longer and use less resources.

    Yvonne Ryan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

    – ref. E-bikes are becoming e-waste – here’s how to reduce the environmental cost – https://theconversation.com/e-bikes-are-becoming-e-waste-heres-how-to-reduce-the-environmental-cost-258367

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Leader’s Report – June 2025

    Source: Scotland – City of Edinburgh

    Latest news from the Council Leader Jane Meagher.

    Driving attainment in our schools

    As we near the end of the school term, I want to begin by recognising the hard work and achievements of our children, young people, teachers and school staff throughout the year.

    I was particularly pleased to hear that the attainment of our school leavers has improved across almost all measures, with the gap narrowing between the performance of the most and least disadvantaged young people in our schools.

    These results are due, at least in part, to our curriculum pathways programme, which offers our secondary pupils the opportunity to enjoy a varied and engaging school day while seeing clear connections to future career opportunities.

    Our construction, roofing and stone carving courses, for example, help students in S4 to S6 to develop practical skills while also gaining qualifications that help them to map out a career path beyond school. It’s testament to this work that 95% of our school leavers are now going on to positive destinations.

    To all of our pupils who recently sat their exams, I wish you all the best of luck with your results in August. Pupils, teachers and staff have put in a tremendous amount of hard work preparing for exams and I know many parents, carers and wider family members will also have been encouraging their children to do their best.

    And to our school leavers, I wish you the very best as you embark on your next journey, whether in the workforce or further education.

    Cleaner, greener travel

    Earlier this month we marked one year since we began enforcement of our Low Emission Zone (LEZ). With Clean Air Day (19 June) coming up next week, this anniversary is a timely reminder of the importance of restricting the most polluting vehicles and improving air quality in our busy city centre.

    Air pollution is associated with between 29,000 and 43,000 deaths a year in the UK alone, with both the World Health Organisation and the UK Government citing it as the largest environmental threat to our health. It was reassuring then to hear both NHS Lothian and Asthma + Lung UK praising our scheme.  

    The good news is we’re seeing wider benefits across our network with the Institute of Occupational Medicine finding a statistically significant shift towards active travel and public transport in the six months following LEZ enforcement.

    Recent data suggests further positive outcomes from new active travel projects such as Leith Connections (20% increase in pedestrian numbers) and Leith Walk (40% increase in cycling numbers), with Cycling Scotland also reporting record journeys on the City Centre West to East Link (CCWEL) and at Picardy Place.

    Meanwhile Edinburgh Trams and Lothian Buses both continue to report improving passenger numbers and performance following their respective Operator of the Year accolades at the National Transport Awards 2024.

    Building a strong and stable third sector

    Tackling poverty remains a key priority for us – but we can’t achieve this without the third sector. Yet worryingly, with funding becoming ever scarcer, our population growing and more people struggling with the cost of living, many charities are in a precarious position.

    It’s clear to me that we need to find a more sustainable way forward for a sector that brings so much good. That’s why we’ve asked the Edinburgh Partnership to conduct a review of how it supports and works with third sector organisations across the city, and ultimately to find solutions for improving funding certainty in future years.

    We want to hear about how we can make it simpler, provide more stability, and collaborate to help those who need this sector’s support most. Please share your views on our Consultation Hub. Results will be shared with everyone who takes part and with the third sector, before being reported to our next Policy and Sustainability Committee in August.

    Farewell Sir Tom

    I was saddened to hear of the passing of Sir Tom Farmer last month. A proud Leither, generous philanthropist and true son of Edinburgh whose influence reached far beyond our city’s boundaries.

    Sir Tom was a recipient of the Edinburgh Award, and his handprints remain immortalised in the City Chambers Quadrangle, a lasting tribute to a life of service, innovation, and generosity. Best known as the founder of Kwik Fit, he transformed the automotive industry, building a business that grew to over 2,000 locations across 18 countries and, of course, owned a majority stake in Hibernian FC for 28 years. I have no doubt he was looking down proudly as Hibs Ladies clinched the league title for the first time in 18 years.

    Yet, his legacy extends well beyond his entrepreneurial success. Born in Leith in 1940, his roots in the community remained strong throughout his life. His service was recognised with a knighthood in 1997, and again in 2009, when he was made a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his charitable work. He also received the Carnegie Medal for Philanthropy and was named a Knight Commander with Star of the Order of St Gregory the Great, an honour bestowed by the Pope.

    Sir Tom’s final journey took him through the streets of Leith, past Easter Road Stadium, where hundreds of Hibs fans gathered to pay tribute to a man whose kindness, leadership and civic pride have left a lasting mark.

    Summer in the city

    The busy summer season is upon us once more. The city has already enjoyed the Edinburgh Children’s Festival, with the ever-popular Meadows Festival taking place last weekend.

    Looking ahead, the city is gearing up for a colourful and joyful celebration next weekend as the annual Pride Edinburgh march brings thousands together in the heart of the Capital. Pride is an important date in the city’s calendar and honours the diversity, history and dignity of our LGBT+ community. 

    Then, later this month, all eyes will turn to Ingliston for the Royal Highland Show (19–22 June), a highlight of Scotland’s summer and a showcase of rural life, food, and culture.

