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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: PM meeting with Prime Minister Schoof of the Netherlands: 6 February 2025

    Source: United Kingdom – Government Statements

    The Prime Minister met Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof in Downing Street today.

    The Prime Minister met Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof in Downing Street today.

    The leaders reflected on the UK and Netherlands’ strong friendship and shared approach to global challenges. They talked about the successes of existing cooperation on tackling organised crime, including the people smuggling gangs driving illegal migration. The Prime Minister set out the UK’s approach to disrupting these criminals, and agreed further cooperation with the Netherlands on this issue. 

    The Prime Minister then reflected on his attendance at the Informal European Council meeting in Brussels on Monday, and his ambition to strengthen cooperation with the EU for mutual benefit through the UK-EU reset. 

    Discussing Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine, the Prime Minister reiterated the UK’s iron-clad support and the leaders underscored their commitment to working together so that Ukraine is in the strongest possible position.  They agreed to work towards a new bilateral security partnership led by their Foreign Ministers. 

    Turning to technology and innovation, the leaders agreed on the importance of moving at pace to seize on the opportunities offered by new and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, quantum and semiconductors, and agreed to pursue a new innovation partnership to accelerate growth in key technologies. 

    On the subject of energy, the Prime Minister shared details on his plans to make it easier to build nuclear infrastructure in the UK. The leaders agreed to work towards a new agreement on sustainable energy, including nuclear, and both agreed on the importance of energy security. 

    The leaders looked forward to the fact direct Eurostar services between London and the Netherlands are set to restart on Monday, and hoped to speak again soon.

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    Published 6 February 2025

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  • MIL-OSI Canada: Company penalized for workplace injuries

    Source: Government of Canada regional news (2)

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  • MIL-OSI: Backbase and Feedzai Partnership Integrates Financial Crime Prevention into Backbase Platform

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Backbase, a provider of engagement banking solutions, announces a strategic partnership with Feedzai, a company providing AI-native fraud prevention solutions, aiming to support financial institutions in addressing digital fraud while maintaining operational efficiency in customer interactions. The collaboration integrates Feedzai’s Digital Trust solutions with Backbase’s Engagement Banking Platform, offering financial institutions tools designed to enhance fraud prevention, support secure banking environments, and optimize digital customer experiences.

    “By combining Backbase’s engagement banking expertise with Feedzai’s advanced security capabilities, we’re giving financial institutions the complete package – superior customer experience and intelligent fraud prevention in one integrated platform,” said Jouk Pleiter CEO & Founder at Backbase. “Together, we’re setting a new standard for how banks can build trusted digital relationships with their customers.”

    The partnership offers financial institutions the following benefits:

    • Proactive fraud prevention with real-time AI-powered behavioral analysis across all digital channels.
    • Operational efficiency with AI-powered risk assessment designed to reduce false positives and associated costs.
    • Seamless integration with the Backbase Engagement Banking Platform and its suite of products, providing direct access to Feedzai’s security capabilities.

    The integration of Feedzai’s Digital Trust platform—which monitors user behavior, device integrity, and potential threats in real time—with Backbase’s Engagement Banking Platform aims to support secure and efficient digital banking experiences. Backbase facilitates customer interactions, while Feedzai’s security framework operates in the background to help safeguard digital transactions without disrupting the user experience.

    “As the financial services industry evolves, security can no longer be an afterthought — it must be woven into the very fabric of the customer experience,” said Nuno Sebastiao, CEO and Co-Founder at Feedzai. “By partnering with Backbase, we’re empowering financial institutions to deliver a unified, seamless journey that not only protects customers from fraud, but also ensures they feel valued, understood, and safe.”

    About Feedzai
    Feedzai provides an end-to-end financial crime prevention platform, utilizing AI-driven solutions to support the detection and prevention of fraud and financial crime. Financial institutions use Feedzai’s technology to manage risk and compliance processes, with the platform designed to help safeguard transactions while supporting customer privacy and experience. For more information, users can visit feedzai.com.

    About Backbase
    Backbase provides the Engagement Banking Platform, a composable solution designed to support banks in their digital transformation efforts by modernizing key customer journeys. The platform helps streamline processes across onboarding, servicing, lending, and investing, aiming to enhance both customer and employee experiences. It is pre-integrated with core banking systems and fintech solutions to support scalability and operational efficiency.

    Industry analysts Forrester, Gartner, Celent, Omdia and IDC continuously recognize Backbase’s for its role in the engagement banking sector. The Backbase Engagement Banking Platform is used by over 150 financial institutions worldwide — including AIB, Banorte, Barclays, BIAT, Bank of the Philippine Islands, BDO, BNP Paribas, Banque Saudi Fransi, BRD, Citibank, Discovery Bank, First National Bank, HDFC, Ila Bank, KeyBank, Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest, Navy Federal Credit Union, OTP Group, PostFinance, Raiffeisen, Standard Bank, Saudi National Bank, Société Générale, Truist, and TPBank. 

    Backbase is a private fintech company, founded in 2003 in Amsterdam (Global HQ), with regional offices in Atlanta (Americas HQ), Cardiff, Dubai, Hyderabad, Kraków, London, Mexico City, Singapore (Asia HQ), Sydney, and Toronto. Users can visit www.backbase.com for more.

    Contacts

    Austin Hyslip
    Feedzai
    austin.hyslip@feedzai.com
    Alex Papaioannou
    Backbase
    press-relations@backbase.com

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  • MIL-OSI: Equasens: 2024 annual revenue

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Villers-lès-Nancy, 6 February 2025 – 6:00 p.m. (CET)

    PRESS RELEASE

    2024 annual revenue: €216.8 million including €58.6 million in Q4 (+2.6% on a reported basis and -0.4% like-for-like)

    Revenue (€&) 2023
    Reported basis    		 2024
    Reported basis    		 Change /
    Reported basis    		 Of which external growth Of which Ségur1 2024

    Of which Ségur 2023

    		 Like-for-like change
    (organic growth)
    Q1 56.2 53.3 -2.9 -5.2% 2.0 0.3 -1.4 -3.8 -6.7%
    Q2 56.4 54.7 -1.7 -3.0% 1.7 0.3 -1.2 -2.6 -4.6%
    Q3 50.1 50.2 0.1 0.3% 1.8 0.2 -0.3 -1.5 -3.0%
    Q4 57.0 58.6 1.5 2.6% 1.7 0.2 -0.3 -0.2 -0.4%
    Total 219.7 216.8(*) -3.0 -1.4% 7.2 1.1 -3.2 -8.2 -3.7%

    (*)unaudited

    Note: Acquisitions in 2023 and 2024 (Atoopharm, Speach2Sense, Pratilog, ADV in Germany – now Pharmagest Germany) and Digipharmacie) have been restated in the scope of consolidation.
    Maintaining a strategy of external growth, in December 2024 Equasens Group acquired 90% of the capital of Calimed SAS, a software publisher for private practitioners and surgeons (with no consolidated revenue in Q4 2024).

    Equasens Group, (Euronext Paris™ – Compartment B – FR 0012882389 -EQS), a leading provider of digital solutions for healthcare professionals, reported full-year revenue for the 12-month period ending 31 December 2024 of €216.8m, contracting 1.4% on a reported basis. Like-for-like (organic growth), i.e. excluding the effects of acquisitions and the impact of the Ségur digital healthcare investment programme, revenue decreased by 3.7%.

    Annual revenue at 12/31/24 / Division (€m) 2023
    Reported basis    		 2024
    Reported basis    		 Change /
    Reported basis    		 Of which external growth Of which Ségur 2024

    Of which Ségur 2023

    		 Like-for-like change
    (organic growth)
    Pharmagest 162.7 163.5 0.8 0.5% 7.1 0.5 -1.5 -5.3 -3.3%
    Axigate Link 31.1 32.1 1.0 3.2%   0.3  -1.0 1.7 5.5%
    e-Connect 15.0 11.2 -3.8 -25.3%       -3.8 -25.3%
    Medical Solutions 8.9 7.9 -1.0 -10.9% 0.1 0.3 -0.7 -0.7 -8.1%
    Fintech 2.0 2.0 0.0 -2.1%       0.0 -2.1%
    Total 219.7 216.8 -3.0 -1.4% 7.2 1.1 -3.2 -8.2 -3.7%

    No businesses were transferred between Divisions in FY 2024.

