LIMERICK, Pa., March 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Victory Bank, renowned for its customer-first approach, is thrilled to announce the grand opening of its second retail branch in Horsham, Pennsylvania, slated for April 1, 2025. Known for its unique commitment to personalized service, The Victory Bank stands apart by offering direct, live interactions with its team—no automated phone systems, no voice mails, just real people ready to assist. In an era where many businesses are shifting towards self-service models, The Victory Bank remains steadfast in its belief that banking should be human and personal.
This new branch will uphold the Bank’s promise of exceptional, one-on-one service, providing customers with the same level of care and attention that has earned The Victory Bank its stellar reputation. Whether you’re calling for assistance or stepping into the branch, the focus will always be on you—the customer. The Victory Bank is dedicated to ensuring that, no matter how technology evolves, your experience remains connected, direct, and tailored to your needs.
Located at 100 Gibraltar Road, Horsham, PA 19044, this new branch will bring The Victory Bank’s signature banking experience closer to even more members of the community. The Bank’s focus on delivering a hassle-free, customer-first experience has earned it a loyal following, and this expansion marks an exciting step toward serving more people in the area.
Joseph Major, CEO and Bank Leader, stated, “At The Victory Bank, we do things differently. When you call, you’ll connect directly with a friendly, knowledgeable representative—no voicemail or wait times. We’re excited to bring our customer-focused, personalized service to the Horsham area and offer real solutions at our new branch. Our business loans are ‘custom-underwritten,’ allowing us to gain a deep, personal understanding of each client, their unique preferences, and needs, ensuring we offer the best possible solutions tailored just for them. In addition to traditional services like checking and savings accounts, home equity loans, and personal loans, the new branch will continue offering customized financial guidance that has made the Bank a local favorite, whether you’re opening your first account, exploring loan options, or growing your business.”
Stay tuned for details about The Victory Bank’s Grand Opening Celebration, taking place June 2–6, 2025. The week-long event will feature exciting promotions, giveaways, and opportunities to meet the team dedicated to serving the community’s financial needs. For more information about The Victory Bank and its new branch, visit VictoryBank.com or call 610-948-9000.
“We’re not just opening another branch; we’re opening a new chapter in our community,” said Elizabeth Knott, Branch Manager. “We look forward to welcoming both new and longtime customers to our second location and continuing our commitment to always being there for you.”
With the new location opening soon, the Bank is expanding its team. Interested candidates can explore current job openings and apply— click here for more details.
About The Victory Bank
Founded in 2008, The Victory Bank is a Pennsylvania state-chartered commercial bank headquartered in Limerick Township, Montgomery County. It offers a full range of banking services, including checking and savings accounts, home equity lines of credit, and personal loans. In addition to traditional banking, the Bank specializes in high-quality business lending, serving small and mid-sized businesses and professionals. With three offices across Montgomery and Berks Counties, it is dedicated to meeting the financial needs of the local community. For more information, visit its website at VictoryBank.com. FDIC-Insured.
Joseph W. Major, Bank Leader and Chief Executive Officer
610-948-9000
The Victory Bank. 548 N. Lewis Rd. Limerick, PA 19468
SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — XBP Europe Holdings, Inc. (“XBP Europe”) (Nasdaq: XBP), a pan-European integrator of bills, payments, and related solutions and services, today announced that it has entered into an exclusive, non-binding letter of intent with Exela Technologies, Inc. to acquire Exela Technologies BPA, LLC (“BPA”), a leading provider of business process automation solutions. The closing of the acquisition will be subject to BPA completing a corporate reorganization which is expected to create a sustainable capital structure with a substantially deleveraged balance sheet. If completed, the acquisition will expand XBP Europe’s revenue to more than $1 billion from $145 million on a pro forma basis for the twelve months ending September 30, 2024.
“We are excited to announce this possible transaction, which will combine the forces of XBP Europe and BPA in a new way and allow us to pursue opportunities deploying the latest AI-enabled technologies and with a very robust balance sheet,” said Andrej Jonovic, Chief Executive Officer of XBP. “BPA has a longstanding blue chip client base in the Americas and a growing business in APAC, and with a reconstituted global platform, we look forward to competing with the top global business process automation players.”
The parties have agreed to act in good faith to negotiate definitive agreements, complete due diligence, undertake necessary regulatory approvals, and seek any necessary approvals, including from XBP Europe’s shareholders. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that a definitive agreement will be entered into or that the proposed transaction will be consummated. Readers are cautioned that those portions of the LOI that describe the proposed transaction are non-binding. XBP Europe only intends to announce additional details regarding the proposed transaction if and when a definitive agreement is executed.
About XBP Europe Holdings, Inc.
XBP Europe is a pan-European integrator of bills, payments and related solutions and services seeking to enable digital transformation of its more than 2,000 clients. The Company’s name – ‘XBP’ stands for ‘exchange for bills and payments’ and reflects the Company’s strategy to connect buyers and suppliers, across industries, including banking, healthcare, insurance, utilities and the public sector, to optimize clients’ bills and payments and related digitization processes. The Company provides business process management solutions with proprietary software suites and deep domain expertise, serving as a technology and services partner for its clients. Its cloud-based structure enables it to deploy its solutions across the European market, along with the Middle East and Africa. The physical footprint of XBP Europe spans 15 countries and 32 locations and a team of approximately 1,500 individuals. XBP Europe believes its business ultimately advances digital transformation, improves market wide liquidity by expediting payments, and encourages sustainable business practices. For more information, please visit: www.xbpeurope.com.
About Exela Technologies BPA, LLC
BPA is a leading provider of business process automation solutions, leveraging a global footprint and proprietary technology to provide digital transformation solutions enhancing quality, productivity, and end-user experience. With decades of experience operating mission-critical processes, BPA serves a growing roster of more than 1,550 customers worldwide. Utilizing foundational technologies spanning information management, workflow automation, and integrated communications, BPA’s software and services include multi-industry, departmental solution suites addressing finance and accounting, human capital management, and legal management, as well as industry-specific solutions for banking, healthcare, insurance, and the public sector. Through cloud-enabled platforms, built on a configurable stack of automation modules, and approximately 11,000 employees operating in 5 countries, BPA rapidly deploys integrated technology and operations as an end-to-end digital journey partner.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements include, without limitation, predictions regarding the possible transaction, and relate to future events or our future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions. Actual events or results may differ materially from those stated or implied by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including without limitation those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in XBP Europe’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and other securities filings. XBP Europe assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made.
DENVER, March 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Poppulo, a global leader in digital signage and omnichannel employee communications software, today announced its acquisition of REACH Media Network (REACH), a prominent provider of reliable, user-friendly digital signage solutions to mid-market customers. With a combined reach of more than 10,000 digital signage customers worldwide, this strategic acquisition underscores Poppulo’s dedication to delivering high impact digital signage solutions for a broader range of customers and use cases.
With more than 45 years combined experience in the digital signage industry, Poppulo and REACH will drive innovation that helps organizations more effectively use digital signage to improve customer experience, increase revenue, drive brand awareness, improve performance and enhance their workplaces. Poppulo plans to retain both platforms to serve the needs of its diverse customer base, ensuring continuity for existing customers of both companies.
Key Benefits of the Acquisition:
Expanded Market Coverage: The acquisition allows Poppulo to bring the benefits of digital signage to a wider spectrum of businesses and use cases, from large enterprises to mid-market organizations.
Innovation at Scale: A broader portfolio of solutions, diverse expertise, and additional scale will drive product innovation for customers.
Increased Resources and Expertise: Customers will benefit from a scaled global provider with increased resources and advanced support options, while continuing to enjoy the dedicated support they trust.
Ruth Fornell, CEO of Poppulo, said: “We are thrilled to welcome REACH to the Poppulo family. This acquisition aligns perfectly with our vision to lead the market with best-in-class digital signage solutions that drive engagement, enhance productivity, and create meaningful connections. By joining forces, we are not only enhancing our offerings but also expanding our ability to support businesses of all sizes in creating exceptional communication experiences. This acquisition is a key milestone in our growth strategy.”
Darren Wercinski, CEO of REACH, added: “Joining forces with Poppulo marks an exciting new chapter for REACH. Together, we’ll deliver cutting-edge digital signage solutions on a global scale, empowering businesses to transform their communication strategies. We’re proud to bring our expertise to Poppulo and look forward to the opportunities this partnership will create for our customers.”
This acquisition represents Poppulo’s commitment to growing its leadership position in the digital signage industry and its dedication to meeting the evolving communications needs of organizations worldwide.
District Capital Partners (“DCP”) served as exclusive financial advisors to Poppulo in connection with the transaction.
For more information about the acquisition and what it means for Poppulo and REACH customers, contact info@poppulo.com.
About Poppulo
Poppulo helps enterprise companies achieve more by connecting and communicating with employees and customers at scale through leading, AI-powered digital signage, employee communications, and workplace management solutions. Poppulo’s 4,500+ customer base is representative of the world’s most successful companies, including more than 40 of the Fortune 100. Poppulo Digital Signage solutions are deployed across 500,000+ screens in 80 countries. For more information, visit https://www.poppulo.com/products/digital-signage. Follow Poppulo on LinkedIn and on Twitter.
About REACH Media Network
REACH Media Network is a leading provider of innovative digital signage solutions designed to connect people, enhance engagement, and simplify information sharing. Serving businesses, educational institutions, healthcare facilities, and more, REACH empowers organizations to effectively communicate with their audiences through dynamic, cloud-based signage solutions. Established in 2005, REACH serves over 9,000 customers and manages over 25,000 screens globally. For more information, visit www.reachmedianetwork.com. Follow REACH Media Network on LinkedIn.
PALO ALTO, Calif., March 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Anjuna, a leader in Universal Confidential Computing and AI Data Fusion Clean Rooms, today announced significant momentum in the digital payments industry. This announcement comes off the heels of Anjuna being selected by Gartner as a Tech Innovator in the Preemptive Cybersecurity category.
Several market-leading financial services and fintech companies have selected Anjuna’s platform to ensure secure data collaboration, privacy, and compliance while leveraging AI to drive innovation:
Global Leader in Financial Services – A Fortune 500 financial institution providing trusted payment, network, and digital banking solutions. Anjuna helped the institution secure its essential cryptographic services layers for public cloud acceleration.
Narval – A crypto institutional connectivity layer that enables secure connection & integration between custodians and crypto protocols/applications. Narval’s stack leverages Anjuna’s Confidential Pods to ensure credentials live and operations occur within a verifiable trusted execution environment.
Payfinia – an independent payments company, providing community financial institutions (CFIs) access to and ownership of their instant payments services. Anjuna enables Payfinia to ensure both speed and security for its users.
Portal – A borderless finance infrastructure provider, enabling companies to move money anywhere in the world fast and cheaply by leveraging blockchains and stablecoins. Anjuna enables Portal to speed up the wallet creation and account setup, open up the solution to more customers, and improve the user experience for wallet recovery.
rootVX – A unified infrastructure for value storage and interchange based on the three pillars of tokenization, programmability and proving systems. rootVX uses Anjuna’s advanced TEE mechanism to protect its platform services that handle sensitive user data and financial transactions.
Executives from Anjuna’s new customers emphasized the importance of implementing secure AI-driven collaboration for their operations:
“Security and trust are foundational for institutional crypto adoption. Anjuna’s Confidential Pods enable us to provide institutions with a secure connectivity layer that protects sensitive operations and credentials while enabling safe access to vetted protocols and applications.” — Greg Jessner, Co-Founder & CEO, Narval
“Anjuna enables us to process and analyze financial data in a confidential environment, ensuring both speed and security for our users.” — Nizar Jamal, Chief Technology Officer, Payfinia
“By leveraging Anjuna to deploy secure enclaves, we have strengthened our ability to serve enterprise customers with robust treasury management and seamless stablecoin orchestration—all while adhering to the highest security standards. Secure enclaves not only enable us to meet stringent compliance requirements but also unlock new opportunities to optimize our infrastructure, enhancing both security and operational efficiency without compromising trust.” — Parsa Attari, Co-Founder & Head of Product, Portal
Anjuna’s AI Data Fusion Clean Room, Anjuna Northstar, and its Universal Confidential Computing Platform, Anjuna Seaglass, allow digital payment providers to:
Enable secure AI-driven innovation – Unlock new business opportunities by sharing insights while keeping the raw sensitive data private.
Ensure regulatory compliance – Maintain adherence to financial and data privacy regulations, including GDPR and PCI DSS.
Faster, more granular fraud detection – Protect sensitive financial data with zero-trust security.
