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  • MIL-OSI: While AI makes writing code easier than ever, CodeAnt AI secures $2M to make it easy to review

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    California, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AI might be great at helping engineers write code, but it’s creating a new problem – all that code still needs to be reviewed by humans. CodeAnt AI is stepping in with a solution that uses AI to tackle the review process itself, raising $2 million in seed funding to help engineering teams move faster without sacrificing quality or security.

    The funding, CodeAnt AI’s first institutional round, values the company at $20 million. It will be used to expand the engineering and business development teams and to scale CodeAnt AI’s code quality and application security platform. For engineering teams already feeling the pressure to ship faster, the investment comes at the perfect time.

    The funding round was led by Y Combinator, VitalStage Ventures, and Uncorrelated Ventures, and with participation from DeVC, Transpose Platform, Entrepreneur First, and a number of marquee angel investors.

    CodeAnt AI founders: Amartya Jha and Chinmay Bharti.

    “As AI-driven coding becomes widespread, the real bottleneck isn’t writing code — it’s reviewing it,” said Amartya Jha, Co-founder and CEO of CodeAnt AI. “Today, when a developer submits a change request, it often sits idle for hours or even days waiting for peer review. And even when a reviewer does pick it up, they rarely have full context of the code change. This is a critical risk point: most software bugs and vulnerabilities slip through at the peer review stage, where issues could have been caught early and cheaply.”

    AI Code Review In Action with CodeAnt AI.

    CodeAnt AI’s platform plugs right into GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps, giving developers instant feedback on their code across more than 30 programming languages. More impressively, it doesn’t just find problems – it suggests fixes that developers can apply with a single click, turning reviews that used to take hours into proactive quick, five-minute sessions. For companies racing to get products out the door, this means fewer delays and higher quality code. It also means cost savings – fixing problems during code reviews costs 10x less compared to fixing them later during CI/CD or after production deployments. 

    CodeAnt AI dashboard. 

    “We now have a new team member: CodeAnt AI. It sees our entire codebase in seconds, catches what linters miss, and suggests optimizations, refactors, even typos. It’s fully integrated into our on-prem GitLab — and the whole team adopted it instantly” said Michel Naud, Head of IT Solutions, Autajon Group. While, Sundaraman Venkataramani, Tech Lead at Motorq added:“At Motorq, speed, quality and precision are paramount. CodeAnt AI’s Agile team mirrors our fast-paced environment, delivering rapid iterations and responsive support. Their AI-driven code reviews, real-time feedback and robust security features have streamlined our development process allowing us to focus on core domain challenges. With CodeAnt AI, We’ve already been able to enhance code quality, security and are pushing our boundaries of innovation”.

    The company was founded by Amartya Jha and Chinmay Bharti, who both saw the same problem from different angles. Jha worked on scaling infrastructure at Zeta and ShareChat, where he noticed how easily critical bugs slipped through when reviews weren’t thorough. Bharti, with a master’s specialising in AI from IIT Bombay, faced similar issues while building high-frequency trading software at Blu Analytics – where a single bug could have serious financial consequences. Together, they built CodeAnt AI and were accepted into Y Combinator.

    What makes CodeAnt AI different is the technology under the hood. The company built  a proprietary language-agnostic AST engine that actually understands how different parts of a codebase connect, letting it spot issues that isolated code reviews would miss. The platform also pulls in data from major security databases and lets companies set up their own rules based on their specific needs. For security-conscious organizations, CodeAnt AI can run entirely within their own infrastructure, ensuring code never leaves their environment.

    “In today’s AI-driven environment, enterprises need solutions that either replace aging systems or deliver clear productivity gains,” added Amartya Jha. “CodeAnt AI is built to do both — helping companies move faster and stay competitive without compromising on security or code quality.”

    Tom Blomfield, Partner at Y Combinator added: “With more and more code being generated by AI, code review has never been more important. CodeAnt fits into your CI/CD pipeline and ensures that only high-quality code makes it into production. Not AI-generated slop!”

    Pricing starts at $10 per developer per month for the basic AI code review features, with a full package including code quality, security, and compliance tools available for $40 per developer per month.

    As AI continues to transform how code gets written, CodeAnt AI is positioning itself as the bridge to a future where code can be both rapidly created and confidently deployed. The founders envision a world where AI doesn’t just help developers write code faster, but also ensures that every line shipped to production is secure, efficient, and ready for the real world – giving engineering teams the confidence to move at the speed their businesses demand.

    Meanwhile, early investor at Hubspot Brian Shin, Managing Partner for VitalStage Ventures, commented: “CodeAnt AI is redefining one of the most critical — and often overlooked — parts of modern software development: the code review. In a world where AI is rapidly democratizing code generation, the bottleneck has shifted to validation. CodeAnt’s platform slashes review time by over 50%, ensuring not just speed, but quality, security, and reliability at scale. This leap forward empowers engineering teams to ship faster while catching issues earlier — a foundational advantage in today’s software-driven economy.”

    Code review and code quality are becoming super critical for teams to measure, track and improve. Especially with the rapid pace of adoption of AI for code generation. CodeAnt AI has built a great product that many engineering leaders swear by already added Aakash Kumar, General Partner at DeVc.

    “I love that CodeAnt stands on the shoulders of giants such as Sonar,” said Salil Deshpande, General Partner at Uncorrelated Ventures. “CodeAnt not only integrates into enterprise environments to help deliver clean, consistent, and reliable code, but also dramatically speeds up code reviews by identifying and fixing issues early during the review process — one of the most manual and critical parts of software development today.”

    Alex Bangash, Partner at Transpose Platform commented: “CodeAnt is enabling software engineering focused on creativity and innovation, not time consuming mundane yet important tasks. The automation is slick but they are keeping human reviewers in the loop. For a future where many PRs will be written by coding assistants, having a software engineering “empowerment” platform like CodeAnt will become even more critical to ensure performant, secure, and innovative software solutions.”

    Ends 

    Media images can be found here.

    About CodeAnt AI
    CodeAnt AI is an AI code reviewer that fixes code quality issues and security vulnerabilities. It’s proven to help enterprises reduce manual code review time by over 50%. 

    CodeAnt AI integrates directly across the development workflow—from IDEs to pull requests to CI/CD—offering one-click fixes for code quality and security issues. CodeAnt AI does this via: 

    • AI Code Review: Automatically reviews each pull request, summarizes changes, flags issues, and offers one-click fixes.
    • Code Quality Platform: Continuously scans the entire codebase for code smells, dead/ duplicate/ complex code, adds docstrings, and provides real-time quality insights.
    • Code Security Platform: Continuously monitors code, infra, and dependencies, detects vulnerabilities and secrets, and offers real-time security insights.

    CodeAnt AI is SOC 2 & HIPAA compliant and trusted by teams ranging from small startups to large unicorns. For more information please visit https://www.codeant.ai/ or follow via X or LinkedIn.

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  • MIL-OSI: Introducing the Wix Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server for Seamless AI-Driven Web App Development

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    With Wix MCP Server, users can leverage natural language prompts to seamlessly connect Wix’s comprehensive business functionality with their preferred compatible AI-powered tools, enabling them to build custom experiences on top of Wix or manage their Wix-based business

    NEW YORK – Wix.com Ltd. (NASDAQ: WIX), the leading SaaS website builder platform globally, today announced the launch of the Wix Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server. This enables anyone—from developers to business owners— to deliver production-ready Wix business solutions seamlessly through AI coding assistants and LLMs, ensuring they can generate code for a vast array of needs and manage Wix businesses using natural language. 

    The Wix MCP Server provides access to a wide range of Wix’s business solution functionalities, enabling users to manage their Wix-based business and generate code through AI assistants including Claude, Cursor, and Windsurf. Whether it’s a developer building a custom integration or a business owner chatting with Claude, the MCP provides the context and intelligence to get things done without coding or manual setup required. These powerful tools include inventory management, staff scheduling, secure checkouts, ticketing, a flexible CMS, and more. It also offers built-in CRM capabilities to capture and manage leads, such as  through forms, and comes with comprehensive back-office management as part of the Wix ecosystem, making it a robust platform for running, integrating, and building various aspects of your business.

    The Wix MCP Server is  a bridge between MCP-compatible AI clients and Wix’s robust headless infrastructure simply by using natural language prompts. Developers can operate directly from familiar Integrated Development Environments (IDEs), minimizing the need for manual integration and extensive documentation. Moreover, it is designed to cater to various user groups, including freelance web developers, agency teams, in-house development specialists, and AI automation experts.

    “We continue to invest in tools for developers, building on the momentum of our launch of Wix Studio. The addition of the Wix MCP Server expands this offering, making our powerful business solutions even more accessible to developers through instant, effective tools backed by Wix’s enterprise-grade infrastructure. This framework not only enhances productivity but also provides access to a wide variety of APIs and services, enabling the creation of seamless, cross-vertical solutions such as integrated commerce, blogs, scheduling, and events,” said Yaniv Even Haim, CTO at Wix. “As we step into the world of LLM-powered code generation, the quality and completeness of our APIs become one of our most important assets. Developers can now easily generate code that seamlessly integrates with Wix’s infrastructure, ensuring efficiency and reliability. This empowers them to provide secure, scalable solutions for their clients while harnessing the full potential of Wix’s headless platform. This initiative underscores the importance of continuing our efforts to open more APIs and enhance our documentation, marking just the beginning of a larger strategy to facilitate AI disruption within the industry.” 

    Wix will demonstrate the capabilities of the Wix MCP Server for payments at today’s Stripe Sessions. Developers will see firsthand how to generate reliable code for fully functional payment solutions using LLMs, creating a complete service website that accepts online payments via credit cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay through Wix Payments and Stripe.

    Developers can start coding with the MCP at no cost with the option to upgrade to a Premium Plan for extended functionality for business operations including accepting online payments.  Learn more about the Wix MCP here.

    About Wix.com Ltd.
    Wix is the leading SaaS website builder platform1 to create, manage and grow a digital presence. Founded  in 2006, Wix is a comprehensive platform providing users – self-creators, agencies, enterprises, and more – with industry-leading performance, security, AI capabilities and a reliable infrastructure. Offering a wide range of commerce and business solutions, advanced SEO and marketing tools, the platform enables users to take full ownership of their brand, their data and their relationships with their customers. With a focus on continuous innovation and delivery of new features and products, users can seamlessly build a powerful and high-end digital presence for themselves or their clients. 

    For more about Wix, please visit our Press Room
    Media Relations Contact:  PR@wix.com  

    1 Based on number of active live sites as reported by competitors’ figures, independent third-party data and internal data as of H1 2024.

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  • MIL-OSI: Micropolis Delivers on Vision of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Intelligent Systems at Make it in the Emirates 2025

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    DUBAI, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Micropolis Holding Co. (“Micropolis” or the “Company”) (NYSE American: MCRP), a UAE-based pioneering force in robotics, AI, and autonomous mobility, today announced its participation in Make it in the Emirates 2025, the UAE’s premier manufacturing event, taking place May 19-22, 2025 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC). The event brings together manufacturers, innovators, policymakers, and global investors to explore industrial growth opportunities within the UAE.

    At the exhibition, a series of daily showcases will display two of Micropolis’s innovative robotics portfolios—an agriculture robot and a container cleaning robot—demonstrating the power of its autonomous mobile robots and AI to enhance productivity and lower customers’ operating costs.

    To take part in Micropolis’s display and experience the excitement of their robotic solutions, please visit the Company at ADNEC May 19-22 in Booth 6-AM30.

    For more information or to schedule a meeting with Micropolis’s management team, please email Micropolis@kcsa.com.

    About Micropolis Holding Co.
    Micropolis is a UAE-based company specializing in the design, development, and manufacturing of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), AI systems, and smart infrastructure for urban, security, and industrial applications. The Company’s vertically integrated capabilities cover everything from mechatronics and embedded systems to AI software and high-level autonomy.

    For more information please visit www.micropolis.ai.

    Forward-Looking Statements
    This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995You can identify forward-looking statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. These statements may include words such as “anticipate”, “estimate”, “expect”, “project”, “plan”, “intend”, “believe”, “may”, “will”, “should”, “can have”, “likely” and other words and terms of similar meaning. Forward-looking statements represent Micropolis’ current expectations regarding future events and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by the forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, the uncertainties related to market conditions and other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of the registration statement filed by the Company with the SEC. For these reasons, among others, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements in this press release. Additional factors are discussed in the Company’s filings with the SEC, which are available for review at www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof.

    Investor Contact:
    KCSA Strategic Communications
    Valter Pinto, Managing Director
    PH: (212) 896-1254
    Valter@KCSA.com

    Media Contact:
    Jessica Starman
    media@elev8newmedia.com

    A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/276fe904-a544-478a-ab28-f317c2a4065f

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  • MIL-OSI: VERB CEO Rory J. Cutaia Interview Live from the Floor of the NY Stock Exchange on Cheddar TV’s Power Players

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    LAS VEGAS, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Verb Technology Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: VERB) (“VERB” or the “Company”), Transforming the Landscape of Social Commerce, Social Telehealth and Social Crowdfunding with MARKET.live, VANITYPrescribed, GoodGirlRx, and the GO FUND YOURSELF TV Show, today announced that CEO Rory J. Cutaia was featured on Cheddar TV’s Power Players live from the floor of the NY Stock Exchange on an episode that airs Friday, May 9, 2025, at 8PM ET.

    Hosted by J.D. Durkin, Power Players dives deep with business leaders to uncover the motivations, strategies, and defining decisions that shape today’s most influential companies. In this segment, Cutaia discusses his motivation for creating the innovative crowd funding TV show GO FUND YOURSELF, VERB’s original television series that blends real-time interactivity with investment access and product discovery — ushering in a new era for retail investing and consumer engagement, currently airing its first season on Cheddar TV. He will also provide a candid look into VERB’s ambitious growth plans — including its recent acquisition of Lyvecom, the popular new AI technology social commerce innovator for big brands.

    Here’s a sneak peek at the segment on Cheddar.com.

    Broadcast Information
    Power Players featuring Rory J. Cutaia
    Friday, May 9, 2025, at 8PM ET on Cheddar TV
    Encore presentations to air throughout the weekend and following week.

    About VERB
    Verb Technology Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: VERB), is transforming the landscape of social commerce, social telehealth and social crowdfunding with MARKET.live, LyveCom, VANITYPrescribed, GoodGirlRx, and the GO FUND YOURSELF TV Show. The Company operates multiple business units, each of which leverages the Company’s social commerce technology and video marketing expertise.
    MARKET.live, together with recently acquired AI social commerce technology innovator LyveCom, is a multi-vendor, livestream social shopping platform that allows brands and merchants to deliver a true omnichannel livestream shopping experience across their own websites, apps, and social platforms. Advanced AI capabilities power real-time user-generated-content creation, automated video content repurposing for high conversion video ads, and AI-powered virtual live shopping hosts that are virtually indistinguishable from human hosts, capable of real-time audience engagement. Brands utilize the Company’s proprietary AI model trained on tens of thousands of video commerce interactions to automate content creation and intelligent tools designed to optimize merchandising strategies and increase conversion rates. 
    GO FUND YOURSELF TV show is a revolutionary interactive social crowd funding platform for public and private companies seeking broad-based exposure for their crowd-funded Regulation CF and Regulation A offerings. The platform combines a ground-breaking interactive national TV show with MARKET.live’s back-end capabilities allowing viewers to tap, scan or click on their screen to facilitate an investment, in real time, as they watch companies presenting before the show’s panel of “Titans”. Presenting companies that sell consumer products are able to offer their products directly to viewers during the show in real time through shoppable onscreen icons.
    VANITYPrescribed.com and GoodGirlRx.com are telehealth portals, intended to redefine telehealth by offering a seamless, digital-first experience that empowers individuals to take control of their healthcare needs. They were designed and developed to disrupt the traditional healthcare model by providing tailored healthcare solutions at affordable, fixed prices – without hidden fees, membership costs, or inflated pharmaceutical markups. GoodGirlRx.com, a partnership with Savannah Chrisley, a well-known lifestyle personality and advocate for health and wellness, offers customers access to convenient, no-hassle telehealth services and pharmaceuticals, including the new weight-loss drugs, with fixed pricing regardless of dosage, breaking away from the industry’s traditional model of excessive pricing and pharmaceutical gatekeeping.
    The Company is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV and operates full-service production and creator studios in the Los Angeles, California vicinity.
    For more information, please visit: www.verb.tech

    Follow VERB here:

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VerbTechCo

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    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/verb-tech

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    Sign up for E-mail Alerts here: https://ir.verb.tech/news-events/email-alerts

    FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

    Statements contained in this press release that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. In some cases, these forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as “anticipate,” “designed,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” “should” and other comparable terms. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding VERB’s intentions, beliefs, projections, outlook, analyses or current expectations and the other risk factors and other cautionary statements included in VERB’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, and its subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including subsequent periodic reports on Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. All forward-looking statements made in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release and are based on management’s assumptions and estimates as of such date. Except as required by law, VERB undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect new information, future events, changed conditions or otherwise after the date of this press release.