    FY revenue for the 12 month period ending 31 December 2024 / Activities (€m) 2023
    Reported basis    		 2024
    Reported basis    		 Change / Reported basis
    Sale of configurations and hardware 93.5 86.1 -7.4 -7.9%
    Scalable maintenance and professional training services 78.1 81.0 2.8 3.6%
    Software solutions and subscriptions 45.4 46.8 1.4 3.0%
    Other services (including intermediation) 2.7 2.9 0.2 7.9%
    Total 219.7 216.8 -3.0 -1.4%

    In Q4 2024 alone, Equasens Group registered sales of €58.6m, up 2.6% on a reported basis at 31 December 2023 (-0.4% like-for-like).

    Q4 2024 revenue / Division (€m) 2023
    Reported basis    		 2024
    Reported basis    		 Change /
    Reported basis    		 Of which external growth Of which Ségur 2024

    Of which Ségur 2023

    		 Like-for-like change
    (organic growth)
    Pharmagest 42.2 43.4 1.2 2.9% 1.7 0.1 -0.2 -0.5 -1.1%
    Axigate Link 8.9 9.5 0.7 7.6%   0.1 -0.1 0.7 7.7%
    e-Connect 3.3 2.9 -0.3 -10.1%       -0.3 -10.1%
    Medical Solutions 2.2 2.2 0.0 -0.9%   0.1 -0.1 0.0 -2.1%
    Fintech 0.6 0.5 -0.1 -11.6%       -0.1 -11.6%
    Total 57.1 58.6 1.5 2.6% 1.7 0.3 -0.4 -0.2 -0.4%
    Q4 2024 revenue highlights by type of business 2023
    Reported basis    		 2024
    Reported basis    		 Change / Reported basis
    Sale of configurations and hardware 23.2 23.5 0.1 0.4%
    Scalable maintenance and professional training services 19.8 20.4 0.6 3.1%
    Software solutions and subscriptions 13.2 13.8 0.5 4.1%
    Other services (including intermediation) 0.8 1.0 0.2 27.5%
    Total 57.1 58.6 1.5 2.6%
    • In a year marked by political instability, particularly in France, configuration and equipment sales were again heavily impacted on a full-year basis (-7.9%). The recovery initially anticipated in Q3 got off to a slower than expected start with marginal growth in Q4 (+0.4%).
    • Scalable maintenance services and business training continued to display positive momentum with stable growth (+3.1 % in Q4 2024 and +3.6% for the full year).
    • Software solutions and subscriptions performed particularly well in H2 after declining in the first half (reflecting the base effect from Ségur) to achieve 3% growth for the full year.
    • The PHARMAGEST Division recorded annual sales of €163.5m (+0.5%) for the year ended 31 December 2024 on a reported basis, including €7.1m of restated sales arising from acquisitions in 2023 and 2024. On a like-for-like basis, sales for the division declined 3.3% for the full year.

    In Q4 2024, the Division grew 2.9% to €43.4m on a reported basis compared with Q4 2023, including €1.7m in restated sales linked to acquisitions in Q4 2023 and 2024. Like-for-like, the division’s sales declined 1.1% in the last quarter.

    • The Division’s strategy of innovation and bringing new software, hardware and services to market has strengthened its value proposition in terms of pharmacy productivity and automation solutions starting in the third quarter, with, for example, the id.Express payment terminal deployed in France, Germany and Belgium, the new id.Genius module integrating AI into dispensing, and id.Assistance, a new service facilitating the use and adoption of the id. offering on a day-to-day basis.
    • Based on these advances, the Pharmacy business now has a differentiating offering capable of generating revenue from its customer base (€2m at 31/12/2024) and contributing to growth in market share with more than 500 new customers in France and Italy (+€3.5m at 31/12/2024).
    • Digipharmacie, a provider of digital accounts payable management solutions for pharmacies, recently approved as a partner of the French e-reporting platform (Plateforme de Dématérialisation Partenaire or PDP), recorded annual growth of 27%.
    • The shift of the Division to SaaS offering culminated in the launch in September 2024 of the ASCA Dynamics solution, a cloud based version of the electronic label management software developed by Equasens Group. Nearly 250 of the 500 pharmacies added to ASCA’s customer base in 2024 are already equipped with this solution.

    This Division accounts for 75.4% of total revenue.

    • The AXIGATE LINK division registered €32.1m in revenue for the 12 month period ended 31 December 2024 (+3.2% on a reported basis and +5.5% like-for-like). In Q4 2024, the Division grew 7.6% to €9.5m on a reported basis compared with the same period in 2023. Like-for-like, the division’s revenue grew 7.7% in the last quarter.
      • The nursing home sector, which accounts for 53% of the Division’s revenues, experienced a strong growth in 2024, with the addition of 104 new establishments (excluding the UK), bringing its installed base to a total of 3,400 sites. The Titanlink SaaS offering was a resounding success, more than 600 sites equipped out of a total of 2,500 in France and 90 in Belgium out of a total of 932.
      • The Homecare sector also delivered a very solid performance, with a net gain of 20 customers, including 5 Hospital-at-Home programmes. In addition, the sector started rolling out the first version of a software package for regional elderly and disabled homecare centres (Centres de Ressources Territoriales or CRTs) to coordinate patient care. This activity accounts for 22% of the Division’s revenue.
      • The Hospital sector, 12% of the Division’s revenue, grew 4.1% in 2024 compared with 2023 with a net increase of 7 facilities, including 3 major psychiatric establishments. A portion of these orders signed in 2024 will be implemented and recognised in revenue for 2025.
      • The PandaLab Pro secure messaging system recently passed the milestone of 50,000 independent users or private organisations and 360,000 messages sent per month. 2024 experienced a growth in the number of use cases, particularly in teleconsultation, remote assistance and outpatient prescriptions, with the latter reaching 85,000 prescriptions exchanged in December 2024 alone.

    This Division accounts for 14.8% of total revenue.

    • The E-CONNECT division had revenue of €11.2m for the year ended 31 December 2024 (down 25.3% on a reported basis). Revenue in Q4 2024 was down 10.1% in relation to the same quarter in 2024 to €2.9m, representing a decline significantly less than in previous quarters.
      • Despite challenging market conditions, 2024 remained a year of investment, following an exceptional period in 2023 which benefited from a one-off regulatory development (the discontinuation of Application Reader Terminal sales).
      • In Q4 2024, Kapelse’s eS-KAP+ mobility solution was authorised for all prescribing healthcare professionals, midwives and health centres. This latest certification completes the “auxiliary health practitioners” approval obtained in 2024 and extends the number of partner software publishers who are starting to integrate eS-KAP+ into their business applications.
      • Sales of KAP-eCV (the electronic French health insurance card reader) got off to a promising start, with several thousand readers sold in Q4.
      • In November 2024, the new NOVIAcare offering (entailing a switch to modular sales) met with considerable success when it was unveiled at the Silver Economy Expo international exhibition in Cannes, confirming the potential of the first scalable and modular telecare solution on the market.

            This Division accounts for 5.2% of total revenue.

    • The MEDICAL SOLUTIONS Division recorded revenue of €2.2m in Q4 2024, down slightly (-0.9%) on Q4 2023. Reflecting the diminishing impact of the base effect from the Segur digital healthcare investment programme, the decline for the full year was limited to -10.9% to €7.9m, compared with -19.1% in H1 2024.
      • The launch of LOQUii, the AI voice consultation assistant, in November 2024, provides further confirmation of the recovery. By adopting a “Try Before You Buy” formula, more than 500 doctors used the solution in Q4, highlighting the potential for significant growth from Q1 2025 onwards, once the initial trial period is over.
      • At the same time, the roll-out of the MS.Safe online backup solution that combines safety and ease of use attracted around 50 users in less than two months.

    The Division accounts for 3.6% of total revenue.