    The coming weeks will see the city filled with music, art, and performance, starting with the Edinburgh Castle concert series and the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival in July. As we move into August, the city becomes the world’s stage with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe – boasting 3,350 shows and 265 venues this year – the International Festival, Book Festival, Art Festival, Film Festival, and the iconic Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

    I’m also very much looking forward to the reopening of the Filmhouse on 27 June following a lengthy and well-coordinated campaign to save and refurbish it. I know this was a cause very close to the heart of our late friend and colleague, Val Walker, and how much joy this would have brought her.

    Our world-renowned festivals and events sustain our reputation as a global cultural capital, with the positives extending well beyond entertainment. You need look no further than the £200 million our Winter Festivals brought to the local economy last year.

    They also bring real energy and excitement to the city, alongside lasting benefits to our businesses, communities and local charities. From next July, they will help to raise even more (as much as £50 million per year) for the city, courtesy of our visitor levy. We’re continuing to make good progress towards its introduction and have just given our views to the Scottish Government on a potential Cruise Ship Levy, which could be worth a further million pounds to the city each year.

    Stay Different

    Of course, these events require meticulous planning and coordination to limit the inevitable pressure on the city and our residents – and I want to extend my thanks to the many colleagues across events, waste, public safety and our partner organisations, for ensuring they remain safe, inclusive, and successful.

    Another way we can relieve the pressure is to encourage visitors (and residents!) to leave the beaten track and explore the many other wonderful attractions we have across the city. That’s the message of our new destination visitor marketing campaign Stay Different, which reminds visitors that Edinburgh is a year-round destination and there is much to discover in our local neighbourhoods and beyond.

    A revealing glimpse into our past

    As if we didn’t have enough to do this summer, I’m very much looking forward to exploring three standout shows that offer powerful glimpses into our past.

    At the St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh’s First Burghers: Revealing the Lives and Hidden Faces of Edinburgh’s Medieval Citizens presents an extraordinary mix of science, history, and storytelling. Marking the joint 900th anniversaries of Edinburgh and St Giles’ Cathedral, this unique exhibition brings to life the medieval citizens buried at the site and allows us to see the faces and learn the stories of some of our earliest residents.

    At the City Art Centre, meanwhile, John Bellany: A Life in Self-Portraiture showcases more than 80 works by one of Scotland’s most important modern artists. With never-before-seen sketchbooks and artworks displayed across two floors, this is a compelling insight into a life lived through art.

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  • MIL-OSI: Canadian Online Casinos That Are Making Waves in the 2025 Gambling Scene – Findings Released by All iGaming

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

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  • MIL-OSI Economics: Curbing malnutrition with AI

    Source: Microsoft

    Headline: Curbing malnutrition with AI

    The value of prevention

    Led by USC experts, the collaborative team is in the process of building a tool that allows Amref, other humanitarian organizations, and policymakers to directly access the predictive model and understand diverse data sources. When combined with other publicly available sources like satellite imagery, one of Microsoft’s key capabilities, data from the Kenyan Ministry of Health can be used to understand the severity of malnutrition in children across Kenya. The model is trained on data that’s being collected in more than 100 countries, and the team hopes it can be adapted to address malnutrition and other health concerns around the world.  

    “This work is not only helping mitigate malnutrition risks among children in Kenya, but also preparing us to help tackle this problem globally,” says Dr. Bistra Dilkina, co-director of the USC Center for AI in Society, and associate professor of computer science. 

    More accurate information and predictions will enable Amref and others to position resources to prevent malnutrition. 

    “The dashboard will change the way partners intervene, enabling them to do evidence-based and timely interventions,” says Dr. Girmaw Abede Tadesse, Principal Research Science Manager, Microsoft AI for Good Lab. 

    The mission of the Kenyan Ministry of Health is to have a globally competitive, healthy and productive nation so they can grow economically. The model helps achieve this by organizing resources around planning and budgeting. Malnutrition can be better solved with AI through prediction in the monitoring and evaluation process, which helps conserve resources. The food and nutrition dashboard has the potential to save lives, improve lives, and enhance the quality of life. 

    TRANSFORM is Amref’s new 2023-2030 global strategy that champions and supports the people of Africa to have quality and accessible health services. Amref is achieving this through community-led, people-centered primary health systems that address social determinants of health. The new predictive model will help them achieve their goals by showing the risk profiles of malnutrition across different groups, giving them the flexibility to identify hotspots and intervene at the right time. 

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Powering Data: NREL Partner Forum Puts Everything on the Table

    Source: US National Renewable Energy Laboratory

    NREL Announces Chip-to-Grid Consortium, Invites Collab Around Energy-Data Integration

    Andrea Watson, associate laboratory director for Innovation, Partnering, and Outreach at NREL, introduces the 2025 NREL Partner Forum. Photo by Agata Bogucka, NREL

    Over the past decade, energy demand from U.S. data centers has tripled—doubling in just the last two years. And the growth is not slowing down.

    Utilities are wondering where to add generation. Meanwhile, companies queue for that power. Governments are deciding what to permit, and residents are voicing their priorities. Rarely are they all in the same room, but for a productive two days, more than 300 participants gathered in Golden, Colorado, at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to strategize powering data centers during the 2025 NREL Partner Forum.

    For an issue that is fundamentally about connections—connecting data centers to the grid and connecting people to each other—NREL was a natural place to collaborate. In the shadow of full-scale grid assets, and next to an eminently efficient data center that supplies leading artificial intelligence (AI) research, attendees worked through the details of data and power systems.