    Investor Relations Contact: investors@verb.tech
    Media Contact: info@verb.tech

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  • MIL-OSI: Fortinet Expands Hybrid Mesh Firewall Portfolio with FortiGate 700G

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —

    Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, today announced the FortiGate 700G series, a next-generation firewall (NGFW) purpose-built for the modern campus. Powered by Fortinet’s proprietary Network Processor 7 (NP7), Security Processor 5 (SP5) ASIC, and FortiOS, Fortinet’s unified operating system, the FortiGate 700G series delivers up to 7x higher firewall throughput, 4x better threat protection, and 7x lower power consumption than competitor offerings. With support for advanced networking, FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services, and new FortiOS enhancements, including post-quantum cryptography readiness, FortiAI-Protect for AI-driven threat detection, and generative AI (GenAI) risk assessment, the FortiGate 700G helps organizations reduce risk, optimize performance, and future-proof hybrid IT environments.

    “With the FortiGate 700G series, we’re delivering more than just industry-leading performance that customers have come to expect from Fortinet—we’re equipping organizations with advanced capabilities to stay ahead of current and emerging cyberthreats,” said Nirav Shah, Senior Vice President, Products and Solutions, at Fortinet. “From AI-powered threat detection and GenAI risk mitigation with FortiAI-Protect to post-quantum cryptography readiness built into FortiOS, this new next-generation firewall series helps our customers consolidate infrastructure, reduce cyber risk, and confidently build for the future.”

    FortiGate 700G: Industry-leading Performance with AI-Powered Security
    Today’s enterprises are under pressure to scale operations, secure expanding attack surfaces, and manage increasingly sophisticated cyberthreats while reducing costs and maintaining efficiency. The FortiGate 700G series is engineered to meet these demands, offering:

    • Unmatched performance and security: Delivering 7x higher firewall throughput (164 Gbps) and 4x better threat protection (26 Gbps) than the industry average, the FortiGate 700G series ensures businesses maintain high-speed, secure operations.
    • Energy resilience through ultra-efficient design: The FortiGate 700G series enables continuous security even in energy-constrained or sustainability-focused environments. Consuming 7x fewer watts per Gbps than the industry average, the FortiGate 700G series sets the standard for energy efficiency and significantly reduces operational costs.
    • Enhanced threat detection and response with AI-powered security: As attackers increasingly weaponize AI and automate cyberattacks, FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services, enhanced by FortiAI-Protect, enables organizations to detect and block emerging, unknown, and increasingly sophisticated threats. FortiAI-Protect also delivers contextual risk assessments and enforces access controls for third-party GenAI applications, providing visibility into shadow AI usage across business groups and helping improve the overall data security posture of organizations.
    • Post-quantum cryptography readiness: New FortiOS capabilities help protect sensitive data against quantum-era threats by enabling quantum-resistant encryption, algorithm stacking for enhanced protection, and a seamless transition to post-quantum security, ideal for organizations in finance, healthcare, government, and other sectors handling long-term sensitive information.
    • Support for a wide range of network interfaces, ranging from 5GE to 25GE: Ensuring the flexibility to connect various devices and topologies, the FortiGate 700G series enables organizations to seamlessly adapt to developing technologies and accommodate future upgrades without costly overhauls.
    • Deeper protections for critical system files: FortiSentry is a unique out-of-band hardware module that provides continuous, non-intrusive file-system monitoring, adding another layer of protection to detect and prevent unauthorized access to critical system files.
    Specification FortiGate
    700G
    series    		 Security
    Compute
    Rating    		 Industry
    Average    		 Palo Alto
    Networks
    PA-3410
    series    		 Check
    Point
    6700    		 Cisco
    Secure
    Firewall
    3110
    Firewall Throughput 164 Gbps 7x 23.3 Gbps 14.0 Gbps 38.0 Gbps 18.0 Gbps
    IPsec VPN Throughput 55 Gbps 7x 7.7 Gbps 6.6 Gbps 4.6 Gbps 12.0 Gbps
    Threat Protection 26 Gbps 4x 6.7 Gbps 7.5 Gbps 5.8 Gbps –
    Concurrent Sessions 16M 3x 6.5M 1.4M 16M 2M
    Connections/Second 700K 3x 231K 145K 250K 300K
    Power Consumption FortiGate
    700G
    series    		 Energy
    Efficiency    		 Industry
    Average    		 Palo Alto
    Networks
    PA-3410
    series    		 Check
    Point
    Quantum
    9200
    series    		 Cisco
    Secure
    Firewall
    3100 series
    Watts/Gbps Firewall Throughput 1.8 W 7x 12.7 W 12.1 W 3.7 W 22.2 W
    Watts/Gbps IPsec VPN Throughput 5.4 W 6x 29.9 W 25.8 W 30.6 W 33.3 W
    • Threat Protection performance is measured with Firewall, IPS, Application Control and Malware Protection, and Logging enabled.
    • The numbers for competitive solutions are based on publicly available sources. Other vendors may have different testing methodologies.
    • All power consumption values are taken from external data sheets and hardware system guides using maximum power consumption.

    Fortinet Security Fabric: Powering a Unified and Scalable Cybersecurity Platform

    At the core of Fortinet’s approach is the belief that effective cybersecurity starts with the convergence of networking and security. The Fortinet Security Fabric, an integrated platform built on a common operating system and purpose-built technologies like the FortiGate 700G series, delivers consistent protection across hybrid environments. It empowers organizations with centralized management, automated threat intelligence, and real-time visibility. With seamless integration across Fortinet and third-party solutions, the Fortinet Security Fabric helps customers confidently scale from foundational network protection to advanced capabilities like SASE and AI-driven security operations. Fortinet continues to innovate and enable businesses to simplify complexity, reduce risk, and evolve their cybersecurity strategy with a platform approach that grows with them.

    Additional Resources

    About Fortinet
    Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) is a driving force in the evolution of cybersecurity and the convergence of networking and security. Our mission is to secure people, devices, and data everywhere, and today we deliver cybersecurity everywhere our customers need it with the largest integrated portfolio of over 50 enterprise-grade products. Well over half a million customers trust Fortinet’s solutions, which are among the most deployed, most patented, and most validated in the industry. The Fortinet Training Institute, one of the largest and broadest training programs in the industry, is dedicated to making cybersecurity training and new career opportunities available to everyone. Collaboration with esteemed organizations from both the public and private sectors, including Computer Emergency Response Teams (“CERTS”), government entities, and academia, is a fundamental aspect of Fortinet’s commitment to enhance cyber resilience globally. FortiGuard Labs, Fortinet’s elite threat intelligence and research organization, develops and utilizes leading-edge machine learning and AI technologies to provide customers with timely and consistently top-rated protection and actionable threat intelligence. Learn more at https://www.fortinet.com, the Fortinet Blog, and FortiGuard Labs.

    Copyright © 2025 Fortinet, Inc. All rights reserved. The symbols ® and ™ denote respectively federally registered trademarks and common law trademarks of Fortinet, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates. Fortinet’s trademarks include, but are not limited to, the following: Fortinet, the Fortinet logo, FortiGate, FortiOS, FortiGuard, FortiCare, FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager, FortiASIC, FortiClient, FortiCloud, FortiMail, FortiSandbox, FortiADC, FortiAI, FortiAIOps, FortiAgent, FortiAntenna, FortiAP, FortiAPCam, FortiAuthenticator, FortiCache, FortiCall, FortiCam, FortiCamera, FortiCarrier, FortiCASB, FortiCentral, FortiCNP, FortiConnect, FortiController, FortiConverter, FortiCSPM, FortiCWP, FortiDAST, FortiDB, FortiDDoS, FortiDeceptor, FortiDeploy, FortiDevSec, FortiDLP, FortiEdge, FortiEDR, FortiExplorer, FortiExtender, FortiFirewall, FortiFlex FortiFone, FortiGSLB, FortiGuest, FortiHypervisor, FortiInsight, FortiIsolator, FortiLAN, FortiLink, FortiMonitor, FortiNAC, FortiNDR, FortiPAM, FortiPenTest, FortiPhish, FortiPoint, FortiPolicy, FortiPortal, FortiPresence, FortiProxy, FortiRecon, FortiRecorder, FortiSASE, FortiScanner, FortiSDNConnector, FortiSIEM, FortiSMS, FortiSOAR, FortiSRA, FortiStack, FortiSwitch, FortiTester, FortiToken, FortiTrust, FortiVoice, FortiWAN, FortiWeb, FortiWiFi, FortiWLC, FortiWLM, FortiXDR and Lacework FortiCNAPP. Other trademarks belong to their respective owners. Fortinet has not independently verified statements or certifications herein attributed to third parties and Fortinet does not independently endorse such statements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, nothing herein constitutes a warranty, guarantee, contract, binding specification or other binding commitment by Fortinet or any indication of intent related to a binding commitment, and performance and other specification information herein may be unique to certain environments.

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  • MIL-OSI: Conifers.ai Unveils Program to Transform SOC Operations for Managed Security Service Providers

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    DALLAS, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Conifers.ai, the agentic AI platform designed to transform security operations, today unveiled a new program designed to address the greatest challenges of managed security service providers (MSSPs). With industry-leading AI capabilities, disruptive pricing, and unique multi-tenancy features, Conifers improves service delivery, enabling MSSPs to scale and profitably expand their business.

    Threats have become more persistent and sophisticated as attackers leverage AI, leaving companies demanding more from MSSPs and managed detection and response (MDR) providers. These teams are under immense pressure to deliver services faster with more accuracy, while continuously growing their businesses and increasing revenue. Conifers’ MSSP program addresses these pain points with a strategic approach blending industry-leading technology, phased onboarding, seamless integration, and competitive, predictable pricing. With Conifers, service providers become more innovative, and they can scale to support more customers with less financial impact, ultimately increasing their margins and quality.

    “Our team has extensive experience working with service providers. We understand their pain points and the constant pressure to safeguard customers while growing their businesses,” said Tom Findling, co-founder and CEO of Conifers. “With this knowledge, we designed our patent-pending agentic AI platform to boost their effectiveness and efficiency with high-quality investigations so they can meet demand head-on, delivering excellence for customers and accelerating business growth.”

    Tackling Complex Threats at the Speed of AI
    The Conifers CognitiveSOC™ was designed with service providers’ unique needs in mind, empowering managed SOC teams to tackle complex, multi-tier security incidents with unparalleled speed, accuracy, and confidence. The platform continuously ingests security incidents and, in conjunction with tenant-based institutional knowledge, provides deep, contextual investigations for each client. Centralized tenant management and nested multi-tenancy capabilities with seamless integration to any tech stack facilitate expansion. Strategic, customer-specific dashboards deliver meaningful insights that translate tactical results into outcomes that prove value. With Conifers, managed SOC and MDR teams can be more proactive, expand incident coverage, reduce resolution times, and focus on higher-value tasks.

    While competitors focus on just solving low-tier incidents, Conifers provides solutions for all issues encountered by SOC teams — from basic tier one to complex tier three incidents and everything in between. It has been proven to reduce end-to-end investigation times by up to 87%, solving complex incidents and freeing up analysts responsible for these triage processes, enhancing both SOC effectiveness and efficiency. For service providers, this scalability allows them to handle more clients without increasing resources, directly improving margins and competitiveness. Other benefits include:

    • Expand customer contracts via multi-tier service offerings and support for a large variety of security products
    • Improve retention and increase revenue with more accuracy and consistency in incident resolution, which results in more predictable overall costs
    • Grow business overall by increasing productivity and efficiency through unique multi-tenancy features and the smart use of AI
    • Improve the ability to measure real impact and risk reduction to more effectively demonstrate ROI, which is key for retention and expansion and a critical differentiator for MSSPs
    • Expand profit margins more easily with predictable, MSSP-friendly pricing
    • Integrate seamlessly with existing tools and processes
    • Onboard many customers seamlessly and at your own pace with dedicated, white-glove support for MSSPs

    Conifers was recently listed as a Sample Vendor in a Gartner emerging trends report titled, “Emerging Tech: Emerging MDR Trends to Grow Your Security Service Revenue.” Topics discussed include the integration of advanced AI for managed detection and response, and use of AI for prioritization and enhanced effectiveness.

    The Benefits of Agentic AI for MSSPs
    “The Conifers platform’s ability to manage dozens of tenants, each with its own baseline and customer-specific knowledge base, has significantly improved the quality of our operations, reducing investigation times in a way that’s both efficient and effective.” – Rutger de Boer, CTO, Dutch Technology eXperts

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    “Conifers is transforming how we run our SOC. Instead of drowning in alerts or hiring more analysts, we now have agentic AI that acts with context, scales our expertise, and adapts in real time. It’s more than what automation provides—it’s intelligence we can trust. With Conifers, we’re delivering faster, smarter, and more precise security outcomes for every customer.” – Edmund How, Founder & CEO, ONESECURE

    Visit the website or the company blog to learn more about Conifers CognitiveSOC™ program for MSSPs.

    About Conifers.ai
    Conifers.ai is transforming security operations centers (SOCs) with its AI-native Conifers CognitiveSOC™ platform, enabling enterprises and managed security service providers (MSSPs) to achieve SOC excellence. By leveraging agentic AI, Conifers empowers security teams to investigate complex, multi-tier incidents at scale with confidence, efficiency, and accuracy. Led by seasoned industry veterans and supported by SYN Ventures, Conifers is committed to addressing critical SecOps challenges through innovative solutions that enhance operational effectiveness, advanced investigation reasoning, and decision-making capabilities. With its unique staged implementation framework and patent-pending architecture, Conifers.ai builds trust in AI adoption, delivering measurable ROI and business impact. Learn more at https://www.conifers.ai/.

    Media Contact
    Geena Pickering
    Look Left Marketing
    conifers@lookleftmarketing.com

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  • MIL-OSI: Rate Supports Our Military Service Members and Veterans Beyond Offering Industry-Leading Mortgage Options

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    CHICAGO, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In recognition of Military Appreciation Month, Rate, a leader in fintech mortgage solutions, is spotlighting its continued support for active-duty military members, veterans, and their families—support that extends well beyond the closing table.

    While Rate is nationally recognized for its industry-leading VA mortgage products and top-tier loan officers, the company’s dedication to the military community runs deeper. With no lender fee on VA loans, amounting to $65.3 million in waived fees, and no overlays, Rate delivers unmatched accessibility and affordability for eligible homebuyers. The company is also home to the #1 VA purchase loan officer in the country, supported by a team of specialized underwriters and credit experts dedicated to navigating the unique needs of VA borrowers.

    “Serving our military community is not a tagline. It’s a core part of who we are,” said Victor Ciardelli, CEO of Rate. “We’re proud to offer the most competitive VA loan options on the market, but just as important is how we show up for veterans and service members every day, through real outreach, education, and giving.”

    That commitment is evident in Rate’s year-round military initiatives:

    • $1.08 million raised for nine nonprofits benefiting military families in 2024.
    • VA loan education classes for service members at various points of their careers, including service members preparing to leave the barracks.
    • A 2025 clothing drive in partnership with Operation Deploy Your Dress, donating 1,000+ dresses and 200 suits for military community members.
    • A holiday toy and sweater drive benefiting families across multiple military bases.
    • A Military Appreciation Baseball Game hosted at Rate Stadium, honoring military spouses, recognizing a “Hero of the Game” servicemember, and welcoming parachuters delivering the White Sox game ball, complete with 500 tickets and concession vouchers donated to military families.

    At the heart of these efforts is HONOR, Rate’s internal employee resource group focused on military outreach and support. HONOR’s mission is to embrace the company’s proud community of active and retired service members, veterans, spouses, and their families through shared experiences and resources.

    “We are dedicated to educating Veterans as well as the real estate community about VA loans. VA loans are a true benefit and many veterans use their VA benefit to build generational wealth. I am honored to be part of their journey home as is every member of the Rate team,” said Jennifer Beeston, Rate’s EVP National Lending and the nation’s top VA purchase loan officer. “From planning to buying to 20 years from now, we’re here to make homeownership a reality for the people who’ve served our country.”

    As May marks Military Appreciation Month, Rate remains committed to honoring the sacrifices of our nation’s military community, not only with unmatched home financing solutions, but also through continued action, advocacy, and care.

    About Rate

    Rate Companies is a leader in mortgage lending and digital financial services. Headquartered in Chicago, Rate has over 850 branches across all 50 states and Washington D.C. Since its launch in 2000, Rate has helped more than 2 million homeowners with home purchase loans and refinances. The company has cemented itself as an industry leader by introducing innovative technology, offering low rates, and delivering unparalleled customer service. Honors and awards include: Top 5 Mortgage Lender by Inside Mortgage Finance for 2024; Best Mortgage Lender for First-Time Homebuyers by NerdWallet for 2023; HousingWire’s Tech100 award for the company’s industry-leading FlashClose℠ digital mortgage platform in 2020, MyAccount in 2022, and Language Access Program in 2023; the most Scotsman Guide Top Originators for 11 consecutive years; Chicago Agent Magazine’s Lender of the Year for seven consecutive years; and Chicago Tribune’s Top Workplaces list for seven straight years. Visit rate.com for more information.