    • The FINTECH Division  recorded revenue of €0.5m (-11.6%) in Q4 2024, and €2.0m for the full year (-2.1% compared with 2023).
      • The new Dispay digital bankcard payment service now integrated into the medical software solution of healthcare professionals resulted in subscriptions by 80 customers in Q4 and the Division remains confident that it will generate additional revenues as its customer base expands.

    The Division accounts for 1.0% of total revenue.

    2025 outlook
    Based on the encouraging indicators for Q4 2024, the Group is looking ahead to 2025 with confidence. Positive momentum is expected for the first half of the year, benefiting notably by a favourable base effect at the start of the year. A significant acceleration is expected in the second half with nominal growth of nearly 10%, driven by the capital expenditures and the roll-out of new solutions (software, hardware and services).

    In this context, Equasens Group is in the process of implementing a major strategic transformation to SaaS (Software as a Service) business model. This transition entails the gradual migration from solutions hosted at healthcare professionals’ premises to solutions hosted in the Group’s data centers which are certified Health Data Hosting (HDS) and ISO 27001. The new add-on modules are now developed almost exclusively for SaaS solutions which will increase the proportion of recurring revenues. This transformation is driven by a robust cloud infrastructure and customised support to assist our customers with their digital transition.

    At the same time, the Group is continuing to invest in Artificial Intelligence and accelerating its integration into its business tools to enhance its range of decision-making tools. This development brings real added value to healthcare professionals by making the prescription process more secure, providing personalised patient support and optimized time management.

    Backed by a solid financial structure, the Group will continue to monitor potential opportunities for external growth.

    This guidance does not take into account the potential effect of cyclical or macro-economic events that could have a direct or indirect impact on the healthcare sector.

    Financial calendar:

    • FY 2024 results: 29 March 2025
    • Presentation of 2024 annual results (SFAF): 31 March 2025, Paris
    • Q1 2025 revenue: 12 May 2025
    • Annual General Meeting: 26 June 2025
    • Q2 2025 revenue: 31 July 2025
    • H1 2025 results: 26 September 2025
    • Presentation of H1 2025 results to analysts (SFAF): 29 September 2025
    • Q3 2025 revenue: 5 November 2025
    • FY 2025 revenue: 5 February 2026

    About Group Equasens

    Founded over 35 years ago, Equasens Group, a leader in digital healthcare solutions, today employs over 1,300 people across Europe.
    Equasens Group’s specialised business applications facilitate the day-to-day work of healthcare professionals and their teams, working in private practice, collaborative medical structures or healthcare establishments. The Group also provides comprehensive support to healthcare professionals in the transformation of their profession by developing electronic equipment, digital solutions and healthcare robotics, as well as data hosting, financing and training adapted to their specific needs.
    And reflecting the spirit of its tagline “Technology for a More Human Experience”, the Group is a leading provider of interoperability solutions that improve coordination between healthcare professionals, their communications and data exchange resulting in better patient care and a more efficient and secure healthcare system.

    Listed on Euronext Paris™ – Compartment B

    Indexes: MSCI GLOBAL SMALL CAP – GAÏA Index 2020 – CAC®SMALL and CAC®All-Tradable
    Included in the Euronext Tech Leaders segment and the European Rising Tech label

    Eligible for the Deferred Settlement Service (“Service à Réglement Différé” – SRD) and equity savings accounts invested in small and mid caps (PEA-PME).
    ISIN: FR 0012882389 – Ticker Code: EQS

    Get all the news about Equasens Group www.equasens.com and on LinkedIn

    CONTACTS

    EQUASENS Group
    Analyst and Investor Relations:
    Chief Administrative and Financial Officer: Frédérique Schmidt
    Tel: +33 (0)3 83 15 90 67 – frederique.schmidt@equasens.com

    Financial communications agency:
    FIN’EXTENSO – Isabelle Aprile

    Tel.: +33 (0)6 17 38 61 78 – i.aprile@finextenso.fr

    Forward-looking statements
    This press release contains forward-looking statements that are not guarantees of future performance and are based on current opinions, forecasts and assumptions, including, but not limited to, assumptions about Equasens’ current and future strategy and the environment in which Equasens operates. These involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements, or industry results or other events, to materially differ from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include those detailed in Chapter 3 “Risk factors” of the Universal Registration Document filed with the French financial market authority (Autorité des Marchés Financiers or AMF) on April 29, 2024 under number D.24-0366. These forward-looking statements are valid only as of the date of this press release.

    1 An investment programme rolled out by the French government to support the national strategy for eHealth acceleration.

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  • MIL-OSI: Information Relating to the Total Number of Voting Rights and Shares Forming the Share Capital

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    In Bernin, on Februay 6, 2025

    INFORMATION RELATING TO THE TOTAL NUMBER
    OF VOTING RIGHTS AND SHARES
    FORMING THE SHARE CAPITAL

    (Article L. 233-8 II of the French Commercial Code and article 223-16 of the General Regulation of the French financial markets authority (AMF))

    Corporate name and address of the company: SOITEC
    Parc Technologique des Fontaines – Chemin des Franques
    38190 Bernin (FRANCE)

    Statement date Total number of shares forming the share capital Total number of voting rights
    01/31/2025 35,726,462(1) Number of theoretical (gross) voting rights (2): 45,642,048
    Number of exercisable (net) voting rights (3): 45,585,990
    1. 35,726,462 ordinary shares of €2.00 par value each, listed on the Euronext Paris regulated market under ISIN code FR0013227113 and the mnemonic “SOI”.
    1. The total number of theoretical voting rights (or “gross” voting rights) is used as the basis for calculating the crossing of shareholding thresholds. In accordance with article 223-11 of the General Regulation of the French Financial Markets Authority (Autorité des Marchés Financiers – AMF), this number is calculated on the basis of all shares to which single or double voting rights are attached, including shares without voting rights (for example, treasury shares, liquidity contract, etc.).
    1. The total number of exercisable voting rights (or “net” voting rights) is calculated after taking into account the number of shares entitled to double voting rights, and after deduction of the shares without voting rights (for example, treasury shares, liquidity contract, etc.).

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    About Soitec

    Soitec (Euronext – Tech Leaders), a world leader in innovative semiconductor materials, has been developing cutting-edge products delivering both technological performance and energy efficiency for over 30 years. From its global headquarters in France, Soitec is expanding internationally with its unique solutions, and generated sales of 1 billion Euros in fiscal year 2023-2024. Soitec occupies a key position in the semiconductor value chain, serving three main strategic markets: Mobile Communications, Automotive and Industrial, and Edge and Cloud AI. The company relies on the talent and diversity of its 2,300 employees, representing 50 different nationalities, working at its sites in Europe, the United States and Asia. Soitec has registered over 4,000 patents.
    Soitec, SmartSiC™ and Smart Cut™ are registered trademarks of Soitec.

    For more information visit our Website and follow us on LinkedIn and X 

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  • MIL-OSI: UPDATE: WTW debuts new Insurance Pricing and Underwriting Technology to accelerate speed to market in Guidewire PolicyCenter

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    NEW YORK, Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WTW (NASDAQ: WTW), a leading global advisory, broking, and solutions company, announced the latest advancement in its Radar rating and analytics engine with the launch of its Rating, Pricing, and Underwriting acceleratori for Guidewire.

    Radar, WTW’s external rating engine, is an end-to-end solution designed specifically for the insurance sector. It provides cutting-edge analytics and decision-making for pricing and underwriting, deployed to the market in real time. Radar’s new Guidewire accelerator will streamline the integration of Radar with PolicyCenter, Guidewire’s policy administration system, allowing carriers to realize the benefits of Radar faster. The accelerator uses a highly innovative approach that draws Guidewire product definitions directly into Radar’s pricing environment, massively expediting the integration process.

    Customers’ demand for more innovative insurance solutions has increased significantly in recent years. Pricing and underwriting teams have been pushed to the limit by the need to provide new products in a competitive market while balancing regulatory requirements for rating accuracy, transparency, and fairness. Radar is a proven solution that delivers success for insurers and their customers in this challenging environment.