For more information on how Anjuna is transforming AI-driven financial collaboration, visit www.anjuna.io.
About Anjuna Anjuna unlocks secure, AI-driven innovation with two groundbreaking solutions. Anjuna Seaglass, the Universal Confidential Computing Platform, delivers ubiquitous data privacy and intrinsic cloud security. Anjuna Northstar, the AI Data Fusion Clean Room, builds on Seaglass to provide an out-of-the-box, private environment for limitless AI-driven data collaboration and value discovery. Anjuna works with enterprises around the globe, including financial services, government, healthcare and SaaS. Anjuna is backed by prominent investors, including Playground Global, Insight Partners, M Ventures, and SineWave Ventures.
Neurodiverse individuals are emerging as powerful, unconventional leaders.
How are different cognitive styles reshaping our understanding of effective leadership and how can leadership evolve to embrace these perspectives?
Speakers: Natalie Montecino, Shanti Raghavan, Katy Talikowska, Stanley M. Bergman, Iain Drennan
The 55th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum will provide a crucial space to focus on the fundamental principles driving trust, including transparency, consistency and accountability.
This Annual Meeting will welcome over 100 governments, all major international organizations, 1000 Forum’s Partners, as well as civil society leaders, experts, youth representatives, social entrepreneurs, and news outlets.
The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. We believe that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to make positive change.
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NEW YORK, March 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SeenThis today announced a partnership with Exverus to power their Social Reach product with its streaming vertical video technology. Premier Protein is the first client to run this new product. SeenThis’ new ad format brings the engagement of social ads to the open web, delivering with lightning fast speed using adaptive streaming technology. With SeenThis, Exverus combines the creativity and mobile-first design of social media ad formats with the power of targeted advertising at scale on premium content environments for their clients. SeenThis and Exverus are partnered with PubMatic to deliver Social Reach across their premium supply.
“This year, we’re doubling down on sweetening the journey. New flavors, new products and new creative, all speaking to our strategic positioning,” said Kristin Rasmussen, Associate Director, Integrated Marketing, Premier Protein. “With the help of SeenThis and PubMatic, we’re able to spread the joy and encourage even more protein-users to join the party with amplified distribution of social content via high-performing video experiences.”
“Social Reach powered by SeenThis streaming vertical video gives us access to new environments to deliver social creative to audiences beyond the social walled-gardens. This represents the next generation of much needed social extension. SeenThis’ adaptive streaming technology takes existing social assets and delivers them more efficiently than standard social formats via targeted inventory from PubMatic across the open web,” said Hillary Kupferberg, VP Performance Marketing at Exverus.
The groundbreaking campaign brings the first to market vertical video ad format to the open web and improves upon it with high-quality streaming delivery and premium placements in brand-safe environments. Social Reach powered by SeenThis vertical video ads can deliver in standard display ad slots, giving brands the ability to scale their campaigns across more of the open web and reach their audiences in new ways.
“SeenThis gives advertisers the opportunity to reinvent their approach to display advertising, delivering high quality vertical social video in standard IAB ad slots. With lightning-fast load times and creative formats that fit the vertical experience of a smartphone, we are unlocking new levels of performance for advertisers,” said Susan Kravitz, Head of Commercial Partnerships at SeenThis.
About SeenThis Since 2017, SeenThis has been evolving screen experiences for everyone, everywhere. With its groundbreaking adaptive streaming technology, SeenThis is transforming the distribution and climate impact of digital content compared to traditional technology. With billions of streams served for 5000+ brands in 50+ countries, the company is on a journey to reshape the internet – for good. Working across seven offices globally, SeenThis employees are obsessed with creating a truly high-speed and energy-efficient Internet. For more information, visit seenthis.co.
About Exverus Media Founded in 2014, Exverus is a Los Angeles-headquartered media agency elevating growth-stage brands through full-funnel media planning, traditional and programmatic advertising, retail media & e-commerce, paid search, paid social, and analytics. Our data-driven media plans combine precise market research with creative ideas to confidently allocate every ad dollar for the maximum return. Named for the Latin phrase “from the truth”, Exverus is dedicated to transparency and long-term client trust. Learn more at exverus.com.
Saudi Arabia’s non-oil activities reached 50% of its GDP in 2023, a first for the kingdom as it expands its investment to diversify its economy through emerging industries and technologies, infrastructure development and workforce adaptation.
What are the country’s plans to safeguard stability and drive robust growth in the Intelligent Age?
Speakers: Francine Lacqua, Faisal Alibrahim, Mohammed Aljadaan, Laurence D. Fink, Abdullah AlSwaha, Kristalina Georgieva
The 55th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum will provide a crucial space to focus on the fundamental principles driving trust, including transparency, consistency and accountability.
This Annual Meeting will welcome over 100 governments, all major international organizations, 1000 Forum’s Partners, as well as civil society leaders, experts, youth representatives, social entrepreneurs, and news outlets.
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An event highlighting the vast network of organisations who are dedicated to the needs of the most vulnerable residents in the borough of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, was held recently at Lough Neagh Discovery Centre.
Over one hundred people from schools, businesses and organisations attended the ‘Beyond Crisis’ community support networking event, to share good practice across a wide range of services and show the excellent support that is available to those who need it most.
The event – themed ‘food and beyond’ – saw information presented on food insecurity, social supermarkets, suicide prevention, schools’ pastoral work, advice, debt management, social housing and more.It was a fantastic opportunity to show the extensive support that is in place to help those residents who find themselves in a difficult position – and that organisations working together is the way forward to achieve positive outcomes and solutions.
“We are committed to supporting and developing the ‘food and beyond’ support structure and establishing and delivering a range of initiatives aimed at helping those residents who are most in need,” commented the Lord Mayor of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Councillor Sarah Duffy.
“Life can be challenging, especially with the ongoing cost of living crisis, so it is important that our residents know that help is available and where they can find it. We are so fortunate in our borough to have dedicated and skilled people who have formed a support network meaning we can confidently keep moving forward and beyond each crisis.”
The organisations taking part thoroughly enjoyed the day and new connections were made, ensuring that support continues to build and be available for those who need it.
Lord Mayor, Councillor Sarah Duffy at the PCSP stand with Annette Blaney
Lord Mayor, Councillor Sarah Duffy at the CYPSP stand with CYPSP Valerie Maxwell, Southern Health Trust Jessica Wiley, CYPSP Darren Curtis, Southern Health Trust Yvonne Neill and Southern Health Trust Bronwyn Campbell
Lord Mayor, Councillor Sarah Duffy pictured with Mark Ingham (NIHE)
Lord Mayor, Councillor Sarah Duffy at the PIPS stand with Lisa Daly and Siobhán Brennan
Lord Mayor, Cllr Sarah Duffy at the ABC Environmental Services with Dominic Marsden
Lord Mayor, Cllr Sarah Duffy at the SHSCT stand with Noel Harte and Agnieszka Judkiewicz-Kozak
Lord Mayor, Cllr Sarah Duffy with Samantha McCartney and Jordan Wilson from Café IncreABLE
Lord Mayor, Cllr Sarah Duffy with Via Wings Gail Redmond BEM and Marieanne Verhoeven – Taylor
Lord Mayor, Cllr Sarah Duffy, Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr Kyle Savage and CD Team members Ruth Allen, Allison Reilly, Boyd McClurg, Catherine Harris, Kelly Mallon, Nicola Mahood, and Department for Communities James Elliott.
Deputy Lord Mayor, Cllr Kyle Savage, Boyd McClurg, Nikki Cinnamond and Jennifer Fearon (Community Advice), Martin Stevenson (The Salvation Army) and Bernadette McNeice (St Vincent de Paul)
Deputy Lord Mayor, Cllr Kyle Savage with CD Team members Boyd McClurg, Kelly Mallon, Allison Reilly and Catherine Harris
Deputy Lord Mayor, Cllr Kyle Savage with Noella Murray and Susan Murphy from St John the Baptist College
NINR- Catherine Taylor, George Gillespie, Helen Tomb
Craigavon Area Food Bank Emma Beggs and Andrew Maguire, and Trusell – Denise Callaghan
Staff from Lurgan Junior High School, Cloughan Junior High School and Lurgan College
Community Advice ABC , Nikki Cinnamond (Chair of the Board), Lenard Breen, Jennifer Fearon, Donna Morris and Caroline Caesar.
EASTON, Md., March 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TeraWulf Inc. (Nasdaq: WULF) (“TeraWulf” or the “Company”), which owns and operates vertically integrated, next-generation digital infrastructure primarily powered by zero-carbon energy, today announced that various members of senior management will be participating in the following upcoming conferences and events:
March 5-7, 2025: Bitcoin Ski Summit, Jackson Hole, WY
March 11-12, 2025: Cantor Global Technology Conference, New York, NY
March 16-18, 2025: 37th Annual Roth Conference, Dana Point, CA
March 24-25, 2025: DCD>Connect, New York, NY
March 17-20, 2025: NVIDIA GTC 2025, San Jose, CA
March 26, 2025: DC Blockchain Summit 2025, Washington, DC
April 8-9, 2025: Jones Healthcare and Technology Innovation Conference, Las Vegas, NV
April 14-17, 2025: Data Center World, Washington, DC
April 16, 2025: Jefferies Power x Coin Conference, Virtual
About TeraWulf
TeraWulf develops, owns, and operates environmentally sustainable, next-generation data center infrastructure in the United States, specifically designed for bitcoin mining and hosting HPC workloads. Led by a team of seasoned energy entrepreneurs, the Company owns and operates the Lake Mariner facility situated on the expansive site of a now retired coal plant in Western New York. Currently, TeraWulf generates revenue primarily through bitcoin mining, leveraging predominantly zero-carbon energy sources, including hydroelectric and nuclear power. Committed to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles that align with its business objectives, TeraWulf aims to deliver industry-leading economics in mining and data center operations at an industrial scale.
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., March 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Data443 Risk Mitigation, Inc. (OTCPK: ATDS) (“Data443” or the “Company”), an AI data security and privacy software company for “All Things Data Security,” today announced the completion of major operational expense rationalizations yielding immediate and long-term financial benefits.
$3.1 Million in Annual Cost Savings Achieved
“As part of our march toward profitability and operational efficiencies across all acquisitions, we have successfully eliminated over $3.1 million in annualized operational expenses from our current operations,” stated Jason Remillard, CEO of Data443.
This cost optimization initiative follows the Company’s recent expansion in the AI sector, including an acquisition focused on email categorization and classification technologies and the launch of its innovative CAFAI™ training solution for AI large language models. Additionally, the newly established relationship with leading data center provider TierPoint, announced last week, has contributed significantly to these operational expense reductions.
Renewed Focus on Efficiency and Growth
“As the broader market recovers globally, we continue to identify new opportunities for a disciplined, optimization-focused approach in our operating reviews and deal structures, enabling us to deliver more unique, forward-leaning data security solutions for our customers,” Remillard continued. “These efficiencies drive higher quality and more focused product capabilities for customers while enabling greater investments in the business. Furthermore, as our recurring revenue continues to compound, the Company will realize additional cost savings around interest expense, which has historically been a significant financial burden.”
The Company expects to maintain these efficiencies consistently for current business operations without incurring any one-time charges.
These operational improvements coincide with significant market validation of AI-powered email security solutions, evidenced by Abnormal Security’s anticipated IPO and growing enterprise demand for intelligent security platforms such as Sailpoint.
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“DATA443” is a registered trademark of Data443 Risk Mitigation, Inc.
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New users who download and install the Changelly mobile app between March 4 and March 31, 2025, will automatically receive a US$50 welcome bonus. They can apply this credit toward service fees across crypto-to-crypto swaps for 30 days after downloading the app. This allows users to take advantage of Changelly’s comprehensive cryptocurrency exchange features with a significantly reduced barrier to entry.
The initiative comes at a time of increasing global adoption and follows Changelly’s recent enhancements designed to improve user experience and security. The instant cryptocurrency exchange platform recently redesigned its app and website to offer a more comprehensive interface, simplified the user experience while creating transactions, and improved navigation across over 1,000 coins available for swaps across 185 blockchain networks.