    “That’s the magic of the Partner Forum,” said Andrea Watson, associate laboratory director for Innovation, Partnering, and Outreach at NREL. “We know we can do so much more together than on our own, so we host events like Partner Forum to facilitate better engagement with stakeholders and to develop better solutions for everyone. It’s how we drive NREL’s research impact.”

    Yes, More Power. And Different Power.

    “We are just getting warmed up,” keynote speaker Dean Nelson said, after showing numbers that prove the recent climb in data center capacity. Nelson’s career followed that same trajectory, and his insight helped frame both the big picture and the finer points.

    “We have to do this the right way, to balance the social, economic, ecological, and community preference. Like a Rubik’s Cube,” Nelson said.

    Dean Nelson, CEO of Cato Digital and Founder and Chairman of Infrastructure Masons, keynotes the NREL Partner Forum. Image by Agata Bogucka, NREL

    He ran through many of the major topics—like flexibility (“data centers must become active grid participants”), siting (“not moving power to data center, but data center to power”), and community approval (“master planning has to be with the communities”)—including one that resurfaced several times later: “Data centers create a giant amount of instantaneous demand.”

    “It’s like starting an engine a thousand times in a second,” Nelson remarked. “That’s why NREL is so important: Data centers can stabilize or destabilize the grid, and we have to know how.”

    Recent breakthroughs in chip design have packed more power consumption into the same-sized server rack, which means large and fast swings in electrical load. For the grid planners in the room, this was the crux of the problem.

    How To Connect Petaflops and Gigawatts

    When dealing with loads that are “the equivalent of bringing cities to the grid”—as Mason Emnett, senior vice president of Constellation Energy put it—competitive jostling for new generation might not work anymore.

    “What keeps me up at night is infighting over pieces of the pie, even though the pie is big enough,” Emnett said, responding to a panel prompt. “It creates friction in the regulatory space, instead of collaboration.”

    This map layers U.S. data infrastructure alongside power infrastructure to help visualize the overlap and simplify co-system planning. Perhaps with a holistic, nation-to-local perspective, there is enough of the “pie” to go around. Image by Billy Roberts, NREL

    Taking the whole-nation view, power transmission exists along certain corridors, as do data centers. If utilities, regulators, companies, and communities can collaborate, perhaps there is enough “pie,” including generation sources such as natural gas, solar and storage, hydrogen fuel, and in the case of Constellation’s planned restart of Three Mile Island, nuclear.

    Attendees bounced through many options to bring more power online and to better use the power that already exists.

    “There is no silver bullet,” emphasized Prasanna Joshi, vice president of low-carbon solutions technology at ExxonMobil. “We look at all solutions—carbon capture, natural gas generation, hydrogen-powered turbines. But equally important is software: using that chip more efficiently.”

    “Why not think about new market structures to incentivize large rotating machines?” asked a panelist from Idaho National Laboratory, in reference to the extra grid services that nuclear and other inertial plants provide but are uncompensated for.

    “Systems are in place to unlock grid flexibility, but the markets are not,” another agreed.

    “We need some form of battery to support that large on-off ramp of power,” added a panelist from an engineering firm.

    “Power electronics are the only way to overcome stability issues,” agreed another.

    Naturally, talk of more generation gave way to talk of local politics and whether people will accept any of this.

    Transmission Lines Over Vineyards

    A new power plant in the neighborhood is not on most residents’ wish list, and plenty of energy projects have met their fate at the picket line. But maybe people would play ball if they were on the pitch to start.

    “People want to make sure they’re benefiting at least as much as it’s costing them,” remarked Sherry Stout, laboratory program manager for NREL’s State, Local, and Tribal activities.

    Stout, who works closely with Tribes, reminded the forum that communities want to be part of the conversation. To get projects passed, everyone must be at the negotiation table.

    “You have to intentionally bring detractors,” Stout said. “The more you sideline, the more you might bring out a grassroots rejection.”

    Panelists discussed ideas like local incentive packages, such as development of a STEM workforce center to train for incoming jobs or diverting waste heat toward community buildings at no cost.

    Marc Aveni, assistant director with Loudoun County Virginia’s, Department of General Services, speaks about key considerations for optimal placement of new data centers at NREL’s Partner Forum. Image by Agata Bogucka, NREL

    In Loudoun County, Virginia, data center expansion caught the community off guard but resulted in a booming tax base. Loudoun’s Assistant Director of General Services Marc Aveni joined a panel to add the “local county employee” perspective.

    “It’s been a bit of a mixed bag. We’ve seen lots of positive revenues, but we didn’t have a good handle on energy and natural resource requirements. It presented a lot of challenges at the local government level,” Aveni explained.

    “We’re very happy to be partnering with NREL to work through our challenges,” Aveni said.

    Chip-to-Grid

    Like Loudon County, NREL has partnered with many, if not all, of the attendees, often helping partners evaluate pivotal energy investments. In the spirit of the forum, NREL Partnership Development Manager Bill Livingood announced an evolution of NREL capabilities: Chip-to-Grid.

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    Chip-to-Grid is a planned initiative aimed at creating a more seamless and integrated approach to data center development and “to address the problems that one stakeholder alone can’t solve,” Livingood said, like problems of interoperability and especially end-to-end utility to data center compatibility.

    Livingood presented Chip-to-Grid alongside Kent Crawford, director of engineering at Schneider Electric, which supports creating the consortium.