    Press Contact

    press@rate.com

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  • MIL-OSI: PubMatic Unveils AI-Powered Media Buying Platform

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    NO-HEADQUARTERS/REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PubMatic, a leader in digital advertising technology, today announced the launch of its upgraded solution suite for buyers, powered by generative AI. PubMatic’s buyer platform streamlines every stage of the media buying process – from audience and inventory discovery and forecasting to curation, activation, and performance optimization. It is the only solution with direct access to nearly the entire open internet – 1,900 premium publishers, privacy-safe audience data from 190 data partners, and over 821 billion daily ad impressions.

    The buyer-facing platform combines proprietary supply-side intelligence with AI-powered buying tools, and by uniquely combining direct SSP access with seamless campaign activation capabilities, it offers supply-path transparency unavailable to DSPs. This is critical at a time when buyers demand greater control over and visibility into where and how their media dollars are spent.

    Announced on the two-year anniversary of PubMatic’s Activate product launch, this marks a milestone in PubMatic’s evolution from a traditional SSP into an innovative end-to-end technology company powering the future of programmatic advertising on the open internet. With Gen AI at its core, PubMatic’s buyer suite addresses an array of inefficiencies around supply paths, workflows, inventory discovery, audience strategy, and optimization.

    New Capabilities of the Upgraded Platform Include:

    • AI-Driven Efficiency: In PubMatic’s Gen AI-powered marketplace, buyers will describe their campaign goals, audience strategy, or inventory needs using natural language. The platform will instantly surface or create curated deals while built-in forecasting tools will recommend optimal budgets and bid CPMs to maximize performance, resulting in faster deal creation and more predictable, high-performing outcomes.
    • Unified Activation & Insights: Buyers will seamlessly activate curated deals through PubMatic’s Activate platform or their DSP of choice while benefiting from real-time supply insights.
    • Omnichannel Scale: Buyers will tap into premium streaming and omnichannel inventory across connected TVs, mobile apps and browsers, enriched with audience data from PubMatic’s Connect platform to drive better targeting and efficiency.
    • Real-Time, Always-On Optimization: PubMatic’s Gen AI monitoring agent will proactively track campaign and deal performance 24/7, surfacing actionable insights and optimization recommendations to ensure delivery goals are met. This always-on intelligence will reduce manual efforts, flag issues before they impact outcomes, and free up traders to focus on higher-value strategic tasks.
    • Privacy-First Approach: The platform will ensure compliance with privacy regulations while leveraging first-party data for precision targeting, addressing the growing demand for privacy-conscious advertising solutions.

    “Our goal is to give media buyers a smarter, faster path to campaign performance,” said Kyle Dozeman, Chief Revenue Officer, Americas, at PubMatic. “We’ve embedded Generative AI into the entire PubMatic experience, integrating the technology seamlessly into our proven tools – Activate, Connect, and our SSP – unlocking the full potential of data-driven decision-making, while bringing buyers closer to high-quality, performant supply that reaches across the breadth of the open internet. Early adopters of our buy-side tools have already seen remarkable improvements in campaign efficiency and ROI, and we’re excited to continue driving innovation in partnership with leading agencies and advertisers.”

    Currently in beta testing with long-standing partners, the combined suite has strong support from industry leaders. GroupM, a global partner and early adopter of PubMatic’s Activate platform, which delivered a 126% incremental sales lift for a client, implements PubMatic’s buy-side solutions worldwide. Andrew Meaden, Global Head of Investment at GroupM expressed enthusiasm for the new platform: “Our long-standing partnership with PubMatic is based on a shared commitment to privacy-first, AI-powered innovation and helps us stay ahead in a rapidly evolving industry. PubMatic’s new unified platform will help us deliver smarter, more efficient campaigns for our clients, bringing together discovery, curation and activation in a single easy-to-use solution.”

    Publishers also stand to gain from the platform’s success. By leveraging machine learning and curated deals, the platform helps publishers maximize yield, increase fill rates, and maintain control over inventory quality and pricing. Integration with first-party data and commerce media networks empowers publishers to deliver targeted, privacy-compliant advertising experiences that drive incremental revenue and long-term growth. PubMatic’s integrated supply chain brings buyers and sellers closer together, reduces complexity, and ensures more value flows directly to publishers.

    As the industry moves toward a fully integrated supply chain, PubMatic’s buyer platform emerges as a critical nexus – scaling partnerships and AI-driven innovation across curation, activation and measurement to unlock ecosystem-wide collaboration. PubMatic’s curation partner Attain, whose transaction insights power precision targeting and will be available immediately to buyers on the platform, highlights the platform’s opportunity: “PubMatic’s AI-first platform represents an exciting vision for aligning ad spend with curated purchasing behavior”, said Dave Constantino, SVP at Attain. “By integrating real-time transaction data directly into deal curation and activation workflows, buyers gain an unprecedented ability to target high-intent audiences while measuring and optimizing for true business outcomes. This is the future of technology-first, performance-driven programmatic, and we’re excited to be a part of it.”

    To preview the new platform’s user experience, click to watch the video below:
     https://vimeo.com/1082017337/63a02d270b?ts=0&share=copy

    For more information about PubMatic’s enhanced buyer suite or partnership opportunities, please visit: www.pubmatic.com/buyers

    About PubMatic:
    PubMatic (Nasdaq: PUBM) is an independent technology company maximizing customer value by delivering digital advertising’s supply chain of the future. PubMatic’s sell-side platform empowers the world’s leading digital content creators across the open internet to control access to their inventory and increase monetization by enabling marketers to drive return on investment and reach addressable audiences across ad formats and devices. Since 2006, our infrastructure-driven approach has allowed for the efficient processing and utilization of data in real time. By delivering scalable and flexible programmatic innovation, we improve outcomes for our customers while championing a vibrant and transparent digital advertising supply chain.

    Press Contact:
    Ashley Jacobson, Director of Corporate Marketing, press@pubmatic.com
    Broadsheet Communications for PubMatic, pubmaticteam@broadsheetcomms.com

    A video accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/a21bf614-d202-4e4f-a765-c3dca0defe02

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: The Lindsay Chorale to Perform Free Concert at the Guildhall in Support of Mayor’s Charity

    Source: Northern Ireland – City of Derry

    The Lindsay Chorale to Perform Free Concert at the Guildhall in Support of Mayor’s Charity

    7 May 2025

    Derry City and Strabane District Council is delighted to announce that renowned Saintfield-based choir, The Lindsay Chorale, will be performing a special concert at the Guildhall on Sunday 18th May.

    The event, which takes place from 3pm, hopes to raise much needed funds for the Mayor’s chosen charity, The BUD Club, a vital local organisation supporting children and young adults with additional needs.

    Established in 1997, The Lindsay Chorale is known for its rich repertoire of classical, sacred, and contemporary choral music. Their visit to Derry~Londonderry offers music lovers a unique opportunity to hear one of Northern Ireland’s most accomplished amateur choirs in the majestic surroundings of the Guildhall. Having previously performed with The Priests and for Derry Girls creator, Lisa McGee, audience members are in for a treat with this special afternoon of music.

    The choir will be led by Musical Director Keith Acheson on the day. Keith is an Irish composer and conductor based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. After obtaining a BMus (Hons) in 1996 he was awarded a PhD in Composition from the Ulster University. Along with many pieces for choir, he has had work performed by the likes of the Ulster Orchestra, Gemini Ensemble, HuuJ Ensemble and Arco String Quartet.

    Taking to the famous Guildhall organ, Daniel Clements will accompany the choir and provide the decadent musical background that will add to the atmospheric afternoon.

    Speaking ahead of the event, Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Cllr Lilian Seenoi-Barr, encouraged the public to come along and support the cause:

    “I’m absolutely thrilled to welcome The Lindsay Chorale to our beautiful Guildhall for what promises to be a very special afternoon of music and community spirit. This free concert is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy world-class choral singing while supporting a cause that is close to my heart. The BUD Club provides life-changing support for families across our district, and I would encourage everyone to come along, donate what they can, and enjoy a truly uplifting event.”

    The choir, which has performed across the UK and Ireland, also expressed their excitement about the upcoming concert:

    “We are honoured to be performing in the historic Guildhall and to be part of an event that supports such an inspiring local charity. Music has the power to connect communities, and we hope our performance will not only entertain but also make a meaningful contribution to the vital work of The BUD Club,” said Keith Acheson, Musical Director.

    The concert is free to attend, and no booking is required. The concert will start at 3pm, and seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Voluntary donations will be collected on the day in aid of The BUD Club.

    For more information about the Mayor’s charity, please visit:
     www.derrystrabane.com/about-council/mayor/mayor-s-charity

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    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

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  • MIL-OSI: Arax Recognizes Partner Firms Named on USA Today’s List of Best Financial Advisory Firms 2025

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    NEW YORK, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Arax Investment Partners (“Arax”), a premier wealth and asset management platform company backed by RedBird Capital Partners (“RedBird”), today celebrates the inclusion of partner firms Ashton Thomas Private Wealth (“Ashton Thomas” or “ATPW”), U.S. Capital Wealth (“USCW”) and SRS Capital Advisors (n.k.a. “Arax Advisory Partners”) on USA Today’s list of Best Financial Advisory Firms 2025.

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    • SRS Capital Advisors was ranked one of the top two RIAs in Colorado.
    • Platform-wide, all Arax firms ranked in the top 20% of the 500 named on the list, selected from a pool of over 17,000 firms evaluated nationally.

    “We’re pleased to recognize the accomplishments of our partner firms over the past year as we advance our boutique strategy,” said Haig Ariyan, Chief Executive Officer of Arax Investment Partners. “We are joining forces with the best in wealth management to pursue expansive growth across our platform, and the industry is taking notice. I am very proud of our teams and look forward to continuing our work together.”

    This year’s accolades follow a period of significant growth for Arax, driven by the firm’s differentiated approach to capitalizing on opportunities within the fragmented investment advisory space. By partnering with leading independent wealth management providers and financial advisory teams, Arax delivers the resources necessary to scale business development, pursue complementary investment opportunities, and elevate the client experience. Today, Arax has established a nationwide presence, with a platform that supports more than $26 billion in AUM/A.

    USA Today awards spots on the list to the top performing registered investment advisory firms in the United States. The ranking is based on recommendations from financial advisors, clients and industry experts, and each firm’s development of assets under management (“AUM”). In partnership with Statista, recommendations were collected through an independent survey of over 30,000 individuals, and short-term (12 month) and long-term (five years) AUM development were analyzed using publicly available data. This year, USA Today and Statista included asset-based subgroupings to allow for comparison of firms of similar sizes.

    About Arax Investment Partners
    Arax Investment Partners is a rapidly growing boutique wealth management platform making strategic control investments in leading RIAs and elite advisor teams. Founded and led by CEO Haig Ariyan — a seasoned industry executive with a distinguished track record of building and scaling wealth management businesses — Arax empowers its partners to be entrepreneurial and focus on delivering exceptional client service. Firms benefit from a management team with deep M&A expertise, capital sourcing capabilities, and the backing of RedBird Capital Partners. For more information, visit www.araxpartners.com.

    About Ashton Thomas Private Wealth
    Ashton Thomas is a diversified financial services firm committed to a culture of excellence, integrity, and respect in every aspect of its business. Through its various entities listed below, Ashton Thomas serves foundations, businesses, and affluent individuals and families by providing a range of services which include fee-based financial planning and investment portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, securities brokerage, life and health insurance, and income tax preparation. The firm also strives to remain at the forefront of technological innovation and thought leadership within the financial services industry.

    Ashton Thomas Private Wealth, LLC, (“ATPW”), founded in 2010, and Ashton Thomas Advisors, LLC (“ATA”), founded in 2024, are SEC-registered investment advisers which provide fee-based financial planning, portfolio management, pension consulting, and fund manager selection services. Ashton Thomas Securities, LLC, (“ATS”) is a dually registered entity. ATS registered with FINRA as a broker-dealer in 1984 and provides securities brokerage services. ATS became an SEC-registered investment adviser in 2008 and provides fee-based financial planning, portfolio management, pension consulting, and fund manager selection services. Ashton Thomas Insurance Agency, LLC, (“ATIA”) provides life and health insurance brokerage services. ATIA also provides income tax services through its DBA, Ashton Thomas Tax Advisory. Representatives of the entities listed may only conduct business for which they are licensed, if required, and with residents of the states and jurisdictions in which they are properly registered and/or licensed.

    About U.S. Capital Wealth, LLC
    Headquartered in Houston, Texas, with a strategic Texas presence across Austin, Dallas, and Georgetown, as well as offices in New York City, Massachusetts, and Florida, U.S. Capital Wealth LLC (“USCW”) is a premier independent, full-platform Registered Investment Advisor dedicated to delivering institutional-quality financial solutions with the personalized service of a boutique firm.

    Founded in 2010, USCW was created to empower clients with access to a comprehensive wealth management experience. As a full-platform RIA, USCW offers the best of both worlds — integrating brokerage and advisory capabilities to deliver flexible solutions tailored to each client’s needs. Clients benefit from the capabilities of a large financial institution, while maintaining the personalized, high-touch approach of a boutique advisory firm.

    USCW’s team of seasoned financial professionals brings decades of institutional experience to help clients navigate complexity with clarity and confidence.

    USCW serves distinguished clientele, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth families, business owners, specialized industry professionals, institutions, and municipalities. Comprehensive offerings span investment management, risk mitigation, lending solutions, and fully integrated family office services — all tailored to each client’s unique goals. To learn more, please visit: https://uscwealth.com.

    About Arax Advisory Partners
    Formerly known as SRS Capital Advisors, Inc., Arax Advisory Partners is a privately owned, independent Registered Investment Advisor specializing in customized investment platforms and highly sophisticated wealth planning solutions for high-net-worth families and individuals, businesses, and foundations. Founded in 2004, Arax Advisory Partners’ unique integrated and comprehensive approach provides the highest possible level of client service to establish lasting partnerships with all their clients while combining comprehensive asset management with leading edge financial planning services. Arax Advisory Partners is headquartered in Denver, CO with offices in Pittsburgh, PA and Philadelphia, PA.

    About RedBird Capital Partners
    RedBird Capital Partners is a private investment firm that builds high-growth companies with strategic capital solutions to founders and entrepreneurs. The firm currently manages $12 billion in assets on behalf of a global group of blue chip institutional and family office investors. Founded in 2014 by Gerry Cardinale, RedBird integrates sophisticated private equity investing with a hands-on business building mandate that focuses on three core industry verticals – Financial Services, Sports and Media & Entertainment. Over his 30-year investment career, Cardinale has partnered with founders and entrepreneurs to build some of the most iconic growth companies in their respective industries. For more information, please go to www.redbirdcap.com.

    Media Contact:

    Dan Gagnier
    Gagnier Communications
    RedBird@gagnierfc.com

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  • MIL-OSI: Households with Children Emerge as Power Users of the Gig Economy

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    CHICAGO, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — While gig economy services are popular with American consumers overall, households with children have emerged as power users. This cohort reports using gig services on a weekly basis at an overall rate nearly 50% higher than households without children.

    More telling, 23% of households with children spend $500 or more per month on ridesharing, food delivery and other gig services, a rate almost five times higher than households without children—just 5% of which spend that amount each month. These findings and more are available in TransUnion’s (NYSE: TRU) 2025 Gig Economy Consumer Report.

    “Given how much families have to balance in their day-to-day, it’s no surprise that they have come to rely on the convenience of gig economy services,” said Cecilia Seiden, VP of TransUnion’s Communities and Marketplaces business. “TransUnion’s research provides some essential insights for how platforms can better engage this key segment.”

    Gig economy services used once or more per week by U.S. households
     
      Food Delivery Grocery/Retail
    Delivery    		 Ride
    Share    		 Online
    Freelancer    		 Vehicle
    Share    		 In-person
    Contractor
    With
    Children    		 61% 54% 53% 39% 38% 31%
    Without
    Children    		 40% 33% 36% 19% 21% 15%
     

    While households with children generally outpace those without children in their use of gig services, the difference was even more pronounced for emerging gig services, such as digital freelancing or in-person contract work (inclusive of home services and caregiving), where households with children were twice as likely to be weekly users.

    In-person contracting work comprises services like babysitting, dog walking and furniture assembly. Digital freelancing services include app building, web design, presentation design, etc. The amount of consumers using digital freelancing services suggests that, while some may be engaging workers to help with their small business needs, the majority may be outsourcing parts of their day jobs.

    Related, households with children were much more likely than households without children to cite the wide selection of providers (43% vs. 25%) and ease of finding the service they need (51% vs. 40%) as a reason for using these services. 

    The report also found that households with children prioritized promotions and loyalty programs when selecting a service. Gig platforms can differentiate themselves by running attractive promotions that enhance consumer satisfaction and build long-term loyalty. 

    Trust and safety

    If loyalty programs and promotions are among the best ways to attract and retain customers, breaches of trust and safety are likely the fastest ways to lose them. While 83% of respondents said they were satisfied with the trust and safety features available, more than half said they would stop using a platform if they were scammed, felt physically threatened, or had their account compromised.

