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  • MIL-OSI: GigaCloud Technology Inc Increases Share Repurchase Program by $16 Million

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    EL MONTE, Calif., April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GigaCloud Technology Inc (Nasdaq: GCT) (“GigaCloud” or the “Company”), a pioneer of global end-to-end B2B ecommerce technology solutions for large parcel merchandise, today announced that on March 28, 2025, its Board of Directors approved an additional $16 million to its Class A ordinary share repurchase program, bringing the total authorization to $62 million from its previously authorized $46 million. The program runs through August 28, 2025.

    Under the share repurchase program, the Company may purchase its ordinary shares through various means, including open market transactions, privately negotiated transactions, block trades, any combination thereof or other legally permissible means. The Company may effect repurchase transactions in compliance with Rule 10b5-1 and Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The number of shares repurchased and the timing of repurchases will depend on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, share price and trading volume, and general market conditions, along with the Company’s working capital requirements, general business conditions and other factors. The Company’s board of directors will review the share repurchase program periodically, and may modify, suspend or terminate the share repurchase program at any time. The Company plans to fund repurchases from its existing cash balance.

    About GigaCloud Technology Inc
    GigaCloud Technology Inc is a pioneer of global end-to-end B2B ecommerce technology solutions for large parcel merchandise. The Company’s B2B ecommerce platform, the “GigaCloud Marketplace,” integrates everything from discovery, payments and logistics tools into one easy-to-use platform. The Company’s global marketplace seamlessly connects manufacturers, primarily in Asia, with resellers, primarily in the U.S., Asia and Europe, to execute cross-border transactions with confidence, speed and efficiency. GigaCloud offers a comprehensive solution that transports products from the manufacturer’s warehouse to the end customer’s doorstep, all at one fixed price. The Company first launched its marketplace in January 2019 by focusing on the global furniture market and has since expanded into additional categories, including home appliances and fitness equipment. For more information, please visit the Company’s website: www.gigacloudtech.com.

    Forward-Looking Statements
    This press release may contain “forward-looking statements.” Forward-looking statements reflect our current view about future events. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on the Company’s current expectations and projections about future events that the Company believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. Investors can identify these forward-looking statements by words or phrases such as “may,” “will,” “could,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “aim,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “is/are likely to,” “propose,” “potential,” “continue” or similar expressions. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or changes in its expectations except as may be required by law. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that such expectations will turn out to be correct, and the Company cautions investors that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results and encourages investors to review other factors that may affect its future results in the Company’s registration statement and other filings with the SEC.

    For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

    GigaCloud Technology Inc
    Investor Relations
    Email: ir@gigacloudtech.com

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  • MIL-OSI: Occidental to Announce First Quarter Results Wednesday, May 7, 2025; Hold Conference Call Thursday, May 8, 2025

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    HOUSTON, April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Occidental (NYSE: OXY) will announce its first quarter 2025 financial results after close of market on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, and will hold a conference call to discuss the results on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 1 p.m. Eastern/12 p.m. Central.

    The conference call may be accessed by calling 1-866-871-6512 (international callers dial 1-412-317-5417) or via webcast at oxy.com/investors. Participants may pre-register for the conference call at https://dpregister.com/sreg/10197735/feb22db66a.

    First quarter 2025 financial results will be available through the Investor Relations section of the company’s website. A recording of the webcast will be posted on the website within several hours after the call is completed.

    About Occidental

    Occidental is an international energy company with assets primarily in the United States, the Middle East and North Africa. We are one of the largest oil and gas producers in the U.S., including a leading producer in the Permian and DJ basins, and offshore Gulf of America. Our midstream and marketing segment provides flow assurance and maximizes the value of our oil and gas, and includes our Oxy Low Carbon Ventures subsidiary, which is advancing leading-edge technologies and business solutions that economically grow our business while reducing emissions. Our chemical subsidiary OxyChem manufactures the building blocks for life-enhancing products. We are dedicated to using our global leadership in carbon management to advance a lower-carbon world. Visit Oxy.com for more information.

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  • MIL-Evening Report: Headless fish and babies take centre stage during election season – but don’t let the theatre of politics distract you

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Johnston, Director of Learning and Teaching at Excelsia University College and Research Affiliate, University of Sydney

    As Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young waved a decapitated salmon dripping with blood in parliament last week, you could feel the election coming.

    Hanson-Young was protesting the watering down of Australia’s environmental laws aimed at preserving salmon farming in Tasmania.

    Using props and orchestrated performances to provoke a response has been common throughout the history Australian politics. In 2017, then treasurer Scott Morrison held out a lump of coal to ridicule the opposition’s renewable energy policies. He mockingly declared:

    This is coal. Don’t be afraid, don’t be scared.

    Later that same year, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson wore a burqa into the Senate to argue for a ban on full-face coverings – dramatically embodying her anti-Islam rhetoric.

    More recently, independent members of parliament Andrew Wilkie and Bob Katter donned inflatable pig costumes to criticise the major supermarkets as pigs with their snouts in the trough, given their excessive profit margins.

    It’s clear Australian politicians are drawn to drama. With the election campaign in full swing, it’s worth being wary of such beguiling performances.

    Visceral is memorable

    The history of theatre is peppered with shocking moments, often enhanced by props. Props help to provoke a visceral emotional response from the audience, while blurring the boundary between reality and fiction.

    In Sophocles’ ancient Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex, Oedipus exits the stage with sharp gold brooches to gorge out his eyes after discovering of his wife Jocasta’s suicide. Upon his return, his bleeding eye sockets also allude to his metaphorical blindness, having killed his own father and married his mother.

    Similarly, at the end of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the tyrant king’s severed head is brought onstage – fulfilling a deceptive prophecy foretold by the fiendish witches at the beginning of the play.

    In a more contemporary example, Australian playwright Patrick White’s surrealist play Ham Funeral features a ham representing gluttony, death, lust and decay, served at the wake of Mrs Lusty’s husband. We’re also shocked by a fetus from a back-alley trash can.

    These are all attention-grabbing examples of how props can be much more than just the thing they represent.

    In politics, as on stage, theatrical objects are an easy way to heighten emotions, and convey meaning and context. They can make abstract concepts feel more concrete. And even when they’re highly theatrical, they can communicate authenticity and passion – ready to go viral online.

    Flags, high-vis vests, pints of beer and babies are all common props on the election campaign trail. Over time, they can lead voters to associate certain politicians with certain values and worldviews.

    All the world’s a stage

    As politician and activist Harvey Milk (played by James Franco) declares in the 2008 biopic Milk:

    Politics is theatre. It doesn’t matter if you win. You make a statement. You say, “I’m here, pay attention to me”.

    Evidence suggests political personas can be successfully constructed through careful attention to meaning-making processes, such as facial expressions, hand gestures and emotional rhetoric.

    Take Adolf Hitler. In 1932, Hitler carefully crafted his speeches and vocal delivery with Paul Devrient, an operatic tenor and director. He also worked with Heinrich Hoffmann, his official photographer, in theatre-like rehearsals to strike dramatic poses and fine-tune his body language and persuasive gestures.

    His performances culminated in the Nuremberg rallies. These events, choreographed like a Wagnerian opera, featured monumental architecture and lighting, banners, torches and music that positioned the Führer as a mythical hero.

    Bertolt Brecht famously satirised the fabricated display in his play The Resistable Rise of Artuo Ui, in which a washed-up Shakespearean actor teaches a Chicago gangster how to present himself as a legitimate, commanding leader.

    Peek behind the curtain

    Performance takes place along a continuum, from mundane everyday life, to highly-staged aesthetic enactments. We’re all taking part in performances all the time, whether it’s ordering a morning coffee, or delivering Hamlet’s soliloquy at the Opera House, holding Yorick’s skull aloft.

    In politics, compelling representatives hope to craft an authentic image for themselves through emotional performance – sometimes using props as framing devices to signal certain moments as marked or special.

    When Julia Gillard delivered her unexpectedly viral, off-the-cuff misogyny speech, or when John Howard declared, “We will decide who comes to this country and the circumstances in which they come”, they shifted our attention from the ordinary to the performative. They incited us to feel outrage and fear, to drive a political narrative.

    The warning of theatre is that we should look through appearances, to discern the substance of what’s going on.

    Daniel Johnston 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. Headless fish and babies take centre stage during election season – but don’t let the theatre of politics distract you – https://theconversation.com/headless-fish-and-babies-take-centre-stage-during-election-season-but-dont-let-the-theatre-of-politics-distract-you-253230

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  • MIL-Evening Report: Astronomers listened to the ‘music’ of flickering stars – and discovered an unexpected feature

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claudia Reyes, Postdoctoral Fellow, Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Australian National University

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    The “music” of starquakes – enormous vibrations caused by bursting bubbles of gas that ripple throughout the bodies of many stars – can reveal far more information about the stars’ histories and inner workings than scientists thought.

    In new research published in Nature, we analysed the frequency signatures of starquakes across a broad range of giant stars in the M67 star cluster, almost 3,000 light years from Earth.

    Using observations from the Kepler space telescope’s K2 mission, we had a rare opportunity to track the evolution of stars during most of their journey through the giant phase of the stellar life cycle.

    In doing so, we discovered that these stars get stuck “playing the same part of their tune” once their turbulent outer layer reaches a sensitive region deep inside.

    This discovery reveals a new way to understand the history of stars – and of the entire galaxy.

    The sound of starquakes

    Starquakes happen in most stars (like our Sun) that have a bubbling outer layer, like a pot of boiling water. Bubbles of hot gas rise and burst at the surface, sending ripples through the entire star that cause it to vibrate in particular ways.

    We can detect these vibrations, which occur at specific “resonant frequencies”, by looking for subtle variations in the brightness of the star. By studying the frequencies of each star in a group called a cluster, we can tune into the cluster’s unique “song”.

    Our study challenges previous assumptions about resonant frequencies in giant stars, revealing they offer deeper insights into stellar interiors than previously thought. Moreover, our study has opened new ways to decipher the history of our Galaxy.

    The melody of a stellar cluster

    Astronomers have long sought to understand how stars like our Sun evolve over time.

    One of the best ways to do this is by studying clusters – groups of stars that formed together and share the same age and composition. A cluster called M67 has attracted a lot of attention because it contains many stars with a similar chemical makeup to the Sun.

    Just as earthquakes help us study Earth’s interior, starquakes reveal what lies beneath a star’s surface. Each star “sings” a melody, with frequencies determined by its internal structure and physical properties.

    Larger stars produce deeper, slower vibrations, while smaller stars vibrate at higher pitches. And no star plays just one note – each one resonates with a full spectrum of sound from its interior.

    A surprising signature

    Among the key frequency signatures is the so-called small spacing – a group of resonant frequencies quite close together. In younger stars, such as the Sun, this signature can provide clues about how much hydrogen the star still has left to burn in its core.

    In red giants the situation is different. These older stars have used up all the hydrogen in their cores, which are now inert.

    However, hydrogen fusion continues in a shell surrounding the core. It was long assumed that the small spacings in such stars offered little new information.

    A stalled note

    When we measured the small spacings of stars in M67, we were surprised to see they revealed changes in the star’s internal fusion regions.

    As the hydrogen-burning shell thickened, the spacings increased. When the shell moved inward, they shrank.

    Then we found something else unexpected: at a certain stage, the small spacings stalled. It was like a record skipping on a note.

    We discovered that this stalling appears during a specific stage in the life of a giant star — when its outer envelope, the “boiling” layer that transports heat, grows so deep that it makes up about 80% of the star’s mass. At this point the inner boundary of the envelope reaches into a highly sensitive region of the star.

    This boundary is extremely turbulent, and the speed of sound shifts steeply across it — and that steep change affects how sound waves travel through the star. We also found that the stalling frequency is distinctively determined by the star’s mass and chemical composition.

    This gives us a new way to identify stars in this phase and estimate their ages with improved precision.

    The history of the galaxy

    Stars are like fossil records. They carry the imprint of the environments in which they formed, and studying them lets us piece together the story of our galaxy.

    The Milky Way has grown by merging with smaller galaxies, forming stars at different times in different regions. Better age estimates across the galaxy help us reconstruct this history in greater detail.

    Clusters like M67 also provide a glimpse into the future of our own Sun, offering insight into the changes it will experience over billions of years.

    This discovery gives us a new tool – and a new reason to revisit data we already have. With years of seismic observations from across the Milky Way, we can now return to those stars and “listen” again, this time knowing what to listen for.