    “It takes us all,” Crawford reiterated. “None of this works unless it’s an interoperable system. We’ve got to go faster than faster, which means bringing together all the players.”

    This builds on NREL’s renowned Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems (ARIES) platform, as well as NREL’s work in projects like ARPA-E COOLERCHIPS. Forum attendees later toured NREL’s Energy Systems Integration Facility to appreciate the globally unique research capacity that makes endeavors like Chip-to-Grid feasible.

    Emerging Innovations With Appeal

    On day two, industry partners and investors alike heard about emerging technology ventures. Four startups, selected by NREL’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, showcased how their technologies could transform the energy performance of data centers.

    Palanquin Power, a participant in NREL’s West Gate program, is rethinking rack-level power conversion with a DC-direct-to-server approach. Lucidean’s CEO introduced the company’s custom photonic chip that enables direct fiber optic networking with greater efficiency. Flexnode pitched modular, rapidly deployable data centers tailored for compute-intensive AI workloads. And Flux XII shared its vision for transforming intermittent energy sources into reliable baseload power using low-cost, long-duration storage.

    From optical switches to power electronics to flow batteries, the technical topics ran deep. But the predominant themes were never lost: collaborate to add new generation, innovate to advance chips and energy, and evaluate solutions collectively supported by NREL’s resources and expertise.

    Decide How To Power Data With NREL

    From decision support to whole-system analysis to real-power demonstrations, NREL is a leading institution for energy integration. It is where crosstalk occurs for industry, utilities, and governments and where solutions can move from concept to implementation.

    “Getting technology into the marketplace is in our DNA,” NREL Director Martin Keller said. “Our power is bringing everyone together to move this forward as fast as possible.”

    Learn more about partnering with NREL.

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  • MIL-OSI: Game-Changing Crypto Casinos Recognized in All iGaming’s 2025 Gambling Report! (Expert Findings)

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    New York City, June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —  Crypto casinos and Bitcoin casinos are taking over in 2025 with fast transactions, top privacy, and epic features. Ready to dive in? All iGaming has your back with real reviews and tips on the best crypto casinos.

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    This shift has fueled a global boom in crypto gambling, with the market seeing over $26 billion in bets placed with digital currencies in Q1 2025, nearly double the volume from Q1 2024. Industry projections estimate the crypto gambling market will reach $55.3 billion by 2032, reflecting growing player demand. The appeal of Bitcoin casinos and other crypto platforms lies in their ability to address common pinpoints in traditional gambling, such as slow payouts, high fees, and privacy concerns.

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  • MIL-OSI: iQor CXBPO™ Launches Insights iQ™ to Deliver Predictive Intelligence Across the Customer Experience

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — iQor CXBPO™, a global leader in customer experience business process outsourcing (BPO), today announced the launch of Insights iQ™, a next-generation analytics solution powered by its infinityAiQ™ platform. Built to transform how brands understand and act on customer feedback, Insights iQ turns every interaction into a source of business intelligence — enabling faster, more informed decisions that enhance customer satisfaction, streamline operations, and unlock new revenue opportunities.

    Insights iQ is built on iQor’s proprietary VALDI advanced analytics engine and enhanced through an industry-first collaboration with OpenAI, combining LLM-powered intelligence with enriched datasets and partner technologies. Backed by a global team of more than 180 data scientists, analysts, and Ph.D.s, the platform processes over 2.7 billion tokens weekly and analyzes 100% of voice, text, and chat interactions across the customer journey. Unlike traditional sampling methods, Insights iQ delivers real-time visibility into sentiment, intent, and behavior, enabling brands to surface opportunities and predict outcomes with precision.

    “Insights iQ is more than a data tool — it’s a strategic growth engine,” said Chris Crowley, President and CEO of iQor. “By leveraging real-time analytics and predictive intelligence, we help our clients move beyond reactive customer service and into a new era of insights-driven transformation, setting a new benchmark for what’s possible in the CXBPO industry.”

    Key capabilities include real-time sentiment and context detection, churn risk prediction, satisfaction forecasting, and segmentation based on behavioral and emotional signals. With these tools, brands can identify unmet needs, reduce friction, and proactively improve experiences. Insights iQ empowers operations, sales, product, and marketing teams alike to act on live customer intelligence, optimizing strategy and performance across the enterprise.

    “In a real-time economy, our clients can’t afford to wait for post-interaction reports,” said Prabhjot Singh, Chief Digital Officer at iQor. “Insights iQ gives them the visibility to make better decisions faster by turning live customer signals into measurable action across CX, product, sales, and marketing.”

    Powered by iQor’s infinityAiQ platform, Insights iQ is engineered to meet the demands of enterprise clients. It operates within iQor’s secure and compliant infrastructure, including PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOC 1 and 2 Type 2, HITRUST, and ISO 27001 certifications. The platform integrates seamlessly with clients’ existing environments, delivering immediate impact without disrupting operations.

    With Insights iQ intelligence embedded in every touchpoint, businesses can drive measurable growth while building stronger, more loyal customer relationships. To learn more about how iQor is transforming customer experience through AI-powered intelligence and analytics, visit www.iqor.com/insightsiq.

    About iQor CXBPO™
    iQor CXBPO™ is a trusted partner in intelligent customer experience solutions, delivering exceptional results for global brands. With 40,000 employees across 10 countries, we combine 30 years of industry expertise with cutting-edge AI-driven innovations to optimize customer interactions at every stage. Our agile, scalable solutions ensure seamless omnichannel engagement, driving loyalty and measurable business success. Recognized as a Great Place to Work® and a leader in CX excellence, we elevate performance through a people-first approach, operational expertise, and secure, technology-enabled solutions. Learn more at iQor.com.