    The report found nearly 4 out of 10 users are worried about encountering fraud or scams. When asked which steps platforms can take to reduce fraud and scams, 67% of users said verification of worker identity. Conducting background checks (58%) and utilizing biometrics (58%) to confirm that verified gig workers are the ones performing the services were also popular. 

    “Users understand that a certain amount of friction is necessary to keep people safe,” said Seiden. “Platforms that employ identity-based fraud protections can much more effectively strike the right balance necessary for a seamless and safe customer experience.”

    Learn more about TransUnion’s identity-based products, including TruAudience® marketing solutions and TruValidate™ fraud solutions.

    Read the full 2025 Spring Gig Economy Consumer Report.

    Research Methodology
    This online survey of 1,051 adults was conducted in February 2025 by TransUnion in partnership with third-party research provider Toluna. Participants included current and past consumers of gig economy services. All U.S. regions are represented in the study survey responses. These research results are unweighted and statistically significant at a 95% confidence level within ±3 percentage points based on calculated error margin. Please note some chart percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding or multiple answers being accepted.

    About TransUnion (NYSE: TRU)
     TransUnion is a global information and insights company with over 13,000 associates operating in more than 30 countries. We make trust possible by ensuring each person is reliably represented in the marketplace. We do this with a Tru™ picture of each person: an actionable view of consumers, stewarded with care. Through our acquisitions and technology investments we have developed innovative solutions that extend beyond our strong foundation in core credit into areas such as marketing, fraud, risk and advanced analytics. As a result, consumers and businesses can transact with confidence and achieve great things. We call this Information for Good® — and it leads to economic opportunity, great experiences and personal empowerment for millions of people around the world. http://www.transunion.com/business

    Contact Dave Blumberg
    TransUnion
    E-mail david.blumberg@transunion.com
    Telephone 312-972-6646

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  • MIL-OSI: Enphase Energy Launches IQ Balcony Solar System in Germany

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    FREMONT, Calif., May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Enphase Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENPH), a global energy technology company and the world’s leading supplier of microinverter-based solar and battery systems, today announced the launch of the Enphase® IQ® Balcony Solar System in Germany. Designed for plug-and-play installation, the new system empowers apartment dwellers and homeowners with limited roof space to generate their own clean energy from balconies, patios, and small outdoor areas. It’s also a simple and affordable solution for fully off-grid use cases, offering reliable daytime power for alpine cabins, camping sites, mobile home setups, and more. The IQ Balcony Solar System includes Enphase IQ8HC™ Microinverters, IQ® Balcony Gateway, and other components.  

    Balcony solar systems – or “plug-in solar” systems – are rapidly expanding access to clean energy for residents without traditional rooftop space. According to SolarPower Europe, Germany registered 435,000 new balcony systems in 2024, compared to 276,000 in 2023. There are now 780,000 total balcony solar installations across the country, driven by significant regional subsidies. The Enphase IQ Balcony Solar System will help more people participate in the energy transition, supporting greater energy independence across Europe.

    The IQ Balcony Solar System offers the following key features:

    • Do-it-yourself installation: The system has an easy setup with plug-and-play connectors for self-installation and commissioning through the Enphase® App.
    • Off-grid operation: The system’s IQ Microinverters switch seamlessly between grid-tied and off-grid modes, so connected devices can stay powered during daytime grid outages, or function entirely off-grid when the sun is shining in rural or remote areas where grid power isn’t available.
    • Scalable solution: Homeowners can start with a small system and expand over time using an Enphase expansion kit as energy needs grow. Additional energy from the expansion kit can be harvested using the auxiliary socket.
    • Integrated connectivity: The system offers a simplified setup using Wi-Fi or cellular data, supported by a 5-year data plan for seamless monitoring and updates.
    • Highly reliable: The IQ8HC Microinverters come with an IP67 rating, while the IQ Balcony Gateway has an IP65 rating and a 5-year warranty.

    “Germany’s energy landscape is changing, and products like the Enphase IQ Balcony Solar System are making the shift easier and more accessible,” said Kevin Malek, CEO of solago, a bundler of solar energy products in Germany. “This system empowers people to generate their own clean energy – even without a traditional roof – while enjoying the safety, reliability, and simplicity that Enphase is known for.”

    The standard Enphase IQ Balcony Solar Kit includes two IQ8HC Microinverters, one IQ Balcony Gateway, IQ® Cables, and one AC Power Cable. Retailers can bundle it with solar panels and racking before it is sold. The scalable system can accommodate up to seven IQ8HC Microinverters and panels, enabling the system to evolve with energy needs. System owners can easily install the system on their own and commission it using the Enphase App, which also allows users to monitor and view their energy production.

    “The installation process was incredibly fast, and the setup was seamless,” said Doris Filipović, a customer in Germany using the Enphase IQ Balcony Solar System. “What I love most is being able to track the performance of each panel in real time through the Enphase App. It’s a great feeling to know exactly how much clean energy I’m producing every day – right from my balcony.”

    “Thanks to our easy-to-install IQ Balcony Solar System, more people in Germany can now increase their energy independence and participate in the clean energy transition,” said Sabbas Daniel, senior vice president of sales at Enphase Energy. “We’re excited to support improved solar accessibility in Europe, and we look forward to launching into other regions in the future.”

    The Enphase IQ Balcony Solar System is available for purchase today on the Enphase website or with select partners. Solar panels, shelves, and mounting hardware are not included in this kit and must be purchased separately. To learn more about Enphase’s IQ Balcony Solar System, visit the websites for homeowners and installers.

    About Enphase Energy, Inc.

    Enphase Energy, a global energy technology company based in Fremont, CA, is the world’s leading supplier of microinverter-based solar and battery systems that enable people to harness the sun to make, use, save, and sell their own power – and control it all with a smart mobile app. The company revolutionized the solar industry with its microinverter-based technology and builds all-in-one solar, battery, and software solutions. Enphase has shipped approximately 81.5 million microinverters, and approximately 4.8 million Enphase-based systems have been deployed in over 160 countries. For more information, visit https://enphase.com/.

    ©2025 Enphase Energy, Inc. All rights reserved. Enphase Energy, Enphase, the “e” logo, IQ, IQ8, and certain other marks listed at https://enphase.com/trademark-usage-guidelines are trademarks or service marks of Enphase Energy, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Other names are for informational purposes and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

    Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release may contain forward-looking statements, including statements related to the expected capabilities and performance of Enphase Energy’s technology and products, including safety, quality, and reliability; the ability of more people to participate in the energy transition; Enphase Energy’s ability to support greater energy independence across Europe; and statements regarding the timing and availability Enphase Energy’s products in Germany. These forward-looking statements are based on Enphase Energy’s current expectations and inherently involve significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those contemplated by these forward-looking statements as a result of such risks and uncertainties including those risks described in more detail in Enphase Energy’s most recently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Annual Report on Form 10-K, and other documents filed by Enphase Energy from time to time with the SEC. Enphase Energy undertakes no duty or obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events or changes in its expectations, except as required by law.

    Contact:

    Enphase Energy

    press@enphaseenergy.com

    This press release was published by a CLEAR® Verified individual.

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  • MIL-OSI: GCM Grosvenor Reports First Quarter 2025 Earnings Results, with Quarter-To-Date Fundraising Increasing 77% Year-Over-Year, Quarter-to-Date GAAP Net Income of $0.5 million, and Fee-Related Earnings and Adjusted Net Income Increasing 22% and 30%, Respectively, Year-Over-Year

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    CHICAGO, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GCM Grosvenor (Nasdaq: GCMG), a global alternative asset management solutions provider, today reported its results for the first quarter 2025.

    GCM Grosvenor issued a detailed presentation of its results to the Public Shareholders section of GCM Grosvenor’s website at https://www.gcmgrosvenor.com/shareholder-events.

    GCM Grosvenor’s Board of Directors approved a $0.11 per share dividend payable on June 16, 2025 to shareholders on record June 6, 2025.

    Conference Call
    A conference call to discuss GCM Grosvenor’s financial results will be held today, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. ET. The call will be accessible via public webcast from the Public Shareholders section of GCM Grosvenor’s website at https://www.gcmgrosvenor.com/shareholder-events, and a replay of the live broadcast will be available on the website soon after the call’s completion.

    The call can also be accessed by dialing (888) 394-8218 (toll-free) or (646) 828-8193 and using the passcode 6031367.

    About GCM Grosvenor
    GCM Grosvenor (Nasdaq: GCMG) is a global alternative asset management solutions provider with approximately $82 billion in assets under management across private equity, infrastructure, real estate, credit, and absolute return investment strategies. The firm has specialized in alternatives for more than 50 years and is dedicated to delivering value for clients by leveraging its cross-asset class and flexible investment platform.

    GCM Grosvenor’s experienced team of approximately 550 professionals serves a global client base of institutional and individual investors. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, with offices in New York, Toronto, London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul and Sydney. For more information, visit: gcmgrosvenor.com.

    Non-GAAP Financial Measures
    Included in the results above, we report certain financial measures that are not required by, or presented in accordance with, GAAP. Management uses these non-GAAP measures to assess the performance of our business across reporting periods and believes this information is useful to investors for the same reasons. These non-GAAP measures should not be considered a substitute for the most directly comparable GAAP measures, which we reconcile within the detailed presentation discussed above. Further, these measures have limitations as analytical tools, and when assessing our operating performance, you should not consider these measurements in isolation or as a substitute for GAAP measures including net income (loss). We may calculate or present these non-GAAP financial measures differently than other companies who report measures with the same or similar names, and as a result, the non-GAAP measures we report may not be comparable.

    Share Repurchase Plan Authorization
    GCMG’s Board of Directors previously authorized a share repurchase plan, which may be used to repurchase outstanding Class A common stock and warrants in open market transactions, in privately negotiated transactions including with employees or otherwise, as well as to retire (by cash settlement or the payment of tax withholding amounts upon net settlement) equity-based awards granted under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2020 Incentive Award Plan (or any successor equity plan thereto). The Company is not obligated under the terms of plan to repurchase any of its Class A common stock or warrants, and the size and timing of these repurchases will depend on legal requirements, price, market and economic conditions and other factors. The plan has no expiration date and the plan may be suspended or terminated by the Company at any time without prior notice. Any outstanding shares of Class A common stock and any warrants repurchased as part of this plan will be cancelled. As of March 31, 2025, the total share repurchase plan authorization is $190.0 million.

    Public Shareholders Contact
    Stacie Selinger
    sselinger@gcmlp.com
    312-506-6583

    Media Contact
    Tom Johnson and Abigail Ruck
    H/Advisors Abernathy
    tom.johnson@h-advisors.global / abigail.ruck@h-advisors.global
    212-371-5999

    Source: GCM Grosvenor

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  • MIL-OSI: Nametag Joins IDPro to Support the Future of Digital Identity

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    SEATTLE, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nametag, the identity verification company on a mission to protect people’s accounts and foster trust in online interactions, today announced its sponsorship of IDPro®, a vibrant community of Identity & Access Management (IAM) practitioners. Nametag joins IDPro to support the dedicated people solving some of the most complex challenges in modern digital identity.

    Vendor-Neutral Community Empowers IAM Pros Building Digital Identity

    IDPro is a global professional association for people working in Identity & Access Management (IAM), digital identity, and cybersecurity. It provides vendor-neutral education through a continually updated Body of Knowledge, a globally recognized CIDPRO® (Certified Identity Professional) program, and a community that helps organizations and individuals grow their skills, build industry relationships, and provide a clear IAM career path.

    Generative AI, deepfakes, and nation state-backed infiltration campaigns are creating new challenges for IAM and cybersecurity experts. Today, it’s harder than ever to confidently verify that the users moving through enterprise systems are who they claim to be. As attackers find new ways to bypass outdated user authentication factors, identity verification (IDV) is increasingly being recognized as a critical foundation for establishing and maintaining trust in workforce identity environments.

    In this challenging environment, Nametag joins IDPro to support open dialogue, advance practitioner understanding, and help IAM and cybersecurity teams explore new use cases for identity verification.

    “I co-founded IDPro to help front-line security practitioners move beyond traditional approaches to user authentication. The advent of robust identity verification technology, particularly Nametag’s Deepfake Defense engine, represents a turning-point in the fight against identity fraud,” said Sarah Cecchetti, Co-founder of IDPro and Head of Product Strategy at Beyond Identity. “Nametag’s support of IDPro will provide a valuable resource for members exploring how they can leverage this powerful technology.”

    Others in the IDPro community also applaud Nametag’s innovation and collaborative ethos.

    “Staying ahead of today’s adversaries isn’t just about stronger technology solutions, it’s about stronger collaboration. That’s why IDPro is so important: it gives identity professionals a space to share what works, challenge assumptions, and raise the bar for everyone,” said Dean Saxe, Co-Chair of the FIDO Alliance Enterprise Deployment Working Group, Co-Chair of the IPSIE Working Group at the OpenID Foundation, and active IDPro member. “Nametag has consistently shown up with the kind of thoughtful innovation and information sharing that characterizes the IDPro community. I’m excited to see Nametag supporting IDPro and look forward to continued collaboration with their team.”

    “As identity verification and digital identity intertwine, we believe it’s critical that front-line practitioners take a central role in the development of these systems,” said Aaron Painter, CEO at Nametag. “IDPro is a passionate community of people who are setting the standards and creating the frameworks that will define the next generation of digital identity systems. We’re proud to support IDPro members to create the future of digital identity, where we believe the trust and assurance provided by Nametag’s Deepfake Defense identity verification will play a central role.”

    Learn more about IDPro and join the community at idpro.org.

    Learn more about Nametag’s technology and solutions at getnametag.com.

    About Nametag
    Nametag provides integrated identity verification and account protection solutions that prevent modern impersonation threats and streamline user experiences. Powered by Deepfake Defense™, Nametag detects and blocks sophisticated attacks which bypass other, outdated approaches to user verification, delivering the highest possible level of identity assurance. Nametag’s out-of-the-box solutions help enterprises secure their entire user account lifecycle, from onboarding through recovery, while ensuring compliance with the latest privacy standards. Security-conscious enterprises trust Nametag to protect their businesses and reduce IT and support costs. For more information, visit getnametag.com.

    Nametag Media Contact:
    press@nametag.co 

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  • MIL-OSI: Testsigma announces autonomous testing capabilities – ushering in the era of agentic AI

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    San Francisco, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Testsigma, the leading cloud-based testing platform, today introduced autonomous testing capabilities to its automation suite — powered by AI coworkers that collaborate with QA teams to simplify testing, speed up releases, and elevate software quality.

    The company also unveiled a brand-new Test Management product designed to empower QA teams to work with autonomy, with the support of AI agents that assist in planning, executing, optimizing, and reporting test cycles.

    With this launch, Testsigma becomes one of the first test automation platforms to offer end-to-end autonomous testing capabilities for both automation and manual testing teams, unifying workflows and accelerating quality at scale.

    Testsigma Dashboard.

    “We’ve always believed that testing should be accessible and intelligent. With this, we’re taking a major leap forward – putting AI agents in the hands of every tester, not just automation engineers,” said Rukmangada Kandyala, Founder and CEO of Testsigma. “Manual and automated testing are no longer separate silos. With agentic testing, QA becomes a fast-moving discipline that can keep up with modern development speeds.”

    Testsigma Founders: (L to R) Rajesh Reddy, Rukmangada Kandyala, Vikram Chaitanya P and Pratheep Velicherla.

    Autonomy for All QA Teams
    Testsigma’s AI-powered automation has already enabled hundreds of engineering teams to ship faster by generating and running test cases in plain English – no setup, no code required. Now, with the addition of its AI coworker Atto and a reimagined test management system, the platform becomes fully autonomous and inclusive.

    For Automation Teams:
    Atto is an AI coworker, mobilizing dozens of AI agents to autonomously generate tests from requirements, designs, code changes, and live applications. It runs tests at scale across browsers and devices, self-heals broken tests, analyzes failures, and surfaces actionable insights in real time. This approach integrates effortlessly into DevOps pipelines, enabling teams to test continuously and deliver reliable, high-quality software at speed.

    For Manual Testing Teams:
    The new Test Management product introduces agentic testing, where AI agents assist quality analysts throughout the testing lifecycle—analyzing requirements, generating test cases, executing test cases on the browser, tracking progress, surfacing gaps, and reporting bugs. It replaces decades-old test management tools, spreadsheets, and manual grunt work with intelligent, AI-assisted testing that’s faster, smarter, and efficient.

    Redefining the Role of AI in QA
    While most AI testing tools are limited to generating code, Testsigma takes a fundamentally different approach. Its AI agents are purpose-built to work autonomously across the entire testing lifecycle—dramatically boosting tester productivity. By offloading repetitive and procedural tasks to AI, Testsigma frees testers, regardless of technical background, to focus on higher-value work: understanding customers, providing richer context to agents, and driving strategic quality initiatives.

    “Development has accelerated rapidly, and testing speed is now non-negotiable. What Testsigma is launching with Agentic AI marks a true turning point.”, said Andrew Haitz, QA Engineer, Galactic Advisors. “We’re excited about the decision-making and autonomous execution capabilities that Agentic AI brings. This is the kind of leap QA has been waiting for.”