    Claudia Reyes 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. Astronomers listened to the ‘music’ of flickering stars – and discovered an unexpected feature – https://theconversation.com/astronomers-listened-to-the-music-of-flickering-stars-and-discovered-an-unexpected-feature-253546

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Kentuckians: Prepare for Severe Weather Now

    Source: US Federal Emergency Management Agency

    Headline: Kentuckians: Prepare for Severe Weather Now

    Kentuckians: Prepare for Severe Weather Now

    FRANKFORT, Ky

    – With another round of severe weather on the way here in Kentucky, you need to stay prepared

    It’s critical to have multiple ways to receive emergency alerts—whether you’re at home, school, work, or out in the community

    Stay alert, follow guidance from your local officials, and keep up with the latest forecasts by following your local National Weather Service office

    Read more about emergency alerts here

    Before a TornadoHave a pre-determined place to meet after a disaster

    Increase your situational awareness by monitoring the weather on weather

    gov, watching local TV, or listening to NOAA Weather Radio

    Know the signs of a tornado: dark, greenish sky; large hail; dark, low clouds; and loud roaring sounds

    When a tornado watch is issued, practice your drill and check your safety supplies

    Flying debris is the greatest danger in tornadoes, so store protective coverings (e

    g

    , mattress, sleeping bags, thick blankets, etc

    ) in or next to your shelter space, ready to use on a few seconds’ notice

    Tornado rule of thumb: Put as many walls and floors between you and the tornado as possible

    In a mobile home: Get out! Go to a neighbors, underground shelter, or a nearby permanent structure

    Most tornadoes can destroy even tied-down mobile homes

    Read the Commonwealth of Kentucky Division of Emergency Management’s Tornado Safety List herePrepare for FloodingIf you are under a flood warning, find safe shelter right away

    Remember, just six inches of moving water can knock you down, and one foot of moving water can sweep your vehicle away

    Follow instructions from local officials

    If told, evacuate immediately

    Never drive around barricades

    Local responders use them to safely direct traffic out of flooded areas

    Stay off bridges over fast-moving water

    Fast-moving water can wash bridges away without warning

    Avoid driving except in emergencies

    Read the Commonwealth of Kentucky Division of Emergency Management’s Flood Safety List here

    pdfBe Ready for a Power OutageLocate flashlights, radio and extra batteries now

    Charge electronic devices now

    Generators are helpful during power outages but can present serious health and safety risks

    Only use a generator outdoors and far from open doors and windows to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning

    Read the Commonwealth of Kentucky Division of Emergency Management’s Preparedness Checklist here

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  • MIL-OSI: NANO Nuclear and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Sign Landmark Agreement to Build the First KRONOS MMR™ Research Reactor

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Site Selected and Preparatory Work to Begin for Construction Permit Application as NANO Nuclear Accelerates Toward Microreactor Deployment

    NEW YORK, NY, April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NNE) (“NANO Nuclear” or “the Company”), a leading advanced nuclear energy and technology company focused on developing clean energy solutions, is pleased to announce the signing of a strategic collaboration with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U. of I.) to construct the first research KRONOS micro modular reactor (MMR) on the university’s campus.

    The agreement formally establishes U. of I. as a partner in the licensing, siting, public engagement, and research operation of the KRONOS MMR, while also identifying the university campus as the permanent site for the reactor as a research and demonstration installation. This milestone marks the beginning of site-specific development for NANO Nuclear’s advanced KRONOS MMR technology and represents a defining moment in NANO Nuclear’s path to commercialization of the KRONOS MMR Energy System.

    “This is the milestone we’ve been working so diligently towards, transforming design into reality,” said Jay Yu, Founder and Chairman of NANO Nuclear Energy. “With a site now selected and a world-class university as our partner, we are positioned to be among the first companies to deliver advanced reactor systems within the United States. This isn’t just a research reactor, it’s a proving ground for the future of safe, portable, and resilient nuclear energy. Moreover, this agreement will serve as a foundation for our long-term reactor strategy. Every milestone from this point forward brings us closer to delivering the next generation of nuclear energy to communities, campuses, and industries across the world.”

    Figure 1 – NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. Signs Strategic Collaboration with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for the KRONOS MMR

    Following initial arrangements, NANO Nuclear will begin the process of geological characterization, including subsurface investigations, to support preparation of a Construction Permit Application (CPA) for submission to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). This preparatory work is essential to understanding the environmental parameters of the site, including critical inputs to safety analysis, to ensure the utmost reliability and safety of the facility, and support NANO Nuclear’s Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (PSAR) and Environmental Report (ER).

    “The start of geotechnical investigations represents our first physical action toward constructing the KRONOS MMR,” said James Walker, Chief Executive Officer of NANO Nuclear. “This is a powerful signal to the industry, to investors, and to regulators: NANO Nuclear is building. We are not theorizing. We are much beyond conceptualizing. We are moving toward construction, and this is only the first step.”

    Figure 2 – Rendering of NANO Nuclear’s KRONOS MMR™ Energy System at the University of Illinois.

    Through this strategic collaboration, U. of I. and NANO Nuclear will work together throughout the regulatory licensing process, plant design implementation, public and stakeholder engagement, and workforce development. The collaboration builds on the university’s prior experience and engagement with nuclear regulators, while introducing an advanced and simplified reactor system to lead the next generation of clean energy deployment.

    “The KRONOS MMR project can not only be a national first, it can be a first for academia, enabling students, researchers, regulators, and the public to learn directly from a real-world microreactor development effort,” said Illinois Grainger Engineering Professor Caleb Brooks, Principal Investigator for the University of Illinois. “This system can be the most advanced nuclear research platform on any U.S. campus, with the potential to enable a new paradigm of nuclear power through education, research, and at scale demonstration.”

    As part of the agreement, U. of I. will lead the regulatory engagement with the NRC as well as public engagement, support licensing activities including the PSAR and Environmental Report, and play a key role in site layout, constructability assessment, and future operator training programs. NANO Nuclear will oversee plant design, construction, system integration, and commercial pathway development.

    “This agreement brings NANO Nuclear to the forefront of advanced reactors deployment in the United States,” said Dr. Florent Heidet, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Reactor Development of NANO Nuclear. “This construction project is where KRONOS’ engineering meets execution and demand. It will set a precedent for all future university-led nuclear technology reactor projects.”

    The KRONOS MMR Energy System, NANO Nuclear’s flagship micro modular reactor, is designed to redefine what’s possible in nuclear energy and features:

    • Truly modular, containerized construction.
    • Highest in class safety margins, creating an inherently safe reactor.
    • Rapid & flexible deployment capabilities for remote and secure applications.
    • Seamless integration with local grids, renewable grids and process heat systems.

    The KRONOS MMR Energy System leverages proven, state-of-the-art technology solutions, and combines them into a product that is not reliant on new breakthroughs or lengthy and costly research programs.

    This announcement reflects NANO Nuclear’s transition from design to deployment, initiating the first physical project work in the Company’s history. As preparations begin for regulatory licensing and construction activities, NANO Nuclear remains focused on delivering clean, safe, scalable energy through its advanced nuclear technologies.
    About The Grainger College of Engineering

    The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is one of the world’s top-ranked engineering institutions, and a globally recognized leader in engineering education, research and public engagement. With a diverse, tight-knit community of faculty, students and alumni, Grainger Engineering sets the standard for excellence in engineering, driving innovation in the economy and bringing revolutionary ideas to the world. Through robust research and discovery, our faculty, staff, students and alumni are changing our world and making advances once only dreamed about, including the MRI, LED, ILIAC, Mosaic, YouTube, flexible electronics, electric machinery, miniature batteries, imaging the black hole and flight on Mars. The world’s brightest minds from The Grainger College of Engineering tackle today’s toughest challenges. And they are building a better, cooler, safer tomorrow.
    Visit https://grainger.illinois.edu for more information.

    About NANO Nuclear Energy, Inc.

    NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NNE) is an advanced technology-driven nuclear energy company seeking to become a commercially focused, diversified, and vertically integrated company across five business lines: (i) cutting edge portable and other microreactor technologies, (ii) nuclear fuel fabrication, (iii) nuclear fuel transportation, (iv) nuclear applications for space and (v) nuclear industry consulting services. NANO Nuclear believes it is the first portable nuclear microreactor company to be listed publicly in the U.S.

    Led by a world-class nuclear engineering team, NANO Nuclear’s reactor products in development include patented KRONOS MMR™ Energy System, a stationary high-temperature gas-cooled reactor that is in construction permit pre-application engagement U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in collaboration with University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U. of I.), “ZEUS”, a solid core battery reactor, and “ODIN”, a low-pressure coolant reactor, and the space focused, portable LOKI MMR™, each representing advanced developments in clean energy solutions that are portable, on-demand capable, advanced nuclear microreactors.

    Advanced Fuel Transportation Inc. (AFT), a NANO Nuclear subsidiary, is led by former executives from the largest transportation company in the world aiming to build a North American transportation company that will provide commercial quantities of HALEU fuel to small modular reactors, microreactor companies, national laboratories, military, and DOE programs. Through NANO Nuclear, AFT is the exclusive licensee of a patented high-capacity HALEU fuel transportation basket developed by three major U.S. national nuclear laboratories and funded by the Department of Energy. Assuming development and commercialization, AFT is expected to form part of the only vertically integrated nuclear fuel business of its kind in North America.

    HALEU Energy Fuel Inc. (HEF), a NANO Nuclear subsidiary, is focusing on the future development of a domestic source for a High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) fuel fabrication pipeline for NANO Nuclear’s own microreactors as well as the broader advanced nuclear reactor industry.

    NANO Nuclear Space Inc. (NNS), a NANO Nuclear subsidiary, is exploring the potential commercial applications of NANO Nuclear’s developing micronuclear reactor technology in space. NNS is focusing on applications such as the LOKI MMR™ system and other power systems for extraterrestrial projects and human sustaining environments, and potentially propulsion technology for long haul space missions. NNS’ initial focus will be on cis-lunar applications, referring to uses in the space region extending from Earth to the area surrounding the Moon’s surface.

    For more corporate information please visit: https://NanoNuclearEnergy.com/

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    Email: IR@NANONuclearEnergy.com
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    Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements

    This news release and statements of NANO Nuclear’s management in connection with this news release contain or may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In this context, forward-looking statements mean statements related to future events, which may impact our expected future business and financial performance, and often contain words such as “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “potential”, “will”, “should”, “could”, “would” or “may” and other words of similar meaning. In this press release, forward-looking statements include, among others, statements regarding the anticipated benefits to NANO Nuclear of its agreement with U. of I., as well as NANO Nuclear’s development plans, each as described herein. These forward-looking statements are based on information available to us as of the date of this news release and represent management’s current views and assumptions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, events or results and involve significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond our control. For NANO Nuclear, particular risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements include but are not limited to the following: (i) risks related to our U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) or related state nuclear fuel licensing submissions, (ii) risks related the development of new or advanced technology and the acquisition of complimentary technology or businesses, including difficulties with design and testing, cost overruns, regulatory delays, integration issues and the development of competitive technology, (iii) our ability to obtain contracts and funding to be able to continue operations, (iv) risks related to uncertainty regarding our ability to technologically develop and commercially deploy a competitive advanced nuclear reactor or other technology in the timelines we anticipate, if ever, (v) risks related to the impact of government regulation and policies including by the DOE and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, including those associated with the recently enacted ADVANCE Act, and (vi) similar risks and uncertainties associated with the operating an early stage business a highly regulated and rapidly evolving industry. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this news release. These factors may not constitute all factors that could cause actual results to differ from those discussed in any forward-looking statement, and NANO Nuclear therefore encourages investors to review other factors that may affect future results in its filings with the SEC, which are available for review at www.sec.gov and at https://ir.nanonuclearenergy.com/financial-information/sec-filings. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as a predictor of actual results. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this news release, except as required by law.

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  • MIL-OSI: Best Natural Testosterone Booster Supplement for Muscle Growth (TestoPrime Review)

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    NEW YORK, April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Affiliate Credo, a leading platform in health and fitness reviews, has released an updated overview of TestoPrime, a widely discussed natural testosterone support supplement for men looking to improve strength, performance, and energy levels in 2025.

    The review provides timely insights into how TestoPrime continues to gain popularity among athletes, bodybuilders, and aging individuals seeking to support their testosterone levels through plant-based and clinically studied ingredients.

    With a focus on transparency, safety, and research-backed components, TestoPrime reflects a growing trend in natural supplementation for hormone support and muscle enhancement.

    Key Benefits of TestoPrime:

    • Naturally increases testosterone production
    • Supports lean muscle growth and strength
    • Enhances endurance and training performance
    • Reduces post-workout fatigue and supports recovery
    • Improves mental focus and drive

    Pros:

    • Natural, clean formula backed by research
    • No prescription required
    • Produced in FDA-approved, GMP-certified facilities
    • Lifetime money-back guarantee
    • Noticeable results in strength, stamina, and recovery

    Cons:

    • Requires daily use for best effects
    • Higher cost compared to generic supplements

    Why TestoPrime Is Being Noticed in 2025

    According to recent analysis conducted by Affiliate Credo, TestoPrime remains one of the most talked-about testosterone support supplements in the natural wellness space. Its formula includes:

    • D-Aspartic Acid – promotes the release of luteinizing hormone
    • Ashwagandha Extract – helps manage cortisol levels for improved recovery
    • Fenugreek – linked to enhanced performance and stamina
    • Panax Ginseng, Zinc, and Vitamin D – support hormonal balance and energy metabolism

    These ingredients work synergistically to support lean muscle development, post-workout recovery, and overall vitality.

    Supplementation and Fitness Trends

    Affiliate Credo’s 2025 supplement outlook shows that more consumers are seeking hormone-support formulas that do not rely on synthetic hormones or prescriptions.

    TestoPrime is positioned as a product that aligns with this demand, offering a blend that supports testosterone levels naturally while appealing to both younger athletes and older adults managing age-related decline.

    You can learn more about the product breakdown and detailed ingredient insights by visiting our website.

    “Our goal at Affiliate Credo is to deliver reliable supplement reviews based on performance, scientific validation, and user feedback,” said the editorial team. “TestoPrime has maintained strong consumer interest due to its transparent formulation and consistent results.”

    About Affiliate Credo

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  • MIL-OSI Europe: Answer to a written question – Europe lags behind in the development of Artificial Intelligence – E-000341/2025(ASW)

    Source: European Parliament

    The EU is determined to engage in large-scale investments in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). At the AI Action Summit of February 2025, the President of the Commission announced ‘InvestAI’[1], a large public-private partnership which aims to mobilise EUR 200 billion for investment in AI, including EUR 20 billion for ‘AI Gigafactories’.

    Recognising the strategic importance of AI, over the period 2021-2027 the EU and Member States will have mobilised a total investment in supercomputing infrastructures and AI Factories in the EU of EUR 10 billion.

    AI Factories will be accessible for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and research organisations. Moreover, AI Gigafactories will take the concept to the next level, by enabling large-scale facilities integrating massive computing power designed to develop, manufacture, and deploy large AI models, together with energy-efficient data centres, and talent.