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  • MIL-OSI: Lánasjóður sveitarfélaga – Niðurstaða úr skuldabréfaútboði

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Lánasjóður sveitarfélaga var með skuldabréfaútboð í flokkunum LSS 39 0303 og LSS151155 þann 11. júní 2025. Uppgjör viðskipta fer fram 16. júní 2025.

    Alls bárust tilboð í LSS 39 0303 að nafnvirði ISK 1.980.000.000 á bilinu 3,84% – 3,9%. Ákveðið var að taka tilboðum að nafnvirði ISK 800.000.000 á ávöxtunarkröfunni 3,84%. Útistandandi fyrir voru ISK 37.962.600.000 að meðtöldum eigin bréfum Lánasjóðsins vegna viðskiptavaktar (ISK 500.000.000). Heildarstærð flokksins er nú ISK 38.762.600.000.

    Alls bárust tilboð í LSS151155 að nafnvirði ISK 400.000.000 á bilinu 3,61% – 3,63%. Ákveðið var að taka tilboðum að nafnvirði ISK 400.000.000 á ávöxtunarkröfunni 3,63%. Útistandandi fyrir voru ISK 35.285.000.000 að meðtöldum eigin bréfum Lánasjóðsins vegna viðskiptavaktar (ISK 440.000.000). Heildarstærð flokksins er nú ISK 35.685.000.000.

    Nánari upplýsingar veitir Óttar Guðjónsson, framkvæmdastjóri, ottar@lanasjodur.is / s. 515 4949

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  • MIL-OSI: Toobit Launches Up to 200x Leverage for BTCUSDT and XAUTUSDT Perpetual Contracts

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Toobit, an award-winning global cryptocurrency exchange, today announces the launch of up to 200x leverage for BTCUSDT and XAUTUSDT perpetual contracts. This enhancement will grant traders the ability to control larger positions with a smaller capital outlay, offering greater flexibility and precision in fast-moving markets.

    The new leverage allows users to respond and profit more effectively from price movements. BTCUSDT, representing Bitcoin, the world’s most actively traded digital asset, and XAUTUSDT, a leading gold-backed token, now support advanced strategies through more dynamic position sizing and risk management.

    “By extending leverage up to 200x, we’re giving our users more control over their capital and exposure,” said Mike Williams, Chief Communication Officer at Toobit. “Whether they’re navigating crypto volatility or seeking the stability of Tether Gold, traders now have the tools to act with greater agility.”

    With 200x leverage, a trader can control a $20,000 position with just $100 in margin. This magnifies both potential gains and losses, making it a powerful tool for experienced traders looking to respond to fast-moving markets, hedge risk, or enhance short-term trading strategies.

    This update builds on Toobit’s recent adjustment to maintenance margin requirements, which gave traders greater room to maneuver during volatile market conditions. Now, with higher leverage and more breathing space on margin, users can scale positions with increased efficiency and control.

    To learn more or start trading with 200x leverage, visit www.toobit.com.

    About Toobit

    Toobit is where the future of crypto trading unfolds—an award-winning cryptocurrency derivatives exchange built for those who thrive exploring new frontiers. With deep liquidity and cutting-edge technology, Toobit empowers traders worldwide to navigate the digital asset markets with confidence. We offer a fair, secure, seamless, and transparent trading experience, ensuring every trade is an opportunity to discover what’s next.

    For more information about Toobit, visit: Website | X | Telegram | LinkedIn | Discord | Instagram

    Contact: Davin C.

    Email: market@toobit.com

    Website: www.toobit.com

    Disclaimer: This is a paid post and is provided by Toobit. The statements, views, and opinions expressed in this content are solely those of the content provider and do not necessarily reflect the views of this media platform or its publisher. We do not endorse, verify, or guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any information presented. We do not guarantee any claims, statements, or promises made in this article. This content is for informational purposes only and should not be considered financial, investment, or trading advice.Investing in crypto and mining-related opportunities involves significant risks, including the potential loss of capital. It is possible to lose all your capital. These products may not be suitable for everyone, and you should ensure that you understand the risks involved. Seek independent advice if necessary. Speculate only with funds that you can afford to lose. Readers are strongly encouraged to conduct their own research and consult with a qualified financial advisor before making any investment decisions. However, due to the inherently speculative nature of the blockchain sector—including cryptocurrency, NFTs, and mining—complete accuracy cannot always be guaranteed.Neither the media platform nor the publisher shall be held responsible for any fraudulent activities, misrepresentations, or financial losses arising from the content of this press release. In the event of any legal claims or charges against this article, we accept no liability or responsibility. Globenewswire does not endorse any content on this page.

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  • MIL-OSI: AVAILABILITY OF THE 2024-2025 UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    AVAILABILITY OF THE 2024-2025 UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT

    Bernin (Grenoble), France, June 11, 2025 – Soitec (Euronext Paris) announces the filing today of its 2024-2025 Universal Registration Document in European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) with the French Financial Markets Authority (Autorité des Marchés Financiers – AMF) under number D.25-0439.