    Gio Smyth, Managing Director and Americas Regional Leader, Insurance Consulting and Technology, WTW, said: “WTW’s integration between Guidewire PolicyCenter and our Radar technology will enhance the operational efficiency of our shared clients by reducing implementation time and cost, enabling them to maximize the benefits of Radar. The injection of game-changing speed and accuracy into the pricing process makes it possible to update market prices in minutes rather than days, weeks, or months, giving insurers a competitive edge.”

    Will Murphy, Vice President, Global Technology Alliances, Guidewire, said: “With the launch of the Radar Accelerator from WTW, our shared customers can now quickly leverage a valuable rating solution that enables insurers to realize quicker and more accurate underwriting and pricing performance.”

    About Radar

    Smarter insights. Better results. Delivered faster.

    Radar is a complete, end-to-end analytics and model deployment solution. It was built specifically for insurers by insurance experts and continually enhanced through ongoing investment, development, and innovation.

    Radar delivers proprietary machine learning algorithms, real-time decision-making, regulatory reporting, speed, and ease of deployment.

    Radar is part of WTW’s Insurance Consulting and Technology business, which serves the insurance industry with a powerful combination of advisory services and leading-edge technology. Its mission is to innovate and transform insurance and deliver solutions that help clients better select, finance, and manage risk and capital.

    We work with clients of all sizes globally, including most of the world’s leading insurance groups. Over 1,000 client companies use our specialist insurance software on six continents. With over 1,700 colleagues in 35 markets, we continually strive to be a partner and employer of choice to the insurance industry.

    About Insurance Consulting and Technology (ICT)

    WTW’s Insurance Consulting and Technology (ICT) business has over 1,200 colleagues operating and capital, improve business performance, and create competitive advantage – by focusing on financial and regulatory reporting, enterprise risk and capital management, M&A and corporate restructuring, products, pricing, business management, and strategy.in 35 markets worldwide. ICT is a leading provider of advice, solutions, and software – primarily to the insurance industry. Its consulting services help clients manage risk

    About WTW

    At WTW (NASDAQ: WTW), we provide data-driven, insight-led solutions in the areas of people, risk, and capital. Leveraging the global view and local expertise of our colleagues serving 140 countries and markets, we help organizations sharpen their strategy, enhance organizational resilience, motivate their workforce, and maximize performance.

    Working shoulder to shoulder with our clients, we uncover opportunities for sustainable success and provide a perspective that moves you.

    Learn more at wtwco.com.

    Media Contact

    Douglas Menelly +1 516 445 5387 | douglas.menelly@wtwco.com

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  • MIL-OSI: Result of AGM

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    6 February 2025

    HARGREAVE HALE AIM VCT PLC
    (the “Company”)

    Result of 2025 Annual General Meeting

    Hargreave Hale AIM VCT plc, announces that at the Company’s 2025 Annual General Meeting held at 12:30pm on Thursday 6 February 2025, all resolutions were passed by way of a poll and the results of the poll, including the proxy votes received, are set out below.

    Resolutions 1 to 12 (inclusive) were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 and 14 (inclusive) were proposed as special resolutions.

    As previously announced, Angela Henderson, Independent Non-Executive Director, did not seek-re-election at the AGM and accordingly resigned from the Company on 6 February 2025.

    In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

    Resolution Votes For* % Votes Against % Total votes validly cast Total votes cast as % of issued share capital Votes Withheld**
    01 Receive annual accounts for period ended 30 September 2024 15,267,328 99.46 82,798 0.54 15,350,126 4.19% 110,499
    02 Approve directors’ remuneration report 13,778,201 90.28 1,483,475 9.72 15,261,676 4.17% 198,949
    03 Approve the remuneration policy 13,693,713 90.05 1,513,769 9.95 15,207,482 4.15% 253,143
    04 Reappoint BDO LLP as auditors 15,004,735 98.39 245,840 1.61 15,250,575 4.17% 210,050
    05 Re-elect David Brock as a director 13,086,237 86.15 2,104,276 13.85 15,190,513 4.15% 270,112
    06 Re-elect Oliver Bedford as a director 13,092,485 86.23 2,091,241 13.77 15,183,726 4.15% 276,899
    07 Re-elect Justin Ward as a director 14,491,468 96.11 587,178 3.89 15,078,646 4.12% 381,979
    08 Re-elect Megan McCracken as a director 14,356,920 94.39 853,809 5.61 15,210,729 4.16% 249,896
    9 Re-elect Busola Sodeinde as a director 14,365,124 94.58 823,894 5.42 15,189,018 4.15% 271,607
    10 To approve the final dividend 15,320,714 99.75 39,092 0.25 15,359,806 4.20% 100,819
    11 To authorise the directors to offer a scrip dividend alternative 14,942,049 98.37 248,261 1.63 15,190,310 4.15% 270,315
    12 To authorise the directors to allot Ordinary shares 14,685,856 96.62 513,749 3.38 15,199,605 4.15% 261,020
    13 To authorise the directors to allot equity securities for cash 12,125,476 81.07 2,831,033 18.93 14,956,509 4.09% 504,116
    14 To allow the Company to make market purchases of its own shares 14,971,554 97.66 358,878 2.34 15,330,432 4.19% 130,193

    * Includes discretionary votes

    ** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.

    Notes:

    As at close of business on 5 February 2025, the Company’s issued share capital comprised 365,665,633 Ordinary Shares and the total number of voting rights in the Company were 365,665,633 shares.

    END

    For further information, please contact:

    JTC (UK) Limited
    Uloma Adighibe
    Alexandria Tivey    		 HHV.CoSec@jtcgroup.com
    +44 203 892 3877
    +44 203 832 3891

    LEI: 213800LRYA19A69SIT31        

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Malaysian Armed Forces delegation visits U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

    Source: United States INDO PACIFIC COMMAND

    AIEA, Hawaii  –  

    U.S. Indo-Pacific Command hosts a delegation from the Malaysian Armed Forces for the 40th iteration of the Bilateral Training and Consultative Group (BITACG), Feb. 5-6, 2025. The U.S. and Malaysia have a long-standing relationship built on cooperation in the defense domain and a partnership underscored by mutual respect. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, fighting to win. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Angel Heraldez)

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  • MIL-OSI: UPDATE — Ambarella Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2025 Earnings Conference Call to be Held February 26, 2025

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMBA), an edge AI semiconductor company, today announced it will hold its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2025 earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. (Pacific Time). The company will issue its earnings release after the market closes that same day.

    Those interested in asking a question on the call are required to register online in advance. Once registered, the dial-in numbers will be provided with a personal identification number (PIN). When dialing in for the live call, the PIN number must be provided to access the call.

    The live webcast of the conference call, and a webcast replay, will be available at: http://investor.ambarella.com/events.cfm

    About Ambarella

    Ambarella’s products are used in a wide variety of human vision and edge AI applications, including video security, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), electronic mirror, drive recorder, driver/cabin monitoring, autonomous driving and robotics applications. Ambarella’s low-power systems-on-chip (SoCs) offer high-resolution video compression, advanced image and radar processing, and powerful deep neural network processing to enable intelligent perception, fusion and planning. For more information, please visit www.ambarella.com.

    Contact:
    Louis Gerhardy
    VP Corporate Development
    408-636-2310
    lgerhardy@ambarella.com

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  • MIL-OSI: ReversingLabs Identifies Novel ML Malware Hosted on Leading Hugging Face AI Model Platform

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Dubbed “nullifAI,” a Tactic for Evading Detection in ML Models Targeted Pickle Files, Demonstrates Fast-Growing Cybersecurity Risks Presented by AI-Coding Tool Platforms

    CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ReversingLabs (RL), the trusted name in file and software security, today revealed a novel ML malware attack technique on the AI community Hugging Face. Dubbed “nullifAI,” it impacted two ML models Hugging Face hosts, employing a corruption for defense evasion on the AI platform. The discovery is outlined in RL’s latest research post, “Malicious ML models discovered on Hugging Face platform,” and is accompanied by a new white paper, “AI is the Supply Chain,” which highlights the larger cybersecurity challenges created by AI impacting software development.

    In its research post, RL examines how threat actors are seeking hard-to-detect ways to insert and distribute ML malware via unsuspecting hosts, such as the AI platform Hugging Face. The research details how attackers used corrupt Pickle files to evade detection and bypass Hugging Face security protections while simultaneously managing to achieve execution of malicious code. Hugging Face has been notified and the ML models in question were taken down.