    Moreover, the AI Factories, the upcoming ‘AI Continent Action Plan’ and the ‘Apply AI Strategy’ will complement the ‘Union of Skills’ and the ‘Competitiveness Compass’[2] in tackling the skills gap in Europe for practitioners and users of AI.

    These measures will include actions to train the next generation of AI specialists, up-skill and re-skill professionals to use AI for innovative applications in key industries, including via an ‘AI Skills Academy’.

    The AI Act[3] was adopted to promote trustworthy AI. It strengthens the single market and proposes a risk-based approach, introducing rules commensurate to the risk of violating fundamental rights and safety by certain AI applications.

    The Act fosters an environment where AI can be developed and utilised responsibly, enhancing trust among EU citizens and organisations, increasing adoption and therefore incentives to invest in AI.

    • [1] https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_467
    • [2] https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_339
    • [3] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj/eng

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  • MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Union Minister of State Dr. L. Murugan holds virtual meeting with South Indian Film Associations; urges technicians, producers and directors to join WAVES 2025

    Source: Government of India

    Union Minister of State Dr. L. Murugan holds virtual meeting with South Indian Film Associations; urges technicians, producers and directors to join WAVES 2025

    WAVES 2025 aims to unite all media segments under PM Modi’s vision; Union MoS Dr. L. Murugan calls for strong South Indian representation

    Dr. L. Murugan Calls for Exclusive Pavilion for South Indian Film Industry at WAVES 2025, Engages Leading Production Houses

    Posted On: 02 APR 2025 6:47PM by PIB Delhi

    Union Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs, Dr. L. Murugan, conducted a virtual meeting with officials from Film Associations representing Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The meeting was also attended by Shri Sanjay Jaju, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Shri C. Senthil Rajan, Joint Secretary (IP) and Dr. Ajay Nagabhushan M.N, Joint Secretary (Films).                                    

    South Indian Film Industry Participation at WAVES 2025

    Key discussions focused on the progress of the upcoming World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES), scheduled to take place from May 1st to 5th, 2025. The meeting emphasized the need for maximum participation from the South Indian film industry, including technicians, producers, directors and actors. It also explored the involvement of leading production houses and the establishment of a dedicated pavilion or booth at the WAVES Exhibition Space.

    Position India as a Global Creative Leader

    Concluding the meeting, Dr. L. Murugan highlighted that WAVES aims to unite all media segments under one umbrella, aligning with the vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. He reiterated that this initiative is a significant step toward positioning India as a global leader in the creative industry.

    About WAVES 2025

    The first World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES), a milestone event for the Media & Entertainment (M&E) sector, will be hosted by the Government of India in Mumbai, Maharashtra, from May 1 to 4, 2025.

    This historic summit will bring together global leaders, media professionals, artists, policymakers, and industry stakeholders. The digital age presents both challenges and opportunities. Artificial intelligence, streaming revolutions, intellectual property rights, misinformation, and media sustainability are key concerns. As the first-ever event of its kind, WAVES 2025 will address these issues by promoting cultural diversity, innovation, and equitable access to media platforms.

    By viewing the world through the prism of harmony, WAVES 2025 aspires to inspire meaningful connections, collaborative progress, and cultural unity. This session will be a crucial step in reinforcing the media and entertainment industry’s role as the biggest unifying factor between country to country, people to people and culture to culture in the digital age. WAVES 2025 emphasizes the power of unity by focusing on shared concerns, challenges faced by humanity, shared opportunities, collaborative growth and progress. This vision positions WAVES 2025 as a global platform for harmony, fostering meaningful dialogue and action that transcend borders.

    By hosting WAVES 2025 in Mumbai, the summit will provide a forum for thought leaders. They will discuss how the media industry can act as the biggest unifying factor in a rapidly changing world. The sector serves as a powerful catalyst for cultural diplomacy, bridging divides between people, cultures, and nations.

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  • MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Tsing Yi Southwest Swimming Pool temporarily closed

    Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

    Attention TV/radio announcers:

    Please broadcast the following as soon as possible and repeat it at regular intervals:

    Here is an item of interest to swimmers.

    The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (April 2) that Tsing Yi Southwest Swimming Pool in Kwai Tsing District has been temporarily closed for cleaning and superchlorination following the discovery of a small amount of vomit in the pool.

    It will be reopened at 6.30am tomorrow.

    The department appeals to swimmers to be considerate and to keep the swimming pools clean. They are advised not to swim after a full meal and should use the toilet facilities if necessary before swimming.

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  • MIL-OSI Global: Babe at 30: why this much-loved film is one of the best cinematic translations of a children’s book

    Source: The Conversation – UK – By Kiera Vaclavik, Professor of Children’s Literature & Childhood Culture, Queen Mary University of London

    This spring, Babe is returning to cinemas to mark the 30th anniversary of its release in 1995. The much-loved family film tells the deceptively simple but emotionally powerful story of a piglet who saves his bacon through intelligence, kindness and hard work.

    Babe becomes the trusted ally of both farmer and farmyard animals and, like so many Hollywood heroes before and since, he refuses to stay in his lane.

    It’s a film which, on paper, really shouldn’t work and which sounds alarm bells to any self-respecting children’s literature scholar like me. It takes an expertly crafted English children’s book with tasteful black-and-white illustrations – Dick King-Smith’s The Sheep Pig (1983) – and turns it into an all-singing, all-dancing technicolour extravaganza.

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    The film inserts new episodes and characters – an evil cat, a plucky duck and (most alarmingly) a brace of brattish kids. And it replaces a perfectly good, does-what-it-says-on-the-tin book title with the cutesy moniker of the piglet star.

    It shouldn’t work … but it really, really does. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that it’s one of the most successful film adaptations of a children’s book of all time.

    It met with both commercial and critical success, making over US$254 million at the box office and being nominated for no less than seven Academy Awards, one of which it secured for visual effects.

    So, what exactly is so special about Babe? It was one of the first films which, thanks to the then-cutting edge combination of animatronics and visual effects, delivered convincing talking animals who, endowed with the gift of speech, could themselves “look like movie stars”. But with all the jaw-dropping technological advances of the last 30 years, how has this film managed to stand the test of time so well?

    The answer in part is that its source material is exceptionally strong. The Sheep Pig is written with restraint and economy, but also great warmth and relish. King-Smith has immense fun, wallowing in words like the proverbial pig in muck, and putting it all to the service of a story whose core values are easy to get behind. The Sheep Pig is a soft-power parable which advocates for brains over brawn, for respectful communication and common decency.

    But the excellence of a film’s bookish bedrock is no guarantee of success. Indeed, the brilliance of a book can often be something of a liability. Think of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, or any of the film and TV adaptations of Noel Streatfeild’s superb Ballet Shoes. With Babe, though, the book is catalyst rather than straitjacket, an enabling prompt which initiates a new work of equal strength and quality.

    The pacing is well judged, the look of the film lush, and there are several actual laugh-out-loud moments – including the duck’s panicked realisation that “Christmas means carnage!” Above all, it’s a film with immense emotional intelligence and power.

    Recognised for its visual effects, it also succeeds in large part because of the strength of its soundscape and score. There’s one scene in particular which really soars, and which takes on the elephant in the room: the human habit of eating pigs.

    Babe is so shocked and upset on learning this fact from the evil cat (who else?) that he loses the will not just to win in the sheepdog trial, but to live at all. The supremely taciturn Father Hoggett must act to make amends and save his pig protégé.

    In an astonishingly moving act of love, this man of few words takes the sickly and sick-at-heart pig onto his lap and sings to him. At first a gentle crooning, the farmer’s expression of care and affection soon swells to an out-and-out bellow, accompanied by a wild, caution-to-the-wind dance.

    It’s difficult to imagine a more lyrically apt song than the 1977 reggae-inflected hit based on the powerful tune of Camille Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No. 3 in C Minor: “If I had words”, it begins. It’s a moment of huge emotional force and intensity, in which the gaping abyss of age and species difference are bridged through music and dance.

    James Cromwell as Farmer Hoggett, here and throughout the film, is tremendous, his reserved performance a key factor in its success. The role – which he almost didn’t take because of the paucity of lines – was career-defining, and prompted personal epiphanies which flow naturally from this scene.

    First, Cromwell never ate meat again. Second, he has spoken (with visible emotion) of the delivery of the film’s final pithy-but-powerful line of approbation – “That’ll do pig, that’ll do” – as a moment of communion with his father on catching sight of his own artificially aged reflection in the camera lens. “My life changed, and I owe it to a pig,” the actor concludes.

    Babe is a film and an adaptation with many qualities. It’s wholesome without ever being sickly. But above all, it has an emotional force which worked on actors and audiences alike and which, 30 years later, remains undiminished.

    Kiera Vaclavik 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. Babe at 30: why this much-loved film is one of the best cinematic translations of a children’s book – https://theconversation.com/babe-at-30-why-this-much-loved-film-is-one-of-the-best-cinematic-translations-of-a-childrens-book-253290

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  • MIL-OSI: Digital Domain to Present at the AI & Technology Virtual Investor Conference April 3rd 2025

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    NEW YORK, April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Digital Domain (OTCQX: DDHLY; Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 547), focused on visual effects, AI and virtual human business, today announced that Mr. William Wong, CEO, will present at the AI & Technology Virtual Investor Conference hosted by VirtualInvestorConferences.com, on April 3rd, 2025

    DATE: April 3rd 2025
    TIME: 4:00 PM ET
    LINK: REGISTER HERE

    All questions from investors will be recorded and forwarded to the company after the event. The company will answer the relevant questions as soon as practicable.

    It is recommended that online investors pre-register and run the online system check to expedite participation and receive event updates.  

    Learn more about the event at www.virtualinvestorconferences.com.

    Recent Company Highlights

    • Digital Domain and Toppan Holdings launched the collaboration of photorealistic virtual human solutions using biometric data from real human, aiming to increase efficiency and productivity of human services in diverse applications.
    • Digital Domain teamed up with AWS to expand our virtual human solutions across the AWS cloud networks with scalability and flexibility.
    • Digital Domain partnered with Plaza Premium Group, the largest independently run pay-in airport lounge in the world with presence of over 80 airports, to launch an innovative virtual human hospitality service.

    For more details of the above announcements, you may refer to: IR Digital Domain

    About Digital Domain

    Digital Domain is a pioneer in the virtualization of sensory experiences. After more than 3 decades of evolution, Digital Domain has transformed from a Hollywood company to achieve global expansion in fields such as VFX, AI Virtual Human, and Visualization. Digital Domain’s rich legacy comprises hundreds of films and TV series, thousands of commercials, game graphics, and experimental immersive experiences. The most outstanding achievements include: academy awards for “Best Visual Effects” in the films Titanic, What Dreams May Come, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, blockbuster classics such as The Avengers series, and the 4th season of the popular word-of-mouth hit show Stranger Things.

    Digital Domain has charted a pioneering course into the realms of AI and virtual reality since 2016, revolutionizing the creation of emotionally expressive and photorealistic virtual humans in real-time. The company’s AI Virtual Human technology is widely applicable across diverse sectors such as healthcare and elderly service, training and education, concierge service, BFSI, the public sector, Entertainment etc. It enhances service efficiency, user experience, and business value.

    Digital Domain is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock code: 547) and is headquartered in Hong Kong. Digital Domain maintains operations in multiple cities including Los Angeles, Vancouver, Montreal, Beijing, Shanghai, Hyderabad, and more. For more information, visit the official website – www.digitaldomain.com.

    About Virtual Investor Conferences®
    Virtual Investor Conferences (VIC) is the leading proprietary investor conference series that provides an interactive forum for publicly traded companies to seamlessly present directly to investors.

    Providing a real-time investor engagement solution, VIC is specifically designed to offer companies more efficient investor access.  Replicating the components of an on-site investor conference, VIC offers companies enhanced capabilities to connect with investors, schedule targeted one-on-one meetings and enhance their presentations with dynamic video content. Accelerating the next level of investor engagement, Virtual Investor Conferences delivers leading investor communications to a global network of retail and institutional investors.

    CONTACTS:

    Digital Domain  
       
    Kavita Maharaj Smith Arthur Ma
    Director of Marketing Communications and Public Relations Vice President, Operation
    (+1) 562-201-9240 (852) 6181-1121
    kavita@d2.com arthur.ma@ddhl.com
       
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    OTC Markets Group
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  • MIL-OSI: 2025 RISC-V CON: Andes Technology Celebrates 20 Years, Bringing Together Innovators, Engineers, and Ecosystem Leaders

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    San Jose, CA, April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Andes Technology, a leading supplier of high-efficiency, low-power 32/64-bit RISC-V processor cores and a Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, proudly announces the Silicon Valley 2025 Andes RISC-V CON scheduled for April 29, 2025.  The in-person event will gather industry leaders, innovators, and developers to explore the latest advancements in RISC-V technology and celebrate Andes Technology’s two decades of groundbreaking innovation.

    Attendees will have the opportunity to gain exclusive insights from Andes executives and prominent industry leaders, explore the latest advancements in RISC-V technology, and learn about cutting-edge projects shaping the RISC-V future. Additionally, engage and network with Andes and its valued ecosystem partners, fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange.

    The 2025 RISC-V CON will feature two parallel conference tracks: The Main Conference and Exhibition, open to everyone, and the new Developer Track, designed for engineers seeking deep-dive, hands-on technical training.

    For more details and to register, visit the event website

    Main Conference and Exhibition

    The main conference welcomes all attendees, featuring over ten sessions and speeches that cover the RISC-V market and the development of SoCs using RISC-V across AI, automotive, application processing, communications, and more. Participants will also have opportunities to network with speakers and exhibitors from over twenty sponsoring companies offering IP, software, tools, services, and products.