    Ends

    Media images can be found here. 

    About Testsigma
    Testsigma is an agentic test automation platform powered by AI coworkers that work alongside QA teams to simplify testing, accelerate releases and improve quality across web, mobile, desktop, API, and applications like Salesforce and SAP.

    At the core of Testsigma are Testsigma Copilot and Atto, an AI coworker for QA teams that mobilizes a team of AI agents to autonomously plan, design, develop, execute, maintain, and optimize tests. The platform also provides end-to-end agentic test management, powerful built-in features like visual testing, accessibility testing, cross-browser & cross-device testing, and seamless extensibility through 30+ native integrations and custom apps.

    Used by Nestlé, KFC, DHL, Samsung, Cisco, and more, Testsigma empowers quality engineering teams to speed up their testing effortlessly, thus ensuring high-quality software delivery with confidence.

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  • MIL-OSI: Asset Entities to Merge with Strive Asset Management to Form the First Publicly Traded Asset Management Bitcoin Treasury Company

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    The combined company will focus over time on maximizing Bitcoin exposure per share and seek to outperform Bitcoin over the long run and maximize value for common equity shareholders.

    More information provided about Strive Asset Management’s business at Strive.com.

    Strive CEO Matt Cole to present transaction and company strategy at Strategy World conference today at 2:15 pm ET (livestream).

    DALLAS, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Asset Entities Inc. (“Asset Entities” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: ASST), a provider of digital marketing and content delivery services, today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Strive Asset Management.

    The combined company will operate under the Strive brand, remain listed on NASDAQ, and become a public Bitcoin Treasury Company.

    Strive Asset Management intends to use all available mechanisms to build a Bitcoin war chest in a minimally dilutive manner to common shareholders and build a long-term investment approach designed to outperform Bitcoin, by using Bitcoin itself as the hurdle rate for capital deployment.

    Strive Asset Management will leverage its institutional investment expertise to implement proprietary strategies to fuel Bitcoin accumulation in accretive ways. Such strategies include the planned first-of-its-kind offer of combined company equity in exchange for Bitcoin in a manner that is intended to be tax-free to investors under Section 351 of the U.S. tax code; acquiring cash at a discount through mergers with overcapitalized companies; and unlocking additional leverage to accumulate Bitcoin, while hedging risk in novel ways using in-house fixed income and derivatives expertise.

    The reverse merger structure is expected to give the company immediate access to an effective shelf registration statement to raise primary capital from and after the closing of the transaction, which the company plans to expand to $1 billion following the closing in order to accumulate Bitcoin through both equity and debt offerings, to be used when accretive to common equity. The ability to raise capital under the effective shelf registration statement is a competitive advantage versus other newly formed Bitcoin treasury companies.

    The combined company plans to accumulate Bitcoin with a first-of-its-kind offering, allowing Bitcoin holders to contribute Bitcoin in exchange for public stock through a structure that is intended to be a tax-free Section 351 exchange — a provision of the U.S. tax code that enables appreciated assets to be contributed tax-free to a corporation in exchange for stock (subject to conditions and personal tax circumstances).

    Subject to market conditions and final structuring, it is currently expected that there will be no markup to the deal transaction price for participants in this exchange. This offer is expected to be open only to certain accredited investors prior to closing of the transaction.

    Matt Cole will lead the company as CEO and Chairman of the Board. With extensive institutional experience as a former $70 billion fixed income portfolio manager specializing in complex structured securities, Matt’s background enables SAM to innovate strategically, employing novel, accretive Bitcoin accumulation methods designed to enhance shareholder value previously unseen in Bitcoin treasury corporations.

    The SAM management team also includes Ben Pham as CFO, Arshia Sarkhani, the current CEO of Asset Entities, as CMO, and Logan Beirne as CLO. Each of these leaders will serve on SAM’s board of directors. Strive Asset Management also plans to add respected Bitcoin leaders Ben Werkman, Jeff Walton, and Avik Roy as independent board directors.

    “We are thrilled to be joining forces with Strive Asset Management to help pioneer the future of corporate Bitcoin treasury strategies,” said Arshia Sarkhani, President and CEO of Asset Entities. “Our strength in building and activating online communities across Discord and other platforms uniquely positions us to drive education, engagement, and adoption of Bitcoin-centric financial models. This merger empowers us to amplify Strive’s bold mission while delivering transformative value to shareholders.”

    Strive Asset Management built its strong brand on advocacy for capitalism, meritocracy, and innovation which reshaped corporate America. The company will always unapologetically stand for these foundational principles in its pursuit to maximize value for shareholders. Since its founding in 2022, the company has quickly amassed ~$2B assets under management, as it led efforts to roll back ESG mandates in boardrooms across America.

    Now, Strive Asset Management is applying that same winning playbook to lead a new transformation: corporate adoption of Bitcoin treasuries. SAM plans to advocate for all of the publicly traded companies in its funds to incorporate a Bitcoin treasury strategy in order to maximize long run shareholder value.

    • The combination of Strive Asset Management and Asset Entities is a strategic step to advance the foregoing strategy.

    Strive Enterprises, Inc., co-founded by Vivek Ramaswamy, will remain a privately held company and continue to expand its wealth management business. Before factoring in the contemplated Bitcoin-for-stock exchange and any additional financing, Strive Enterprises will own approximately 94.2 % of the public company and the legacy shareholders of Asset Entities will own the remaining 5.8%. Financings will proportionally dilute both Strive Enterprises and shareholders of Asset Entities.

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is serving as legal counsel to SAM in connection with the transaction and Bevilacqua PLLC served as legal counsel to Asset Entities in connection with the transaction.

    To learn about Asset Entities, please go to www.assetentities.com. To learn about the Ternary payment platform, please go to www.ternarydev.com. To learn about Asset Entities 360 suite of discord services, go to https://www.ae360ddm.com/ and https://discord.gg/ae360ddm.

    About Asset Entities, Inc. 

    Asset Entities Inc. is a technology company providing social media marketing, management, and content delivery across Discord, TikTok, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube, and other social media platforms. Asset Entities is believed to be the first publicly traded Company based on the Discord platform, where it hosts some of Discord’s largest social community-based education and entertainment servers. The Company’s AE.360.DDM suite of services is believed to be the first of its kind for the Design, Development, and Management of Discord community servers. Asset Entities’ initial AE.360.DDM customers have included businesses and celebrities. The Company also has its Ternary payment platform that is a Stripe-verified partner and CRM for Discord communities. The Company’s Social Influencer Network (SiN) service offers white-label marketing, content creation, content management, TikTok promotions, and TikTok consulting to clients in all industries and markets. The Company’s SiN influencers can increase the social media reach of client Discord servers and drives traffic to their businesses. Learn more at assetentities.com, and follow the Company on X at $ASST and @assetentities.

    About Strive Enterprises

    Co-founded in 2022 by Vivek Ramaswamy, Strive Enterprises, Inc. is a financial services firm with a mission to maximize value for clients through unapologetic capitalism.

    Strive Asset Management, the asset management subsidiary, has quickly grown to manage ~$2 billion in assets, competing with the world’s largest financial institutions. Strive Enterprises, Inc. recently launched a wealth management division that will remain private. Learn more at strive.com.

    Company Contacts:

    Arshia Sarkhani, President and Chief Executive Officer
    Michael Gaubert, Executive Chairman
    Asset Entities Inc.
    Tel +1 (214) 459-3117 
    Email Contact

    Investor Contact:

    Skyline Corporate Communications Group, LLC
    Scott Powell, President
    1177 Avenue of the Americas, 5th Floor
    New York, NY 10036
    Office: (646) 893-5835
    Email: info@skylineccg.com

    Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

    Certain statements herein and the documents incorporated herein by reference may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Rule 175 promulgated thereunder, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and Rule 3b-6 promulgated thereunder, which statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the outlook and expectations of Strive Enterprises, Inc. (“Strive Enterprises”) and ASST, respectively, with respect to the proposed transaction, the strategic benefits and financial benefits of the proposed transaction, including the expected impact of the proposed transaction on the combined company’s future financial performance (including anticipated accretion to earnings per share, the tangible book value earn-back period and other operating and return metrics), the timing of the closing of the proposed transaction, and the ability to successfully integrate the combined businesses. Such statements are often characterized by the use of qualified words (and their derivatives) such as “may,” “will,” “anticipate,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “expect,” “estimate,” “continue,” “plan,” “project,” “predict,” “potential,” “assume,” “forecast,” “target,” “budget,” “outlook,” “trend,” “guidance,” “objective,” “goal,” “strategy,” “opportunity,” and “intend,” as well as words of similar meaning or other statements concerning opinions or judgment of Strive Enterprises, ASST or their respective management about future events. Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions as of the time they are made and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that are difficult to predict with regard to timing, extent, likelihood and degree of occurrence, which could cause actual results to differ materially from anticipated results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and assumptions include, among others, the following:

    • the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the right of one or both of the parties to terminate the merger agreement between Strive Enterprises, ASST and the other parties thereto;
    • the possibility that the proposed transaction does not close when expected or at all because the conditions to closing are not received or satisfied on a timely basis or at all;
    • the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Strive Enterprises or ASST or the combined company;
    • the possibility that the anticipated benefits of the proposed transaction, including anticipated cost savings and strategic gains, are not realized when expected or at all, including as a result of changes in, or problems arising from, general economic and market conditions, interest and exchange rates, monetary policy, laws and regulations and their enforcement, and the degree of competition in the geographic and business areas in which Strive Enterprises or ASST operate;
    • the possibility that the integration of the two companies may be more difficult, time-consuming or costly than expected;
    • the possibility that the proposed transaction may be more expensive or take longer to complete than anticipated, including as a result of unexpected factors or events;
    • the diversion of management’s attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities;
    • potential adverse reactions of Strive Enterprises’ or ASST’s customers or changes to business or employee relationships, including those resulting from the announcement or completion of the proposed transaction;
    • changes in ASST’s share price before closing;
    • other factors that may affect future results of Strive Enterprises, ASST or the combined company.

    These factors are not necessarily all of the factors that could cause Strive Enterprises’, ASST’s or the combined company’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by any of the forward-looking statements. Other factors, including unknown or unpredictable factors, also could harm Strive Enterprises’, ASST’s or the combined company’s results.

    Although each of Strive Enterprises and ASST believes that its expectations with respect to forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions within the bounds of its existing knowledge of its business and operations, there can be no assurance that actual results of Strive Enterprises or ASST will not differ materially from any projected future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Additional factors that could cause results to differ materially from those described above can be found in ASST’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents subsequently filed by ASST with the Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The actual results anticipated may not be realized or, even if substantially realized, they may not have the expected consequences to or effects on Strive Enterprises, ASST or their respective businesses or operations. Investors are cautioned not to rely too heavily on any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and Strive Enterprises and ASST undertake no obligation to update or clarify these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent required by applicable law.

    Additional Information and Where to Find It

    In connection with the proposed transaction, ASST intends to file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) to register the common stock to be issued by ASST in connection with the proposed transaction and that will include a proxy statement of ASST and a prospectus of ASST (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and each of Strive Enterprises and ASST may file with the SEC other relevant documents concerning the proposed transaction. A definitive Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be sent to the stockholders of ASST to seek their approval of the proposed transaction. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING OR INVESTMENT DECISION, INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF ASST ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS REGARDING THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THOSE DOCUMENTS, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STRIVE ENTERPRISES, ASST AND THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION AND RELATED MATTERS.

    A copy of the Registration Statement, Proxy Statement/Prospectus, as well as other filings containing information about Strive Enterprises and ASST, may be obtained, free of charge, at the SEC’s website (http://www.sec.gov). You will also be able to obtain these documents, when they are filed, free of charge, from ASST by accessing ASST’s website at https://www.assetentities.com/. Copies of the Registration Statement, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the filings with the SEC that will be incorporated by reference therein can also be obtained, without charge, by directing a request to ASST’s Investor Relations department at 100 Crescent Court, 7th floor, Dallas, TX 75201 or by calling (214) 459-3117 or emailing web@assetentities.com. The information on Strive Enterprises’ or ASST’s respective websites is not, and shall not be deemed to be, a part of this communication or incorporated into other filings either company makes with the SEC.

    Participants in the Solicitation

    Strive Enterprises, ASST and certain of their respective directors, executive officers and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of ASST in connection with the proposed transaction. Information about the interests of the directors and executive officers of Strive Enterprises and ASST and other persons who may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of stockholders of ASST in connection with the proposed transaction and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus related to the proposed transaction, which will be filed with the SEC. Information about the directors and executive officers of ASST, their ownership of ASST common stock, and ASST’s transactions with related persons is set forth in the section entitled “Board of Directors and Corporate Governance,” “Executive Officers of the Company,” “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters,” “Executive Compensation,” and “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” included in ASST’s definitive proxy statement in connection with its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, as filed with the SEC on August 22, 2024.

    No Offer or Solicitation

    This communication is not intended to and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or the solicitation of any vote of approval, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act, or pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, such registration requirements.

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Tango Meets Tokamak: Bill Bailey talks fusion energy with UKAEA

    Source: United Kingdom – Government Statements

    Press release

    Tango Meets Tokamak: Bill Bailey talks fusion energy with UKAEA

    British musician, comedian and television star Bill Bailey’s interest and passion for fusion energy saw a recent visit to UKAEA’s Culham Campus.

    Bill Bailey visits MAST Upgrade as part of tour at UKAEA’s Culham Campus – Image Credit United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

    The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) welcomed British musician, comedian and television star, Bill Bailey, to its Culham Campus to explore the vital research being undertaken to advance fusion as a sustainable source of energy for future generations.

    The Strictly Come Dancing Glitterball Trophy winner visited UKAEA’s campus in Oxfordshire, after mentioning fusion during his ‘Thoughtifier’ stand-up tour. Spotted in the audience, UKAEA’s Executive Director for Engineering and Computing, Dr Joe Milnes, invited Mr Bailey to see fusion’s research and development in action.

    Mr Bill Bailey, said:

    The central premise of this show (‘Thoughtifier’) is celebrating human endeavour and the constant ingenuity of humans. I talk about it in terms of human evolution, about discovering music, and one of those fields is also fusion. It felt like a natural fit to put fusion into the show and to ask the members of the audience what they feel about it.

    I’ve noticed a change over the past year and half where, every time I mention fusion, there has been a gradual uptick in people’s awareness of it. When I say, ‘We need to find a solution to the world’s energy needs, what about fusion?’, there are cheers from the crowd.

    My visit to UKAEA was fascinating and eye-opening, and amazing to hear about how our understanding of fusion is progressing. Seeing all this being done in the English countryside gave me a huge surge of patriotic pride, and enormous hope for the future.

    Dr Joe Milnes, Executive Director for Engineering and Computing, UKAEA, said:

    I’ve always been a big fan of Bill’s, particularly his sense of humour combined with his obvious fascination with how the world works.

    Spending a few hours with Bill, showing him all the incredible things happening at UKAEA, revealed how excited he is about fusion and other endeavours where humans can demonstrate their incredible problem-solving abilities.

    Fusion promises to be a safe, low carbon and sustainable part of the world’s future energy supply. It has the potential to provide ‘base load’ power, complementing renewable and other low carbon energy sources.

    During his visit, Mr Bailey toured UKAEA’s MAST-Upgrade and the Joint European Torus (JET) facilities and recorded a fireside chat with Dr Joe Milnes.

    Watch the full fireside chat on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/7FS1yO3zs5k

    Bill Bailey in fireside chat with UKAEA’s Dr. Joe Milnes – Image Credit United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

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    Published 7 May 2025

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Rosneft enterprises’ teams hold events in honor of the Great Victory anniversary

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Rosneft – Rosneft – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Rosneft and its subsidiaries organize and participate in events in honor of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The company holds hundreds of events throughout Russia, which are designed to pass on to the younger generation the historical memory of the immortal feat of our people who liberated the world from fascism. Among the heroes of the front and the home front are many workers in the oil industry.

    Oil workers demonstrated mass heroism in the battles of the Great Patriotic War and labor valor at enterprises in the rear. The Red Army was supplied with fuel and lubricants in the required quantities. During the war, the few remaining specialists, women and teenagers who replaced the men who went to the front, achieved a significant increase in the volume of oil production and refining. New fields were discovered, oil refineries were put into operation. Thanks to the selfless work of oil workers, our country won the “war of motors”, which brought the overall Victory closer.

    The Company’s employees congratulate veterans of the Great Patriotic War and oil industry workers in different regions of the country on Victory Day. Festive concerts are held for them, where the winners of the corporate competition “Energy of Talents” perform. Rosneft volunteers also visit veteran oil workers at home, convey congratulations and memorable gifts from the teams of the enterprises.

    With the support of Rosneft, the Sretensky Monastery Choir is touring 24 cities across the country with the musical program “Dedicated to the Great Victory”. The production is based on real stories about the fates of heroes who walked the miles of war from Moscow to Berlin and the best works of the front-line years.