    “While the files discovered by our researchers appear to be ‘proof of concept’ rather than active threats, the failure to detect their presence points to a larger set of issues that are going to grow significantly and become more problematic as the use of AI coding tools grows,” said Tomislav Peričin, Chief Software Architect and co-founder, ReversingLabs. “Right now, AI is fueling modern software development, populating libraries and emboldening attackers. In fact, it’s safe to say AI is the supply chain, and while the benefits are vast, the security risks that come with it are alarming. To mitigate these new risks, organizations must embrace new modern software supply chain security solutions.”

    Securing AI platforms and communities is critical. nullifAI is an example of an evolving category of risks for software supply chains where AI is involved; in this case ML models hosted in an AI community. In its new white paper “AI is the Supply Chain,” RL examines how AI is transforming software development, altering software supply chains and creating significant new cybersecurity challenges for businesses. According to Gartner, 75% of enterprise software engineers will use AI code assistants by 2028. This includes those offered by companies including Hugging Face, GitHub Copilot, Tabnine, and others.

    While fueling incredible new innovations, AI-generated code will introduce new cybersecurity challenges to software development organizations. Examples include the growing use of outdated code, and more concerning, compromised code containing exploitable software vulnerabilities, or malicious features that are undetectable by traditional security measures such as static code analysis.

    Address AI Risks in Software Development with Spectra Assure
    ReversingLabs works with some of the leading AI companies to help secure their LLM and ML models. With the industry’s largest threat repository and RL’s advanced complex binary analysis, Spectra Assure offers the most comprehensive SBOM and risk assessment for applications—identifying malware, tampering, exposed secrets, vulnerabilities, weak mitigations, and more, in minutes and without requiring source code. As AI-generated code continues to explode, Spectra Assure provides the critical build exam for software vendors and AI platforms before shipping or including AI models in their software.

    To learn more about the risks of nullifAI, attend RL’s webinar “Hugging Face and ML Malware – How RL Discovered nullifAI” with RL Threat Researcher Karlo Zanki, RL Chief Software Architect Tomislav Peričin, and RL Director Editorial Content Paul Roberts on Thursday, February 20 at 11:00 a.m. EST.

    To learn more about how AI is impacting software supply chain security, read the recent AI is the Supply Chain primer.

    About ReversingLabs
    ReversingLabs is the trusted name in file and software security. We provide the modern cybersecurity platform to verify and deliver safe binaries. Trusted by the Fortune 500 and leading cybersecurity vendors, RL Spectra Core powers the software supply chain and file security insights, tracking over 422 billion searchable files daily with the ability to deconstruct full software binaries in seconds to minutes. Only ReversingLabs provides that final exam to determine whether a single file or full software binary presents a risk to your organization and your customers.

    Media Contact
    Doug Fraim
    Guyer Group
    Doug@Guyergroup.com

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  • MIL-OSI: Axiomise Launches footprint, Area Analyzer for Silicon Design

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    • Efficient, fast analysis of SoC and IP transforming PPA optimization
    • Exhaustive analysis generating precise component-level metrics
    • Designers, architects and verification engineers can perform quick analysis with quick feedback
    • Works with any formal verification tool
    • Ongoing Demos of footprint during DVCon U.S. February 24-26

    LONDON, Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Axiomise, the leading provider of cutting-edge formal verification solutions, today launched footprint™, an efficient and fast area analyzer solution designed to transform power, performance and area (PPA) optimization for silicon design.

    PPA has become an even bigger challenge than it was previously, a result of larger AI/ML hardware designs. footprint, powered by the new Axiomiser™ platform, discovers redundant gates and registers in complex system on chips (SoCs) that consume power but are never used. The area analyzer solution finds component-level granularity to precisely identify which design components never get used while still consuming power. Synthesis solutions cannot always clean out the redundant area.

    “footprint is a key step in realizing our vision of making formal normal,” remarks Dr. Ashish Darbari, Founder and CEO of Axiomise. “This powerful tool provides architects and designers with a quick feedback loop during design bring-up, enabling them to exhaustively analyze silicon waste while optimizing for power and performance.”

    Axiomise will showcase footprint at DVCon U.S. 2025 as a Silver Sponsor in Booth #102 from Monday, February 24, through Wednesday, February 26, at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in San Jose, Calif. Dr. Darbari and his team will be available to answer questions and discuss the latest advancements in formal verification. To schedule a demo or a meeting, contact info@axiomise.com.

    About footprint
    footprint is a pioneering, vendor-neutral, end-to-end solution designed to identify unused or underutilized components of silicon. With an agile, interactive and user-centric interface, it enables rapid model refinement. Successfully tested on more than 80 designs, including processors, GPUs, communication IP, NoCs, footprint works with any formal verification tool to generate clear, easy-to-read reports while surpassing traditional reachability and structural coverage analysis.

    For a limited time, footprint is available to try at no cost. Pricing available upon request. For more information on footprint, check: www.axiomise.com/footprint.

    About Axiomise
    Axiomise is accelerating formal verification adoption through its unique combination of training, consulting, services and specialized verification solutions for RISC-V. Axiomise was founded by Dr. Ashish Darbari, FBCS, FIETE, DPhil (Oxford), who has been a formal verification practitioner for more than two decades with 67 patents in formal verification and over 85 publications.

    Engage with Axiomise at:
    Website: www.axiomise.com
    X: @axiomise
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/axiomise/
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/axiomise

    Axiomise, formalISA and the Axiomise logo are trademarks of Axiomise Limited, UK.
    Making formal normal is a registered trademark of Axiomise Limited, UK.

    For more information, contact:

    Fabiana Muto
    Public Relations for Axiomise
    fabiana.muto@axiomise.com

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  • MIL-OSI: APCU/Center Parc Credit Union Adopts Point Predictive’s IEValidate™ to Transform Member Income and Employment Documentation Requirements

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    SAN DIEGO, Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Point Predictive, the leader in risk solutions for consumer lending, today announced that Atlanta-based APCU/Center Parc Credit Union has implemented IEValidate, its innovative income and employment validation solution. This strategic adoption aims to streamline the lending process for members while strengthening the credit union’s fraud prevention capabilities.

    In an era where traditional income verification methods often create friction in the lending process, APCU/Center Parc recognized the need for a more efficient solution. IEValidate provides their underwriters with a frictionless way to validate member income and employment, eliminating the reliance on traditional paystubs which can be both difficult to evaluate and susceptible to forgery.

    The solution offers several key advantages for the credit union:

    • Eliminates paystubs, streamlining 80% or more of loans.
    • Taps into insights from over 300 million reported incomes.
    • Screens against 22 million reported employers and over 14,000 fake employers.
    • Delivers income and employment evaluation on 100% of loan requests.

    “Point Predictive is fundamentally changing how income and employment are validated in the lending industry,” said Tim Grace, CEO of Point Predictive. “Traditional methods like paystubs are not only burdensome for members, but they are also easily forged making paystub reviews both time consuming and ineffective. Our collaboration with APCU/Center Parc, will enable them to instantly validate both income and employment on every single application without holding up the lending process by requesting paystubs or bank statements.”

    The implementation of IEValidate gives APCU/Center Parc access to Point Predictive’s proprietary data repository, which includes over 300 million income reports and information on 22 million employers. This comprehensive database, combined with sophisticated validation processes, enables the credit union to make faster, more confident lending decisions without requiring members to provide traditional documentation.

    “IEValidate allows us to enhance our member experience by removing unnecessary friction from the loan application process,” said Blake Graham, President/CEO of APCU/Center Parc. “The solution provides our underwriters with clear, objective information they need to make confident decisions, replacing the subjective nature of traditional paystub review with reliable, data-driven insights.”

    Early adopters of IEValidate have reported doubling their loan conversion rates when eliminating paystub requirements for low-risk applications, while maintaining strong portfolio performance.

    For more information, contact info@pointpredictive.com.