    Highlighted Main Conference Presentations:

    • Frankwell Lin, Chairman and CEO, Andes Technology – Celebrating 20 years of driving SIP innovation and 15 years of pioneering RISC-V.
    • Dr. Charlie Su, President and CTO, Andes Technology – Provides insights on advancing modern computing with Andes RISC-V processor solutions.
    • Paul Master, Co-founder and CTO, Cornami – Presenting Fully Homomorphic Encryption, the Holy Grail.
    • Fireside chat: What’s coming in AI? – Facilitated by Charlie Cheng, Andes, Board Advisor with keynotes from:
      • Jeff Bier, Founder, Edge AI and Embedded Vision Alliance
      • Pete Warden, Founder & CEO, Useful Sensors

    Developer Track – Hands-on Technical Training (Limited Seating!)

    For engineers looking to gain practical insights, the Developer Track offers four in-depth sessions designed to provide hands-on experience with cutting-edge RISC-V concepts and system optimization. Attendees should bring a fully charged laptop.

    • Optimization with RISC-V Vector ISA – Understand how RISC-V Vector Extensions (RVV) enhance performance and get hands-on experience using AndeSight tools.
    • IAR Professional Tools for RISC-V – Discover how advanced debugging and functional safety tools accelerate development cycles.
    • Create Your Own RISC-V Custom Instructions – Learn to enhance RISC-V ISA with Andes’ Automated Custom Extensions (ACE) and experience hands-on instruction with Andes Copilot.
    • Unleashing the Power of Heterogeneous Computing: Optimizing Resource Utilization – Join Andes, Imagination, and Baya to explore how trace-based CPU and GPU analysis can boost compute efficiency.

    Event Details

    Location: DoubleTree by Hilton, San Jose, CA
    Time: 8:30 – 6:00 PDT
    Admission: RISC-V CON is free to attend
    Registration: visit the event website

    About Andes Technology

    As a Founding Premier member of RISC-V International and a leader in commercial CPU IP, Andes Technology (TWSE: 6533; SIN: US03420C2089; ISIN: US03420C1099) is driving the global adoption of RISC-V.  Andes’ extensive RISC-V Processor IP portfolio spans from ultra-efficient 32-bit CPUs to high-performance 64-bit Out-of-Order multiprocessor coherent clusters. 

    With advanced vector processing, DSP capabilities, the powerful Andes Automated Custom Extension (ACE) framework, end-to-end AI hardware/software stack, ISO 26262 certification with full compliance, and a robust software ecosystem, Andes unlocks the full potential of RISC-V, empowering customers to accelerate innovation across AI, automotive, communications, consumer electronics, data centers, and mobile devices.  Over 16 billion Andes-powered SoCs are driving innovations globally. Discover more at www.andestech.com  and connect with Andes on LinkedIn, X , and YouTube.

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: New research highlights transformative impact of internet connectivity in temporary accommodation

    Source: City of Coventry

    An evaluation report exploring the critical need for internet access for people living in temporary accommodation has been published today.

    It follows a pilot project delivered by the technology charity Jangala in partnership with Virgin Media O2, Coventry City Council’s #CovConnects initiative, and Good Things Foundation, which supported people living in temporary homes in Coventry with internet connectivity.

    The research highlights the impact that being online can have on emotional and mental wellbeing, personal empowerment, and access to essential services. For people living in temporary accommodation, connectivity can be poor quality or non-existent, despite a critical need to be online. Residents are penalised if they do not bid weekly for permanent housing but are often on low incomes and cannot install internet in their temporary homes.

    At the heart of the research is the role of Jangala’s Get Box, a portable internet connectivity device designed to provide reliable internet access to those who need it most. By swiftly enabling individuals in temporary accommodation to get online, Get Box plays a crucial role in bridging the digital divide. It opens doors to essential services, learning opportunities, and vital social support networks, offering a lifeline to people facing unstable living conditions and a range of personal challenges. These include surviving domestic abuse, recent arrival to the UK and mental illness.

    Jackie* who is a survivor of domestic abuse explains:

    “If I didn’t have music I wouldn’t go to sleep at night. It’s made me feel, like, a little bit more comfortable. It calms me down as well. The Get Box has done a lot for me.”

    The initiative forms part of a broader programme funded by Virgin Media O2, which aims to distribute 5,000 Get Boxes across the UK. The programme has deployed more than 2,000 devices already to partners. Get Boxes are having a real and measurable impact in communities struggling with digital exclusion by offering a vital lifeline to connectivity when it is needed.

    The findings of the research emphasise the importance of increased data allowances in driving social impact and addresses the immediate connectivity needs of individuals. It also lays the groundwork for long-term positive change by demonstrating the far-reaching benefits of easy-to-use, scalable solutions in digital inclusion.

    Cllr Richard Brown, Cabinet Member for Strategic Finance and Resources at Coventry City Council said: “This project has been a real success and has made a huge difference to the lives of some of our most vulnerable residents. I look forward to building on success mentioned in the report so we can continue to tackle the digital divide in Coventry and ensure that all our residents, regardless of background and circumstance, can get online and access the digital world.”
     

    Rich Thanki, Managing Director at Jangala said: “This research vividly highlights the critical role that internet access plays in so many aspects of welfare. We’re thrilled that our Get Box technology, with incredible support from VMO2 and Coventry Council, has been able to positively impact the lives of such a diverse range of digitally-excluded people.”

    Nicola Green, Chief Communications and Corporate Affairs Officer at Virgin Media O2 said: “We’re proud that Virgin Media O2’s partnership with Jangala is providing a lifeline to people in need, helping them to get online and access essential online services from applying for accommodation to booking medical appointments or building their skills via online training course, and is helping them to stay in touch with loved ones.”

    Helen Milner OBE, Group CEO, Good Things Foundation, said  “Access to the internet is life-changing, providing a crucial link to essential services, education, and employment. Our partnership with Jangala, Virgin Media O2, and Coventry Council is helping ensure people in temporary accommodation are not left behind in the digital world. By providing reliable connectivity, we are giving individuals and families the opportunity to rebuild their lives with dignity and hope. Together we can help  fix the digital divide.”

    For more information, access the full research evaluation report here: https://www.janga.la/digital-lifelines

    *names have been changed to protect anonymity

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  • MIL-OSI Australia: 2024 Canberra Gold Awards winners announced

    Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services

    Gold Awards recipient Margaret Constance was one of the first Avon ladies in Canberra and went on to work in the Supreme Court for 25 years.

    Each year, the Chief Minister’s Canberra Gold Awards recognise the unique contributions of individuals and groups who have lived or operated in the ACT for 50 years or more.

    This year, 71 individuals and 15 groups were awarded. Over the last half-century, each of them has shaped not only our city, but the people who live here. Whether that’s placing an instrument in a musically-gifted student’s hands for the first time, raising a family in Canberra, or leaving a mark on an industry.

    While the awards celebrate Canberra’s history, there was much recognition of the people who have helped shape our future: the teachers, principals and programs supporting the city’s schools.

    Leanne Fisher was born in Canberra in 1963 and has worked for the Department of Education for 20 years.

    “I’m just about to retire in three weeks’ time, it’s a nice way to finish,” she said.

    Paul Branson, Principal of Belconnen High, was also born in Canberra and is a self-titled “product of public schools”. Educated at Hackett Primary, Dickson College and the Australian National University, Paul was nominated for his contribution to public schooling.

    “There’s lots that I love about Canberra, lots of things happen here. I know people say it’s boring, but that’s not true at all,” Paul said.

    “Someone once said to me, Canberra thinks you’re boring too!”

    The ACT Instrumental Music Program was one of the groups that received a Gold Award. Now in it’s 51st year, the program is part of ACT public schools.

    “We were nominated by a former student,” former principal Naida Blackley said.

    “It’s about providing opportunities for students to access musical instruments in a group learning situation.”

    Many awards recipients spoke of their love of the city, and in particular, their love of Lake Burley Griffin.

    Margaret Constance’s arrival predated the construction of the now-iconic landmark.

    “In 1962, we moved to the newly developed Red Hill, and there were still sheep grazing on the perimeter,” she said.

    “I saw the building of the National Library, the High Court, the Portrait Gallery, and the lake. And I saw Woden and Belconnen Develop. They were the first suburbs – I think they were called satellite towns then.”

    Margaret was one of the first Avon ladies in Canberra and went on to work in the Supreme Court for 25 years.

    Ali Hosain was another Gold Award recipient who fondly recalls memories of Canberra being developed.

    “When we came, Canberra was not a very impressive place,” he said.

    “[Now] Canberra is so beautiful. We’ve travelled the whole world but there’s nothing like Canberra.”

    If you would like to nominate a person, group, or yourself, nominations are open year-round and can be made online.

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  • MIL-OSI: American Rebel CEO Andy Ross to Appear on South Florida Television Morning Shows on NBC-TV Channel 5 West Palm Beach and 39 WSFL – Home of the Florida Panthers

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Television Appearances and Potential Investor Meeting at Mar-a-Lago Signal Big Moves for the Nations Fast-Growing Beer Brand, American Rebel Light Beer.

    Nashville, TN, April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — American Rebel Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AREB) (“American Rebel” or the “Company”), creator of American Rebel Beer (americanrebelbeer.com) and a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of branded safes, personal security and self-defense products and apparel (americanrebel.com), is excited to announce that its CEO Andy Ross will appear on two south Florida morning shows on NBC-TV Channel 5 West Palm Beach and 39 WSFL – Home of the Florida Panthers. Andy’s segments will be taped for airing later in the week. Andy will also meet with potential investors at Mar-a-Lago.

    Florida: A Cornerstone in American Rebel Beer’s Strategic Growth and CEO’s Investor Relations Outreach

    “I’m looking forward to getting back to south Florida to meet with potential investors and tell the American Rebel story,” said Andy Ross. “Maybe second only to New York, south Florida is home to many important investor contacts for American Rebel and the opportunity to meet with potential investors at Mar-a-Lago will be a great experience.”

    “Sharing the American Rebel story on television is a great way to expand American Rebel awareness with potential customers and grow our distribution network,” continued Andy Ross. “Florida is one of our next states to add to our rapidly growing list of states where American Rebel Beer is available. We’re looking forward to opening Florida in the next couple of months as a lot of beer is sold in Florida.”

    “Earlier this year I appeared on the ABC-TV outlet in Tampa on their morning show Morning Blend and later that week performed a concert at the Bradenton Motorsports Park at the conclusion of the SCAG Power Equipment Pro Shootout,” said Andy Ross. “Florida is going to be a great state for American Rebel Beer since Florida is a great racing state and our sponsorship of the Matt Hagan Funny Car for Tony Stewart Racing opens a lot of doors for American Rebel Beer.”

    For more information on American Rebel Beer, go to americanrebelbeer.com/investor-relations.

    About American Rebel Light Beer

    Produced in partnership with AlcSource, American Rebel Light Beer (americanrebelbeer.com) is a premium domestic light lager celebrated for its exceptional quality and patriotic values. It stands out as America’s Patriotic, God-Fearing, Constitution-Loving, National Anthem-Singing, Stand Your Ground Beer.

    American Rebel Light is a Premium Domestic Light Lager Beer – All Natural, Crisp, Clean and Bold Taste with a Lighter Feel. With approximately 100 calories, 3.2 carbohydrates, and 4.3% alcoholic content per 12 oz serving, American Rebel Light Beer delivers a lighter option for those who love great beer but prefer a more balanced lifestyle. It’s all natural with no added supplements and importantly does not use corn, rice, or other sweeteners typically found in mass produced beers.

    About Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Nitro

    As tenacious as Stewart is in the cockpit of a racecar, he’s proven equally adept at providing cars and equipment for racing’s elite. The three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion can also list 31 owners’ titles to his resume, from NASCAR to USAC to the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series. In 2023 Stewart earned his 31st owner title when Matt Hagan and the TSR Funny Car team earned the championship on November 11th. His team, Tony Stewart Racing, fields a powerhouse lineup in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series with Tony in Top Fuel and Matt Hagan in Funny Car. After more than four decades of racing around in circles, Stewart has embarked on a straight and narrow path, albeit at more than 300 mph. For more information on TSR Nitro go to tsrnitro.com.

    About American Rebel Holdings, Inc.

    American Rebel Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AREB) has operated primarily as a designer, manufacturer and marketer of branded safes and personal security and self-defense products and has recently transitioned into the beverage industry through the introduction of American Rebel Light Beer. The Company also designs and produces branded apparel and accessories. To learn more, visit www.americanrebel.com and www.americanrebelbeer.com. For investor information, visit www.americanrebelbeer.com/investor-relations.

    American Rebel Holdings, Inc.
    info@americanrebel.com

    American Rebel Beverages, LLC
    Todd Porter, President
    tporter@americanrebelbeer.com

    Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. American Rebel Holdings, Inc., (NASDAQ: AREB; AREBW) (the “Company,” “American Rebel,” “we,” “our” or “us”) desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words “forecasts” “believe,” “may,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “should,” “plan,” “could,” “target,” “potential,” “is likely,” “expect” and similar expressions, as they relate to us, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements primarily on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, and financial needs. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ from those in the forward-looking statements include benefits of marketing outreach efforts, actual placement timing and availability of American Rebel Beer, success and availability of the promotional activities, our ability to effectively execute our business plan, and the Risk Factors contained within our filings with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and our recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. Any forward-looking statement made by us herein speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Factors or events that could cause our actual results to differ may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of them. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by law.

    Company Contact:
    tporter@americanrebelbeer.com
    info@americanrebel.com

    Media Contact:
    Matt Sheldon
    Matt@PrecisionPR.co

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  • MIL-OSI: Convening of the Annual General Meeting of Euronext N.V.

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Convening of the Annual General Meeting of Euronext N.V.

    Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Milan, Oslo and Paris – 2 April 2025 – Euronext today announced that the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) will take place on Thursday 15 May 2025 at 10.30 CEST at Beursplein 5, 1012 JW Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

    The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

    1.   Opening
    2.   Presentation by the Chief Executive Officer (discussion item)
    3.   Annual Report 2024
    a)   Explanation of the policy on additions to reserves and dividends (discussion item)
    b)   Proposal to adopt the 2024 remuneration report (voting item 1)
    c)   Proposal to adopt the 2024 financial statements (voting item 2)
    d)   Proposal to adopt a dividend of € 2.90 per ordinary share (voting item 3)
    e)   Proposal to discharge the members of the Managing Board in respect of their duties performed during the year 2024 (voting item 4)
    f)   Proposal to discharge the members of the Supervisory Board in respect of their duties performed during the year 2024 (voting item 5)
    4.   Composition of the Supervisory Board
    a)   Re-appointment of Piero Novelli as a member of the Supervisory Board (voting item 6)
    b)   Re-appointment of Olivier Sichel as a member of the Supervisory Board (voting item 7)
    c)   Appointment of Francesca Scaglia as a member of the Supervisory Board (voting item 8)
    5.   Composition of the Managing Board
    a)   Re-appointment of Delphine d’Amarzit as a member of the Managing Board (voting item 9)
    b)   Appointment of René van Vlerken as a member of the Managing Board (voting item 10)
    6.   Proposal to amend the remuneration policy with regard to the Managing Board (voting item 11)
    7.   Proposal to amend the remuneration policy with regard to the Supervisory Board (voting item 12)
    8.   Proposal to appoint the external auditor (voting item 13)
    9.   Proposal regarding cancellation of the company’s own shares purchased by the company under the share repurchase program (voting item 14)
    10.   Proposal to designate the Managing Board as the competent body:
    a)   to issue ordinary shares (voting item 15); and
    b)   to restrict or exclude the pre-emptive rights of shareholders (voting item 16)
    11.   Proposal to authorise the Managing Board to acquire ordinary shares in the share capital of the company on behalf of the company (voting item 17)
    12.   Proposal to authorise the Supervisory Board or Managing Board (subject to approval of the Supervisory Board) to grant rights to French beneficiaries to receive shares in accordance with Articles L225-197-1 and seq. of the French Code of commerce (voting item 18)
    13.   Any other business
    14.   Close

    The AGM will be conducted in English.

    Registration date AGM

    Pursuant to Dutch law and Euronext N.V.’s Articles of Association, the persons who will be considered as entitled to attend and vote at the AGM are those persons who are registered as such in the administrations held by their financial intermediaries (the “Shareholders”) on 17 April 2025, after processing of all settlements on that date (the “Registration Date”).

    Registration and voting instructions

    Shareholders holding their shares through Euronext Securities Milan (i.e. the public) who wish to attend the AGM, provide instructions or grant a power of attorney to vote on their behalf, must complete the form (voting form / attendance card request) provided for this purpose by their financial intermediary or by Euronext Securities Department – Uptevia. The Shareholders should be aware that these documents must be received, no later than on Thursday 8 May 2025 by their financial intermediary for receipt no later than on Friday 9 May 2025 by Uptevia, Assemblées Générales, 90-110 Esplanade du Général de Gaulle 92931 Paris La Défense Cedex, France. The financial intermediary should deliver to the Shareholder a certificate of holding containing: name and city of residence of the Shareholder; number of shares; name and city of residence of the attendee (if different from the Shareholder) and declaration that the shares were in custody with the Euroclear France-admitted institution on the Registration Date. This certificate will serve as the admission certificate for the AGM for the Shareholder.

    Shareholders holding their shares through Euronext Securities Porto in Portugal who wish to attend the AGM, provide instructions or grant a power of attorney to vote on their behalf, must complete the form (voting form / attendance card request) provided for this purpose by Euronext Securities Department – Uptevia Corporate Trust. The Shareholders should be aware that these documents must be received, no later than on Thursday 8 May 2025 by their financial intermediary for receipt no later than on Friday 9 May 2025 by BNP Paribas Securities Services, PT Local Team, Edificio ART’S – Av. D. Joao II – Lote 1.18.01, Bloco B, 1998-028 Lisboa, Portugal. The financial intermediary should deliver to the Shareholder a certificate of holding containing: name and city of residence of the Shareholder; number of shares on the Registration Date; name and city of residence of the attendee (if different from the Shareholder). This certificate will serve as admission certificate for the AGM for the Shareholder.

    Persons without a valid admission certificate will not be given access to the meeting. Attendants may be asked for identification prior to being admitted.

    At the time of the publication of this convening notice, Euronext’s total issued share capital in number of issued shares and in voting rights is published on Euronext’s website:
    https://www.euronext.com/en/investor-relations/capital-and-shareholding

    Webcast

    There will be a live broadcast of the AGM via
    https://channel.royalcast.com/landingpage/euronextwebcast/20250515_1/

    AGM Documentation

    The AGM Documentation (i.e. this convening notice, the agenda and the explanatory notes thereto including the information on the persons to be appointed to the Supervisory Board and the Managing Board, as well as the 2024 Annual Report) is available:

    • at the registered office of Euronext N.V.: Beursplein 5, 1012 JW Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • by email request to EuronextCorporateSecretary@euronext.com
    • on Euronext’s website https://www.euronext.com/en/investor-relations/shareholder-meetings
    • at Uptevia – Assemblées Générales – 90-110 Esplanade du Général de Gaulle 92931 Paris La Défense Cedex, France – + 33 1 57 43 02 30

    Managing Board and Supervisory Board of Euronext N.V.
    Beursplein 5, 1012 JW Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Registered at the Dutch Chamber of Commerce, under number 60234520

    CONTACTS  

    ANALYSTS & INVESTORS – ir@euronext.com

    Investor Relations        Aurélie Cohen                 

            Judith Stein        +33 6 15 23 91 97          

    MEDIA – mediateam@euronext.com 

    Europe        Aurélie Cohen         +33 1 70 48 24 45   

            Andrea Monzani         +39 02 72 42 62 13 

    Belgium        Marianne Aalders         +32 26 20 15 01                 

    France, Corporate        Flavio Bornancin-Tomasella        +33 1 70 48 24 45                 

    Ireland        Andrea Monzani         +39 02 72 42 62 13                 

    Italy         Ester Russom         +39 02 72 42 67 56                 

    The Netherlands        Marianne Aalders         +31 20 721 41 33                 

    Norway         Cathrine Lorvik Segerlund        +47 41 69 59 10                 

    Portugal         Sandra Machado        +351 91 777 68 97                

    About Euronext  

    Euronext is the leading European capital market infrastructure, covering the entire capital markets value chain, from listing, trading, clearing, settlement and custody, to solutions for issuers and investors. Euronext runs MTS, one of Europe’s leading electronic fixed income trading markets, and Nord Pool, the European power market. Euronext also provides clearing and settlement services through Euronext Clearing and its Euronext Securities CSDs in Denmark, Italy, Norway and Portugal.

    As of December 2024, Euronext’s regulated exchanges in Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal host over 1,800 listed issuers with around €6 trillion in market capitalisation, a strong blue-chip franchise and the largest global centre for debt and fund listings. With a diverse domestic and international client base, Euronext handles 25% of European lit equity trading. Its products include equities, FX, ETFs, bonds, derivatives, commodities and indices.

    For the latest news, go to euronext.com or follow us on X and LinkedIn.

    Disclaimer

    This press release is for information purposes only: it is not a recommendation to engage in investment activities and is provided “as is”, without representation or warranty of any kind. While all reasonable care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the content, Euronext does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness. Euronext will not be held liable for any loss or damages of any nature ensuing from using, trusting or acting on information provided. No information set out or referred to in this publication may be regarded as creating any right or obligation. The creation of rights and obligations in respect of financial products that are traded on the exchanges operated by Euronext’s subsidiaries shall depend solely on the applicable rules of the market operator. All proprietary rights and interest in or connected with this publication shall vest in Euronext. This press release speaks only as of this date. Euronext refers to Euronext N.V. and its affiliates. Information regarding trademarks and intellectual property rights of Euronext is available at www.euronext.com/terms-use.

    © 2025, Euronext N.V. – All rights reserved. 

    The Euronext Group processes your personal data in order to provide you with information about Euronext (the “Purpose”). With regard to the processing of this personal data, Euronext will comply with its obligations under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and Council of 27 April 2016 (General Data Protection Regulation, “GDPR”), and any applicable national laws, rules and regulations implementing the GDPR, as provided in its privacy statement available at: www.euronext.com/privacy-policy. In accordance with the applicable legislation you have rights with regard to the processing of your personal data: for more information on your rights, please refer to: www.euronext.com/data_subjects_rights_request_information. To make a request regarding the processing of your data or to unsubscribe from this press release service, please use our data subject request form at connect2.euronext.com/form/data-subjects-rights-request or email our Data Protection Officer at dpo@euronext.com.

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  • MIL-OSI: Treasury Bond Auction Announcement – RIKB 27 0415 – RIKB 38 0215

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Series RIKB 27 0415 RIKB 38 0215
    ISIN IS0000036291 IS0000037265
    Maturity Date 04/15/2027 02/15/2038
    Auction Date 04/04/2025 04/04/2025
    Settlement Date 04/09/2025 04/09/2025
    10% addition 04/08/2025 04/08/2025

    On the Auction Date, between 10:30 am and 11:00 am, the Government Debt Management will auction Treasury bonds in the Series, with the ISIN numbers and with the Maturity Dates according to the table above. Payments for the Treasury bonds must be received by the Central Bank before 14:00 on the Settlement Date, and the Bonds will be delivered in electronic form on the same day. Article 6 of the General Terms of Auction for Treasury bonds applies for the right to purchase an additional 10%.

    Further reference is made to the description of the Treasury bond and the General Terms of Auction for Treasury bonds on the Government Debt Management website.

    For additional information please contact Oddgeir Gunnarsson, Government Debt Management, at +354 569 9635.

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  • MIL-OSI: Pythian and GigaOm Announce AI Partnership

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    OTTAWA, Ontario, April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pythian Services Inc. (“Pythian”), a leading global services company specializing in data, analytics, and AI solutions, announced a strategic partnership with GigaOm, a leading analyst firm, to empower businesses to achieve rapid AI readiness, executive alignment and ethical GenAI integration. The partnership highlights GigaOm’s launch of its comprehensive Enterprise GenAI Maturity Model with Pythian as its primary partner.

    “Pythian’s proven expertise in data and AI makes them the ideal partner for the launch of our AI Maturity Framework,” said Howard Holton, chief operating officer at GigaOm. “Together we’re equipping businesses with the resources they need to accelerate their AI journey and achieve tangible results.”

    The partnership addresses a critical need for businesses to understand and implement GenAI effectively and ethically. GigaOm’s Enterprise GenAI Maturity Model provides a comprehensive, step-by-step roadmap for successfully integrating generative AI technologies into business operations. 

    The robust framework details six maturity levels—from Default (Level 0) to Leading (Level 5)—across key dimensions, including Core Technology, Data Quality, Ethical AI, Budgeting, AI Governance, Model Training, Data Security, Organizational Change Control and Operational Efficiency. Pythian’s AI Workshop complements this model by offering hands-on educational sessions that demystify AI and foster internal alignment, significantly reducing the time required for decision-making from months to weeks.

    “We are thrilled to partner with GigaOm to help businesses navigate the complexities of AI adoption,” stated Paul Lewis, chief technology officer at Pythian. “The collaboration between GigaOm and Pythian offers our customers a streamlined two-step approach to AI strategy with our AI Workshop as the foundation.”

    The AI Workshop is designed to provide businesses with the knowledge and alignment needed to confidently move forward with their AI initiatives. Following from Pythian’s workshop, GigaOm’s AI Maturity Framework provides powerful capabilities and tools to measure progress as customers confidently advance their overall AI strategy.

    Pythian’s expertise in data and AI, combined with GigaOm’s insightful analysis and framework, creates a powerful synergy. Pythian’s deep understanding of the practical application of AI technologies across various industries ensures businesses not only understand the value of AI, but also have a clear strategy for implementation. The AI Workshops are delivered by Pythian’s team of Field CTOs and focus on real-world scenarios, making complex concepts accessible to all stakeholders.

    “Through Pythian’s valued partnership with GigaOm, we are providing customers with a seamless process toward AI enablement that will strengthen their ability to leverage game-changing technology for their respective businesses and allow them to enhance their competitive position within their market,” said Brooks Borcherding, CEO at Pythian.

    Participants in Pythian’s AI Workshop will gain a foundational understanding of AI technologies, learn how to identify relevant use cases, and develop a strategic roadmap using the AI Maturity Framework for implementation. The workshop facilitates crucial conversations among executives and technical teams leading to faster decision-making and a unified vision for AI adoption.

    Schedule your AI Workshop today.

    About GigaOm

    GigaOm is an analyst firm led by real buyers and real engineers. By combining deep technical expertise with executive perspective, GigaOm delivers credible, actionable validation—because they built the systems, led the teams, and made the calls. Their reports, briefs, and enablement tools speak the language customers trust, backed by real-world testing to align marketing, sales, and the C-suite.

    About Pythian

    Founded in 1997, Pythian is a leading data and AI services provider specializing in digital transformation and operational excellence for enterprise customers. We help organizations optimize their data estates, helping them to drive AI enablement, innovation, and growth. Through strategic consulting, managed services and cloud migrations, we enable cost savings, risk reduction and seamless operations while preparing businesses to adopt AI and for the future of data management. A Google Cloud Premier Partner with multiple Specializations, including Data Analytics, Marketing Analytics, Machine Learning and a certified Google Cloud MSP, we’ve delivered thousands of professional and managed services projects for leading enterprises. For more information, visit www.pythian.com or follow us on X, LinkedIn, and our Blog.