    The 2024-2025 Universal Registration Document is made available to the public in compliance with applicable laws and regulations and a French and English version is available for consultation on the Company’s website (www.soitec.com under Investors section – Regulated Information – Financial reports and results & other regulated releases). A French version is also available on the website of the AMF (www.amf-france.org).

    The 2024-2025 Universal Registration Document, comprising the annual financial report, notably contains:

    • the management report, the consolidated and statutory financial statements and related Statutory Auditors’ reports, the information on the fees paid to the Statutory Auditors and the declaration by the person responsible for the Universal Registration Document ;
    • the Board of Directors’ report on corporate governance;
    • the description of the share buyback program ;
    • the sustainability report;
    • the explanatory notes and the draft resolutions submitted to the approval of the Annual General Meeting of July 22, 2025.

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    Agenda

    First-quarter 2025-2026 revenue: July 22, 2025, after market close.

    Annual General Meeting: July 22, 2025.

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    About Soitec

    Soitec (Euronext – Tech Leaders), a world leader in innovative semiconductor materials, has been developing cutting-edge products delivering both technological performance and energy efficiency for over 30 years. From its global headquarters in France, Soitec is expanding internationally with its unique solutions, and generated sales of 0.9 billion Euros in fiscal year 2024-2025. Soitec occupies a key position in the semiconductor value chain, serving three main strategic markets: Mobile Communications, Automotive and Industrial, and Edge and Cloud AI. The company relies on the talent and diversity of more than 2,200 employees, representing 50 different nationalities, working at its sites in Europe, the United States and Asia. Nearly 4,300 patents have been registered by Soitec.

    Soitec, SmartSiC™ and Smart Cut™ are registered trademarks of Soitec.

    For more information: https://www.soitec.com/en/ and follow us on LinkedIn and X: @Soitec_Official

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Pfluger Participates in Energy Hearing with Secretary Wright

    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11)

    Pfluger Participates in Energy Hearing with Secretary Wright

    Washington, June 11, 2025

    WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, participated in the Committee’s Energy Subcommittee hearing entitled “The Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Energy Budget.”

    Secretary of Energy Chris Wright testified before the subcommittee. During the hearing, Rep. Pfluger asked Secretary Wright about his top priorities for the year, for an update on the Mexico Pacific LNG export site, and how we can legislatively protect the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

    Click HERE or the image below to watch their full exchange.

    Watch their full exchange HERE or read highlights below.

    Rep. Pfluger: You have extreme expertise about how energy in this country works. I am worried about everybody who has testified here, especially those who have recently talked about data centers and the demand that we are going to see—rising demand for electricity consumption, and how we’re going to keep up with manufacturing. Just big picture priorities that you have set out that will enable us as a country to set the conditions for private industry to meet that demand with adequate supply. Love to hear your thoughts.

    Secretary Wright: Look, as you know, over the years, we’ve created huge regulatory burdens on building infrastructure, on building pipelines, on building power plants, on building transmission lines. If you make it harder and harder and more and more expensive to do things, well, guess what? You get less of them. And that’s what’s happened in the United States. I heard a comment earlier that U.S. oil and natural gas production were at all-time highs in 2023, which was true, but that’s because it’s dominantly on private land and state land, and it’s not on federal land. We’ve had huge federal obstruction efforts. They haven’t been entirely effective on oil and gas that’s produced on private lands and on state lands. But when you restrict the ability to build pipelines and grow the transportation, you ultimately restrict the growth of it. Power plants with the Clean Power Plan, if you build a new power plant today, you have to have carbon capture and sequestration injected underground, like 11 years from now. That’s a technology we don’t have at a commercial scale. A massively expensive parasitic load of maybe a third of the power plant has to go to that thing. People aren’t going to invest money and build power plants with constrictions like that. There are a lot of reasons we haven’t built as much new capacity as we should. And it’s critical for this administration and this Congress that we work together to remove these obstacles and barriers that chill investment. Because we need to lead in AI. We need to win in AI. We can lead and we can win in AI. But to do that, we need to get overly burdensome, truly not focused on the environment, regulations out of the way so that capital will flow and things will be built. We need some simplification with permitting. We need to make FERC move more efficiently. But I will tell you, in this administration, and I know in this Congress, there are many people working tirelessly to achieve just that, so I’m optimistic, but yes, big changes need to be made.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Norton Says Chatbots Are No Replacement for Federal Workers

    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (District of Columbia)

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said in today’s Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (COGR) hearing on artificial intelligence that chatbots are no replacement for federal workers, as demonstrated by the current state of the Social Security Administration, where senior citizens now face 98-minute wait times to speak with customer service.

    “AI is a tool that can empower our public servants, but it is not a substitute for passionate and committed federal workers,” Norton said. “As a direct result of the interference with the Social Security Administration, senior citizens now face 98-minute wait times to speak with customer service, crowded lobbies at field offices, and being turned away from scheduled appointments because the agency simply does not have the employees to perform its mission. Poor customer service is not efficiency; it is failing to uphold the government’s responsibility to our constituents.

    “As we discuss the use of artificial intelligence in government, we must have people at the center of the conversation, including the people we represent and the federal workers who serve our country.”

    Norton’s remarks follow.

    Federal Workers Cannot Be Replaced By Chatbots

    Government must leverage the best technology possible to meet the ever-changing needs of the people it serves.

    From the creation of a national postal service to the discoveries that led to the internet, the federal government has a long history of embracing new technology to better deliver for our constituents. 