    More than 100 thousand Rosneft employees in more than 40 regions of Russia are taking part in the all-Russian action “Immortal Regiment” in various formats. On the eve of Victory Day, Rosneft enterprises held “Minutes of Silence” in memory of those killed in the war, as well as “Memory Watch”, during which workers began their work shift with portraits of relatives who had fought in the Great Patriotic War.

    About 1,000 employees of 33 Rosneft subsidiaries took part in a collective reading of the poem “Motherland” by poet Konstantin Simonov. Samotlorneftegaz employees read the famous lines at the monument “To fellow countrymen who died during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” in the Victory Park of Nizhnevartovsk, unfurling an 80-meter St. George ribbon.

    More than 500 employees of the Samara group of Rosneft enterprises, veterans and employees of Rosneft enterprises, students, volunteers and residents of the Samara region in the city of Novokuibyshevsk next to the memorial complex to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War also unfurled an 80-meter St. George ribbon, honored the memory of the fallen heroes with a minute of silence and laid flowers at the Eternal Flame.

    Rosneft pays special attention to the formation of spiritual and patriotic values in the younger generation. Veteran oil workers together with current employees of the Company held “Lessons of Courage” in schools, universities and colleges, where children were told about how oil industry enterprises worked during the Great Patriotic War. Students, including students of “Rosneft classes” and schoolchildren from the “Movement of the First” were able to personally communicate with witnesses of those events. Also, for schoolchildren of Ufa, Samara, Gubkinsky, Saratov, Nizhnevartovsk, the settlement of Tazovsky in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, they organized screenings of the documentary “War of Motors” about the significant contribution of oil workers to the Great Victory, which was filmed with the support of Rosneft.

    Samotlorneftegaz and Sevkomneftegaz held a patriotic event “Victory Waltz” in Nizhnevartovsk and Gubkinsky, in which representatives of three generations took part: veterans, employees of enterprises and students of “Rosneft-classes”. Volunteers danced a waltz to “Blue Scarf”, which was performed for soldiers on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War by Klavdiya Shulzhenko and other famous artists.

    On the eve of the Great Victory, the Company’s volunteers organized a number of large-scale clean-up days: they repaired, renovated, and tidied up memorials and monuments to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War. Volunteers from the Kuibyshev Oil Refinery and the Novokuibyshevsk Petrochemical Company tidied up more than 60 graves of front-line soldiers in Samara. Volunteers from Samotlorneftegaz tidied up the territory of the memorial complex “To fellow countrymen who died during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” in Nizhnevartovsk. Udmurtneft employees helped to improve the monument to those killed during the war in the village of Svetloye, Votkinsk District; with the participation of the enterprise, memorials were also arranged in six other settlements of the Udmurt Republic. Bashneft organized the cleaning of the territory and renovation of elements of the park near the monument to “Ishimbay oil workers who died in battles for the Motherland” in the city of Ishimbay. Schoolchildren of the “Movement of the First” actively participated in all the events.

    The company organized mass car rallies in different regions of Russia, in which more than 1 thousand people took part. Employees of the enterprises RN-Yuganskneftegaz, Tyumenneftegaz, RN-Uvatneftegaz, Kharampurneftegaz, ROSPAN International, RN-Purneftegaz, and the corporate scientific institute in Tyumen held a joint campaign in the Tyumen region, the Yamalo-Nenets and Khanty-Mansiysk autonomous districts, covering 1,418 km in cars with Victory Banners – this distance corresponds to the number of days that the Great Patriotic War lasted.

    In Krasnoyarsk Krai, a motorcade of RN-Vankor workers drove a thousand kilometers across the tundra with the Victory Banner from the Vankor field to the port of Bukhta Sever on the shore of the Kara Sea. Bashneft organized a 160-kilometer motor rally of 50 cars in the Republic of Bashkortostan between the cities of Labor Valor Ishimbay and Ufa. During the Great Patriotic War, oil from Ishimbay was sent to Ufa for processing at the Ufa Oil Refinery (now Bashneft-UNPZ), the plant’s fuel went to the needs of the front and the rear.

    Volunteers from the Saratov Oil Refinery, RN-Vedomstvennaya Okhrana, and IK SIBINTEK drove a motorcade with jubilee symbols along the streets of Saratov from the oil refinery to the memorial complex to the soldiers-drivers. During the war, columns of cars with food, military equipment, uniforms, and fuel produced at the Saratov Oil Refinery went through Saratov to Stalingrad. During the fierce battles for Stalingrad, the Saratov-Stalingrad highway was called the “road of life” in the besieged hero city. Rosneft-Kuban Oil Products workers drove 150 km in 20 cars as part of the patriotic motor rally “Krasnodar-Novorossiysk”. Employees of the Komsomolsk Oil Refinery organized a motor rally from the Memorial Complex in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, where oil refiners laid flowers at the Eternal Flame. The column of more than 50 cars with anniversary symbols and Victory banners was headed by a Ural motorcycle from the 1970s.

    In addition, in various regions, the Company’s employees have created routes for auto tourists to memorial sites dedicated to the Great Patriotic War. Rosneft gas stations broadcast congratulations on the anniversary of the Victory, songs from the war years, and distribute St. George ribbons during the holidays. A number of stations have themed photo zones, field kitchens, and concerts by creative groups with a patriotic repertoire.

    Rosneft traditionally takes part in federal and regional events to green the territories on the eve of Victory Day. As part of the international action “Garden of Memory”, together with activists of the “Movement of the First”, Orenburgneft employees planted more than 10 thousand pine seedlings on 4.5 hectares of the Buzuluk pine forest, damaged by a natural fire, and 1.5 thousand pine trees in the steppe territory of the Kurmanaevsky district of the Orenburg region. “Kurgannefteprodukt” organized the planting of 20 thousand tree seedlings in the form of a geoglyph (an inscription made up of trees) “80 years of Victory”. Also, the geoglyph “80” appeared through the efforts of Bashneft-Dobycha employees in the city of Neftekamsk in the Republic of Bashkortostan. Employees of the corporate institute “VNIKTIneftekhimoborudovanie” took part in the landscaping of the slope of Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd: they prepared the territory of the future alley and planted 80 silver maple seedlings.

    The Company’s employees took part in dozens of sports, intellectual competitions and contests dedicated to the Victory anniversary. Thus, Rosneft held corporate snowboarding competitions dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory. More than 100 oil industry athletes from 35 subsidiaries gathered at the ski center in Baikalsk (Irkutsk Region). And in Tomsk, they organized the “Victory Ski Slope” at a distance of 200 meters – it became a symbol of memory of the heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad, which lasted 200 days and became a turning point in the Great Patriotic War.

    Commemorative museum exhibits have been organized at the enterprises, and street photo exhibitions reflecting the selfless labor of oil workers in the rear and the heroism of front-line soldiers have opened in the cities where the Company is present. A photo exhibition titled “Fuel of Victory” has opened in the Muzeon Arts Park in Moscow. In Ufa, Bashneft opened a photo exhibition about the contribution of Bashkir oil workers to the Victory in a park on the Belaya River embankment and laid out a memorial alley of apple and fir trees. In Saratov, an exhibition of patriotic drawings by children of Rosneft employees has been placed on the Cosmonauts Embankment.

    The employees of Verkhnechonskneftegaz initiated and created with their own hands the memorial “Memory Flame” in the shift camp of the Verkhnechonskoye field. On memorable dates for the country it will be lit as a symbol of the undying national memory of those who gave their lives on the battlefields.

    One of the central events of the anniversary year in Buzuluk (Orenburg region) and in Ryazan was the creation of large-scale murals with the support of Orenburgneft and the Ryazan Oil Refining Company, respectively.

    Rosneft contributes to preserving the historical memory of the events of the Great Patriotic War, the immortal feat of veterans who fought on the front lines and forged the Great Victory in the rear. Their unconditional love for the Motherland and patriotism are an unshakable example for current and future generations.

    Department of Information and Advertising of PJSC NK Rosneft May 7, 2025

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Neag School Class of 2025 Student Profile: Cece Echevarria

    Source: US State of Connecticut

    Editor’s Note: As Commencement approaches, we are featuring some of our Neag School Class of 2025 graduating students over the coming days.

    Major: BS, American Sign Language Education and ASL Studies and minor in Linguistics
    Hometown: West Hartford, Connecticut

    Q: Why did you choose UConn?

    A: Growing up, I knew I would go to UConn. My dad was, and still is, one of the bus drivers for the UConn men’s hockey team, so my sister and I grew up going to the games at the XL Center. The energy was palpable – it just makes you want more. I grew up knowing I wanted to be a teacher, so I was lucky enough to have a university in my home state that offered an amazing program that would give me everything I needed to be a successful educator in five years. Education has always been, and will always be, a huge part of my values. Having the opportunity to learn about new languages and cultures and how the world works is why I chose UConn; I knew I could get all of this and more.

    Q: What’s your major or field of study, and what drew you to it?

    A: I am completing a dual degree in American Sign Language (ASL) education and ASL Studies (concentration in interpreting English and ASL) along with a minor in linguistics. In the first grade, I knew I wanted to be a teacher. I loved going to school; I felt very welcomed by my teachers and my peers. Taking this love for school with me as I grew up, once I entered high school, I had to begin thinking about what I wanted to teach. I had taken Spanish, French, and ASL by the time I began my junior year. I knew languages were something that I loved to learn – the complexity and culture were something that truly drew me to those classes every day. That’s when I knew I wanted to be an ASL teacher – I really wanted to continue learning and teaching others about a community they might have never interacted with before. ASL has made me a more open-minded person, and I hope to help my future students develop this and more skills as they learn ASL about the Deaf community and culture.

    Q: Did you have a favorite professor or class?

    A: My favorite professor is Dr. Catherine Little. She has truly been someone who I can be myself around and who makes me feel reassured that I am on the right path and doing what I need to do. Being a part of the honors program has been rewarding, as I am learning many new skills and diving deeper into my subject area. At the same time, it is so challenging to manage research, student teaching, and social life. Dr. Little has been a person who can calm me and my peers down and make us feel that we are on the right path and that we’ll be successful. So many thanks to Dr. Little for always being there to answer panicked emails and provide many sweet treats when I just needed a break to breathe. Thank you, Catherine!

    Q: What activities were you involved in as a student?

    A: I worked at the Student Union as an audio/visual production specialist. In that job, I had the opportunity to serve as the engagement and inclusion, as well as maintenance and projects, team lead. Working this job for three years, I started out with very minimal knowledge of audio/visual work, but I loved it because of the people. My boss, Jim Wheeler, was someone who could make me laugh but also really challenged me to learn new things and eventually be a leader on the team. Having someone trust me so much to do the job is why I stayed for so long, and I was sad to go! The best part about this job, other than learning completely new skills, was having time to really have experience managing my academics and a job. Time management is something that can be tricky to figure out when you have so much going on, so this was a great opportunity and job for me during much of my college career.

    Q: What’s one thing that surprised you about UConn?

    A: One thing that surprised me was how many school events there are and how many students attend! The Student Union is the campus hub, and thousands of students go there every day. So many events and meetings happen there. The Duck Hunt is my favorite. Going with a few friends to any event can make for a silly UConn memory that will last a lifetime.

    Q: What are your plans after graduation/receiving your degree?

    A: After receiving my degree, I will be returning to UConn to complete the fifth year of the Integrated Bachelor’s/Master’s (IB/M) program. Being the first and only student studying American Sign Language education has been interesting, as my placements in schools have been surprising and enriching. I am hopeful that I will return to my student teaching placement for my internship and continue making connections with students and staff and working on the curriculum. Additionally, I currently coach track and field at my own high school. I am looking forward to working with those student-athletes for another two seasons. Coaching has been an amazing opportunity to give back to the same program I participated in during high school.

    Q: How has UConn prepared you for the next chapter in life?

    A: UConn, specifically the Neag School of Education, has prepared me by providing me with opportunities to get hands-on experience in my field and get in-depth feedback on it. I have been so lucky to learn from other educators currently in the field and have the sandbox time to figure out what kind of teacher I am. Being accepted into the Neag School has been my goal since applying to UConn, and I wouldn’t change it for the world!

    The Neag School of Education, has prepared me by providing me with opportunities to get hands-on experience in my field and get in-depth feedback on it. &#8212 Cece Echevarria

    Q: Any advice for incoming students?

    A: My advice for incoming students is to not be afraid to advocate for yourself. It is easy to get caught up in all your newfound freedom and hobbies and friends in college, but it is so important to be able to speak up for the things you need. This doesn’t only pertain to getting help if you’re struggling in a class. This is about asking for opportunities to further your skills. Internships and letters of recommendation. Getting the right information about classes you should take and how it can help you reach your goals. Being able to investigate the things that you want to do further is going to take you farther in college than anything else. Don’t be afraid to do it; the people around you will trust you and support you when they hear directly from you about your goals and how you want to achieve them.

    Q: What’s one thing everyone should do during their time at UConn?

    A: The easy answer: a women’s basketball game. A basketball game in general, yes, but the energy at a women’s game is unmatched. Go with a group of friends and have a good time. No matter where you sit, you’re bound to cheer as loud as you can, dance to good music, and hopefully catch a shirt or a pair of socks when they do a toss into the stands. Many people come to UConn for the love of the game, and I believe it is worth experiencing that energy where all UConn students can get together and cheer on our team.

    Q: What will always make you think of UConn?

    A: The Basketball Capital of the World!

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  • MIL-OSI Global: The dangerous business of predicting the death of popes – a history

    Source: The Conversation – UK – By Michelle Pfeffer, Research Fellow in Early Modern History, University of Oxford

    Portrait of Michel de Nostredame (Nostradamus), painted by his son César de Nostredame. Wiki Commons

    Michel de Nostredame (1503-66), better known as Nostradamus, is often hailed as one of the most successful prophets of all time. Said to have foreseen major world events from the rise of Hitler to COVID, the 16th-century astrologer was recently credited with predicting Pope Francis’s death – and what would happen next.

    ‘Through the death of a very old Pontiff

    A Roman of good age will be elected.

    Of him it will be said that he weakens his seat

    But long will he sit in biting activity.

    Like all the quatrains in Nostradamus’s collection of prophecies, Les Prophéties (1555-68), this one is as enigmatic as it is flexible. Short, sweet and decontextualised, his prophetic poems feel timeless, and it is deliciously satisfying to recognise a real-world correlation. The problem is that his prophecies are so vague that they can be linked to any number of events – or old Pontiffs.

    Nostradamus’s “dark and cryptic” language was intentional. If he had been more explicit, not only his career, but perhaps even his life, may have been at risk.

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    Many of his prophecies concerned the rise and fall of the great and the good, and political prophecy was a high-risk business. In ancient Rome, astrologers had been expelled from the city for forecasting the death of emperors, and Renaissance leaders were no less paranoid. To avoid “scandalising and upsetting”, Nostradamus chose to veil his true meaning.

    This was not just a matter of self-preservation, but also a way to obscure politically explosive information. Claiming to know when a civic or church leader might die was valuable intelligence. This made astrology a key tool of Renaissance spy-craft, but also a dangerous weapon that needed to be monitored and regulated.

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    As a system that promised to forecast plagues, natural disasters, war, and even the economy, astrology was a logical interest for Renaissance rulers.

    Universities taught their students how to make these predictions, and for some lucky graduates this led to a job in a royal, princely, or even papal court. Here their horoscopes could inform political decision-making and produce potent astrological propaganda.

    A horoscope for the founding of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican in April 1506, cast by the astrologer Luca Gaurico. Luca Gaurico (1552).
    Tractatus Astrologicus

    Despite the condemnations of theologians, many popes patronised astrologers and sought their guidance.

    Julius II (1443-1513) chose the start date for the construction of Saint Peter’s Basilica based on astrological counsel. Leo X (1475-1521) founded a professorship in astrology at Rome’s first university, La Sapienza. And Paul III (1468-1549), heeding the judgment of the astrologer Luca Gaurico, appointed his grandson a cardinal at just 14.

    In a period in which popes could have a decisive impact on international politics, speculation about the health of the pontiff was rampant. Astrologers capitalised on this.

    When Ludovico Sforza (1452-1508), de facto ruler of Milan, asked his astrologer to predict the death of Innocent VIII, it was nothing unusual. The answer was that the pope would die around August 10 1492, if not sooner. When Innocent died on July 25, Ludovico was no doubt pleased. As the historian Monica Azzolini has shown, he had consulted his astrologer in the hope the next pope would be more supportive of his illegitimate regime.

    Some popes asked astrologers about their own deaths. But they didn’t like it so much when others did so – especially when the forecasts were made public. Even worse, such predictions often fed into Protestant propaganda.

    Popes knew public predictions about their death were politically destabilising, not to mention humiliating. At the end of 1559, the Index of Prohibited Books, a list of books forbidden by the Roman Catholic Church, banned texts containing astrological “divinations” about “future contingent events”.

    Earlier that year, just as Pope Paul IV was trying to conceal a serious illness from the public, the sighting of a comet had led to widespread speculation about his death. As the pope knew all too well, astrology could be a political liability.