    Pythian Media Contacts

    Matt Malanga
    Senior Vice President, Marketing
    malanga@pythian.com
    +1 917-494-2867    		 Elisabeth Grant
    Branch Out Public Relations
    egrant@branchoutpr.com
    +1 612-599-7797

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  • MIL-OSI: Alliance Memory Launches New 32Mb Fast SRAM in 48-ball FBGA Package

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    KIRKLAND, Wash., April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — To meet the demand for high-density fast CMOS SRAMs, Alliance Memory today introduced a new 32Mb device in the 6 mm by 8 mm 48-ball FBGA package. Configured as 2M x 16, the AS7CW2M16-10BIN offers a wide power supply range from 1.65V to 3.6V.

    “As other manufacturers continue to phase out their SRAM offerings, Alliance Memory remains committed to supporting the market with a wide range of fast memory solutions,” said David Bagby, president and CEO of Alliance Memory. “Our latest device not only provides our customers with a higher density option but also offers increased flexibility by supporting both 1.8V and 3.3V operating voltages in a single part.”

    Operating from a single 1.8V, 2.5V, or 3.3V power supply, the device released today is optimized for consumer TVs and digital cameras, industrial robotics, networking routers, medical equipment, and high-speed automotive systems. For these applications, the AS7CW2M16-10BIN provides fast access times down to 10 ns minimum, data retention voltages down to 1.5V minimum, and low power consumption with operating currents down to 43mA typical and standby current of 10mA typical.

    The SRAM features TTL-compatible inputs and outputs, tri-state output, easy memory expansion with chip select (CS) and output enable (OE) functionality, and data control for upper and lower bytes. The RoHS-compliant device operates over a -40°C to +85°C temperature range.

    The AS7CW2M16-10BIN is the latest addition to Alliance Memory’s full range of fast SRAMs, which include devices with densities from 64Kb to 16Mb. Fabricated using high-performance, high-reliability CMOS technology, the ICs provide reliable drop-in, pin-for-pin-compatible replacements for a number of similar solutions.

    Device Specification Table:

    Part # Density VCC
    (V)    		 tAA
    (ns)    		 VDR
    (V)    		 ICC(mA) ISB1(mA) Package Temp.
    (°C)
    AS7CW2M16-10BIN 32Mb 3.3 10 2.0 45 10 48-ball FBGA -40 to +85
    2.5 10 2.0 45 10
    1.8 12 1.5 43 10

    Samples and production quantities of the new fast SRAM are available now, with lead times of eight to 10 weeks. The AS7CW2M16 32Mb fast SRAM part will also be available in a TSOP package later in Q2 2025.

    About Alliance Memory Inc.
    Alliance Memory is a worldwide provider of critical and hard-to-find memory ICs for the communications, computing, consumer electronics, medical, automotive, and industrial markets. The company’s product range includes flash, DRAM, and SRAM memory ICs with commercial, industrial, and automotive operating temperature ranges and densities from 64Kb to 128GB. Privately held, Alliance Memory maintains headquarters in Kirkland, Washington, and regional offices in Europe, Asia, Canada, and South America. More information about Alliance Memory is available online at www.alliancememory.com.

    Editor resources:

    Link to product image:
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/alliancememory/albums/72177720324793163

    Link to product datasheets and Buy Now information:
    https://www.alliancememory.com/datasheets/AS7CW2M16/

    Agency Contact:
    Bob Decker
    Redpines
    +1 415 409 0233
    bob.decker@redpinesgroup.com

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  • MIL-OSI: AvidXchange Unveils New AI Agents to Elevate Accounts Payable Processes

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AvidXchange Inc. (Nasdaq: AVDX), a leading provider in accounts payable (AP) automation, offering intelligent AP software and payment solutions specifically designed for mid-market businesses and their suppliers, today announced the launch of several new AI agents and enhancements within its invoice automation solution. These advancements reinforce AvidXchange’s ongoing commitment to delivering solutions that improve efficiency, visibility, and control for finance professionals.

    As part of AvidXchange’s 2025 trends report, which surveyed 500 mid-market finance leaders, it was reported that 76% of finance departments recognize the value of using AI within their finance department to improve efficiency and decision-making.

    “As we celebrate 25 years of innovation in AP automation, we remain committed to pushing the boundaries of technology to help businesses improve operational efficiency and make more informed decisions,” said Emily Dalton, VP of Product at AvidXchange. “These AI-driven features reflect our dedication to providing solutions across the purchase-to-pay experience that drive tangible impact for our customers.”

    • AI Approval Agent: The new AI Approval Agent helps customers quickly assess how likely an invoice is to be approved by analyzing patterns from past decisions. Using historical data, such as invoice amounts and supplier details, the AI agent provides real-time insights to approvers throughout the AP workflow. While the AI agent delivers intelligent suggestions and transparency into how each recommendation was made, customers remain in full control of final approval decisions—ensuring human oversight remains part of the process.
    • AI PO Matching Agent: AvidXchange’s AI PO Matching Agent automates one of the most time-consuming steps in the AP process: matching line-item details from invoices to purchase orders. It accelerates approvals by automatically matching line-item details between the PO and invoice while also improving accuracy. Visual indicators provide insight into where the AI agent is assisting which supports confident decision making while keeping customers in control.
    • Invoice Capture Enhancements: AvidXchange has expanded the AI capabilities within its Invoice Capture feature which makes it even easier for teams to move invoices through the approval process. These additional AI capabilities continuously learn the unique patterns of the data across invoices, delivering approval-ready invoices that reduce the need for manual touchpoints. As the feature learns, it will apply those insights to future invoices, helping teams work more efficiently with every transaction.

    “The AI-Enhanced Invoice Capture from AvidXchange is allowing our teams to enhance service to our clients,” said Paul Kramlick, Vice President, Transactional Services, FirstService Residential, a long-time AvidXchange customer. “We’ve reduced our invoice discrepancy queue by 20% and significantly increased accuracy across our AP operations. That allows our team to redirect time and resources to strategic priorities, driving innovation to benefit the communities we serve.”

    To learn more about AvidXchange’s invoice automation software and new AI capabilities, please visit here: https://www.avidxchange.com/solutions/invoice-automation-software/.

    About AvidXchange®
    AvidXchange (Nasdaq: AVDX) is a leading provider in accounts payable (AP) automation, offering intelligent AP software and payment solutions specifically designed for mid-market businesses and their suppliers. With 25 years of industry experience, AvidXchange modernizes the way businesses manage their expenses and payments by offering AI-enhanced software coupled with support from experts. Empowering over 8,500 growth-driven businesses, AvidXchange increases efficiency, control, and visibility in financial operations and has securely processed payments to more than 1.3 million suppliers through its proprietary payment network over the past five years. For more information, visit avidxchange.com.

    Media Contact:  
    Kevin Logan
    Manager of Corporate Communications
    AvidXchange
    pr@avidxchange.com

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  • MIL-OSI: NIL Data Reveals Brand Motivations—with Basketball Players Taking the Lead

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    STAMFORD, Conn., April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SponsorUnited, the leading global sports and entertainment sponsorship intelligence platform, today released its 2024-25 NIL Endorsements Report. This report explores key trends, insights, and future opportunities in this dynamic and rapidly evolving landscape.

    With March Madness in full swing, spectators are seeing some of the top-endorsed Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) athletes earn their stripes on and off the court. That ranges from top-endorsed players like UNC’s RJ Davis and USC’s JuJu Watkins to McNeese State University’s Amir Khan, the first student manager to capture brand endorsement deals. NIL endorsements, which launched in 2021, have experienced significant changes over the past 12 months, but an even more transformative shift may be on the horizon. The House v. NCAA settlement, with a final approval hearing scheduled for April 7, could usher in a new era of revenue-sharing by allowing schools to pay their athletes—and potentially redefine the business of college athletics.

    “Brands are getting smarter—and more strategic—about how they approach NIL. Some are going all-in on high-profile athletes to maximize exposure during marquee events like March Madness, while others are placing early bets on under-the-radar talent with big upside,” said Bob Lynch, Founder and CEO of SponsorUnited. “Whether it’s a star player, scout team standout, or student manager, the common thread is that brands are leaning into storytelling, real-time relevance, and the cultural currency these athletes now carry. NIL has evolved from a test-and-learn phase into a core part of the sports marketing playbook.”

    Key report findings include:

    Basketball players overwhelmingly top endorsement ranks
    Fittingly, as the sports world is focused on the Men’s and Women’s NCAA Basketball Tournaments, the majority (seven) of the top 10 most-endorsed college athletes–male and female–are basketball players.

    Technology, Beverage, and Retail brand categories are on the rise
    As the NIL market continues to grow, certain industry categories are emerging, while others are scaling back. Categories on the rise include technology with over 375 deals, non-alcoholic beverage and retail, each with over 200 deals. Meanwhile, traditionally dominant categories such as Apparel & Accessories, are shifting strategies. Though still holding the largest share of NIL deals (over 470), the category saw a dip in total volume.

    Casual, story-driven social posts have highest engagement
    Top-performing social posts within NIL deals thrive on humor, authenticity, and subtle branding, seamlessly integrating CTAs without feeling like ads.

    Top brands showcase diverse, attention-grabbing strategies
    While many brands are increasing their NIL investments, it’s how they’re activating those deals that stand out. Some of the most notable brand activations from the top 10 brands include those from Raising Cane’s (2nd, 69 deals), Hollister (T-6th, 46), Uber (T-6th, 46), and Nintendo (9th, 35).

    View the full report here.

    About SponsorUnited
    Launched in 2018, SponsorUnited is the leading global sports and entertainment intelligence platform, delivering actionable data and insights to build stronger marketing partnerships. We provide unrivaled knowledge across the sponsorship and media landscape so our clients can make impactful decisions that drive business.

    With over 403,000 brands, 2.2 million deals, and 21.1 million data points across sports, entertainment, media, and talent, our SaaS platform enables brands, rights holders, and agencies to partner more effectively. By delivering real-time trends, on-demand research, and the most comprehensive data available, we connect the entire sponsorship ecosystem and are rewriting the partnership playbook.

    Visit https://sponsorunited.com/ to learn more and discover exclusive data and insights to make intelligent partnership decisions at speed and scale.

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  • MIL-OSI: BexBack Launches Free Crypto Transfers, 100x Leverage Crypto Trading, No KYC, and Double Deposit Bonus

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    SINGAPORE, April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BexBack is reshaping the way traders engage with the cryptocurrency market by offering groundbreaking features that simplify and enhance trading experiences. With the introduction of free crypto transfers, 100x leverage, and No KYC requirements, BexBack provides a seamless and efficient platform to capitalize on crypto market volatility.

    Key Features of BexBack:

    1. Free Crypto Transfers
      BexBack now enables free transfers between cryptocurrencies with no fees when moving funds from one crypto asset to another, including BTC, ETH, USDT, and more. This makes it easy to manage your portfolio without the additional cost of conversion fees.
    2. 100x Leverage on Crypto Trading
      Take your crypto trading to the next level with 100x leverage on BTC, ETH, ADA, SOL, XRP, and many other top cryptocurrencies. Maximize your profit potential while managing risk carefully with higher leverage for large returns.
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  • MIL-OSI: Electrify Expo Brings North America’s Largest Electric Vehicle Festival to State Farm Stadium April 12-13

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    • Four ticket options available, including Early Access and Dash Pass
    • Festival runs April 12-13, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; tickets available online and in person

    PHOENIX, April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Electrify Expo, North America’s largest electric vehicle (EV) and technology festival, is returning to Phoenix for its second year, offering exciting demo experiences for all ages across 1 million square feet of space at State Farm Stadium, April 12-13. With more brands, interactive exhibits and hands-on demos than ever before, attendees can explore the latest in EVs, from cars and trucks, to bikes, motorcycles, charging solutions and sustainable technology.

    “We’re thrilled to return to Phoenix with a new line up this year,” said BJ Birtwell, CEO and founder of Electrify Expo. “With so much momentum behind EV adoption in the region, the festival gives people a chance to feel the fun factor of nearly all things electric.”

    Phoenix is charging ahead in EV adoption, with more drivers making the switch and the city ramping up support for electric transportation. The city is expanding public charging stations and investing in infrastructure to keep up with demand. With a goal of 280,000 EVs on the road by 2030, Phoenix is aligning with clean energy targets and making it easier than ever for residents to go electric, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

    Fun for all ages, festivalgoers can demo the latest EVs on multiple demo courses, jump into the Kids Zone, check out Electrify Race League and find savory cuisine from popular food trucks.

    Attendees can check out, jump in or take a spin in the latest electric vehicles from top automakers, including:

    • Ford
    • Tesla
    • Lexus
    • Porsche
    • Toyota
    • Lucid
    • Jeep
    • Dodge

    Leading micromobility brands will offer rides of their e-bikes, e-scooters and other electric rideables, including:

    • Can-Am
    • Kawasaki
    • Droyd
    • Rawrr
    • Ghostcat
    • Voro Motors
    • ONYX Motors
    • … and many more!

    For the 2025 season, Electrify Expo offers five ticket options to suit every attendee’s needs:

    • General Admission Pass ($20): All day access to the festival and demo experiences.
    • HeadStart Pass ($30): Get early access to explore the festival an hour before general admission.
    • Dash Pass ($55): Skip the lines with priority access to participating demo zones.
    • Power Pack ($99): The best of both worlds, early entry plus priority access for the ultimate experience, and exclusive access to the VIP Lounge.

    Electrify Expo’s gates will open at 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 12 and Sunday, April 13, with the full day of festivities concluding at 5 p.m. Tickets are available for purchase in-person and online.

    Media interested in attending may request credentials by emailing ee@skyya.com.

    Companies interested in exhibiting at the 2025 Electrify Expo locations can visit https://www.electrifyexpo.com/partner-registration.