    But our north star must always be service to the American people—not tax breaks for billionaires or backroom deals to benefit the richest man in the world at the public’s expense. 

    As we discuss the use of artificial intelligence in government, we must have people at the center of the conversation, including the people we represent and the federal workers who serve our country.

    AI is a tool that can empower our public servants, but it is not a substitute for passionate and committed federal workers.

    Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency have gutted so much of the federal workforce, firing tens of thousands of people under the guise of greater efficiency.  But Americans know better:  They see the negative impacts every day.

    As a direct result of the interference with the Social Security Administration, senior citizens now face 98-minute wait times to speak with customer service, crowded lobbies at field offices, and being turned away from scheduled appointments because the agency simply does not have the employees to perform its mission.  Poor customer service is not efficiency; it is failing to uphold the government’s responsibility to our constituents.

    Now, the Social Security Administration wants to cut an additional seven thousand employees and somehow use AI to handle calls from seniors.  That does not work, because I know that when my constituents have a problem with their Social Security, they would rather talk to a person than a computer program. The Department of Government Efficiency cuts are wreaking havoc in our communities, and it will take years to clean up the mess Elon Musk left behind.

    Thank you.

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  • MIL-OSI China: Foreign Minister Lin hosts welcome luncheon for delegation led by Chair Battistel of French National Assembly’s Taiwan Friendship Group

    Source: Republic of Taiwan – Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Foreign Minister Lin hosts welcome luncheon for delegation led by Chair Battistel of French National Assembly’s Taiwan Friendship Group

    • Date：2025-06-09
    • Data Source：Department of European Affairs

    June 9, 2025  

    No. 204  

    Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung hosted a luncheon on June 9 to welcome a delegation led by Marie-Noëlle Battistel, Chair of the French National Assembly’s Taiwan Friendship Group. He extended appreciation to the French Parliament for its staunch support and close friendship with Taiwan.

     

    In his speech, Minister Lin congratulated Ms. Battistel on her election as chair of the Taiwan Friendship Group earlier this year and thanked the French Parliament for its long-standing and cross-party support of Taiwan, including the overwhelming endorsement in a resolution in 2021 supporting Taiwan’s international participation, the passage of the seven-year Military Programming Law in 2023 supporting freedom of navigation in the Taiwan Strait, and its enthusiastic response to sending a joint letter to the director-general of the World Health Organization in May backing Taiwan’s bid. Minister Lin noted that Europe’s support for Taiwan was crucial, that Taiwan-France relations continued to grow and thrive, and that there was great potential to deepen collaboration between Taiwan and France in key technological domains and innovative industries. He expressed hope that the two sides would further contribute to global prosperity and development through closer exchanges and cooperation in the future.

     

    In her speech, Chair Battistel said that she was honored to serve as chair of the French National Assembly’s Taiwan Friendship Group and emphasized that she would continue to lead the group in its steadfast support of Taiwan, in line with French values and global common interests. She indicated that China’s threats and attempts to suppress Taiwan had had wide-ranging impacts on the world and urged democratic countries to jointly support Taiwan. She added that she believed Taiwan’s participation in international organizations was pivotal and that the entire international community stood to benefit from Taiwan’s knowledge and experience.

     

    This is the second delegation from the French National Assembly to visit Taiwan this year, following a visit in May by Guillaume Kasbarian, former French Minister of Civil Service and member of the National Assembly’s Taiwan Friendship Group. 

     

    At the invitation of Minister Lin, Professor Lee Hahn-ming of the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, along with Wu Min-hsuan, CEO of Doublethink Lab, attended the luncheon and exchanged views with the delegation on such issues as how Taiwan and France could jointly cope with the use of artificial intelligence by foreign forces to manipulate information. (E)

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  • MIL-OSI: CIC – Notice of Early Redemption (ISIN code: FR0000584377)

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO OR TO ANY JURISDICTION WHERE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO RELEASE, PUBLISH OR DISTRIBUTE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT (SEE “DISCLAIMER” BELOW).

    Paris, June 11th 2025

    Notice of Early Redemption

    To : (i)      The Noteholders of the below mentioned Notes;
    (ii)      Euronext Paris
    (iii)      Fiscal Agent.

    Dear Sirs,

    Crédit Industriel et Commecial S.A.,
    Issuance of F 500 000 000 (€76 224 508),
    Undated Subordinatede Notes
    With the Isin code: FR0000584377 (the ‘’Notes’’);

    Crédit Industriel et Commercial S.A., (formerly “Compagnie Financière de Crédit Industriel et Commercial’’) is the issuer (the “Issuer’’) of the Notes.

    In accordance with the terms and conditions of the Notes (the ‘’Conditions’’), the Issuer hereby gives notice that it is exercising in whole its right to redeem the Notes pursuant to the provision Redemption (‘’Remboursement’’) of the Listing Particulars (“Issuer Call Option”) of the Notes.

    We, the Issuer, instruct you as Fiscal Agent, to authorise the French Central Securities Depository to cancel the Notes redeemed on 21 July, 2025 (“Early Redemption Date”).

    For the purposes of the Issuer Call:

    (i) the Issuer Call Date will be 21 July, 2025; and
    (ii) the Optional Redemption Amount(s) or Early Redemption Amount excluding accrued interest is: 769.87 euros per Denomination.

    Unless otherwise defined in this notice, capitalised terms used in this notice shall have the meaning given to them in the Listing Particulars (‘’Note d’Information’’) dated June, 1987, as applicable, relating to the Notes.