    About Point Predictive

    Point Predictive powers a new level of lending confidence and speed through artificial intelligence, powerful data insight from our proprietary data repository, and decades of risk management expertise. The company’s data and technology solutions quickly and accurately identify truthful and untruthful disclosures on loan applications. As a result, lenders can fund the majority of loans without requiring onerous documentation, such as paystubs, utility bills, or bank statements, improving funding rates while reducing early payment default losses. Subsequently, borrowers get loans faster, and lenders realize a more profitable bottom line.

    About Atlanta Postal Credit Union

    At APCU/Center Parc, providing our members first-class service has always been our priority. We’re a member-owned, not-for-profit financial cooperative committed to helping hardworking people save money and prosper. For 100 years, we’ve stayed true to these beliefs. As Georgia’s oldest credit union, we’re proud of our tradition of service. Over the years, APCU/Center Parc assets have grown from an initial investment of $2,505 to more than $2.3 billion. Today, we’re one of the largest credit unions in the country. We’re proud to serve more than 108,000 members nationwide with a full complement of financial products and services designed to save them money. For more information, visit www.apcu.com. This credit union is federally insured by the National Credit Union Administration.

    Media Contact
    Jill Robb
    JROBB@PointPredictive.com

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  • MIL-OSI: Digital Tails Group, LLC. Announces Completion of Another Customer Project and Detailed Case Study

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    NEW YORK, NY, Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — bowmo™, Inc. (OTC: BOMO), a New York City– based company powered by AI and XR/VR technologies who’s aim is to provide fully customizable SaaS Platforms to multiple industries (https://bowmo.com) (“bowmo,” “the Company”) and its recent merger partner OWNverse/Digital Tails Group (“DTG”), are pleased to announce the completion of another client project for Téchne , a European custom furniture manufacturer.

    Digital Tails Group developed a custom Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) platform to simplify and automate the entire manufacturing and sales process – from product configuration to pricing and order placement – while adhering to budget constraints.

    A key component of this CPQ platform is the 3D configurator for real-time customization of various product attributes. This system gives customers a fast, easy and interactive way to “design” their own furniture right on the platform.

    Aleksey Shestakov, Chairman of the Board of OWNverse/Digital Tails and the Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of bowmo, Inc. summarized: “With the CPQ platform, Téchne can now streamline their manufacturing processes and automate time-consuming manual tasks, such as configuration checks and price calculations. The solution has been particularly impactful for their unique furniture designs, which previously required extensive manual effort to manage. Our solution has significantly reduced the time spent on designing and configuring products.”

    You can learn more about this family of innovations from bowmo and OWNverse/Digital Tails Group at: https://digital-tails.group/

    About bowmo, Inc.
    Bowmo Inc., (OTC: BOMO) is a New York City–based AI-powered software and services company that incorporates a novel set of technologies to build a platform that will deliver solutions for multiple industries. Bowmo’s flagship product seamlessly integrates AI and extended reality (XR) technologies to revolutionize recruitment and human resource (HR) processes.

    Building upon our multi-vertical platform, bowmo is poised to introduce a suite of future products catering to the cybersecurity, retail, sports, media/entertainment, and real estate sectors. This expansion underscores bowmo’s commitment to diversifying revenue streams and addressing diverse industry needs through advanced technological solutions. bowmo’s platform harnesses AI, machine learning (ML), deep learning (DL), blockchain, and process orchestration.

    About Digital Tails Group, LLC.
    Digital Tails Group (“DTG,” the “Company”) is an IT company specializing in software development using 3D technology, extended reality (XR) and artificial intelligence (AI). The DTG expertise in advanced technologies ranges from virtual reality (VR) experiences to smart AI algorithms, enabling us to help our clients improve their competitive strength through the application of advanced UI and knowledge technologies.

    About OWNverse, LLC.
    OWNverse is a virtual platform company that develops unique tools for creating targeted products and services for virtual spaces (“Metaverses”) by using the technology stack available through widely used Web2 platforms driven by AI. OWNverse allows for the integration of such tools to elevate the dimensionality of products and services, while offering such products and services within the spatially immersive 3D Internet—Web3. OWNverse aims to empower all users to become co-creators of the content. The main OWNverse ideology is to supply proven tools to users to provide real value for businesses and create virtual communities in numerous business sectors.

    Additional Information and Where to Find It
    Additional information is available on the Company’s website: https://www.bowmo.com. In addition, other information related to the Company is available at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, or by directing a request to: bowmo, Inc., 99 Wall Street, Suite 891, New York, NY 10005; or by phone at 212-398-0002.

    Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
    This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify these statements by the use of the words “may,” “will,” “should,” “plans,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “continue,” “estimates,” “projects,” “intends,” and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, BOMO’s ability to successfully execute its expanded business strategy, including by entering into definitive agreements with suppliers, commercial partners and customers; general economic and business conditions, effects of continued geopolitical unrest and regional conflicts, competition, changes in technology and methods of marketing, delays in completing various software programs, changes in future customer order patterns, changes in product mix, continued success in technical advances and delivering technological innovations, regulatory requirements and the ability to meet them, government agency rules and changes, and various other factors beyond BOMO’s control. Except as may be required by law, bowmo, Inc. undertakes no obligation, and does not intend, to update these forward-looking statements after the date of this release.

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  • MIL-OSI: Maris-Tech Secures First Eastern European Defense Order for Jupiter Nano

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Expansion into a New Defense Market Reinforces Maris- Tech’s Global Capabilities

    Rehovot, Israel, Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Maris-Tech Ltd. (Nasdaq: MTEK, MTEKW) (“Maris-Tech” or the “Company”), a global leader in video and artificial intelligence (“AI”) based edge computing technology, today announced that it has received a new order from its U.K.-based distributor for its Jupiter Nano system to be delivered to a new defense company in Eastern Europe. This order marks a significant milestone for the Company as it expands into Eastern Europe’s defense sector and reinforces the Company’s’ position as a global player in video and AI-based edge computing solutions.

    The order includes dozens of Jupiter Nano units, which will be integrated into weapon systems for a defense project in Eastern Europe. With its compact form factor and ability to handle multiple video streams simultaneously, Jupiter Nano offers the advantage of ultra-low latency streaming and robust network support. It also addresses the customer’s specific challenges and seamlessly integrates into their sophisticated military systems.

    “We believe that this new order is a testament to both the strong relationship we have built with our U.K. distributor and the growing demand for Jupiter Nano’s advanced capabilities,” said Israel Bar, Chief Executive Officer of Maris-Tech. “Eastern Europe is a new and exciting market for us, and we believe that that this opportunity will allow us to expand our reach in the global defense and homeland security markets.”

    Jupiter Nano is a dual-channel H.264/H.265 codec, capable of 100msec ultra-low-latency streaming over wired and wireless networks. With video and audio capture, encoding, decoding, transcoding, and raw data preprocessing, Jupiter Nano is designed to meet the highest performance and reliability standards for modern defense applications.

    About Maris-Tech Ltd.

    Maris-Tech is a global leader in video and AI-based edge computing technology, pioneering intelligent video transmission solutions that conquer complex encoding-decoding challenges. Our miniature, lightweight, and low-power products deliver high-performance capabilities, including raw data processing, seamless transfer, advanced image processing, and AI-driven analytics. Founded by Israeli technology sector veterans, Maris-Tech serves leading manufacturers worldwide in defense, aerospace, Intelligence gathering, homeland security (HLS), and communication industries. We’re pushing the boundaries of video transmission and edge computing, driving innovation in mission-critical applications across commercial and defense sectors.