How to Claim a $50 Welcome Bonus for Service Fees To get started swapping crypto with a US$50 welcome bonus, new users need to:
Download the Changelly app via this link throughout March 2025
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Headline: Apple introduces iPad Air with powerful M3 chip and new Magic Keyboard
March 4, 2025
PRESS RELEASE
Apple introduces iPad Air with powerful M3 chip and new Magic Keyboard
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today introduced the faster, more powerful iPad Air with the M3 chip and built for Apple Intelligence. iPad Air with M3 brings Apple’s advanced graphics architecture to iPad Air for the first time — taking its incredible combination of power-efficient performance and portability to a new level. iPad Air with M3 is nearly 2x faster compared to iPad Air with M1,1 and up to 3.5x faster than iPad Air with A14 Bionic.2 Users will feel the speed of M3 in everything they do, from creating engaging content faster than ever to playing demanding, graphics-intensive games. Available in two sizes and four gorgeous finishes that users love, the 11-inch iPad Air is super portable while on the go, and the 13-inch model provides an even larger display for more room to be creative and productive. Designed for iPad Air, the new Magic Keyboard enhances its versatility and delivers more capabilities at a lower price. With iPadOS 18, support for Apple Intelligence, advanced cameras, fast wireless 5G connectivity, and compatibility with Apple Pencil Pro and Apple Pencil (USB-C), the new iPad Air offers an unrivaled experience.
With the same starting price of just $599 for the 11-inch model and $799 for the 13-inch model, the new iPad Air is a fantastic value. And for education, the 11-inch iPad Air starts at just $549, and the 13-inch model starts at just $749. Customers can pre-order the new iPad Air with M3 and Magic Keyboard for iPad Air starting today, with availability beginning Wednesday, March 12.
“iPad Air is so popular because of its unmatched combination of powerful performance, portability, and support for advanced accessories, all at an affordable price,” said Bob Borchers, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “For everyone from college students taking notes with Apple Pencil Pro, to travelers and content creators who need powerful productivity on the go, iPad Air with M3, Apple Intelligence, and the new Magic Keyboard take versatility and value to the next level.”
Supercharged Performance with M3
iPad Air with M3 empowers users to be productive and creative wherever they are, from aspiring creatives using demanding apps and working with large files, to travelers editing content on the go. The powerful M3 chip offers a number of improvements over M1 and previous-generation models. Featuring a more powerful 8-core CPU, M3 is up to 35 percent faster for multithreaded CPU workflows than iPad Air with M1. M3 features a 9-core GPU with up to 40 percent faster graphics performance over M1. M3 also brings Apple’s advanced graphics architecture to iPad Air for the first time with support for dynamic caching, along with hardware-accelerated mesh shading and ray tracing. For graphics-intensive rendering workflows, iPad Air with M3 offers up to 4x faster performance than iPad Air with M1, enabling more accurate lighting, reflections, shadows, and extremely realistic gaming experiences.3
The faster Neural Engine in M3 means iPad Air users can enjoy even more AI capabilities in iPadOS. Compared to M1, the Neural Engine in M3 is up to 60 percent faster for AI-based workloads. Other improvements over iPad models with A-series chips include support for Apple Intelligence, the choice of 11- and 13-inch sizes, and support for advanced accessories, including the new Magic Keyboard and Apple Pencil Pro.
iPad Air: Built for Apple Intelligence
iPad Air is built for Apple Intelligence, the personal intelligence system that delivers helpful and relevant intelligence.4 In Photos, the Clean Up tool makes it easy to remove distracting elements in images, and natural language search allows users to search for just about any photo or video by simply describing what they are looking for. With Image Wand in the Notes app, users can make notes more visually engaging by turning rough sketches into delightful images, just by drawing a circle around the sketch with their Apple Pencil. Users can even circle empty space within a note, and Image Wand will gather context from the surrounding area to create a relevant image that complements the note and makes it more visual.
Apple Intelligence helps users explore creative new ways to express themselves visually with Image Playground, create the perfect emoji with Genmoji, and make their writing even more dynamic with Writing Tools. Users can now type to Siri, and Siri is more conversational with the ability to follow along if users stumble over their words. Siri can also maintain context from one request to the next, and with extensive product knowledge, Siri can answer thousands of questions about the features and settings of Apple products, so users can learn how to do things like take a screen recording.
With ChatGPT seamlessly integrated into Writing Tools and Siri, users can tap into ChatGPT’s expertise without jumping between applications, so they can get things done faster and easier than ever before. In addition, users can access ChatGPT for free without creating an account, and privacy protections are built in — their IP addresses are obscured and OpenAI won’t store requests. Users can choose whether to enable ChatGPT integration, and are in full control of when to use it and what information is shared with ChatGPT.
Designed to protect users’ privacy at every step, Apple Intelligence uses on-device processing, meaning that many of the models that power it run entirely on device. For requests that require access to larger models, Private Cloud Compute extends the privacy and security of iPad into the cloud to unlock even more intelligence. When using Private Cloud Compute, users’ data is never stored or shared with Apple; it is used only to fulfill their request.
All-New Magic Keyboard for iPad Air
The all-new Magic Keyboard for iPad Air expands what users can do at an even lower price. The larger built-in trackpad brings greater precision for detail-oriented tasks, and a new 14-key function row allows easy access to features like screen brightness and volume controls. The new Magic Keyboard attaches magnetically, and the Smart Connector immediately connects power and data without the need for Bluetooth; a machined aluminum hinge also includes a USB-C connector for charging. Now starting at just $269 for the 11-inch model and $319 for the 13-inch model, the new Magic Keyboard for iPad Air features the magical floating design customers love and comes in white.
iPad Updated with Double the Starting Storage and the A16 Chip
Apple today also updated iPad with double the starting storage and the A16 chip, bringing even more value to customers. The A16 chip provides a jump in performance for everyday tasks and experiences in iPadOS, while still providing all-day battery life. Compared to the previous generation, the updated iPad with A16 is nearly 30 percent faster.5 In fact, compared to iPad with A13 Bionic, users will see up to a 50 percent improvement in overall performance,5 and A16 makes the updated iPad up to 6x faster than the best-selling Android tablet.6
Powerful and Intelligent Features with iPadOS 18
iPadOS 18 offers powerful features that enhance the iPad experience, making it more versatile and intelligent than ever:7
Designed for the unique capabilities of iPad, Calculator delivers an entirely new way to use Apple Pencil to solve expressions. With Math Notes, users are now able to write out mathematical expressions or type to see them instantly solved in handwriting like their own. They can also create and use variables, and add an equation to insert a graph. Users can access their Math Notes in the Notes app and use all of the math functionality in any of their other notes.
In Notes, handwritten notes become more fluid and flexible. Smart Script unleashes powerful new capabilities for users editing handwritten text, allowing them to easily add space or even paste typed text in their own handwriting. And as users write with Apple Pencil, their handwriting will be automatically refined in real time to be smoother, straighter, and more legible.
With new Audio Recording and Transcription, iPad can capture a lecture or conversation, and transcripts are synced with the audio, so users can search for an exact moment in the recording.
Users now have even more options to express themselves through the Home Screen. App icons and widgets can take on a new look with a dark or tinted effect, and users can make them appear larger to create the experience that’s perfect for them. A redesigned Control Center provides easier access to many of the things users do every day, including the option to organize new controls from third-party apps.
Better for the Environment
The new iPad Air and updated iPad are designed with the environment in mind. As part of Apple 2030, the company’s ambitious goal to be carbon neutral across its entire carbon footprint by the end of this decade, Apple is transitioning to renewable electricity for manufacturing, and investing in wind and solar projects around the world to address the electricity used to charge all Apple products, including the new iPad Air and iPad. Today, all Apple facilities run on 100 percent renewable electricity — including the data centers that power Apple Intelligence.
To achieve Apple 2030, the company is designing products with more recycled and renewable materials, which further drives down the carbon footprint. The new iPad Air and iPad each feature at least 30 percent recycled content overall, including 100 percent recycled aluminum in the enclosure and 100 percent recycled rare earth elements in all magnets. The batteries contain 100 percent recycled cobalt and — in a first for iPad — over 95 percent recycled lithium. The new iPad Air and iPad meet Apple’s high standards for energy efficiency, and are free of mercury, brominated flame retardants, and PVC. The packaging is also entirely fiber-based, bringing Apple closer to its goal of removing plastic from its packaging by the end of this year.8
Pricing and Availability
Customers can pre-order the new iPad Air with M3 starting today, March 4, on apple.com/store, and in the Apple Store app in 29 countries and regions, including the U.S. It will begin arriving to customers, and will be in Apple Store locations and Apple Authorized Resellers, starting March 12.
The 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Air with M3 will be available in blue, purple, starlight, and space gray, with 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB configurations.
The 11-inch iPad Air starts at $599 (U.S.) for the Wi-Fi model, and $749 (U.S.) for the Wi-Fi + Cellular model. The 13-inch iPad Air starts at $799 (U.S.) for the Wi-Fi model, and $949 (U.S.) for the Wi-Fi + Cellular model.
For education, the new 11-inch iPad Air starts at $549 (U.S.), and the 13-inch model starts at $749 (U.S.). Education pricing is available to current and newly accepted college students and their parents, as well as faculty, staff, and home-school teachers of all grade levels. For more information, visit apple.com/us-hed/shop.
The new Magic Keyboard, available in white, is compatible with the 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Air. The 11-inch Magic Keyboard is available for $269 (U.S.), and the 13-inch Magic Keyboard is available for $319 (U.S.). For education, the 11-inch Magic Keyboard is available for $249 (U.S.), and the 13-inch Magic Keyboard is available for $299 (U.S.).
Customers can pre-order the new iPad with A16 starting today, March 4, on apple.com/store, and in the Apple Store app in 29 countries and regions, including the U.S. It will begin arriving to customers, and will be in Apple Store locations and Apple Authorized Resellers, starting March 12.
The new iPad starts with 128GB of storage, and is also available in 256GB and a new 512GB configuration. Available in blue, pink, yellow, and silver, Wi-Fi models of the new iPad are available with a starting price of $349 (U.S.), and Wi-Fi + Cellular models start at $499 (U.S.). For education, Wi-Fi models of the new iPad are available with a starting price of $329 (U.S.), and Wi-Fi + Cellular models start at $479 (U.S.).
Magic Keyboard Folio for iPad is available for $249 (U.S.) and comes in white. For education, the Magic Keyboard Folio is available for $229 (U.S.).
Apple Pencil Pro and Apple Pencil (USB-C) are compatible with the new iPad Air. Apple Pencil (USB-C) and Apple Pencil (1st generation) are compatible with the new iPad. Apple Pencil Pro is available for $129 (U.S.), and $119 (U.S.) for education. Apple Pencil (USB-C) is available for $79 (U.S.), and $69 (U.S.) for education.
Apple offers great ways to save on the latest iPad. Customers can trade in their current iPad and get credit toward a new one by visiting the Apple Store online, the Apple Store app, or an Apple Store location. To see what their device is worth and for terms and conditions, customers can visit apple.com/shop/trade-in.
Customers in the U.S. who shop at Apple using Apple Card can pay monthly at 0 percent APR when they choose to check out with Apple Card Monthly Installments, and they’ll get 3 percent Daily Cash back — all up front. More information — including details on eligibility, exclusions, and Apple Card terms — is available at apple.com/apple-card/monthly-installments.
About Apple Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro. Apple’s six software platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS, and tvOS — provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and empower people with breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay, iCloud, and Apple TV+. Apple’s more than 150,000 employees are dedicated to making the best products on earth and to leaving the world better than we found it.
Testing conducted by Apple in January and February 2025. See apple.com/ipad-air for more information.
Testing conducted by Apple in January and February 2025 using preproduction iPad Air 11-inch (M3) and iPad Air 13-inch (M3) units as well as production iPad Air (4th generation) units. Tested with Procreate Dreams v1.0.14 by exporting a 29-second project. Performance tests are conducted using specific iPad units and reflect the approximate performance of iPad Air.
Testing conducted by Apple in January and February 2025 using preproduction iPad Air 11-inch (M3) and iPad Air 13-inch (M3) units as well as production iPad Air (5th generation) units. Octane X 2024.1.01 for iPad tested using a scene with 770,000 meshes and 8 million unique primitives, utilizing hardware-accelerated ray tracing on M3-based systems and software-based ray tracing on all other units. Performance tests are conducted using specific iPad units and reflect the approximate performance of iPad Air.
Apple Intelligence is available on iPad mini (A17 Pro) and iPad models with M1 and later, in localized English for Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK, and the U.S. Additional languages — including French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (simplified), English (Singapore), and English (India) — will be available in April, with more languages coming over the course of the year, including Vietnamese. Some features, applications, and services may not be available in all regions or all languages.
Testing conducted by Apple in January and February 2025 using preproduction iPad (A16) units as well as production iPad (10th generation) units. Tested with a selection of tasks using Microsoft Excel for iPad v2.93. Performance tests are conducted using specific iPad units and reflect the approximate performance of iPad.