    Yours faithfully,

    For and on behalf of

    Crédit Industriel et Commercial S.A.,

    By Eric CUZZUCOLI

    Duly authorized

    DISCLAIMER
    This press release does not constitute an offer to purchase, or the solicitation of an offer to sell, the Instruments in the United States, Canada, Australia, or Japan or in any other jurisdiction, including France. The distribution of this press release in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this press release comes are required to inform themselves and observe any such restrictions. No communication may be distributed to the public in any jurisdiction in which registration or approval is required. No action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction where such action would be required; CIC disclaims any liability for any violation by any person of such restrictions.

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  • MIL-OSI Economics: CNB issues its first-ever coin with an optical see-through element

    Source: Czech National Bank

    The Czech National Bank (CNB) is issuing a CZK 500 commemorative silver coin featuring the legendary Czech jet trainer, the Aero L‑39. The coin features a unique optical see-through element, which allows the aircraft’s silhouette to be seen in three-dimensional space. The coin is available for purchase from 11 June 2025.

    This latest silver coin is the fifth and final in the thematic series Famous Means of Transport in this issuance period. “The Aero L‑39 symbolises top-tier Czechoslovak aerospace engineering. This legendary aircraft has become both a technical and export icon and marks a significant milestone in Czech industrial history. It has rightly earned its place among the five coins for which we at the CNB chose exceptional technical processing,” said CNB Bank Board member Karina Kubelková.

    This is the first coin in the history of the CNB’s numismatic issues to feature an optical see-through element. “If you shine a laser through the coin’s see-through section, you will see the silhouette of two aircraft,” Karina Kubelková highlighted the creative element. She added that the silhouette can also be viewed without a laser by looking through the coin towards a point light source, such as a phone flashlight or pocket torch.

    The CNB is issuing a total of 30,000 coins: 10,760 in normal quality and 19,240 in proof quality. The coin is minted from an alloy containing 925 parts silver and 75 parts copper. It weighs 25 grams and has a diameter of 40 mm. It is issued in two versions, normal quality and proof quality. Proof-quality coins have a polished field and a matt relief.

    The design of the coin was chosen in an art competition. At the recommendation of an expert committee, the CNB Bank Board selected the design submitted by Zbyněk Fojtů. On the obverse side of the CZK 500 coin, he depicted the front view of the Aero L‑39 jet with part of the instrument panel below it, containing three flight instruments. The central flight instrument with an artificial horizon is depicted as an optical see-through element. The reverse side of the coin features two jets in flight and a mirror-reversed depiction of the flight instrument with an artificial horizon.

    The coin’s denomination of CZK 500 does not equal the sale price, which is higher and reflects, among other things, the current price of silver, production costs and VAT. The coins were minted by Česká mincovna, a. s., in Jablonec nad Nisou and are available for purchase from selected contractual partners (in Czech only). The CNB does not sell numismatic material directly to the public.

    The Aero L‑39 silver coin is the fifth in the Famous Means of Transport series. Previous coins in the series feature the Škoda 498 Albatros steam locomotive, the Jawa 250 motorcycle, the Tatra 603 car and the ČKD Tatra T3 tram. More commemorative coins will be issued in the Famous Means of Transport II series from 2026 to 2030. The whole schedule of issuance of coins and banknotes is available on the CNB website.

    Aero L-39 jet

    The Czechoslovak company Aero Vodochody began developing the new L‑39 Albatros jet trainer in the 1960s, building on experience with the L‑29 Delfín. The project was led by Jan Vlček in cooperation with the Soviet Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute. The aircraft was powered by the Ivchenko AI‑25 turbofan engine, which was produced under license as the AI‑25W at the Motorlet plant in Prague. The first flight took place in 1968 and serial production began in 1971. The Aero L‑39 received many accolades, was showcased at the Paris Air Show in 1977 and was successfully exported to many countries. By 1993, nearly 2,800 jets had been produced. The aircraft’s development continued with modernised versions, including the L‑159 and the latest L‑39NG.

    Jaroslav Krejčí
    CNB Spokesperson

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Scalise Introduces Bill to Codify Trump’s Rescissions

    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Steve Scalise (1st District of Louisiana)

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement after introducing H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025, to codify the Trump Administration’s rescissions request:“As last month’s credit rating downgrade by Moody’s reaffirmed, we need to drastically reduce deficit spending in Washington and get back to focusing on the top priorities of the American taxpayer. The rescissions request sent to Congress by the Trump Administration takes the federal government in a new direction where we actually cut waste, fraud, and abuse and hold agencies accountable to the American people.  “I’m excited to introduce H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025, which codifies President Trump’s cuts to wasteful foreign aid initiatives within the State Department and USAID, as well as woke public broadcasting, including NPR and PBS, at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which is a business the federal government shouldn’t even be in.  “This legislation cuts $9.4 BILLION in waste, delivering on the mandate given to President Trump and Republicans in November and fulfilling the promises we made to the American people to restore fiscal responsibility – and it’s only the beginning.  “Along with the One Big Beautiful Bill that will achieve savings of more than $1.6 trillion, these cuts will help put us on a path to fiscal sanity and undo years of reckless spending that drives inflation. I look forward to seeing this legislation come to the floor next week as House Republicans fight to change the trajectory of Washington spending and restore commonsense to the federal government.” To view the bill, click here.

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