    Orazio Morandi and Urban VIII

    Such legislation did not stop astrologers from making political predictions, not least because their clients never stopped asking. But increasingly these astrologers were playing with fire. As the historian Brendan Dooley has shown, Orazio Morandi learned this the hard way in 1630.

    Morandi made predictions about Pope Urban VII.
    Vatican Museums

    Morandi was an abbot at the monastery of Santa Prassede in Rome. He had been practising astrology for years, and he had been careful, framing his political forecasts in allusive language. But soon he went too far.

    In 1629, Morandi wrote an astrological commentary on various past papacies, critiquing their flaws. When he came to the present incumbent, Urban VIII (1568-1644), he not only predicted that his pro-French allies would destroy Italy, but that the pope himself would very soon suffer great violence, then death.

    There are several astrological techniques for predicting someone’s death. As above, astronomical phenomena like comets and eclipses could prompt speculation about an upcoming papal demise. But Morandi used the gold standard – a technique called “prorogation”. This required access to the person’s birth chart, from which astrologers could identify the planets or luminaries that were their “giver of life” and “giver of years”.

    Different planets gave different lifespans. For example, if the sun was your “giver of years”, and it was in a good position on your horoscope, you might expect to live to 120. If the sun was badly placed, your life expectancy might be just 19 years. Other parts of the horoscope could then modify these figures.

    Morandi identified the sun as Urban’s life giver. But the positions of the more nefarious planets on his birth chart meant he was lucky to have lived beyond the age of seven. In June 1630, Morandi concluded, a solar eclipse would seal the pope’s fate.

    Morandi’s prediction spread widely in clandestine circles, and it wasn’t long until his prediction was reported as fact. The pro-Spanish faction in Rome was thrilled. It was even rumoured that Spanish and German cardinals had begun the long journey to Rome for a new conclave.

    The earth surrounded by the planets, luminaries, and zodiac signs (1708).
    Andreas Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica

    Embarrassingly, Urban first learned of the prophecy not through his own informants, but from the powerful French prelate Cardinal Richelieu. Himself an avid believer in astrology, Urban was greatly disturbed. He had Morandi arrested and jailed. During the trial, a young man called Matteo, servant to the current prior of Santa Prassede, was interrogated and tortured. Morandi himself soon died in prison under suspicious circumstances.

    But Urban lived on. The next year, he decreed it punishable by death to predict “the life or death of the sitting Roman Pontiff, including his blood relatives to the third degree inclusive”.

    Making a career in political forecasting was – and is – risky. But astrologers were ambitious and knew their efforts would be well remunerated. Predicting the death of a pope could help you quickly build a public profile, expanding your business. But after 1630, it was a risk many astrologers were no longer willing to take.

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

    – ref. The dangerous business of predicting the death of popes – a history – https://theconversation.com/the-dangerous-business-of-predicting-the-death-of-popes-a-history-255816

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  • MIL-OSI Global: How Captain Planet cartoons shaped my awareness of the nature crisis

    Source: The Conversation – UK – By Muzammal Ahmad Khan, Lecturer in Business and Management, University of the West of Scotland

    Captain Planet is set to return more than three decades since it first broadcast on TV. A new comic book series by Dynamite Entertainment promises to bring the 1990s environmental hero to a new generation.

    For those of us who grew up watching the original show, the message feels just as urgent today as it did then. As a researcher in sustainability and education, I often reflect on how early experiences shape our environmental values. Captain Planet was one of the first moments that made me think about our responsibility to the world around us.

    Writer of the new series David Pepose has said he wants to stay true to the original, while updating the story for today’s world. He stressed: “The reason Captain Planet fights for the environment is because he doesn’t want to see anyone die, and that’s something really powerful and timeless.” The villains, still driven by greed and destruction, seem even more real now than they did in the early 1990s.

    At the time, my family lived in a small village in rural Punjab, Pakistan, a place untouched by city life or the concept of climate change. Life was calm and slow. Each morning started with the call to prayer. Most evenings ended in darkness due to regular power cuts. As children, we had few distractions, playing cricket or hide-and-seek in the street.

    But in one corner of our living room stood something that connected us to a different world – a colour television. It was rare in the village, and it quickly became a shared object of wonder. Children from the neighbourhood would gather in our home during the brief hours when state television allowed Cartoon Network to air, around 3pm to 5pm. Among all the shows, one cartoon series stood out: Captain Planet and the Planeteers.

    The plot was simple but powerful. Captain Planet is a superhero fighting pollution, corporate greed and environmental destruction. He could only be summoned by the Planeteers, a group of five internationally diverse teens with magical rings: Kwame (Africa, Earth), Wheeler (North America, Fire), Linka (Eastern Europe, Wind), Gi (Asia, Water) and finally Ma-Ti (South America, Heart). With all those powers combined, Captain Planet would rise majestically into the air, ready to do battle with pollution-spreading villains.

    The executive producer of the original 1990 series, Barbara Pyle, said the goal was to inspire and teach young people about protecting the environment. Pyle mentioned that the show’s success was not about selling toys, but about including real environmental issues in the storylines. In my view, they achieved their goal.



    Read more:
    Why ocean pollution is a clear danger to human health

    None of us understood English well enough to follow every word, but we understood the energy and emotions. Rage when forests were burned. Sadness when oceans were poisoned. Joy when villains were defeated. Above all, a sense that the natural world mattered.

    I remember the day I was walking with my father past the fields near our village. A newly built factory was releasing black smoke into the sky, and its pipes discharged foul-smelling water into a stream used by some animals. I felt uneasy, even angry. It reminded me of the villains from the show’s characters such as Hoggish Greedly and Dr. Blight who treated the Earth like something disposable. I asked my father why nobody could stop this. He was surprised. I wished I were a Planeteer with a magic ring to call Captain Planet.

    That cartoon did more than entertain. It gave names and faces to ideas we had never heard in school. Our textbooks did not talk about pollution. Nobody taught us the value of trees or clean water. But Captain Planet made those things feel important. It suggested that someone should care. That maybe, that someone could be you.

    The show’s message stayed with me. Today, my research focuses on sustainability and education. I often reflect on how a cartoon played a part in shaping that interest. I did not realise it then, but those glowing rings and the famous line “the power is yours” planted an idea that never left me.



    Read more:
    Five satellite images that show how fast our planet is changing

    Captain Planet’s message still matters

    Children today grow up surrounded by technology. They scroll before they can cycle. The connection to nature that felt instinctive in our childhood is fading. And yet, the message of Captain Planet is still relevant. Perhaps more than ever.

    Children who watched the original series are now adults. We have careers, votes and voices. We understand that the threat is not fictional. The planet is under the same threats – pressure from rising temperatures, deforestation, polluted oceans and the relentless push for profit over preservation – only now the stakes are much higher.

    The message remains the same – small actions matter. Our choices can combine to create something powerful. The power to care, to act and to inspire others never disappeared. It was passed to us.



    Read more:
    Deforestation is causing more storms in west Africa, finds 30-year satellite study

    I often think about the importance of early environmental messages. Captain Planet did that in the 1990s for me. We cannot expect people to care about the future of the planet if they have never been encouraged to think about it. Now, with the return of Captain Planet, there is a chance to inspire a new generation to believe that the power is theirs.

    Don’t have time to read about climate change as much as you’d like?

    Get a weekly roundup in your inbox instead. Every Wednesday, The Conversation’s environment editor writes Imagine, a short email that goes a little deeper into just one climate issue. Join the 45,000+ readers who’ve subscribed so far.

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

    – ref. How Captain Planet cartoons shaped my awareness of the nature crisis – https://theconversation.com/how-captain-planet-cartoons-shaped-my-awareness-of-the-nature-crisis-255161

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  • MIL-OSI: MOBIA Marks 40 Years of Innovation Maintaining its Status as a Canada’s Best Managed Gold Standard Company

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MOBIA Technology Innovations Inc. requalified to maintain its status as a Best Managed Gold Standard company in 2025. An award that recognizes the company for its continued growth, dedication to delivering value to its customers, and 40-year track record of innovation. A winner of Canada’s Best Managed Companies program in 2020, this marks the fifth consecutive year that MOBIA has requalified and the company’s second year achieving the prestigious Best Managed Gold Standard.

    Canada’s Best Managed Companies program has awarded excellence in private Canadian-owned companies with revenues of $50 million or greater for more than 30 years. To attain the designation, companies are evaluated on their leadership in the areas of strategy, culture and commitment, capabilities and innovation, governance, and financial performance.

    Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, MOBIA’s growth has been guided by a strong commitment to delivering value for customers and connecting people, communities, and businesses through innovation. Evolving from a telecommunications equipment provider to a trusted IT partner for companies executing complex business transformations, MOBIA has supported many of Canada’s largest enterprises and most recognizable brands in remaining competitive and pursuing new opportunities in shifting markets. “We couldn’t be more excited to be recognized by Canada’s Best Managed for a fifth year in a row, and to maintain our status as a Gold Standard winner!” said Mike Reeves, President and Co-Owner at MOBIA Technology Innovations. “Being acknowledged among so many of Canada’s most exceptional companies year after year energizes our team. We owe this honor to our customers, who make us better by inspiring and trusting us to innovate and cultivate the partnerships that enable us to create powerful technology solutions that meet their evolving needs.”

    Canada’s Best Managed Companies is one of the country’s leading business awards programs recognizing innovative and world-class businesses. Every year, hundreds of entrepreneurial companies compete for this designation in a rigorous and independent evaluation process.

    Applicants are evaluated by an independent panel of judges with representation from program sponsors and special guests.

    Built on a culture of innovation and continuous improvement, MOBIA has always been agile and uniquely adaptable. This has enabled the company to respond to emerging challenges and harness new opportunities effectively. And more importantly, to help its customers do the same. Seeing trends emerge in its customers’ strategic priorities, MOBIA has spent the past year advancing its enterprise AI capabilities and strengthening its cybersecurity offerings.

    The 2025 group of Best Managed companies share common themes, including fostering a people-centric culture, implementing a strategic company framework, investing in innovation and technological advancement, and maintaining financial resilience and strong corporate governance.

    Together, these practices strengthen Canada’s economy by promoting sustainable growth, enhancing competition, and cultivating a thriving business ecosystem.

    “For over 30 years, the Best Managed program has recognized companies who see challenges as checkpoints and obstacles as opportunities,” said Lorrie King, Partner, Deloitte Private, Global Best Managed Leader and Co-Leader, Canada’s Best Managed Companies program. “This year’s winners, including MOBIA, have combined strategic expertise and a culture of innovation to not only drive impactful business outcomes, but serve their communities as well. They should be extremely proud of this designation and use it as a catalyst to continue the work they do every day.”

    ABOUT CANADA’S BEST MANAGED COMPANIES
    Canada’s Best Managed Companies program continues to be the mark of excellence for privately-owned Canadian companies. Every year since the launch of the program in 1993, hundreds of entrepreneurial companies have competed for this designation in a rigorous and independent process that evaluates their management skills and practices. The awards are granted on four levels: 1) Canada’s Best Managed Companies new winner, one of the new winners selected each year; 2) Canada’s Best Managed Companies winner, award recipients that have re-applied and successfully retained their Best Managed designation for two additional years, subject to annual operational and financial review; 3) Gold Standard winner, after three consecutive years of maintaining their Best Managed status, these winners have demonstrated their commitment to the program and successfully retained their award for 4-6 consecutive years; 4) Platinum Club member, winners that have maintained their Best Managed status for seven years or more. Program sponsors are Deloitte Private, CIBC, EDC, The Globe and Mail, and TMX Group.

    For more information, please contact: bestmanagedcompanies@deloitte.ca or visit www.bestmanagedcompanies.ca.

    ABOUT MOBIA
    MOBIA is a leading expert in business transformation and innovative enterprise technology systems. With hundreds of customers across North America, MOBIA partners with organizations of all sizes, across all verticals to transform the way they work. With a focus on people, processes, technology, and culture, MOBIA helps businesses reach their full potential. MOBIA is proud to be recognized as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies and Canada’s Top Growing Companies. To learn more, visit Mobia.io

    For information about MOBIA, contact Nicole Murphy at nicole.murphy@mobia.io.

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  • MIL-OSI: Best Crypto Casinos: JACKBIT Rated As Top Crypto Casino with BTC Bonuses & No KYC Policy

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    RUSSELLVILLE, Ark., May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — With the surge in popularity of cryptocurrency, the number of crypto gambling sites has skyrocketed, offering players a blend of anonymity, rapid transactions, and diverse gaming options. However, navigating this crowded market to find the best crypto casino can be challenging.

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    Debit Card / Credit Card

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    Responsible Gambling At Crypto Casinos

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    JACKBIT Conclusion: The Best Crypto Casino

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    What cryptocurrencies does JACKBIT support?

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  • MIL-OSI Australia: ATO unveils ‘wild’ tax deduction attempts and priorities for 2025

    Source: New places to play in Gungahlin

    The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has today revealed some of the ‘wild’ work related expense tax claims people have tried to put past the ATO, and spoiler alert: an air fryer generally won’t make the cut.

    Some of the most outrageous deduction attempts the ATO saw last year included:

    • A mechanic tried to claim an air fryer, microwave, 2 vacuum cleaners, a TV, gaming console and gaming accessories as work-related. The claim was denied as these expenses are personal in nature.
    • A truck driver tried to claim swimwear because it was hot where they stopped in transit and they wanted to go for a swim. The claim was denied as these expenses are personal in nature.
    • A manager in the fashion industry tried to claim well over $10,000 in luxury-branded clothing and accessories to be well presented at work, and to attend events, dinners and functions. The clothing was all conventional in nature and was not allowed.

    ATO Assistant Commissioner Rob Thomson reminded taxpayers that the ATO’s role is to collect the correct amount of tax that is owed, and exaggerated deduction attempts would not be tolerated.

    ‘While some people have tried their luck with unusual work-related deduction claims, most people realise to be able to claim an expense, it needs to meet strict criteria.

    ‘While a lunchtime dip might clear your head for work, swimwear for a truck driver is clearly not deductible.’

    ‘We know in many instances mistakes relating to work-related expenses could be avoided with a little time and effort,’ Mr Thomson said.

    This tax time the ATO will be focused on areas it sees frequent errors, including work-related expenses, working from home deductions and in respect to multiple income sources.

    ‘Work-related expenses must have a close connection to your income earning activities, and you should be prepared to back it up, with records like a receipt or invoice.’

    ‘If your deductions don’t pass the ‘pub test’, it’s highly unlikely your claim would meet the ATO’s strict criteria’.

    ‘Don’t fall into the trap of thinking you can claim expenses like travel to and from work and childcare costs. These expenses are personal in nature and cannot be claimed. When in doubt look for guidance on the ATO website or speak with your registered tax agent.’

    ‘If you’re anything like me, a paper receipt will get lost almost immediately. The myDeductions tool on the ATO app allows you to keep records of your work and general expenses to make lodging your tax return easier,’ Mr Thomson said.

    When you are ready to lodge your tax return you can easily share your saved deductions with your registered tax agent or upload them to myTax to make tax time simple.

    ‘If you’re not sure what you can or can’t claim, check the ATO website for detailed guidance, or ask your registered tax professional, if you have one. Don’t just claim it and hope for the best as penalties and interest may apply.’

    One of the most-claimed work-related expense each year is a working from home deduction. In 2024 more than 10 million people claimed a work-related deduction, and many of those claimed a deduction related to working from home. 

    There are 2 ways you can calculate your deduction for additional expenses you incur by working from home – the fixed rate method or the actual cost method.

    In order to claim a working from home deduction, you must be working from home to fulfil your employment duties (not carrying out minimal tasks) and you have to have records to prove you incurred additional expenses due to working from home.

    Using the fixed rate method allows you to claim 70 cents for every hour you work from home and covers your additional running expenses that are often difficult to apportion, like internet, phone usage, electricity and stationery.

    ‘Remember that you can’t then claim these items separately elsewhere in your tax return – no double dipping!’ Mr Thomson warned.

    To claim using the actual cost method, you must have records of all the expenses you claim, and the work-related use of your expenses to back up your deduction.

    The ATO is also reminding Australians to declare all sources of income, and make sure they are included on their tax return. This includes side-hustles, for example if you are providing ride sourcing services or selling services via an app.

    Each source of income you have will have different deductions available to you, depending on the nature of the income and your occupation.

    More information on specific deductions for different jobs is available in the ATO’s occupation and industry specific guides.

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Cyber is a poster child for growth

    Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments

    Speech

    Cyber is a poster child for growth

    The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster spoke about the cyber threat landscape and how the government is using cyber to drive economic growth in a speech at CyberUK 2025 in Manchester.

    Introduction:

    Good morning everyone, 

    It’s really great to be here with you in Manchester.

    This is one of Britain’s great cities.

    From music to sport to industry, Manchester has made its mark on the world in so many ways…

    And today I want to talk to you about an area where I believe Manchester, the North West, the whole country can grow in strength in the future.

    There might have been times when a government minister making a speech about cyber security was thought to be something routine. 

    Ritual calls for preparedness, and it might not seem to have much connection to the real world.