Testing conducted by Apple in January and February 2025 using preproduction iPad (A16) units with Apple A16, as well as production Qualcomm SM6375-based Android tablet units with the latest version of Android 14 available at the time of testing. Best-selling Android tablet based on publicly available sales data over the last 12 months. Tested with common tasks in commercial applications and select industry-standard benchmarks. Performance depends on device settings, usage, environment, and many other factors. Performance tests are conducted using specific systems and reflect the approximate performance of iPad.
Some features may not be available for all countries or all areas. For more information on iPadOS 18, visit apple.com/ipados/ipados-18.
Based on retail packaging as shipped by Apple. Breakdown of U.S. retail packaging by weight. Adhesives, inks, and coatings are excluded from calculations of plastic content and packaging weight.
This week, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in North Korea issued an appeal to the international community. She expressed concern about the future of civil society work on North Korean human rights.
The cause for alarm is a sudden freeze on the funds of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED)- a US nongovernmental organisation.
One major beneficiary of funds from the NED are groups documenting and helping to stop human rights abuses in North Korea.
The funding halt threatens to damage further the lives of people living under one of the world’s most egregious authoritarian regimes.
What is the NED?
The NED is a US institution with a long history in its foreign policy, described as a “bastion of Republican internationalism”. Established by an act of Congress, it was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan in 1983.
With bipartisan support, the NED is squarely based on core Republican values of spreading democracy through the world. It supports the work of nongovernmental organisations in more than 100 countries every year.
While it is unclear why Elon Musk, in his role in the Department of Government Efficiency, has suddenly taken aim at this institution, the consequences of cutting off funding overnight are easy to see.
One result is the likely end of decades-long work on North Korean human rights.
How this affects North Korea
One of the groups hit hard by this funding freeze is the Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights. The original single-issue North Korean human rights organisation, it’s now planning to shut its doors.
Without NED funding, it says it cannot cover its running costs, such as paying the rent or staff salaries.
It also can’t continue its important work investigating and documenting human rights abuses suffered by North Korean people.
The Citizens’ Alliance is just one of many groups, most of which are based in South Korea, that rely on the NED for their work.
The political environment in South Korea is uncertain and precarious for North Korean human rights activists. Despite efforts to diversify funding sources over many decades, there are few other options.
I have studied this question in-depth and over two decades. It’s a problem that cannot be overcome overnight, or even in the medium term, as it’s so deeply embedded, both politically and socially.
In the absence of funding opportunities in South Korea, Seoul-based groups must look abroad.
Yet many of the international support schemes available exist to fund in-country democratisation and human rights efforts.
The authoritarian regime in North Korea is so complete that no active, open civil society efforts can safely take place. The movement relies entirely on transnational activism and so doesn’t neatly fit into existing funding schemes.
On top of this, the funding freeze comes at a particularly bad time, with South Korea in a state of political turmoil. In the wake of the President Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment following his declaration of martial law, it is unclear what the future of the limited number of existing initiatives will be.
Putting North Korea in the spotlight
For a long time, the plight of those suffering human rights abuses inside the secretive country was not well known to the outside world.
For decades, civil society groups built coalitions, gathered information, wrote reports, compiled databases, held public awareness-raising events, and lobbied politicians at all different levels. They then succeeded in bringing about the 2014 UN Commission of Inquiry into North Korean Human Rights.
This inquiry, chaired by Australia’s Michael Kirby, has been the definitive document on North Korean human rights for more than ten years.
Its findings of gross violations of human rights inside the country have formed the evidentiary basis for international action on North Korean human rights. Examples of the report’s findings include:
the use of political prison camps, torture, executions and other sorts of arbitrary detention to suppress real or perceived political dissent
an almost complete denial of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion and association
the use of access to food as a means of control over the population.
Non-profit North Korean human rights groups remain at the centre of this work. Having succeeded in putting the issue squarely on the international agenda, they continue to press for greater attention on the human rights situation from the international community.
But now this work could all end more suddenly than anyone could have expected.
More power to a dictator
The Database Center for North Korean Human Rights has paused all but its most urgent programs and launched an appeal for donations. Executive Director Hannah Song has described the situation as a crisis of “a massive and sudden cut to funding that threatens the crucial work of those on the frontlines”.
Sokeel Park, the leader of another nongovernmental group working in this space, described it as “by far the biggest crisis facing NGOs working on this issue since the start of the movement in the 1990s”.
This is no exaggeration. The North Korean human rights movement has had an outsized effect on the international community’s awareness and understanding of how the North Korean government maintains order and represses dissent.
So who wins out of this? North Korea’s Supreme Leader and dictator, Kim Jong-un.
Back in 2018, US President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address centred on the human rights violations suffered by the North Korean people at the hands of the authoritarian regime. Trump declared:
we need only look at the depraved character of the North Korean regime to understand the nature of the nuclear threat it could pose.
Now, by effectively silencing the government’s most vocal critics, the Trump administration appears to be giving breathing room to one of the world’s most atrocious authoritarian regimes.
Danielle Chubb 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.
Global power dynamics in Africa are shifting, with China eclipsing the influence of the US and France. China has become Africa’s single largest trading partner.
But these visuals oversimplify a complex reality. This is an issue I explore in a new study. For over a decade, I have researched the interactions of sub-Saharan Africa with other states like Turkey, Arab Gulf states, Japan and China.
In a recent paper I explored the use of maps that have been created of Africa showing China’s projects across the continent. I argue that, by overlaying Chinese flags on maps depicting Africa and its 54 states, media and policymakers turn economic ties into a visual representation of foreign encroachment.
This process is called securitisation – the framing of something as a threat, even if it’s not one.
This visual securitisation not only heightens fears of dependency but also primes certain audiences – in the US, Japan and France, for instance – to view China’s presence as a direct challenge to their interests.
Certain threats – like terrorist groups or nuclear weapons – are self-evident. China’s presence in many African states, however, is different: if it’s a threat, who is threatened and why? Do Chinese-built roads or railways – and the debt African states accrue for this infrastructure – constitute the threat?
My research shows that the answer to these questions is: it depends.
Portraying China’s presence in Africa with flags on maps can distort African states’ sovereignty and their power to make decisions based on national interests. This visual portrayal reduces these countries to arenas of global power competition. It fails to recognise them as strategic actors.
China tops imports to African states
Illustration of China’s economic influence in 2021 drenched in red and drawn from media, think tanks and related literature. Author’s composite map illustrates securitisation of China in Africa.Brendon J. Cannon
On the other hand, my research shows that China’s role may not be entirely benign.
My study focuses mostly on east Africa, to include the Horn of Africa. Much of Beijing’s engagement here remains primarily economic (as it does in west, central and southern Africa). However, China’s growing control over critical infrastructure and digital networks, and its pursuit of military footholds near strategic maritime routes, present real security concerns.
Policymakers need to separate legitimate risks from exaggerated securitisation narratives. This would help them avoid the pitfalls of reactionary policies.
Negative consequences
Presenting China as a threat in Africa has three negative consequences.
First, it erodes the idea and reality of African sovereignty and agency. Maps portraying Africa as overrun by China suggest that governments and civil society are mere bystanders unable to negotiate their own foreign and domestic agendas.
The reality is that countries like Kenya actively engage with China to attract investments for development projects, and to balance their relations with other international actors like the US and Japan.
The result of securitisation is that American or Japanese policymakers, for instance, have begun to view Africa through the lens of their strategic competition with China. This is evident in Washington’s foreign policy rhetoric, for example. This increasingly frames African states not just as partners but also as strategic battlegrounds in the growing US-China rivalry. The risk is that African countries may start being treated as passive players.
Second, securitisation inflates the perception of China as a global security threat.
The repeated use of maps with Chinese flags covering ports, railways and industrial zones creates an exaggerated image of unchecked expansion. These maps fail to show the host of other external states operating on the continent.
The US, multiple European states, Japan, India, Russia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and South Korea all have significant interests in Africa. While China is by far the largest, most prominent external actor, with the widest reach throughout Africa, it’s been singled out because of the perceived threats its presence in Africa may pose to the west.
Third, securitisation can lead to knee-jerk reactions to limit China’s presence rather than engage constructively with Beijing’s investments in Africa. These reactions can result in ill-advised attempts by China’s competitors to push projects that don’t correspond to the needs of African states. This partly explains Ethiopia’s strained relations with the west. Sanctions and aid cuts over the Tigray conflict fuelled a pivot toward China and Russia.
The security risks
Securitisation raises valid concerns, but my research also underscores genuine security risks related to China’s presence in Africa. These shouldn’t be overlooked.
China’s growing role and embeddedness in Africa’s digital ecosystem presents a double-edged sword, for instance. Huawei and other Chinese companies have contributed to Africa’s telecommunications and digital transformation. But these investments also increase Beijing’s potential influence over data security, cyber governance and information flows. These give China the option to exploit networks for surveillance, intelligence gathering or political coercion.
Chinese-funded, built or operated infrastructure, ports and military bases
A depiction of China’s infrastructure influence in 2023 from media, think tanks and related literature. Author’s composite map illustrates securitisation of China in Africa.Brendon J. Cannon
China’s expanding control over dual-use infrastructure is another concern. Chinese-operated ports in Djibouti, for instance, can be used for commercial and military purposes. They potentially grant Beijing a strategic foothold in key maritime corridors, such as the Red Sea. China could restrict access to these ports in times of conflict. Or use them to extend its naval footprint, similar to what it’s done in the South China Sea.
It’s China’s pursuit of other military facilities beyond its bases in Djibouti that will have the most serious implications for African states’ sovereignty. This is part of a deliberate Chinese strategy to expand its global power projection and protect access to critical resources like oil and gas.
Agreements on military facilities may end up undermining and even challenging African agency of action. The addition of Chinese ships and soldiers alongside the growing presence of US, European, Indian, Japanese and other regional naval forces could escalate tensions. It also risks entangling African states in power rivalries that aren’t in their national interests.
China’s presence in Africa has been securitised through maps drenched in red and stamped with flags, framing its engagement as a looming threat rather than a complex geopolitical reality. However, the real challenge for African states is ensuring that China’s growing influence – especially in infrastructure, digital networks, and security – does not erode their sovereignty. Whether Beijing’s presence becomes an opportunity or a liability will depend on how effectively African governments assert their national interests in shaping these partnerships on their own terms.
– Maps showing China’s growing influence in Africa distort reality – but some risks are real – https://theconversation.com/maps-showing-chinas-growing-influence-in-africa-distort-reality-but-some-risks-are-real-249454
Source: United States Senator for Massachusetts – Elizabeth Warren
March 04, 2025
Lawmakers demand Trump reinstate fired Senate-confirmed officials and address Musk’s conflicts of interest, cite officials’ investigations and prosecutions of Musk’s companies
“Nearly all of your decisions you made about who to fire appear to benefit Mr. Musk”
“We urge you to immediately reinstate the illegally fired individuals and remove Mr. Musk from his government role unless he addresses his massive and glaring conflicts of interest”
Text of Letter (PDF)
Washington, D.C.– U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), led 38 Members of Congress in a letter to President Donald Trump, raising concerns about his unlawful firings of dozens of independent agency heads and inspectors general (IGs), and calling attention to how many of these firings appear to benefit Elon Musk. The Members also asked that President Trump remove Musk from his government role unless he addresses his conflicts of interest, and immediately reinstate the illegally fired individuals.
“Nearly all of your decisions you made about who to fire appear to benefit Mr. Musk, and many target individuals and agencies that are currently investigating or prosecuting Mr. Musk or his companies for unlawful behavior,” wrote the lawmakers. “Many of these individuals have legal protections dictating why and how they can be removed from office.”
Many of the firings appear to benefit Musk. Musk and his companies have been the subject of at least 20 recent government investigations or prosecutions, including for possible violations of federal safety and labor laws. The lawmakers’ letter lists several agency heads and watchdogs who were improperly fired while involved in oversight surrounding Musk, including but not limited to: NLRB Chair Gwynne Wilcox, FEC Chair Ellen Weintraub, EEOC Commissioners Jocelyn Samuels and Charlotte Burrow, and USDA Inspector General Phyllis Fong.
“Altogether, these firings either directly benefit Mr. Musk and his companies or remove guardrails that would hold them accountable to the rule of law,” continued the lawmakers.