    For more information, visit https://www.maris-tech.com/

    Forward-Looking Statement Disclaimer

    This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are intended to be covered by the “safe harbor” created by those sections. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe the Company’s future plans, strategies and expectations, can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terms such as “believe,” “expect”,” “may”, “should,” “could,” “seek,” “intend,” “plan,” “goal,” “estimate,” “anticipate” or other comparable terms. For example, the Company is using forward-looking statements when it is discussing: the new order for the Jupiter Nano system; the integration of the Jupiter Nano units into the weapon systems; the growing demand for Jupiter Nano’s advanced capabilities; and that the new order will allow the Company to expand its reach in the global defense and homeland security markets. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of the Company’s control. The Company’s actual results and financial condition may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause the Company’s actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include, among others, the following: its ability to successfully market its products and services, including in the United States; the acceptance of its products and services by customers; its continued ability to pay operating costs and ability to meet demand for its products and services; the amount and nature of competition from other security and telecom products and services; the effects of changes in the cybersecurity and telecom markets; its ability to successfully develop new products and services; its success establishing and maintaining collaborative, strategic alliance agreements, licensing and supplier arrangements; its ability to comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on March 21, 2024, and its other filings with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

    Investor Relations:

    Nir Bussy, CFO
    Tel: +972-72-2424022
    Nir@maris-tech.com

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  • MIL-OSI: Drone Manufacturers Scrambling to Keep Up with Growing Demand as Drone Applications Skyrocket

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FN Media Group News Commentary – Drones are being increasingly adopted in a growing number of industries such as military, defense, land surveying, agriculture for crop monitoring, energy for inspecting power lines among others. The versatility of drones to perform various tasks efficiently is driving their adoption. Drones can be used to monitor hostile environments and enemy activity as well as used for strategic and operational reconnaissance. Commercial Drones are remotely piloted, optionally piloted, or fully autonomous aerial vehicles that play a significant role in plenty of sectors. They are commonly termed drones and are mostly known for their wide usage in various functions, such as Surveying & Mapping, Inspection & Monitoring among others. These vehicles are also used for mapping, surveying, and determining the weather conditions of a specific area. According to recent industry reports, the markets are poised to continue substantial growth in years to come. MarketsAndMarkets project that The Commercial Drone market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 11.2% from 2024 to 2030. The report said: “Based on End Use, the Transport, Logistics and Warehousing segment is anticipated to record the highest growth rate during the forecast period By End Use, the Drone market has been segmented into logistics & transportation, agriculture, energy & power, military, construction & mining, media & entertainment, insurance, wildlife & forestry, academics & research. Logistics & Transportation segment is estimated to record the highest CAGR during the forecast period with the significant growth of the global e-commerce sector, postal companies are opting for new methods to modify their traditional delivery business models. Active Companies in the markets today include ZenaTech, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZENA), ParaZero Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: PRZO), AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV), EHang Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: EH), AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (NYSE: UAVS).

    MarketsAndMarkets continued: “With several countries focusing on the use of commercial drones for postal deliveries, the commercial drone market will witness growth. The US Postal Service is exploring the possibility of introducing commercial drone into its vehicle fleets to advance mail delivery operations and support its collection of geospatial, sensor, image, and other data. Companies such as DJI (China) are actively developing solutions for Drone-based package delivery. Amazon (US) has already developed these services. Lower cost, density of urban environments, and the rising demand for reduced delivery times are contributing to the growth of this segment.”

    ZenaTech (NASDAQ:ZENA) ZenaDrone Starts Testing its High-Density Batteries to Extend Flight Time for ZenaDrone 1000 Drone for US Defense Applications – ZenaTech, Inc. (FSE: 49Q) (BMV: ZENA) (“ZenaTech”), a technology company specializing in AI (Artificial Intelligence) drone, Drone as a Service (DaaS), enterprise SaaS and Quantum Computing solutions, announces that ZenaDrone will commence testing work this quarter on a high density battery for the ZenaDrone 1000 multifunction AI drone designed for defense and commercial applications. High density batteries are lightweight and enable longer drone flight times, more reliability and endurance for longer defense missions, heavier payloads, and greater operational success of a wide range of military applications. ZenaDrone will use the batteries from ZenaTech’s affiliated company Galaxy Batteries Inc.

    “High density batteries are key to longer fight times and reliability in the harsh conditions of military defense operations such as cargo and resupply, intelligence gathering, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions. We will test to ensure these batteries will provide the customization, cost savings, supply chain control and superior performance we require. This is important to our goal to become a Blue UAS- certified supplier to sell to US defense branches and other military organizations,” said CEO Shaun Passley, Ph.D.

    ZenaDrone 1000 is an autonomous multifunction drone offering stable flight, maneuverability, heavy lift capabilities, innovative software technology, sensors, AI, and purpose-built attachments, along with compact and rugged hardware engineered for military and industrial use. The company previously completed two paid trials with the US Air Force and the US Navy Reserve for logistics and transportation applications carrying critical cargo, such as blood, in the field.

    The company previously announced that its supply chain is fully NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) compliant and that it plans to apply for Green UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) followed by Blue UAS certification, an approved supplier list for drone companies.

    NDAA compliance refers to adhering to the provisions outlined in the National Defense Authorization Act, which is a set of US federal laws passed every year that specify the budget and expenditures for the Department of Defense (DoD) and address growing cybersecurity concerns. For a product to be NDAA compliant, it must not be produced by a set list of Chinese manufacturers, which extends to the chipsets, cameras, displays and other technology used.

    The Blue UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) program is a stringent government approved supplier list of drone companies that wish to do business with the US DoD; suppliers including ZenaDrone must meet strict NDAA cybersecurity and supply chain sourcing requirements. The Green UAS program is essentially the same as the Blue UAS program but has a more streamlined and faster certification process without the specifications on country of origin. Continued… Read this full release by visiting: https://www.financialnewsmedia.com/news-zena/

    Other recent developments in the drone industry include:

    ParaZero Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: PRZO), an aerospace company focused on safety systems for commercial unmanned aircrafts and defense Counter UAS systems, recently announced the successful demonstration of its DropAir Precision airdrop system in collaboration with a leading global defense company. The demonstration showcased the DropAir system’s ability to safely and precisely deliver critical supplies under challenging operational conditions.

    During the test, ParaZero’s proprietary DropAir technology was deployed in multiple high-altitude drone airdrops. The system’s advanced parachute mechanism activated at low altitude, ensuring minimal drift and precise landings, even in complex environments. Following the successful demonstration, ParaZero plans to advance the DropAir system into the next phase of development, focusing on enhancing its capabilities for real-world military and humanitarian operations.

    AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global leader in intelligent, multi-domain robotic systems, recently announced it has been awarded its third delivery order totaling $288 million of Switchblade® loitering munition systems as part of U.S. Army’s Directed Requirement (DR) for Lethal Unmanned Systems (LUS). The delivery is part of a 5-year Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground, with a contract ceiling value of $990 million, announced in August 2024.

    “AV is honored to continue fulfilling this important contract providing the U.S. Army with exceptional and reliable loitering munition solutions,” said Brett Hush, AV’s senior vice president and general manager of Loitering Munition Systems. “We continue to deliver for the U.S. Army with our superior supply chain and manufacturing capacity.”

    EHang Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: EH), the world’s leading Urban Air Mobility (“UAM”) technology platform company, recently announced that its flagship pilotless passenger-carrying aerial vehicle EH216-S completed its inaugural demo flight in downtown Shanghai. It served as an excellent backdrop to demonstrate the exceptional capabilities in convenience, safety, and eco-friendliness within the operational environment of UAM in metropolises. It has also officially launched the regular trial operation of the eVTOL sightseeing routes by the Huangpu River at Longhua Airport in Shanghai, in preparation for the following commercial operations in Shanghai. This move aims to realize the urban air mobility in mega central cities.

    Longhua Airport is regarded as the only airport in Shanghai downtown area with apron airspace and is home to the East China General Aviation Service Center of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (“CAAC”). As an important base for the high-quality development of Shanghai’s low-altitude economy, Longhua Airport offers ideal conditions for various low-altitude economic activities, including aerial mobility, tourism and sightseeing, emergency rescue and logistics. This flight not only showcased EH216-S’s capabilities for commercial applications in urban sightseeing and travel scenarios, but also laid a solid foundation for its future gradual implementation and realization of regular commercial operations of urban air taxis in the Yangtze River Delta region centered around Shanghai.

    AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (NYSE: UAVS) a leading provider of best-in-class unmanned aerial systems (UAS), sensors and software solutions for customers worldwide in the commercial and government verticals, announced it recently completed a successful flight demonstration of its eBee VISION Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) UAS platform at the French Army’s 61st Artillery Regiment’s event, FID25-61e RA Chaumont. The drone innovation forum was conducted January 30-31, 2025 and attended by the Company in conjunction with its French reseller partner Flying Eye.