    About Electrify Expo
    Electrify Expo is North America’s largest electric vehicle (EV) and technology festival, where consumers come to shop and experience all things electric. The festival showcases the industry’s leading brands and exciting startups through hands-on activations, demos and experiences spanning EVs, micromobility, solar energy, charging solutions, powersports, automotive aftermarket and connected home technology, providing attendees with immersive learning opportunities and memorable interactions. From high-powered demo courses to engaging education zones, Electrify Expo offers a unique festival vibe for consumers to reshape what they think they know about EVs. In 2025, Electrify Expo’s nationwide tour will visit Orlando, Phoenix, Dallas, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago and New York. To stay up to date on the latest news and announcements from Electrify Expo, visit www.electrifyexpo.com and follow on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

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  • MIL-OSI: H&R Block Contest Encourages Millions of Gig Workers to “Make It Legit”

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — From bagpiping in a pickle suit to reviving lost recipes, gig workers like Pickle Pete and Dead Gregs are among the millions of taxpayers with revenue-generating side hustles who are fueling the rapidly growing gig economy and redefining what it means to be a small business owner. To showcase the talent and creativity of these gig workers—and motivate them to take their gig to the next level, H&R Block (NYSE: HRB), a leading provider of global tax preparation, financial products and small business solutions, today announced the “Make It Legit” contest.

    Entries will be accepted until May 4 for the nationwide contest that is not just a competition, but a platform that will help three lucky gig workers “Make it Legit” by providing key professional business services and marketing support.

    “Gig workers often do not see themselves as legitimate business owners, even though they are taxed as such. We believe that if you’re getting taxed like a legit business, you should look like one, too,” said Wendy Fitch, Vice President of Brand, Content, and Insights at H&R Block. “H&R Block has provided help and inspired confidence in its clients and communities for seven decades. This unique contest aims to inspire the more than 70 million individuals1 who classify themselves as gig workers to make it legit, so you can keep every dollar of your hard-earned income.”

    With the recent change in the 1099-K reporting threshold, independent workers using third-party payment apps or online marketplaces must now report earnings of $5,000 or more—down from the previous threshold of $20,000. The significant change to the threshold amount means casual sellers, side hustlers and gig workers are now considered small businesses.

    A January 2025 H&R Block study conducted by Morning Consult found that nearly half of gig workers, side hustlers and online sellers were unaware of the 1099-K change. Even after learning about it, 50% still said they were not clear on the details as of the start of tax season.2 While their creativity knows no bounds, many gig workers may be limiting their possibilities and their income because they are not receiving credits and deductions small businesses can claim, and are leaving money behind.

    The three Make It Legit winners will receive free business formation service and access to one of H&R Block’s tax professionals for year-round tax expertise and to file next year’s taxes. Winners will also receive custom marketing materials—such as a new logo, brand colors, custom font and to top it off, their very own commercial shot by a live film crew. Eligible gig workers are encouraged to enter for a chance to win a Make It Legit kit by visiting MakeItLegitContest.com and can find full rules and regulations here.

    “With 70 years of tax expertise under our belt, we’ve helped countless individuals transition to small business owners and navigate and capitalize on the unique tax codes related to their expertise,” said Fitch. “As the pioneer of the tax prep category, we’re helping other pioneers benefit from their passions and operate with confidence.”

    Make It Legit Contest

    To bring this initiative to life, H&R Block teamed up with the following three wildly creative content creators who have turned their unique passions into a legitimate business, by giving them the small business treatment complete with free business formation and tax prep services, in addition to a logo, tagline, and typeface:

    While bagpiping in a pickle suit might not seem like a small business, creators like Pickle Pete get taxed as one. H&R Block treated Pickle Pete to a full brand upgrade as well as his own small business commercial. The one-minute piece shines a spotlight on Pickle Pete’s passion, creativity, and his unique hustle—playing on all the tropes of the small business commercials we know and love. Pickle Pete’s film is live now on H&R Block’s social channels including Instagram and TikTok.

    All eligible gig workers looking for the same small business treatment enjoyed by Pickle Pete, Dead Gregs and Inspire by Tyler, including their very own commercial, enter the Make It Legit contest today.

    To learn more about H&R Block’s tax preparation services, many ways to file, and year-round financial support, visit hrblock.com. For media assets, visit hrblock.com/tax-center/newsroom and for helpful tips and information, follow H&R Block on TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook.

    1Statista: Number of freelancers in the United States from 2017 to 2028
    2H&R Block 1099-K Study: Morning Consult Omnibus Results + OnePulse Results

    About H&R Block
    H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE: HRB) provides help and inspires confidence in its clients and communities everywhere through global tax preparation services, financial products, and small-business solutions. The company blends digital innovation with human expertise and care as it helps people get the best outcome at tax time and also be better with money using its mobile banking app, Spruce. Through Block Advisors and Wave, the company helps small-business owners thrive with year-round bookkeeping, payroll, advisory, and payment processing solutions. For more information, visit H&R Block News.

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  • MIL-OSI Global: What parents need to know to talk to their children about the manosphere

    Source: The Conversation – UK – By Annabel Hoare, PhD Student in Gender-Based Political Violence, Anglia Ruskin University

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    The success of Netflix drama Adolescence, along with concerns about misogynistic influencers such as Andrew Tate, has brought the “manosphere” into public discussion.

    Many parents, particularly of young boys, may fear they don’t know enough about what their children are exposed to online. I research radical misogyny online, and the pathways by which young people encounter these spaces. Here is what parents should know about this content.

    What is the manosphere?

    The manosphere is a network of communities that create, consume and distribute content online aimed at men and boys. It includes multiple groups that differ in their aims and focus, but are all largely anti-feminist.

    These groups discuss masculinity, but also topics such as health, gaming, politics and finance. They trivialise hateful rhetoric through memes, comedy and trolling (provocation or bullying for amusement) by framing it as self-help, entertainment and tools for financial success. This can make it difficult for parents to identify and for children to realise the extreme messages they are being exposed to.

    Manosphere content is promoted by various influencers on popular social media platforms. These influencers often showcase unattainable wealth and status, selling the illusion that followers can achieve success by adopting their teachings.

    The most notable manosphere influencer is Andrew Tate, who rose to fame in 2022. He and his brother Tristan are currently under investigation in Romania for charges of rape, human trafficking and money laundering, and in the UK for rape and human trafficking. However, he is not the only influencer out there.

    In recent years, there have been a number of incidents of violence that have been linked to manosphere content. The extent of real-world effects is difficult to measure, and not everyone who engages with the manosphere will go on to commit violence. But it’s clear that these communities can promote violence or spread harmful ideas about women and girls.

    It is important to note, however, that this content also harms men and young boys. The manosphere promotes unrealistic expectations and extreme measures which can lead to poor self-esteem, mental health problems and, in some cases, suicide. This content preys on vulnerabilities and insecurities of boys and young men, especially related to social isolation and sexual rejection.

    Misinformation and pseudoscience

    Much of the content that spreads in the manosphere is based on disinformation or pseudoscientific theories. These provide an easy framework for men to assess and improve their status while framing women and feminism as the problem.

    For example, the “80/20 rule” refers to the pseudoscientific theory that 80% of women are only attracted to the top 20% of men. In the manosphere, this rule is used to blame women for mens’ feelings of sexual or romantic rejection.

    Influencers and community members promote step-by-step instructions that people can follow to improve their social standing. Many of these guides involve extreme or harmful physical transformations in a phenomenon known as “looksmaxxing”, which can even involve facial surgery in a bid to increase their sexual “value”.



    Read more:
    ‘Looksmaxxing’ is the disturbing TikTok trend turning young men into incels

    The manosphere has an expansive lexicon which is used to incite hatred towards women and fuel rivalry between men. Common terms include:

    • Red pill: TRP, the manosphere’s core philosophy, derived from the Matrix, frames the red pill as an awakening to feminism’s oppression of men. The blue pill represents ignorance, and the black pill, used by incels, as accepting their “terminal” celibacy status.

    • Amog (alpha male of the group), Alpha, Gamma, Omega, Sigma, Sub-5 – These terms categorise and compare men and their social status. While sigma and alpha males or Amogs are considered the top of the hierarchy, the terms gamma, omega, and sub-5 denigrate men perceived to be of a lower status.

    • White Knight, Soyboy: Derogatory terms describe men who are viewed as being subservient to women.

    • Awalt (All women are like that), Foid/Femoid (female humanoid), Becky, Carousel: Terms used to denigrate and dehumanise women.

    Parents should not panic if they hear their children using manosphere terms. They may not fully understand their meanings and may have encountered them innocently. However, changes in how boys talk about women and girls, withdrawal from family and friends, and frequent use of these terms can be an indication that they are being influenced by the manosphere.

    Supporting your child

    Most adolescents will come across manosphere content at some point. A recent survey found that 59% of boys accessed manosphere content through innocent and unrelated searches. This doesn’t necessarily mean that they endorse the misogynistic values spread by these groups.

    Here are some steps you can take to support your child.

    1. Explore online together

    Research commissioned by media regulator Ofcom found that children were more likely to come across harmful content if their parents are less engaged in what they are doing. Watching content that relates to your children’s hobbies, and sending them content you think they would like, can help train algorithms to promote more moderate content and open up an avenue for discussion.

    Engaging online with your child can be a natural way to start conversations about what they are exposed to. It is important that you are not trying to intervene or critique, but rather understand why they enjoy watching certain influencers or content.

    2. Encourage reflection and media literacy

    Research suggests that teaching children to be sceptical about what they see online can inoculate them against mis- and disinformation.

    The most obvious disinformation they are most likely to come across in the manosphere may be in the form of statistics, summaries of “academic” reports, and news articles about instances of female aggression or false rape allegations. They may also come across misleading content in educational or self-help posts, about improving their appearance or how to be successful.

    Ask your children why they trust certain influencers and where they think their friends get their information. These kinds of questions can help them develop their own fact-checking skills without it seeming like a lesson.

    3. Ask open-ended questions

    Asking children about what they consume or what slang they use online can feel cringe. The best way to get around this is to ask simple open-ended questions such as “How do boys in your class talk about girls?” or “Have you ever heard of…?”

    What you hear may be shocking, but approach it with curiosity and without judgment or dismissal to let them know they can share things with you.

    If you are concerned about your child’s behaviour, you can also get support from resources such as Young Minds mental health support, the Center for Countering Digital Hate’s free parents guide or the government’s radicalisation helpline ACT Early. Getting support from government services is not a punishment. It won’t go on a person’s criminal record, but can provide access to governmental services like Prevent.

    Annabel Hoare 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. What parents need to know to talk to their children about the manosphere – https://theconversation.com/what-parents-need-to-know-to-talk-to-their-children-about-the-manosphere-252984

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  • MIL-OSI Global: Adolescence in schools: TV show’s portrayal of one boyhood may do more harm than good when used as a teaching tool

    Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sophie King-Hill, Associate Professor at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham

    Netflix television series Adolescence has captured the attention of people across the UK – including the prime minister.

    The series follows a 13-year-old boy accused of the murder of his female classmate. It touches upon incel online hate groups, toxic influencers and the misogynistic online spaces of the manosphere.

    Keir Starmer has backed a move for Adolescence to be shown in schools, and Netflix has now made the series available to be shown for free in classrooms through charity Into Film+, which has also produced a guide for teachers. Resources for teachers and parents will also be produced by relationships charity Tender.

    Adolescence is a drama and deserves the praise it has attracted. But it wasn’t developed as an educational resource, the kind that is produced in consultation with young people and schools and should be underpinned by robust research and well planned evaluations.

    The series shows an extreme example of one teenager drawn into the world of the manosphere. Not all boys will see themselves reflected in this portrayal. And as a researcher working on masculinity and misogyny, my concern is that showing the series in schools may lead boys to think that they are all perceived as potential threats.

    Showing the series as a teaching tool risks framing boyhood as monolithic, with one particular – and problematic – way of being a boy.

    Already, a broad-brush, blame-heavy approach is often taken to boys in response to issues relating to sexual harassment and violence. “We may have a problem with boys and young men that we need to address”, Keir Starmer has said.

    Boys dealing with blame

    In research I have carried out for a forthcoming book on boys and masculinity, I worked with young men and boys aged 13 to 19. One 15-year-old boy said that “I am always told that I am part of the problem but never allowed to be part of the solution”. I also found that this broad blame culture leads to feelings of worthlessness in young men and boys, which shuts down vital dialogue and also may lead them to resort to looking for direction from negative spaces such as the manosphere.

    It is evident from reports and evidence that young men and boys do carry out a large amount of reported sexual harassment and harms against young women and girls. This can be seen in the 2021 Ofsted report into sexual harassment in schools in England, for example. The 2025 2000 Women report states that, in the UK, a woman is killed by a man every three days.

    There is evidently a serious, endemic and complex problem. The misogyny that can be popularised by toxic influencers online also needs urgently addressing.

    But a “one-size-fits-all” approach to tackle “boys’ issues” may result in making things worse, not better, due to the lack of recognition of the intersectionality of boyhood. Other aspects of identity, such as race, age, class, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, sexuality and physical and mental health will have implications for the approaches that need to be taken.



    Read more:
    How to talk to boys about misogyny

    My ongoing research has demonstrated that boyhood means differing things to different boys. In steering groups with young men and boys from various ethnicities and differing social classes, a consistent theme emerged. This was a conflict between the internal and external self that the boys felt that they had to portray. This was also highlighted in a further 16 focus groups carried out on the project, again with a range of boys.

    The internal self refers to who the boys actually are, including other identity traits such as race and class, and all the other intersecting aspects of their identity. The external self is what they felt they should show as a boys to fit into the hierarchy of masculinity and how they should portray themselves to fit within the social expectations of being a boy. This causes a conflict of external and internal self.

    Efforts to help boys deal with issues such as the messages of the manosphere need to be attuned to the nuance of their internal selves. Generalising boys does not account for the individual identities that they bring to the issues that affect them.

    Boys as individuals

    The monolithic perspective of “boys” and the ensuing group blame oversimplifies complex issues, resulting in less than effective solutions and interventions that do not acknowledge or account for the nuances and complexities that surround individual boys.