Several of Trump’s orders contradict legal protections for the relevant officials. For example, federal law requires the president to notify Congress before removing an inspector general, but Trump did not do so before firing over a dozen IGs. He also failed to set forth the justification required to remove a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
“The impacts are vast: in total, your removals of agency heads and career civil servants have affected at least eleven federal agencies with more than thirty-two ongoing investigations, complaints, or enforcement actions on Mr. Musk’s companies,” wrote the lawmakers.
The lawmakers warned that failing to hold Musk accountable hurts American citizens and threatens the democratic system of checks and balances.
“These firings have removed the exact individuals in our government who would hold Mr. Musk and his companies accountable for following the law and protect everyday Americans from threats to their health, welfare, safety, and economic well-being,” wrote the lawmakers.
“We urge you to immediately reinstate the illegally fired individuals and remove Mr. Musk from his government role unless he addresses his massive and glaring conflicts of interest as required by law,” concluded the lawmakers.
In addition to lead Senator Warren and co-lead Cory Booker (D-N.J.), the following Senators signed on: Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Heinrich (D-N.M.), Markey (D-Mass.), Padilla (D-Calif.), Sanders (I-Vt.), Schiff (D-Calif.), Van Hollen (D-Md.)
In addition to co-leads House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the following Representatives signed on: Balint (D-Vt.), Beyer (D-Va.), Brownley (D-Calif.), Clarke (D-N.Y.), Cleaver (D-Mo.), Cohen (D-Tenn.), Davis (D-Ill.), DeSaulnier (D-Calif.), García (D-Ill.), Garcia (D-Calif.), Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Johnson (D-Ga.), Kelly (D-Ill.), Khanna (D-Calif.), Lee (D-Pa.), Levin (D-Calif.), Matsui (D-Calif.), McIver (D-N.J.), Moulton (D-Mass.), Norton (D-D.C.), Olszewski (D-Md.), Ramirez (D-Ill.), Scanlon (D-Pa.), Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Stansbury (D-N.M.), Subramanyam (D-Va.), Titus (D-Nev.), Tlaib (D-Mich.), Tokuda (D-Hawai’i), Tonko (D-N.Y.), and Waters (D-Calif.).
WATERTOWN, Mass., March 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cangrade today announced it will now offer synchronous video interviewing. This capability will enable human resources (HR) professionals to leverage Cangrade’s skills-based, AI-generated interview guides to conduct live interviews within Cangrade. The software takes the legwork out of the hard-to-score live interviewing process by automating interview planning, focusing on pertinent skills for specific roles, and streamlining decision-making with collaborative feedback tools.
Despite being tasked with acquiring and retaining top talent, HR experiences higher burnout and turnover compared to other industries (LinkedIn). In the face of high attrition rates, but also high expectations for recruiting teams, Cangrade’s synchronous video interviewing tool helps alleviate some of the burden of finding and vetting qualified candidates. Additionally, as candidates become increasingly AI-savvy, live interviews can help prevent cheating in the interview process.
Some of the benefits of Cangrade’s synchronous video interviewing include:
Automated interview planning: Build dynamic interview guides based on talent intelligence and your KPIs or build a static interview guide customizable to your unique needs.
Integrated interview guides: Provide real-time interview guides to your hiring team with dedicated spaces for notes and response ranking.
Skills-based interviewing: Assess candidates’ strengths and weaknesses on the key competencies the role requires, eliminating redundant interview questions.
Streamlined interview feedback collection: Leverage real-time note-taking and dedicated scoring fields during the interview to avoid chasing feedback.
Collaborative interview processes: Automatically collect and average each interviewer’s notes and scores to objectively evaluate candidate fit, while also receiving diverse feedback to facilitate discussions.
Accelerated review processes: Leverage response summaries and update notes and rankings with revised thoughts to speed up the review process.
Customizable interview methods: Interviewers can choose to interview candidates live or asynchronously to ensure a process that works for your team.
“The tightening job market leads to new challenges for resource-strained HR teams, which makes interviewing a high volume of applicants and making unbiased hiring decisions an even taller task for recruiters,” said Gershon Goren, founder and CEO, Cangrade. “Our new synchronous video interviewing aims to solve both problems by incorporating a highly effective, structured interview guide right into the conferencing experience.”
Click here to learn more about Cangrade’s video interviewing software. For more information about Cangrade’s AI-powered, bias-free hiring and talent management solutions, visit www.cangrade.com.
About Cangrade For HR leaders, Cangrade is the bias-free, AI-powered talent intelligence platform. By integrating data into talent acquisition and management processes, Cangrade enables businesses to make strategic and efficient decisions from initial screening through the entire employee lifecycle. Delivering 10x more accurate predictions of talent success and retention than traditional methods, the company’s Pre-Hire Assessment has helped organizations like Wayfair, FDNY, Lamar Advertising, and Applied Industrial Technologies make the right hiring decisions for over 10 million candidates and counting. For more information, visit www.cangrade.com.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — This past December marked the 10-year anniversary of Android Studio’s 1.0 release, a key milestone in the long-standing partnership between Google—producer of Android Studio—and Gradle Inc, the company behind Gradle Build Tool, one of the world’s most popular build systems. For the past decade, Android Studio has been the go-to IDE (integrated development environment) for millions of Android developers worldwide with Gradle Build Tool as the default build system. From faster build times to managing complex build requirements, Gradle Build Tool has been a critical part of Android toolchain, fostering developer productivity and happiness.
The partnership is a testament to Gradle and Android’s shared commitment to equipping developers with tools to improve the developer experience. According to industry market research firm Evans Data, there are 5.9 million Android developers across the globe. The vast majority of them rely on Gradle Build Tool integration in Android Studio via the Android Gradle Plugin to build their apps.
‘With Android Studio, we made two big bets: switching to a new IDE and switching to a new build system. After evaluating the alternatives, we chose Gradle as our default build system because of its ability to handle Android’s complex build requirements and be seamlessly integrated into the IDE creating a single consistent build experience across IDE usage and CI builds,” said Tor Norbye, Engineering Director of Android Studio at Google. “We’re incredibly thankful for our partnership with Gradle over the last decade, and are looking forward to many more years of working together to power fast and flexible builds!”
Over the years, Gradle has scaled to support the tremendous growth of the Android ecosystem. Improved build performance thanks to parallel execution, build cache, and more recently configuration cache, allowed Gradle Build Tool to scale to support even the largest of Android projects. The addition of Kotlin DSL as the default for new builds allows Android developers to use the same language in both production code and build scripts.
“Android Studio’s 10th anniversary marks a decade of incredible progress for Android developers,” said Hans Dockter, co-founder and CEO of Gradle Inc. “We are proud that Gradle Build Tool has continued to be a foundational part of the Android toolchain, enabling millions of Android developers to build their apps faster, more elegantly, and at scale.”
With current initiatives, like Declarative Gradle and Isolated Projects, Google and Gradle continue to collaborate on the next advancements in usability and scalability. Android developers can also access Gradle’s free Build Scan® service, which has generated over 100 million detailed reports on builds since 2020. In addition to Android, Gradle Build Tool also supports Java, Kotlin, Groovy, and Scala ecosystems and is trusted by millions of developers creating innovative, high-quality software. Develocity offers advanced features like advanced Build Cache, Predictive Test Selection, Test Distribution, Flaky Test Detection, Test Failure Analytics, and deep toolchain observability leveraged by multiple Android projects, including AndroidX.
About Gradle Gradle Inc. is the award-winning developer productivity company behind Gradle Build Tool—one of the most used build systems in the world—and Develocity, the leading developer toolchain observability platform. Develocity provides comprehensive observability, build and test acceleration technologies, and rapid troubleshooting features for Apache Maven, Android, Bazel, sbt, npm, Python, and Gradle Build Tool. Top companies like Netflix, LinkedIn, ASML, Airbnb, Microsoft, Nasdaq, and SAP use Develocity to deliver critical software faster at scale.
SAN DIEGO, March 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Point Predictive, the leader in risk solutions for dealerships and consumer lending today announced that Ken Garff Automotive Group, one of the nation’s largest automotive retailers, has selected BorrowerCheck™ to protect its 70 dealerships from the rising tide of loan fraud and costly lender pushbacks of loans. The decision follows a successful six-month pilot program where the solution identified significant instances of hidden fraud and misrepresentation that traditional red flag tools missed.
With auto lending fraud reaching $8 billion last year, dealers face mounting challenges from sophisticated identity theft schemes and income misrepresentation. Lenders are increasingly pushing back fraudulent loans to dealers, creating substantial financial risk. Ken Garff’s implementation of BorrowerCheck represents a strategic move to protect its dealerships while streamlining the car-buying process for legitimate customers.
Ken Garff dealers will benefit from BorrowerCheck in several ways:
Prevent pushbacks by detecting over 90% of fraud traditional red flag reports miss.
Detect all types of fraud including identity, income, and employment misrepresentation.
Activate 100% seamless integration requiring no change to existing processes.
“The automotive retail landscape is evolving rapidly, and so are the fraud risks our dealers face,” said Brett Hopkins, CEO of Ken Garff Automotive Group. “By partnering with Point Predictive, we’re not just protecting our bottom line, we’re ensuring our customers have a seamless, secure car-buying experience while safeguarding our relationships with lending partners. When our dealerships identify a single instance of fraud with BorrowerCheck it delivers a significant Return on Investment”.
The implementation of BorrowerCheck requires no operational changes for dealerships, seamlessly integrating into existing workflow and process while providing more comprehensive protection against identity, income, and employment fraud.
“The automotive industry is moving beyond outdated red flag solutions that generate excessive false positives and miss sophisticated fraud schemes,” said Tim Grace, CEO of Point Predictive. “By leveraging our proprietary database and technology, BorrowerCheck helps dealerships like Ken Garff identify fraud that traditional tools miss and that often leads to costly loan pushbacks. Our modern approach doesn’t just catch more fraud – it makes the entire process significantly faster and more effective, replacing cumbersome 15-minute authentication surveys with 90-second verifications. This is the future of fraud prevention and customer satisfaction at dealerships.”
The pilot program revealed BorrowerCheck’s ability to detect sophisticated fraud schemes that traditional red flag solutions missed. The system’s comprehensive approach draws on Point Predictive’s proprietary data repository, which includes intelligence from over 250 million historical loan applications, historical information on over 93 million unique identities, insights on more than 23 million employers and 300 million historically reported incomes.
The solution will be rolled out across all 70 Ken Garff dealerships in the coming months, representing one of the largest implementations of BorrowerCheck in the automotive retail sector.
For more information, contact info@pointpredictive.com.
About Point Predictive
Point Predictive powers a new level of lending confidence and speed through artificial intelligence, powerful data insight from our proprietary data repository, and decades of risk management expertise. The company’s data and technology solutions quickly and accurately identify truthful and untruthful disclosures on loan applications. As a result, lenders can fund the majority of loans without requiring onerous documentation from consumers, such as pay stubs, utility bills, or bank statements, improving funding rates while reducing early payment default losses. Subsequently, borrowers get loans faster, and lenders realize a more profitable bottom line.
About Ken Garff Automotive Group
Ken Garff Automotive Group is one of the largest privately-held automotive retailer groups in the United States, with 70 dealerships across multiple states. Founded in 1932, Ken Garff has built its reputation on a commitment to treat customers and employees with respect while maintaining the highest standards of integrity in automotive retail. The company’s success is driven by its mission to create lifetime customers through exceptional experiences.
MIAMI, March 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Moderne, the automated code refactoring and analysis company, is proud to announce the launch of the first-ever multi-repository AI agent—code-named Moddy—designed to transform how developers understand and evolve large-scale codebases. Unlike code assistants that operate within a single repository and integrate solely with the developer’s IDE, Moddy is a powerful component of the multi-repository Moderne Platform, offering unprecedented power and precision to developers tasked with managing today’s sprawling codebases.
Moddy is a complementary solution to code assistants in the IDE, like GitHub Copilot, that focus entirely on net-new code authorship. These code assistants rely on IDEs’ internal representations of code, limiting them to a single repository at a time. This restriction prevents them from scaling to multi-repo capabilities and unable to address important use cases—such as vendor migrations, security remediations, and dependency upgrades—that require understanding and modifying code across multiple repositories at once.
Moddy shatters the single-repo barrier with access to the OpenRewrite Lossless Semantic Tree (LST) code representation and Moderne’s unique ability to serialize LSTs. LSTs capture the intricate structure, dependencies, and relationships across multi-repository codebases, which Moddy can use to analyze and modify vast codebases deterministically using thousands of OpenRewrite recipes.