    But not today. Not this time. Not this week. Not with what we have been seeing happening over the past few weeks. 

    Great British businesses. Household names like M&S, the Co-op, Harrods, all the subject of serious cyber incidents.

    These cyber attacks are not a game. They’re not a clever exercise. They are serious organised crime.

    The purpose is to damage and extort good businesses. It’s the digital version of an old-fashioned shake down. Either straight theft or a protection racket where your business will be safe as long as you pay the gangsters.  

    And what we’ve seen over the past couple of weeks should serve as a wake-up call for everyone – for government and the public sector, for businesses and organisations up and down the country, as if we needed one, that cybersecurity is not a luxury – it’s an absolute necessity. 

    Whether it is a system failure or a deliberate attack, no organisation can afford to treat cyber security as an afterthought.

    So it’s not routine. It’s a good time to be gathering today, to discuss what we can do to make our defences as strong as possible.

    Now it’s one of the paradoxes of modern life: technology brings huge benefits, and there’s no going back – but it also brings risks.  

    The internet is one of the greatest engines for creativity and innovation in modern history. It has transformed the way we live, work and learn. 

    Just think of the applications. Busy parents who can save so much time by ordering goods online, students with an unfathomable range of knowledge at their fingertips, families all around the world able to share pictures of those precious moments – birthdays, christenings, weddings – just at the press of a screen. All of us benefit from this astounding level of connectedness.

    Yet the technology that underpins it can be weaponised by those who want to destabilise our infrastructure, our information systems, or our industrial base.

    The UK’s critical infrastructure is now more interconnected than ever. That is empowering…

    But it also carries risks, because there are vulnerabilities –  and more than we had years ago. Right down to the household level.

    As the cost of the tech has plummeted, and broadband speeds have risen, more and more devices are connected online. In 2020, it was thought to be about 50 billion. By 2030 – which isn’t that far away now – it will be 500 billion, according to projections. 

    More connections, more interconnectedness. 

    Technological leaps are rarely born in comfort; more often, they are forged during conflict, or competition or by sheer necessity. And history shows us that innovation always accelerates when the stakes are highest, from nuclear energy to the space race.

    The stakes are high right now. And we are in the middle of another huge technological leap – a “technology shock” if you like – with AI and other emerging technologies developing at breakneck speeds. 

    It’s a duty for Government and all of us to keep up. 

    Because in the modern world, where everything is connected, and so much of it’s online, it doesn’t take much if that is attacked to cause serious disruption. 

    Just ask anyone in Spain or Portugal who went through the power outage last week. Passengers stuck in underground trains. Payment systems disabled and suddenly, for a day, cash is king again. And a host of other effects. 

    I experienced last July, just a couple of weeks after the general election, the CrowdStrike incident. We worked closely with one of the sponsors of this conference, CrowdStrike, to manage the fallout of that.

    That wasn’t a cyber attack but it did cause ripples right across the country and the world. 

    Flights grounded. Hospital appointments disrupted. Holidays cancelled. GP services cut off.

    We worked closely with the company to resolve it. But what did we learn?

    Lessons:

    First, you’ve got to bring people together and coordinate. We had the National Cyber Security Centre, the Cabinet Office – the department I lead – Microsoft and CrowdStrike, all the different parts of government to understand what the incident was. 

    Secondly, Government cannot do it alone. You have to have good partnerships between the public and private sector. 

    And thirdly, even though it exposed a responsibility, there is also a prize to be grasped here. 

    Because if interconnectedness that I’ve spoken about requires greater protection and powers of recovery, then those countries that think about this, that invest in the cybersecurity services, will be able to offer those services to those that need them. 

    Just think about previous waves of interconnectedness and how the UK led the way in protecting them. Think about how Lloyds of London, for example, insured shipping right across the globe, well so too can the UK play a major role in cyber security. A new kind of technological insurance.

    We are already the third largest exporter of these products and services in the world.

    And as the technology continues to develop, I believe that our cyber companies and start-ups can use that current competitive advantage as a launchpad for greater success – for the benefit of the entire UK economy.

    So my message this morning to you is that it’s not just about vulnerability and risk – it’s about economic growth too.  

    Later this year, we’ll publish a new National Cyber Strategy that will set out how we want to approach these challenges and opportunities in the years to come. 

    Today I want to touch on three aspects of that today: threats, security and growth.

    Threat landscape

    Scale of activity:

    The threat is growing. 

    Last year the NCSC received almost 2,000 reports of cyber attacks – of which 90 were deemed significant, and 12 at the top end of severity. 

    That is three times the number of severe attacks compared to the year before (2023).

    They’re targeted both Government and private systems.

    Combatting it is a constant challenge. I can’t stand here this morning and tell you that Government systems are bombproof. That is not the case.

    These are new systems, built on top of legacy systems, and we’re doing everything in our power to modernise the state, and to upgrade those core systems . But the Government, and the country as a whole, has to take this seriously if we’re going to do it securely in the future.

    Artificial Intelligence:

    It’s our strong conviction that Artificial Intelligence will bring huge opportunities to the UK. We want this country to be a good home both for investment and adoption in this field. But like all general purpose technologies, it can be used for good or ill.

    And just as people and businesses across the country are using AI in all sorts of applications, so too are our adversaries. 

    Today, we are declassifying an intelligence assessment that shows AI is going to increase not only the frequency, but the intensity, of cyber attacks in the coming years.

    Our security systems will only remain secure if they keep pace with what our adversaries are doing. 

    And that’s why it’s imperative to understand what they’re doing and why.

    State-actors:

    And today state-backed cyber hacking has become the new normal.

    Hostile states constantly working to degrade our military advantage. With cyber criminals who will routinely sell their services to other states. These cyber mercenaries can cause huge harm.

    Sometimes to steal money. For example, it is thought that North Korea stole $1.34bn through cryptocurrency theft last year, causing US officials to describe their hackers as the “world’s leading bank robbers”.

    The cyber activity we are seeing in countries like North Korea reflects that grey area that exists between some states and cyber criminals. 

    My colleagues at the Home Office, under the leadership of the Home Secretary and the Security Minister, are working hard to strengthen our overall response to cyber crime. They have been consulting on a number of ransomware proposals designed to thwart our enemies.

    Other state-backed hacking is done as part of a wider war – and we’ve seen that with Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. 

    How Ukraine is putting up an incredibly brave fight against cyberwarfare unleashed by the Russians, and we have vowed to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Ukraine for as long as it takes to defend their sovereignty. 

    And so we’re going to invest £8 million in the Ukraine Cyber Programme over the next year to counter the Kremlin’s cyber aggression.

    What Russia is doing doesn’t stop in Ukraine. There have been a number of other attacks and disinformation campaigns in other countries.

    For example, in Moldova’s presidential election last year. And we know that they will keep trying. So we will be investing £1 million in cyber capabilities in Moldova, to help give that country the tools to combat Russian cyber attacks and ensure their upcoming parliamentary election can be as democratic, fair and open as possible.

    Our country has always defended freedom.

    This is part of the defence of freedom and democracy that has been part of our country’s history.

    But defence today is not just about troops and missiles.

    It’s also about this cyber realm, too – and this Government is absolutely committed to making sure we and our allies are strong in this domain. 

    China:

    And let me say a word about China.

    When we think about international activity in cyberspace, we need to be clear-eyed about the challenge posed by China. 

    It is well on its way to becoming a cyber superpower. It has the sophistication. The scale. And the seriousness.

    It’s one of the world leaders in AI, as the world’s second largest economy it’s deeply embedded in global supply chains and markets.

    We need to view China’s approach to cyberspace with open eyes. Disengagement economically from China is not an option. Neither’s naivety. 

    The job of a responsible Government is to protect our people and constructively engage with the world as it is.

    “Stop the world I want to get off” is not in the United Kingdom’s interests.

    Rather, our approach should be to engage constructively and consistently with China where it is in the UK’s economic interests, but also to be clear that we will robustly defend our own cyberspace.

    Bolstering our defences

    And I want to thank the organisations that do that. GCHQ, NCSC, the National Cyber Force – they keep watch, working tirelessly with our allies, with the Five Eyes alliance, to stay ahead of our competitors.

    Our intelligence agencies also play a key role in growing our overall cyber ecosystem – acting as a training bed for all kinds of experts who go on to be successful cyber entrepreneurs.

    LASR:

    And we’re investing in new capabilities in this regard. 

    Last year, I launched a new public-private partnership to keep the UK on top of some of the risks emerging on how we harness AI.

    The idea behind the Laboratory for AI Security Research – or LASR, as we’ve come to call it – is simple: accelerate innovation and research into how AI can protect our national security.

    Since November, its funded 10 PhDs at Oxford University; funded an in-house team of 9 researchers at The Turing Institute; and its funded research at 8 other leading UK universities including Queen’s University Belfast and Lancaster University.

    And we are committing an extra £7million to LASR’s research over the next financial year. 

    And I’m pleased to announce it has agreed a new partnership with one of the biggest tech companies in the world, Cisco.

    They are going to be collaborating with GCHQ and the NCSC, and other partners to expand the research and innovation capacity of the Lab.

    They will be running challenges across the UK, and build a demonstrator here in the North West to showcase how our scientists and entrepreneurs can work together to manage the risks, build the skills and grasp the opportunities of AI security.

    This is the first collaboration of its kind with LASR, and will be a trailblazer and it will help LASR drive cutting-edge research into the impact of AI on national security.

    Cyber Security and Resilience Bill:

    We’re also modernising the way the state approaches this, through the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill. 

    That legislation will bolster our national defences. It will grant new powers to the Technology Secretary to direct regulated organisations to reinforce their defences.

    And as we begin scrutiny of that Bill in Parliament, we will be launching a new Software Security Code of Practice – to help all organisations take the measures they need to embed security and resilience. 

    And the prize of all this is growth. Safe economic growth. 

    Growth

    When we’re talking about cyber, it’s easy to focus on the risks and threats. 

    But we also need to think about the reward. There is enormous potential for cyber security to be a driving force in our economy. 

    We already have over 2,000 businesses across the UK. An estimated 67,000 jobs – with an increase of 6,000 in the last 12 months.

    Revenue of more than £13billion.

    And as I said, we’re exporting this across the world.
    But there is still potential on the table.
    So we’re supporting an independent report from Imperial College and Bristol University, who are going to apply their knowledge and expertise to help us establish which levers we need to pull, and how we do that.

    And ahead of the report, we are already making some big investments like the £1billion going into a new state-of-the-art Golden Valley campus near GCHQ’s Cheltenham office.

    That site alone is expected to create 12,000 jobs and be home to hospitality, retail businesses, as well as 3,700 new homes. It is all growth. 

    Industrial Strategy:

    And that is why cyber is part of our Industrial Strategy too. It is a significant part of our economic future.

    Conclusion:

    So as I said at the start of my remarks, we are in a new world.

    In fact, it’s incredible to think it’s been only 36 years since Tim Berners Lee invented the World Wide Web. 

    I have teenage children and sometimes I try to explain to them the world before the internet. It’s not something they find easy to understand. The pace of change that we have seen during that time is unlikely to slow down.

    So we have got to take the long view: not just think about the technologies of today, but what it might look like in 10 or 20 years.

    Cyber attacks and cyber hacking are likely to be permanent features of this new global order – there is no point in pretending otherwise.

    But the opportunities are also huge, and I believe that this country, in its position of creativity and innovation, will be at the vanguard of cyberspace and cybersecurity for decades to come.

    Seizing the opportunities to grow the sector, protecting and defending other parts of the economy.

    Standing by our allies in an ever changing world, and defending democracy right across the world.

    It is at once one of the challenges and opportunities of our time, and we have to work together to meet it. 

    –ENDS–

    Updates to this page

    Published 7 May 2025

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  • MIL-OSI Australia: UPDATE: Charges – Aggravated robbery – Katherine

    Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services

    The Northern Territory Police Force has charged two male youths in relation to an aggravated robbery last Thursday.

    Yesterday, Strike Force Cereberus members located and arrested two youths, both aged 15-years-old. They have both since been charged with Aggravated Robbery, Unlawfully Cause Serious Harm and Theft. One of the youths has also been charged with Breach of Bail.

    Both youths will appear in court at a later date.  

    The elderly female victim remains in hospital with a broken hip.

    Senior Sergeant Warren Scott said “Police will continue to target those who choose to put the community in harms way. These youths have preyed on a vulnerable elderly woman and their actions will not be tolerated.

    “Strike Force Cereberus members have done a fantastic job in this investigation to ensure these offenders are put before the courts. I commend their dedication and professionalism to upholding the law and ensuring the safety of our Katherine community members.”

    Anyone with information, particularly CCTV or dashcam footage from the area at the time of the incident is urged to contact police on 131 444 and reference job number NTP2500045006. You can anonymously report via Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or online at https://crimestoppersnt.com.au/.

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  • MIL-OSI Australia: Call for information – Crime series – Alice Springs

    Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services

    The Northern Territory Police Force is calling for information in relation to a crime series overnight.

    About 8pm, police received reports of an alleged aggravated robbery along Stephens Road, where a vehicle pulled up alongside the male and two unknown offenders with machetes threatened him and demanded cash and his backpack. As a result, the male’s backpack and wallet containing $100 were stolen and the youths fled in the vehicle.

    Shortly after, police received reports of an alleged aggravated robbery on Larapinta Drive, where two males with machetes confronted a male who was walking. The victim ran from the alleged offenders and dropped his phone. The youths picked up his phone; however, upon the victim asking for it back they demanded money in return. The victim handed over $300 before they gave his phone back and fled the scene in the vehicle.

    At 8:17pm, police received reports of an alleged aggravated robbery on Dixon Road, where a female was pushed off her e-scooter and threatened by four unknown offenders who alighted from a vehicle. One was allegedly holding a knife while they threatened the victim for money. The victims e-scooter and purse was stolen and the offenders fled the scene in the vehicle.

    Police attended to the three victims and obtained statements. Later in the night, police CCTV operators observed the vehicle travelling along Barrett Drive before it fled South of the Gap. Police were called to the scene; however, the vehicle fled before police arrival.

    About 11:20pm, police located the vehicle abandoned on a dirt track near Karnte Camp.

    The vehicle has been seized for forensic testing and the Crime command have carriage of the investigation.

    Anyone with information in relation to the crime series, particularly anyone with CCTV or dashcam footage from the area at the time of the incidents, is urged to contact police on 131 444. You can anonymously report crime via Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or on https://crimestoppersnt.com.au/.

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  • MIL-OSI Europe: Press release – World War II anniversary: MEPs pay homage to veterans and celebrate peace

    Source: European Parliament 3

    On Wednesday, the European Parliament marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe in a ceremony in plenary with three veterans.

    “Eighty years after the guns fell silent across Europe, we honour the courage of those who fought, and the sacrifice of those who fell. We remember not just the end of a war, but the birth of our Union. The most powerful tribute to those who sacrificed their lives in this war lies not only in remembrance, but in resolve. In our determination to stand together and say, clearly and firmly: never again,” EP President Metsola said.

    European Council President António Costa thanked the veterans for their “sacrifice and commitment to peace”, regretting that, today, “we cannot celebrate peace in peace”, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Mr Costa encouraged the EU member states and their partners to stay united in the face of the Russian aggressor, as the best way to pay homage to those who gave their lives 80 years ago defending freedom. Finally, he reminded European citizens that “peace is a heritage, but also a responsibility”.

    Speeches by veterans of war

    Three veterans of the war – Mr Robert Chot, a 102-year-old Belgian veteran of the Battle of the Ardennes; Mr Janusz Komorowski a Polish veteran of the liberation of Poland and now 95 years old; and Mr Janusz Maksymowicz, also Polish and now 96 years old, who participated in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising – addressed MEPs.

    Belgian war veteran Robert Chot said: “80 years ago, the guns fell silent, bringing an end to a terrible battle that caused millions of deaths in Europe and elsewhere. If today we are still living in peace, it is thanks to you and the countries you represent”. Peace is always uncertain, he added. “There are always clouds hanging over us. Let us do what is necessary to ensure that peace endures in Europe”, he declared.

    Mr Janusz Komorowski talked about the difficult destiny of Poles who were fighting for freedom and independence and for the right of the Polish nation to exist, in Poland, abroad and during the Warsaw uprising in 1944. “They gave their lives for the freedom of other nations too, in the hope that the brutal force of the peace wreckers would be broken forever. Today, I want to thank that wartime generation, but also the European Parliament for becoming a beacon of peace, freedom and democracy, and for steadfastly defending these values”, he concluded.

    Mr Janusz Maksymowicz stressed that the fight for freedom and values had clearly not ended but had taken on new forms. “We know how ruthless ideologies that divide people and nations can be. That is why today we say with full conviction: community is strength. A community of nations that respects the European traditions and cultures of all people who want to live in peace.”

    The ceremony was brought to a close with a musical performance of the European anthem by a soprano accompanied by a string ensemble.

    Ahead of the plenary event, Presidents Metsola and Costa attended a flag raising and wreath laying ceremony outside of the Parliament building in Strasbourg.

    Find audiovisual material of all commemorative events in Parliament’s Multimedia Centre.

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