    This approach ignores diversities and intersecting identities and steers societal thinking about boys as a set group. It risks stereotyping them and causing prejudicial approaches. When boys are stigmatised in such a way, it compounds issues across genders, breaks down valuable communication and can also cause resentment and hostility.

    One of the key voices and valuable perspectives that is missing from this debate is that of young men and boys themselves. We need to truly listen to their perspectives and their needs and build upon these as they are the experts in the world they are experiencing. Good practice accounts for and builds upon these experiences, with young people.

    My research has demonstrated that young people want to be a part of these discussions rather than having things decided for them. It also shows that, quite often, we are teaching them what they already know and providing support and education that is too little, too late. We need to move away from the broad brush blaming of boys and young men and begin to approach them based upon their own individual identities – of which gender is only a part.

    Sophie King-Hill receives funding from ESRC.

    – ref. Adolescence in schools: TV show’s portrayal of one boyhood may do more harm than good when used as a teaching tool – https://theconversation.com/adolescence-in-schools-tv-shows-portrayal-of-one-boyhood-may-do-more-harm-than-good-when-used-as-a-teaching-tool-253158

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  • MIL-OSI: Form 8.3 – [ALLIANCE PHARMA PLC – 01 04 2025] – (CGWL)

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    FORM 8.3

    PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
    A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
    Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

    1.        KEY INFORMATION

    (a)   Full name of discloser: CANACCORD GENUITY WEALTH LIMITED (for Discretionary clients)
    (b)   Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
            The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.    		 N/A
    (c)   Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
            Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree    		 ALLIANCE PHARMA PLC
    (d)   If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree: N/A
    (e)   Date position held/dealing undertaken:
            For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure    		 01 APRIL 2025
    (f)   In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
            If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”    		 N/A

    2.        POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

    If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

    (a)      Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

    Class of relevant security: 1p ORDINARY
      Interests Short positions
    Number % Number %
    (1)   Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 12,025,555 2.2246    
    (2)   Cash-settled derivatives:        
    (3)   Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:        
    TOTAL: 12,025,555 2.2246    

    All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

    Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

    (b)      Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other employee options)

    Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:  
    Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:  

    3.        DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

    Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

    The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

    (a)        Purchases and sales

    Class of relevant security Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit
    1p ORDINARY SALE 16,171 64.126p
    1p ORDINARY BUY 12,980 64.189p

    (b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

    Class of relevant security Product description
    e.g. CFD    		 Nature of dealing
    e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position    		 Number of reference securities Price per unit
    NONE        

    (c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

    (i)        Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

    Class of relevant security Product description e.g. call option Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. Number of securities to which option relates Exercise price per unit Type
    e.g. American, European etc.    		 Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
    NONE              

    (ii)        Exercise

    Class of relevant security Product description
    e.g. call option    		 Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit

    (d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

    Class of relevant security Nature of dealing
    e.g. subscription, conversion    		 Details Price per unit (if applicable)
    NONE      

    4.        OTHER INFORMATION

    (a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

    Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
    Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

    NONE

    (b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

    Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
    (i)   the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
    (ii)   the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:
    If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

    NONE

    (c)        Attachments

    Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
    Date of disclosure: 02 APRIL 2025
    Contact name: PHIL HULME
    Telephone number: 01253 376551

    Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

    The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

    The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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  • MIL-OSI: Crowd Street Introduces Inaugural Member Council with a Focus on User Experience

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    NEW YORK, April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Crowd Street, the direct-access private market investment platform dedicated to helping members reach their financial ambitions, today announced the launch of its inaugural Crowd Street Member Council. The council, comprised of 15 of Crowd Street’s most engaged users, will build a stronger partnership between Crowd Street and its members.

    The member council is an open forum to discuss insights, ideas and feedback that will ensure member experience remains at the forefront of Crowd Street’s mission. Crowd Street will host council events to collect valuable feedback, encourage individuals to expand their own personal networks and foster new relationships with other Crowd Street members. Most importantly, the collaborative approach encourages transparency, fosters innovation and helps affirm that every step Crowd Street takes is aligned with the needs and expectations of its members.

    “Private market investing has traditionally been out of reach for many investors, but Crowd Street is connecting members to alternative investment opportunities you can’t find elsewhere,” said Ken Maher, a member for 6 years. “The new member council gives me the opportunity to share my voice and shape the future of the platform, as the company seeks to provide investors with access to the right tools, resources and an elevated experience to enable them to pursue their financial goals.”

    The Crowd Street Member Council will meet quarterly, with one in-person meeting each year. The inaugural meeting will take place on April 3, coinciding with the opening of Crowd Street’s new headquarters in the heart of New York City. Meetings will focus on strategic planning for the future of the platform, technology enhancements and new product and feature updates. The company will also invite outside experts such as Crowd Street partners, investment sponsors and other market stakeholders to speak at the member council meetings.

    “Due to the long-term nature of our investments, building strong relationships with our members is paramount and an absolute priority,” said John Imbriglia, CEO of Crowd Street. “The introduction of the member council is a natural step as we scale our growth, in order to strengthen communication and gather valuable user feedback from our most engaged members. We have ambitious plans for the platform to expand beyond commercial real estate into other asset classes, and having our members be part of these strategic conversations will be essential for our success.”

    “I’m excited about the Crowd Street vision moving forward and believe the diversification of its platform will add value for members,” said Randy Williamson, a member since 2020. “I’m looking forward to learning more about the company’s foray into additional asset classes, providing its members with even greater opportunities across private credit, private equity and venture capital later in 2025.”

    About Crowd Street 

    Crowd Street empowers its members to reach their financial ambitions through direct-access private market investments. The platform offers a carefully selected marketplace of alternative investment opportunities that have historically only been available to a small group of people. In addition to providing advanced tools, research, and insights to help investors confidently explore these exclusive opportunities, Crowd Street is also building a member experience rooted in trust and experience – further bridging the gap between investment opportunities and true financial wealth. Learn more at https://www.CrowdStreet.com/.

    Media Contact
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    CrowdStreet@launchsquad.com

    CrowdStreet, Inc. (“Crowd Street”) offers investment opportunities and financial services on its website. Broker dealer services provided in connection with an investment are offered through CrowdStreet Capital LLC (“Crowd Street Capital”), a registered broker dealer, Member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services are offered through CrowdStreet Advisors, LLC (“Crowd Street Advisors”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crowd Street and a federally registered investment adviser. Investment opportunities available through Crowd Street are speculative and involve substantial risk. You should not invest unless you can sustain the risk of loss of capital, including the risk of total loss of capital. All investors should consider their individual factors in consultation with a professional advisor of their choosing when deciding if an investment is appropriate.

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  • MIL-OSI: Grayscale Launches Grayscale® Bitcoin Covered Call ETF (Ticker: BTCC) and Grayscale® Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (Ticker: BPI)

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    STAMFORD, Conn., April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Grayscale, a leading crypto asset manager, today announced the launch of Grayscale® Bitcoin Covered Call ETF (Ticker: BTCC) and Grayscale® Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (Ticker: BPI) (the “Funds”). The two Funds are Grayscale’s newest exchange-traded funds (ETFs) which offer covered call writing strategies, seeking to provide investors the ability to access the volatility characteristics of Bitcoin as a differentiated source of income.

    Grayscale® Bitcoin Covered Call ETF seeks to provide current income. The Fund’s secondary objective is to participate in the returns of Bitcoin through the use of options on Bitcoin exchange-traded products whose investment objectives are to, before fees and expenses, track the price performance of Bitcoin. The Bitcoin exchange-traded products include, but are not limited to, Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF (Ticker: GBTC) and Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF (Ticker: BTC) (the “Bitcoin ETPs”). There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. The Fund attempts to achieve its investment objective by systematically writing calls very close to spot prices. This strategy leverages Bitcoin’s volatility to help prioritize income, which is then distributed to fund shareholders. By selling calls near spot prices, BTCC seeks to deliver a principal focus on income generation. This makes BTCC an income-first strategy, potentially ideal for investors seeking regular cash flows and high yielding opportunities. The option premiums collected in this type of strategy may also help cushion against market downturns, potentially leading to lower volatility during drawdowns.

    In contrast, Grayscale® Bitcoin Premium Income ETF seeks to provide current income while maintaining prospects for capital appreciation through the use of options on Bitcoin exchange-traded products whose investment objectives are to, before fees and expenses, track the price performance of Bitcoin. The Bitcoin exchange-traded products include, but are not limited to, Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF (Ticker: GBTC) and Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF (Ticker: BTC) (the “Bitcoin ETPs”). There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. The Fund seeks to achieve this by systematically writing calls targeting strike prices that are well out-of-the-money. By focusing on this type of call writing strategy, BPI allows investors to participate in much of Bitcoin’s upside potential while possibly benefiting from some dividend income. This blended approach provides investors with an opportunity to participate in the capital appreciation potential of Bitcoin with the benefits of income. Both Funds are actively managed, fully options based, and will aim to distribute income monthly.

    “Grayscale® Bitcoin Covered Call ETF may complement an investors existing Bitcoin exposure by adding income, while Grayscale® Bitcoin Premium Income ETF offers an alternative to Bitcoin ownership, aiming to balance upside participation and income generation for investors,” said David LaValle, Global Head of ETFs at Grayscale. “We understand that every investor has unique needs, and we’re excited to offer these new products that not only may capture and deliver income but also offer differentiated outcomes and behavioral characteristics tailored to their specific goals.”

    For more information about BTCC and BPI, please visit: https://etfs.grayscale.com/btcc or https://etfs.grayscale.com/bpi

    About Grayscale

    Grayscale enables investors to access the digital economy through a family of future-forward investment products. Founded in 2013, Grayscale has a decade-long track record and deep expertise as an asset management firm focused on crypto investing. Investors, advisors, and allocators turn to Grayscale for single asset, diversified, and thematic exposure. For more information, please follow @Grayscale or visit grayscale.com.

    Media Contact

    press@grayscale.com

    Client Contact

    866-775-0313

    info@grayscale.com

    Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. For a prospectus or summary prospectus with this and other information about the Funds, please call (866)-775-0313 or visit our website at etfs.grayscale.com/bpi and etfs.grayscale.com/btcc. Read the prospectuses or summary prospectuses carefully before investing.

    Grayscale Bitcoin Covered Calls ETF and Grayscale Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (collectively the “Funds”) will not invest in digital assets directly. The Funds also will not invest in initial coin offerings. The Funds will, however, have indirect exposure to digital assets by virtue of its investments in derivatives on exchange-traded vehicles that hold digital assets as investments. Because the Funds will not invest directly in any digital assets, they may not track price movements of any digital assets.

    Investing involves risk and possible loss of principal. There is no guarantee the investment strategies will be successful. The Funds are considered to be non-diversified. The Funds are actively managed and their performance reflects the investment decisions that the Adviser makes for the Funds.

    Derivative Instruments. The Funds will invest in options, a type of derivative instrument. Derivatives can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden fluctuations in market prices than conventional securities, which can result in greater losses for the Funds. In addition, the prices of the derivative instruments and the prices of underlying securities, interest rates or currencies they are designed to reflect may not move together as expected. Derivatives are usually traded on margin, which may subject the Funds to margin calls. Margin calls may force the Funds to liquidate assets.

    Options Risk. The use of options involves investment strategies and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions and depends on the ability of the Funds’ portfolio managers to forecast market movements correctly. The prices of options are volatile and are influenced by, among other things, actual and anticipated changes in the value of the underlying instrument. The effective use of options also depends on the Funds’ ability to terminate option positions at times deemed desirable to do so. There is no assurance that the Funds will be able to effect closing transactions at any particular time or at an acceptable price.

    Covered Call Option Writing Risk. By writing covered call options in return for the receipt of premiums, the Fund will give up the opportunity to benefit from potential increases in the value of the security above the exercise prices of such options, but will continue to bear the risk of declines in the value of the underlying security. The premiums received from the options may not be sufficient to offset any losses sustained from the volatility of the underlying stocks over time. As a result, the risks associated with writing covered call options may be similar to the risks associated with writing put options. In addition, the Funds’ ability to sell the securities underlying the options will be limited while the options are in effect unless the Funds cancel out the option positions through the purchase of offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of the written options.

    Digital Assets Risk. Digital assets, such as bitcoin, are assets designed to act as a medium of exchange, though some arguably have not achieved that purpose. Digital assets are an emerging asset class. Digital assets generally operate without a central authority (such as a bank) and are not backed by any government. Digital assets are not legal tender. Federal, state and/or foreign governments may restrict the use and exchange of digital assets, and regulation in the United States is still developing. 

    Bitcoin ETPs Investment Risk. Bitcoin ETPs Investment Risk. The Funds intend to obtain investment exposure to Bitcoin, indirectly via synthetic exposure to Bitcoin ETPs through derivatives. The price of Bitcoin ETPs shares may not directly correspond to the price of any digital currency and are highly volatile. Such investment also exposes the Funds to all of the risks related to digital currencies discussed herein. The shares of Bitcoin ETPs are not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, or any state securities laws, and therefore such an investment will not benefit from the protections and restrictions of such laws.

    Of the Bitcoin ETPs, GBTC and BTC are sponsored by an affiliate of the Funds’ Adviser that receives a fee in exchange for assuming certain administrative and marketing expenses of GBTC and BTC. While the Funds do not invest directly in GBTC and BTC, the Funds’ strategies may result in additional purchases of shares of GBTC and BTC by options holders, which will benefit the Adviser and its affiliate in terms of the fee being received on these products.

    Liquidity Risk. The market for Bitcoin ETP options is still developing and may be subject to a period of illiquidity.  

    New Fund Risk. The Funds are recently organized investment companies with no operating history. 

    The Funds are distributed by Foreside Fund Services, LLC and Grayscale Advisors, LLC (“GSA”) is the adviser. Foreside is not related to GSA or its affiliates. 

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