“Moddy opens the door to billions of lines of code. This is a fundamental shift that empowers engineering teams to evolve software faster and with greater confidence, giving businesses the agility to keep pace with change,” said Olga Kundzich, CTO and Co-Founder of Moderne. “With Moddy, developers can now see and act on the entire codebase, not just the fraction open in their IDE. Think of the ability to onboard a developer to a new codebase in one day rather than six months.”
For example, if a developer wants to migrate legacy database usage to PostgreSQL, they can ask Moddy how SQL is used across the organization’s entire codebase. Moddy will identify the appropriate Moderne recipe to locate SQL usage, then execute it across all repositories, gathering the results in a structured format.
From there, Moddy can analyze the data, cluster results by various dimensions, and pinpoint proprietary legacy SQL syntax that needs updating for PostgreSQL compatibility. The developer can then decide whether to apply deterministic changes using additional OpenRewrite recipes or make manual updates, all while maintaining full visibility into the migration process across the entire business unit.
Moddy seamlessly integrates large language models (LLMs) with Moderne’s deterministic systems, allowing each to excel at what they do best. The advent of LLM tool-function calling in late 2024 is what enabled this hybrid approach. Suddenly, the thousands of OpenRewrite recipes that already existed in the Moderne marketplace became tools that an LLM could use.
LLMs are good at interpreting human requests, while deterministic tools deliver accurate, actionable data. When equipped with accurate data, all LLMs perform remarkably well. The hallucination problem many LLMs face stems from insufficient access to in-depth code data. This synergy allows developers to receive clear, trustworthy insights and execute large-scale code changes with confidence because changes can be validated by the underlying data.
In addition, Moddy also has access to knowledge graphs (built through the LLM and recipe interaction) that enable deep understanding of business logic, not just the technology in use. For example, Moddy can answer questions about where payments processing happens in a business unit.
Moderne offers a choice of LLM with Moddy (including BYOM). Moderne tested AI models from many providers, and, when enabled with deterministic tools, they all performed well and were undifferentiated.
Developers typically have only a tiny fraction of their enterprise code open in their IDE. Moddy changes the game by providing multi-repo visibility, enabling developers to understand and evolve entire codebases—not just the repository in front of them. This leap in capability represents a step function increase in developer productivity, particularly for maintaining, modernizing, and securing complex software environments.
Moddy is currently available in an exclusive beta for Moderne customers. For more information, please read this blog post.
About Moderne Moderne automates mass-scale code modernization that’s critical to the progress and success of enterprise companies today—making a difference in minutes, not months. Moderne is based in Miami, and its investors include Acrew Capital, Intel Capital, True Ventures, Mango Capital, Allstate Strategic Ventures, Morgan Stanley, Amex Ventures, and TIAA Ventures, among other investors and advisors. To learn more visit www.moderne.ai
CorelDRAW Go provides a beginner-friendly design experience, empowering creativity from anywhere.
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite delivers Painterly Brush tool enhancements and streamlined print to PDF workflows, alongside flexible, online design with CorelDRAW Web.
OTTAWA, Ontario, March 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Introducing CorelDRAW Go, a beginner-friendly online graphic design tool for creative enthusiasts and aspiring designers. This newest addition to the CorelDRAW family simplifies the creative process, equipping users with intuitive tools to design efficiently from anywhere.
Alongside this, the latest updates to award-winning graphic design software, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, are unveiled, including CorelDRAW Web, providing subscribers with a flexible, cloud-based design experience.
“With CorelDRAW Go and CorelDRAW Web, we’re making creativity more accessible than ever,” said Prakash Channagiri, Senior Director of Product Management for CorelDRAW. “The flexibility of these new cloud-based tools combined with the latest creative and workflow enhancements in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, reinforce our commitment to empowering design professionals and creative enthusiasts to work more efficiently and push the boundaries of what’s possible in graphic design.”
CorelDRAW Go is a browser-based tool that makes design more intuitive and accessible, without the steep learning curve that comes with professional graphic design software. With an easy-to-use interface it delivers more advanced drawing and editing capabilities than many template-based alternatives.
Here’s what’s available in CorelDRAW Go:
Robust Design Tools
Interactive drawing tools
Realistic brushes
Straightforward node editing
User-friendly text tools
Easy-to-use masking controls
Essential image editing features
Extensive Creative Assets
Fully customizable templates
Thousands of editable vector icons, illustrations, and clipart
More than 6 million royalty-free stock photos
Thousands of fonts
In this latest release, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite customers get access to powerful tools and enhancements designed to elevate creativity and simplify workflows.
Here’s what’s new in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2025:
NEW!CorelDRAW Web: CorelDRAW is more accessible than ever thanks to the introduction of CorelDRAW Web, a powerful browser-based version of the award-winning graphic design suite. Available exclusively to subscribers, CorelDRAW Web delivers a full CorelDRAW experience in the browser, allowing users to design seamlessly from any device.
NEW!Advanced Print to PDF capabilities: Streamline workflows and enjoy faster, more efficient output with new Print to PDF functionality, now integrated into CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT.
ENHANCED!Painterly Brush tool: Unleash creativity with the upgraded Painterly Brush tool, now featuring additional brush controls, and improved compatibility with other tools. Plus, subscribers get exclusive access to 50 additional free brushes, unlocking a world of new creative possibilities.
NEW! Simplified multi-seat license management: The redesigned Corel Customer Account Portal streamlines license administration, allowing businesses to assign licenses or deploy software without requiring individual user accounts.
This latest release also includes performance and quality improvements, direct access to additional Google Fonts, and advanced security upgrades.
Availability and Pricing
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite is available on Windows, macOS, and web in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Swedish, and Japanese. Subscription is $269 USD / €369 / £319 per year. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2025 is available for one-time purchase at the suggested retail price of $549 USD / €779 / £659. EUR and GBP prices include VAT.
CorelDRAW Web is available to all CorelDRAW subscribers and active maintenance customers and is supported on the most recent versions of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Firefox, on both Windows and macOS. To learn more about CorelDRAW Web, or to try a 15-day trial, visit: www.coreldraw.corel.com.
CorelDRAW Go performs best with Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge, with the latest updates, on both Windows and macOS, and is available in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, and Czech. A subscription is $9.99 USD / €9.99 / £8.99 monthly or $99 USD / €115 / £95 per year. EUR and GBP prices include VAT. To learn more about CorelDRAW Go, visit: www.go.corel.com.
About Alludo
Alludo is a global technology company helping people work better and live better. We’re the people behind award-winning, globally recognizable brands including Parallels, Corel, MindManager, and WinZip. Our professional-caliber graphics, virtualization, and productivity solutions are finely tuned for the digital remote workforce delivering the freedom to work when, where, and how you want.
With a 35+ year legacy of innovation, Alludo empowers all you do, helping more than 2.5 million paying customers to enable, ideate, create, and share on any device, anywhere. To learn more, visit www.alludo.com.
ST. LOUIS, March 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Swipesum, a leading payment processing consultancy and merchant services company, announced today its partnership with Facility Ally, a premier provider of business solutions for sports and entertainment facilities. Together, Swipesum and Facility Ally have launched AllyPay, an embedded payments solution that streamlines transactions and customer support and improves financial management for eatertainment venues, sports clubs, and facility management organizations.
Through AllyPay, Facility Ally customers will now have access to a more seamless and efficient payment processing experience backed by Swipesum’s industry expertise. Key features of AllyPay include:
Optimized Transaction Processing: In addition to providing higher-level payment security, Swipesum will use its proprietary auditing software, Staitment, to negotiate lower payment processing fees and transaction costs with facility operators.
Real-Time Chargeback Notifications and Support: Proactively addresses disputes to save time and reduce manual workloads.
White Glove Support: Offers access to Swipesum’s team of payments experts with a dedicated support team that provides personalized guidance, expert insights and tailored solutions that improve efficiency.
Next-Day Funding: Offers an expedited funding timeline, allowing businesses to access their revenue as soon as the next day.
Beyond payment processing, Facility Ally delivers comprehensive business solutions that support every aspect of facility operations. In addition to scheduling, resource management, and consulting, Facility Ally’s dedicated media agency provides branding, website development, SEO, and marketing services tailored for sports and eatertainment venues. With the rise of membership-based and social sports clubs—including the 18,000 new pickleball courts added in 2024—sports facilities increasingly rely on recurring payment systems, reinforcing the need for robust chargeback support and optimized payment solutions.
“Swipesum is thrilled to leverage our embedded payments expertise in partnership with Facility Ally’s cutting-edge solution,” said Michael Seaman, founder and CEO of Swipesum. “Our goal with AllyPay is to equip facility managers with efficient tools that streamline operations, reduce costs, and deliver a seamless payment experience for their clients while increasing the revenues from payment processing for Facility Ally.”
With AllyPay, facilities gain access to an embedded payment gateway with additional features like QuickBooks syncing, detailed sales tracking reports and enhanced security features. These tools help eliminate manual work and errors, accelerate payment cycles, and create a seamless, user-friendly payment experience for facility members and visitors.
“Partnering with Swipesum to launch AllyPay allows us to provide unparalleled value to our clients,” said Luke Wade, founder and CEO of Facility Ally. “By offering a specialized payment solution tailored to our industry, we’re empowering our customers to streamline their financial processes and focus on what matters most.”
About Swipesum Swipesum is a comprehensive credit card processing company and merchant services consultancy delivering innovative auditing solutions to businesses nationwide. Swipesum acts as a company’s Chief Payments Officer, combining industry knowledge, AI and proprietary software to create a transparent payments strategy that optimizes payment processing fees. The team of expert consultants provides 24/7 assistance and continued monitoring to return the budgetary power back to the business owner. Visit www.swipesum.com for more information.
About Facility Ally Facility Ally is a turnkey business solution designed for sports and entertainment facilities, offering everything you need to launch and manage your venue seamlessly. From simplified booking software to a dedicated media agency for branding, website development, and SEO, Facility Ally ensures your new facility is set up for success. Their expert consulting services provide the guidance needed to plan, strategize, and execute a successful facility launch with confidence. With over 15 years of experience and a proven track record of successful implementations, Facility Ally delivers the tools and expertise to streamline operations and enhance customer experiences. For more information, visit https://facilityally.com.
STEVENS POINT, Wis., March 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Skyward, a school administration software provider committed to helping K-12 leaders spend less time on tasks and more time with students, held their international conference, iCon, February 26-28 in St. Pete Beach, Florida. The event featured over 80 sessions and various networking opportunities, with the highlight being the unveiling of Skyward’s DistrictPulse, a new analytics reporting tool designed to quickly connect data to capture strategic insights, integrated seamlessly with Skyward’s Qmlativ Education Management System.
Developed in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Skyward’s DistrictPulse is designed to pull data directly from Qmlativ and deliver actionable insights to key district personnel. Unlike many existing solutions, DistrictPulse ensures that data remains secure and accessible only to authorized users, reflecting the security established in Qmlativ. To learn more about Skyward’s DistrictPulse, go to skyward.com/districtpulse.
“The launch of DistrictPulse emphasizes our commitment to providing powerful analytics that empower district leaders with the insights needed to improve performance and achieve their goals,” said Tom King, chief marketing officer at Skyward. “iCon 2025 was a fantastic opportunity to connect with edtech leaders and showcase how Skyward continues to innovate.”
“AWS was thrilled be a part of iCon 2025 to show Skyward users how DistrictPulse is a game-changer for them,” said Adam Leahy, senior enterprise account executive at AWS. “We’ve worked closely with Skyward over the past year to ensure this tool saves customers time and delivers data in an entirely new way to analyze and visualize trends, which district leaders can then act on.”
The unveiling of DistrictPulse sparked immediate excitement among iCon attendees, with many eager to explore how the new tool will transform their reporting capabilities and data analytics.
“I’m excited about the potential of DistrictPulse,” said Liz Boyles, iCon 2025 attendee and director of information services at Troy CCSD 30C in IL. “This tool will significantly reduce concerns regarding data accuracy, and at-a-glance visuals will provide opportunities for continuous growth at our district and play a significant role in our strategic plan.”
iCon provided attendees with hands-on learning about how Skyward can help streamline district operations. Attendees also participated in leadership-focused presentations, had the opportunity to connect with other like-minded professionals, heard from keynote Thomas C. Murray, and recognized this year’s Leader in Excellence winners. Find the full list of winners at skyward.com/leaders.
Next year’s international conference will take place February 25-27, 2026 at TradeWinds Island Resort in St. Pete Beach, Florida. For more information, visit skyward.com/icon.
About Skyward
Since 1980, Skyward’s SIS and ERP solutions have helped more than 2,500 school districts save time, connect with families, and empower success. By blending advanced technology guided by actual users with world-class support delivered with a personal touch, Skyward is the clear choice for K-12 leaders who want to spend less time on tasks and more time with students. To learn more about the next generation of K-12 administration software, visit www.skyward.com.
About Amazon Web Services
Since 2006, Amazon Web Services has been the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud. AWS has been continually expanding its services to support virtually any workload, and it now has more than 240 fully featured services for compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, media, and application development, deployment, and management from 114 Availability Zones within 36 geographic regions, with announced plans for 12 more Availability Zones and four more AWS Regions in New Zealand, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, and the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—trust AWS to power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs. To learn more about AWS, visit aws.amazon.com.
From the use of prescription weight-loss drugs to the unaffordability of food, current socio-economic factors are significantly shaping the future of nutrition.
With the consumption of quality food fundamental to physical health, mental well-being and overall vitality, how can food and health systems be better equipped to adapt to the evolving market drivers?
This session is directly linked to the New Frontiers of Nutrition Initiative at the Centre for Health and Healthcare of the World Economic Forum.
Speakers: Ana Luísa Virgínia, David John Haines, Tolu Oni, Mariam Mohammed Saeed AlMheiri, Johan Westman, Chirag Paswan
The 55th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum will provide a crucial space to focus on the fundamental principles driving trust, including transparency, consistency and accountability.
This Annual Meeting will welcome over 100 governments, all major international organizations, 1000 Forum’s Partners, as well as civil society leaders, experts, youth representatives, social entrepreneurs, and news outlets.
The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. We believe that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to make positive change.
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Server-Class Ethernet NIC revenues increased by $2 billion in calendar-year 2024, according to the latest report from Crehan Research. The increase reflects a continuation in the trend of strong investment in server-class Ethernet NICs, resulting in a doubling of market revenues in just three years — despite one of those years having seen relatively weak performance due to a general market inventory correction. Analysis of the strong growth also reveals that data center customers are spending a greater portion of networking budgets on Ethernet NICs (see accompanying chart).
“Data Center Ethernet NICs have gone from low-cost commodity chips soldered down on volume server motherboards to high-performance, differentiated, add-in cards that provide a multitude of high-value network functions, including ones formerly handled by CPUs,” said Seamus Crehan, president of Crehan Research. “As a result, Ethernet NICs have seen an upward trend in share of data center networking budgets, even as those budgets grew robustly.”
Crehan also reported a strong surge in demand for the highest speed NICs during the year, with combined 100GbE, 200GbE and 400GbE NICs increasing more than 50% in both shipment and revenues. “Although generative AI was a driver of the high-speed Ethernet NIC demand surge,” Crehan said, “there were numerous other areas contributing to the growth, including general cloud compute and storage.”
About Crehan Research Inc. Crehan Research Inc. produces reports with very detailed statistics and information on the data center switch and server-class adapter & LOM/controller (NIC) markets. The company’s reports are supported with rich insights and context to deliver increased value.
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)
1.KEY INFORMATION
(a)Full name of discloser:
Rathbones Group Plc
(b)Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c)Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
Warehouse REIT Plc
(d)If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
(e)Date position held/dealing undertaken: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure
03/03/2025
(f)In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”
No
2.POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
(a)Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security:
1p Ordinary Shares
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1)Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
69,220,080
16.29%
(2)Cash-settled derivatives:
(3)Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
TOTAL:
69,220,080
16.29%
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
(b)Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other employee options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:
3.DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a)Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security
Purchase/sale
Number of securities
Price per unit
1p Ordinary Shares
Sale
7,400
82.152p
1p Ordinary Shares
Sale
31,380
82.2896p
1p Ordinary Shares
Sale
9,362
82.4524p
1p Ordinary Shares
Sale
10,500
82.551p
1p Ordinary Shares
Sale
11,500
82.612p
(b)Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security
Product description e.g. CFD
Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position
(d)Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security
Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion
Details
Price per unit (if applicable)
1p Ordinary Shares
Internal transfer from Discretionary to Execution-Only
5,500
1p Ordinary Shares
Internal transfer from Discretionary to Execution-Only
2,500
1p Ordinary Shares
Internal transfer from Discretionary to Execution-Only
6,500
1p Ordinary Shares
Internal transfer from Discretionary to Execution-Only
10,925
4.OTHER INFORMATION
(a)Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”
None
(b)Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: (i)the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii)the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”
None
(c)Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
No
Date of disclosure:
04/03/2025
Contact name:
Callum Ridley – Compliance Department
Telephone number:
0151 243 7037
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AUSTIN, Texas, March 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ambiq®, a leading provider of ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions that address the significant power consumption challenges of conventional and AI compute at the edge, unveils the Apollo330 Plus System-on-Chip (SoC) series. The series consists of the base Apollo330 Plus, the Apollo330B Plus, and the Apollo330M Plus, each offering a rich set of peripherals and connectivity options for healthcare, smart homes and buildings, industrial edge applications, and more to drive always-on and real-time AI at the edge.
Key Features:
Up to 250 MHz Arm® Cortex ®-M55 application processor with turboSPOT® and Arm® Helium™ technology
48/96 MHz Arm Cortex-M4F network processor and multi-protocol radio (in wireless product options)
Over 16x faster performance and lower latency, and 30x better AI energy efficiency than similar solutions based on previous generation Cortex-M processors
Ultra-low power digital microphone PDM for truly always-on voice
Multiple package and connectivity options such as Bluetooth® Low Energy, Matter, and Thread for diverse edge devices
The Apollo330 Plus series is purpose-built to enable always-on and real-time AI inferencing on devices. Built on Ambiq’s proprietary subthreshold power optimized technology (SPOT®) platform, it achieves unprecedented 16x faster performance and up to 30x better AI energy efficiency compared to similar solutions based on previous generation Cortex-M processors, so manufacturers can deliver innovative features while extending device lifetimes, offering multi-protocol connectivity across diverse endpoints, and enhancing user experiences.
The Apollo330 Plus architecture fully leverages the Arm Cortex-M55 processor with Arm Helium technology for AI acceleration, processing up to 8 MACs per cycle. The Apollo330 Plus series includes 2MB of on-chip system RAM, 2MB of embedded non-volatile memory, a large 32kB I-cache and 32kB D-cache on a wide bus, and a multi-protocol radio for developers to create high-performing and power-efficient products.
“While today’s smart devices rely heavily on power-hungry cloud computing, the Apollo330 Plus series creates a brand-new opportunity by enabling true edge AI processing,” says Fumihide Esaka, CEO of Ambiq. “This empowers manufacturers to create longer-lasting, more responsive, intelligent devices for homes, offices, and factories.“
“With a growing number of new and compelling edge AI applications emerging across markets including industrial and smart home, enabling ultra-low-power AI processing directly at the edge will be transformative,” said Laurence Bryant, VP segment marketing, IoT Line of Business at Arm. “With this new solution, built on Arm, Ambiq is paving the way for smarter, more efficient devices that can deliver real-time intelligence across a wide range of use cases.“
The Apollo330 Plus series offers three variants:
The Apollo330 Plus base model without wireless connectivity offers a rich set of peripherals for wearables, medical/healthcare, and smart home, empowering developers to create sophisticated sensor-based applications easily.
The Apollo330B Plus extends upon the Apollo330 Plus with Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) support for a wide selection of connected peripherals and audio applications
The Apollo330M Plus further adds multi-protocol radio support for IEEE 802.15.4, Thread, and Matter, enabling low-power interoperability mesh networking between next-gen smart home, smart meter, and industrial edge devices
Its streamlined multi-core architecture comprises a powerful application processor and a dedicated network co-processor for uncompromised radio performance. The design simplifies development while delivering uncompromised multi-protocol radio performance with robust signal strength up to +14dBm signal strength and enhanced radio sensitivity.
Innovative secureSPOT® 3.0 features based on Arm TrustZone® technology further enhance Apollo330 Plus Series SoCs, ensuring the integrity and confidentiality of data transmitted and processed by connected devices. With hardware-based security mechanisms, such as secure boot and secure firmware updates, these SoCs provide robust protection against unauthorized access and malicious attacks, enabling secure deployment in various applications.
As the newest addition to Ambiq’s portfolio, the Apollo330 Plus SoC series sets a new standard for ultra-low-power AI processing at the edge. With more connectivity, security, a wider set of peripheral interfaces, and multiple package options, these SoCs provide developers with the tools they need to implement sophisticated, energy-efficient AI solutions in edge devices.
Our mission is to enable intelligence (artificial intelligence (AI) and beyond) everywhere by delivering the lowest power semiconductor solutions. We enable our customers to deliver artificial intelligence compute at the edge where power consumption challenges are the most profound. Our technology innovations, built on the patented and proprietary subthreshold power optimized technology (SPOT), fundamentally deliver a multi-fold improvement in power consumption over traditional semiconductor designs. We’ve powered over 260 million devices today. For more information, visit www.ambiq.com.
Contact
Charlene Wan VP of Branding, Marketing, and Investor Relations cwan@ambiq.com +1.512.879.2850
Pioneering AI-Powered Cleaning Technology Deployment Marks Strategic Expansion into Hong Kong Market
SINGAPORE, March 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Primech AI Pte. Ltd. (“Primech AI”) or (the “Company”), a subsidiary of Primech Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: PMEC), is proud to announce the launch of its innovative Robotics as a Service (RaaS) business line, revolutionizing the cleaning solutions industry. This strategic initiative addresses critical industry challenges including labor shortages, hygiene standards, and operational costs through proprietary AI-driven technology.
As part of this global expansion strategy, Primech AI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CCG Property Services, a subsidiary of Hong Kong’s leading property developer Chinachem Group, to deploy HYTRON, an AI-powered fully automated toilet cleaning robot, in selected facilities managed by CCG Property Services in Hong Kong.
Figure 1: Nina Tower 1 in Hong Kong, where Primech AI’s HYTRON will be deployed.
The deployment of HYTRON marks the initial phase of Primech AI’s bold initiative to roll out 300 cleaning robots across Singapore, Hong Kong, and Dubai. This expansion reinforces the company’s position as a technology leader in autonomous cleaning solutions for facility services and sanitation.
“This collaboration marks a significant milestone in our global expansion of our Robotics as a Service solution,” said Charles Ng, Chief Operating Officer of Primech AI. “While our cleaning services continue to serve the Singapore market, we are extending the Raas business model making it accessible internationally, beginning with this strategic partnership in Hong Kong’s premier property portfolio.”
Under the two-year MoU, Primech AI will supply and install HYTRON robots in designated facilities, including the iconic Nina Tower 1, with comprehensive maintenance, technical support, and staff training. CCG Property Services will integrate the robots into daily operations, showcasing HYTRON’s capabilities in elevating cleanliness standards and operational efficiency.
Primech AI envisions a long-term expansion of HYTRON into additional global markets, including Australia, Europe, and the United States, bringing cutting-edge cleaning solutions to more regions worldwide. Beyond this initial deployment, the company also plans to extend its Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) offering to these markets, further enhancing accessibility of its advanced cleaning technology on a global scale.
“Beyond advancing automation in the traditional cleaning industry, this deployment marks a significant milestone for Primech Holdings Limited. It demonstrates our ability to expand internationally and provide cutting-edge cleaning solutions across borders. By working with esteemed partners like Chinachem Group and CCG Property Services, we are proving that our technology is not only effective but also scalable on a global level. This is just the beginning of our vision to redefine commercial cleaning through AI and robotics.” said Kin Wai Ho, CEO of Primech Holdings Limited. This initiative underscores Primech Holdings’ commitment to transforming the cleaning industry through advanced technology while expanding its global footprint beyond its traditional Singapore base.
Primech AI’s self-developed HYTRON bathroom cleaning robot is integrated with advanced NVIDIA technology. The latest HYTRON model incorporated the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super, a state-of-the-art System-on-Module (SoM) designed for robust edge AI and robotics applications. The HYTRON robot also uses a suite of NVIDIA software, including CUDA, CuDNN, TensorRT, and NVIDIA Driver, to optimize its AI capabilities. This combination of hardware and software allows HYTRON to deliver superior processing speed, efficiency, and reliability in its cleaning tasks.
About Chinachem Group
Founded in 1960, Chinachem Group is a private real estate company in Hong Kong, with a portfolio covering residential, commercial, retail and industrial buildings for sales and investment, in addition to operating hotels and property management services as well as elderly services.
Dedicated to making better places to live, work and raise future generations in Hong Kong and beyond, the Group seeks to deliver lasting commercial, social and environmental benefits.
About Primech Holdings Limited Headquartered in Singapore, Primech Holdings Limited is a leading provider of comprehensive technology-driven facilities services, predominantly serving both public and private sectors throughout Singapore. Primech Holdings offers an extensive range of services tailored to meet the complex demands of its diverse clientele. Services include advanced general facility maintenance services, specialized cleaning solutions such as marble polishing and facade cleaning, meticulous stewarding services, and targeted cleaning services for offices and homes. Known for its commitment to sustainability and cutting-edge technology, Primech Holdings integrates eco-friendly practices and smart technology solutions to enhance operational efficiency and client satisfaction. This strategic approach positions Primech Holdings as a leader in the industry and a proactive contributor to advancing industry standards and practices in Singapore and beyond. For more information, visit www.primechholdings.com.
About Primech AI
Primech AI is a leading robotics company dedicated to pushing the boundaries of innovation in technology. With a team of passionate individuals and a commitment to collaboration, Primech AI is poised to revolutionize the robotics industry with groundbreaking solutions that make a meaningful impact on society. For more information, visit www.primech.ai.
Forward-Looking Statements
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STMicroelectronics reveals STM32U3 microcontrollers extending ultra-low power innovation for remote, smart and sustainable applications
Latest MCUs leverage cutting-edge near-threshold chip design to set record performance-per-watt efficiency benchmark
Secret-key protection and in-factory provisioning boost cyber security
Typical applications include utility meters, healthcare devices, and industrial sensors
Geneva, Switzerland, March 4, 2025 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has introduced new STM32U3 microcontrollers (MCUs) with cutting-edge power-saving innovations that ease deployment of smart connected tech, especially in remote locations.
The latest MCUs are aimed at IoT devices, which must typically operate for extended periods without maintenance and with limited energy from a coin cell or ambient solar or thermoelectric source. Typical applications that depend on the lowest possible power consumption include utility meters, healthcare devices such as glucose meters and insulin pumps, animal care monitors, forest-fire sensors, and industrial sensors including thermostats and smoke detectors. STM32U3 MCUs are also used in consumer products such as smart watches, wearables, and hearables.
“The STM32U3 series builds on the heritage of ST-established ultra-low-power general-purpose microcontroller class as it is known today, which opened the door to widespread diffusion of smart technology in diverse environments,” commented Patrick Aidoune, General-Purpose MCU Division General Manager, STMicroelectronics. “Leveraging innovative techniques such as recent advancements in near-threshold design, the new devices cut dynamic power consumption to the bone, boosting efficiency by a factor of two compared to our previous generation, hence contributing to companies’ sustainability goals.”
In addition to its extreme energy efficiency, the STM32U3 series meets the needs of IoT devices by providing robust cyber protection using the latest hardware security techniques. The MCUs are designed to confine secret keys permanently in secure memory, eliminating vulnerable CPU fetches. In addition, attestation credentials for each device are provisioned by ST at manufacture before leaving the factory, which strengthens security and simplifies provisioning. All those security mechanisms, in addition to the SESIP3 and PSA Level3 certifiable security assets, such as cryptographic accelerators, TrustZone® isolation, random generator, and product lifecycle will contribute and enable ST customers to reach compliancy towards the upcoming RED and CRA regulations.
Customer testimonials:
“STM32U3 enables us [smaXtec] to bring our hardware for animal health monitors to the next level. The consumption in active mode is extremely low, only a few µA/MHz, which enables us to reduce the energy needed for current data processing algorithms while at the same time adding new features to our products. In addition, its advanced range of low-power modes lets us put the device into deep sleep if no data is processed. The newly implemented STOP3 mode, including its wakeup capabilities, is a neat way to keep power consumption low,” said Manuel Frech, Product Development Engineer, smaXtec.
Technical Notes for Editors
ST has set the pace in ultra-low-power (ULP) MCUs with previous STM32 variants and is now taking ULP performance to a new level with the new STM32U3 series. Leveraging advanced power-saving chip design, fine-tuned with AI-enhanced tools, and the latest Arm® Cortex®-M33 core running at up to 96MHz, the new MCUs achieve the market-leading Coremark-per-milliwatt score of 117. This is almost twice the efficiency of ST’s preceding STM32U5 series, and five times that of the STM32L4 series.
STM32U3 MCUs set new standards in dynamic performance by taking advantage of near-threshold technology that operates IC transistors at extremely low voltage, saving energy proportionately according to a square law
ST’s innovative near-threshold implementation uses AI-driven adaptive voltage scaling at wafer level to compensate for process variations in the foundry
In addition to dynamic power savings (down to 10µA/MHz), the STM32U3 series achieve extremely low stop current, at 1.6µA
STM32U3 embeds up to 1MB of Flash memory dual-bank and 256kB of SRAM
In terms of security, STM32U3 MCUs embed all successful security features of the STM32U5, with additional keystore capabilities. Newly, secret keys are loaded in-factory by ST on the STM32U3 MCUs and are protected by a coupling and chaining bridge (CCB), representing the first use of this technology in the STM32 MCU family
Two product lines are available, presenting a choice of MCUs either with or without a hardware cryptographic accelerator
Combined with their low power, the devices integrate efficient and high-performing peripherals including the latest I3C digital connectivity
MCUs are available in commercial (-40°C to 85°C) and extended industrial (-40°C to 105°C) temperature ranges
The STM32U3 series is in production now and available from $1.93 for orders of 10,000 pieces. For more information, please go to www.st.com/stm32u3
STM32 is a registered and/or unregistered trademark of STMicroelectronics International NV or its affiliates in the EU and/or elsewhere. In particular, STM32 is registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.
About STMicroelectronics At ST, we are 50,000 creators and makers of semiconductor technologies mastering the semiconductor supply chain with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities. An integrated device manufacturer, we work with more than 200,000 customers and thousands of partners to design and build products, solutions, and ecosystems that address their challenges and opportunities, and the need to support a more sustainable world. Our technologies enable smarter mobility, more efficient power and energy management, and the wide-scale deployment of cloud-connected autonomous things. We are on track to be carbon neutral in all direct and indirect emissions (scopes 1 and 2), product transportation, business travel, and employee commuting emissions (our scope 3 focus), and to achieve our 100% renewable electricity sourcing goal by the end of 2027.
MIAMI, March 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Varonis Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRNS) proudly announced it was named a Leader by renowned research and advisory firm Forrester in the report, The Forrester Wave™: Data Security Platforms, Q1 2025. Varonis also received the new designation of a Customer Favorite among evaluated vendors based on outstanding customer feedback.
Findings from the report:
Varonis earned the Highest Score in the Current Offering category. Varonis earned 5 out of 5 scores in the criteria of Data Discovery, Data Classification, Data Threat and Risk Visibility, Data Access Controls, Reporting, Investigations, Manageability and Support, and Supplier Risk.
Varonis is Top-Ranked in the Strategy category. Varonis earned the highest score in the Strategy category, receiving the highest possible scores in the criteria of Vision, Innovation, Pricing Flexibility and Transparency, Community, and Supporting Services and Offerings.
Varonis received a Customer Favorite designation. According to the report: “Customers praise the careful, planned use of AI and automation, highlighting areas like workflow and data classification. They commend Varonis’ support and both the IR and MDDR (Managed Data Detection and Response) services.”
According to the report, “Varonis’ vision of harnessing deep data insights to automate remediation for data security outcomes stands out. Its demonstrated ability to execute and its approach to innovation and supporting services reinforce its differentiation.” The report also stated that “Organizations that require deep understanding of data and remediation of access controls across their environment, with services to augment their own team, should consider Varonis.”
“We are enormously proud that Varonis has been named a Leader in Data Security Platforms,” said Varonis CEO, President and Co-founder Yaki Faitelson. “We believe this recognition further validates our platform approach which gives customers an end-to-end solution to automatically and continuously reduce sensitive data risk, stop advanced cyberattacks, and adopt AI with confidence.”
Access the full report to see why Varonis is a Leader and a Customer Favorite.
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About Varonis
Varonis (Nasdaq: VRNS) is the leader in data security, fighting a different battle than conventional cybersecurity companies. Our cloud-native Data Security Platform continuously discovers and classifies critical data, removes exposures, and detects advanced threats with AI-powered automation.
Thousands of organizations worldwide trust Varonis to defend their data wherever it lives — across SaaS, IaaS, and hybrid cloud environments. Customers use Varonis to automate a wide range of security outcomes, including data security posture management (DSPM), data classification, data access governance (DAG), data detection and response (DDR), data loss prevention (DLP), AI security, and insider risk management.
Varonis protects data first, not last. Learn more at www.varonis.com.
Investor Relations Contact: Tim Perz Varonis Systems, Inc. 646-640-2112 investors@varonis.com
News Media Contact: Rachel Hunt Varonis Systems, Inc. 877-292-8767 (ext. 1598) pr@varonis.com
WASHINGTON, March 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ZeroFox, the leader in external cybersecurity, will sponsor, exhibit, and present at the FS-ISAC 2025 Americas Spring Summit. Conference attendees can visit ZeroFox at Booth #15, and join Chief Technology Officer Mike Price on March 10 from 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM local time, for a presentation on how artificial intelligence (AI) avatars are reshaping the future of cyber operations.
As financial institutions face increasingly sophisticated digital threats, the role of AI in both attack and defense continues to evolve. Organizations must adapt their security strategies to address emerging challenges, including AI-powered attacks, sophisticated impersonation schemes, automated fraud campaigns, and coordinated cyber threats targeting financial infrastructure. Backed by experts who understand specific risks to financial services institutions, and with over a decade of cybersecurity SaaS experience, ZeroFox is the trusted leader in protecting these enterprise digital landscapes through Digital Risk Protection (DRP), seamlessly integrated with Threat Intelligence (TI) and External Attack Surface Management (EASM) capabilities.
“The integration of AI into cyber operations represents both a significant challenge and opportunity for financial institutions,” said Mike Price, Chief Technology Officer at ZeroFox. “As these technologies advance, understanding how AI avatars will impact the threat landscape is crucial for developing effective defense strategies. I look forward to sharing insights with the financial services community about preparing for this next evolution in cybersecurity.”
Representatives from ZeroFox will be available at Booth #15 to discuss the company’s comprehensive external cybersecurity platform and advantages for financial institutions, including:
Reduce Attack Surface Exposure and Mitigate Digital Risk: Use ZeroFox’s dedicated digital risk protection products and services, to identify and stop financial fraud, risks, and targeted attacks before they impact your business, customers, partners, and employees.
Automate Manual Processes to Augment Security Teams: Advanced automation and analyst-vetted intelligence scours trillions of potentially malicious accounts and posts, reducing the time-intensive process of data collection, analysis, context, and remediation.
Understand IoCs and TTPs: Apply expert-vetted, actionable threat intelligence to proactively identify how attackers bypass traditional security perimeter controls and execute targeted attacks against financial services institutions at scale.
Protect Customers from Financial Crime: Rapidly identify and stop cybercriminals from exploiting customers’ digital presence, with automated disruption services and in-house takedowns of fraudulent content, accounts, domains, and communications.
Avoid Costly Compliance Violations: Automatically enforce policies for all employees and executives across external digital communication and social media platforms to ensure regulatory compliance with PCI DSS, FFIEC, FINRA, and more.
Safeguard Key Personnel: Identify and take down fraudulent social media accounts, impersonations, or malicious content targeting your executives and VIPs. Ensure protection from physical threats at home or on-the-go.
Visit ZeroFox at Booth #15 to learn more. For all media inquiries related to ZeroFox, or to schedule a meeting during the FS-ISAC Americas 2025 Spring Summit, please email press@zerofox.com.
About ZeroFox ZeroFox is the trusted leader with over a decade of cybersecurity SaaS expertise protecting enterprise digital landscapes—where business operations, customers, and threat actors converge. Through its AI-powered Digital Risk Protection (DRP) solutions, seamlessly integrated with Threat Intelligence (TI) and External Attack Surface Management (EASM) capabilities, ZeroFox empowers organizations to proactively monitor, detect, and disrupt emergent threats by cyber attackers targeting their brands, domains, and people. With ZeroFox, organizations can achieve deeper threat contextualization, faster detection and response times, and longer-term cost savings by anticipating, understanding, and mitigating external digital threats at scale. Join thousands of customers, including the largest public sector organizations and leaders in finance, media, technology, retail, and healthcare, to stay ahead of adversaries and manage the full lifecycle of external cyber risks. ZeroFox and the ZeroFox logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of ZeroFox, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Visit zerofox.com for more information.