    AgEagle CEO Bill Irby commented, “We continue to strengthen and broaden our relationship with the French Army through our partner Flying Eye, who completed training in January to become certified eBee VISION operators. This strategic union is expected to build upon the success of our largest single order in AgEagle’s history, valued at $3.4M, completed with the French Army in Q4 2024. We look forward to leveraging this momentum as we continue to expand the global footprint of our UAS products within both government and commercial verticals.”

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  • MIL-OSI: Solum Global Inc. Announces U.S. Healthcare Collaboration and Licensing Agreement with AI Company Life2, Inc.

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    WEST PALM BEACH, FL, Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Solum Global Inc. (“Solum Global, Solum or the Company”) a transparent digital network with a fully decentralized, permissionless blockchain protocol and stablecoin (sgUSD) for storing, trading, and transferring digital and real-world assets enabling immediate settlement between individuals, businesses, and governments, announced today a collaboration and licensing agreement with Artificial Intelligence company Life2, Inc., to address fraud, waste, abuse and other financial inefficiencies in the U.S healthcare industry.

    “Solum Global and Life2 are redefining the future of healthcare finance by driving smarter, data-backed decision-making and unlocking new levels of operational excellence. This partnership transforms financial operations by integrating Life2’s predictive AI analytics with Solum’s blockchain-based RCM solution—reducing billing errors, detecting fraud, and optimizing workflow outcomes. With real-time insights, providers can improve forecasting, enhance cash flow, and streamline administration,” stated Sterling Griffin, Vice President and Co-Founder of Solum Global Inc.

    The U.S. healthcare system faces mounting inefficiencies, rising costs, and security risks, making innovation imminent. The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association estimates the annual cost of healthcare accounts for an estimated 3% to 10% of all expenditures, totaling between $147 billion and $490 billion annually. Meanwhile, data breaches remain a persistent threat, routinely exposing sensitive personal information. In 2023 alone, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published that 725 breaches compromised over 133 million records across healthcare and insurance companies. Partnering with Life2, Inc. means harnessing the power of AI-driven analysis to uncover hidden financial inefficiencies in historical medical records. By leveraging deep domain expertise, large-scale data sets, advanced modeling techniques, and AI-driven machine learning, Life2 tackles complex market challenges beyond the reach of human problem-solving. This partnership empowers providers, hospitals, and insurers to detect billing errors, waste, and fraud while accurately predicting and optimizing future medical expenditures, driving smarter financial and operational decisions.

    “We are excited to collaborate with Solum Global to tackle the deep-rooted challenges within the U.S. healthcare system. By highlighting continual and substantial losses caused by financial leakage and actively partnering with the Solum team on their seamless, end-to-end solution, we are helping drive meaningful change. Together, we are working to reshape American healthcare by reducing costs for patients, providers, and payers,” said Rick Egan, CEO of Life2, Inc.

    Solum Global is revolutionizing U.S. healthcare by integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI), smart contracts, and its stablecoin (sgUSD) with a proprietary electronic health wallet (EHW) slated for release in Q2 2025. This blockchain-powered web3 platform modernizes revenue cycle management (RCM), replacing outdated web2 systems with a seamless, secure, and automated solution. By leveraging blockchain’s programmability, security, immutability, and smart contract billing, Solum facilitates instant payments through the EHW using sgUSD, a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin. The Solum Global electronic health wallet addresses these challenges by providing a secure, blockchain-powered solution that streamlines transactions, reduces fraud, and enhances data protection. By providing individuals with greater control over their health information, Solum Global is setting a new standard for security and efficiency in healthcare.

    About Solum Global Inc.
    Solum Global is a transparent digital network with a fully decentralized, permissionless blockchain protocol for storing, trading, and transferring digital and real-world assets, enabling immediate settlement between individuals, businesses, and governments. Utilizing cutting-edge blockchain technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI), smart contracts, the Company’s stablecoin (sgUSD), and a proprietary electronic health wallet (EHW), Solum Global provides a seamless solution that addresses the significant challenges inherent in the U.S. healthcare industry. For more information, visit  www.solum.global.

    About Life2, Inc.
    Life2’s core Intellectual Property utilizes deep domain expertise in the use of AI, machine learning, large-scale data sets, and advanced analytics to address complex market needs that cannot be addressed by human problem-solving. Specializing in outcome analytics – proprietary technology that sits at the apex of data analysis, Life2 aggregates, organizes, and analyzes data to provide continuous, real-time, per-person, and per-event risk and intervention analysis that optimizes desired future outcomes. Outcomes can be financial, operational, clinical, or any other type of target metric across all sectors of the healthcare market. For more information, visit https://www.life2inc.com/.

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  • MIL-OSI: Everything Blockchain, Inc. Announces 3 Million Share Reduction, Strengthening Shareholder Value

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Jacksonville , Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —

    Everything Blockchain, Inc., (OTCMKTS: EBZT), a company focused on the intersection of AI, blockchain, and cryptocurrency, today announced the cancellation of 3 million shares of its common stock, representing nearly 10% of its total shares outstanding.

    This strategic reduction underscores the company’s commitment to disciplined capital management and long-term shareholder value creation.

    “We are pleased to announce the cancellation of 3 million shares of common stock, a significant step in strengthening our capital structure and reinforcing our commitment to shareholders,” said Arthur Rozenberg, CEO of Everything Blockchain, Inc.

     “Building value in a public company requires not only a strong business model and revenue strategy but also responsible financial stewardship. This reduction reflects our proactive approach to optimizing our share structure.”

    The company identified and executed the cancellation through a detailed review of its capital structure, negotiating terms that align with its overarching goal of enhancing shareholder value.

    “We remain steadfast in executing our business plan with a focus on profitable growth and disciplined capital allocation,” Rozenberg added.

    “This action is part of our broader strategy to ensure financial integrity, maximize shareholder returns, and position Everything Blockchain for long-term success.”

    Everything Blockchain will continue to assess its capital structure as part of its commitment to delivering sustainable value to shareholders.

    About Everything Blockchain Inc.

    Everything Blockchain, Inc. (OTCMKTS: EBZT) focuses on identifying key challenges and opportunities in AI, blockchain, and cryptocurrency. The company is dedicated to investing in and innovating solutions that empower investors and advance global industries. For more information, visit https://www.ebzt.info/

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Online talks explore use of AI in higher education

    Source: Anglia Ruskin University

    A comprehensive lineup of free talks focusing on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education has been organised by Anglia Ruskin University (ARU).

    This series, supported by ARU’s Centre for Innovation in Higher Education, will feature a range of distinguished speakers and thought leaders in their respective fields. The events will be held online via Microsoft Teams, making them accessible to a global audience.

    The series of eight events begins on Wednesday, 19 February with a session by Dr Susan Qu from the University of Cambridge. Dr Qu will present “Empowering Early Career Researchers: AI Tools for Interview Success.”

    This session will explore the best practices for using generative AI in interview preparation and job-seeking, providing valuable insights for early career researchers.

    On 19 March, ARU’s Dr Sarah Gibson Yates will present “Being the Writing Human in the Generative AI Loop”. Dr Gibson Yates will delve into the role of human creativity and authorship in the context of AI-generated content, emphasising the importance of maintaining a human touch when writing.

    Other events in the series are as follows:

    “We are thrilled to bring together such a diverse group of experts to discuss the evolving role of AI in higher education

    “These events will provide valuable insights and foster meaningful discussions on how we can harness AI to enhance learning and teaching.”

    Dr Shaun Le Boutillier, Head of Academic Enhancement at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU)

    Each session will be held from 1pm until 2pm and will be accessible online via Microsoft Teams. Participants are encouraged to register in advance through Eventbrite to secure their spot. For more information, visit aru.ac.uk/anglia-learning-and-teaching/cpd-opportunities/ai-collaborations

    The first series of AI collaborations, which took place in 2024, can be accessed here: aru.ac.uk/anglia-learning-and-teaching/cpd-opportunities/past-events-and-resources

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  • MIL-OSI Global: AI datasets have human values blind spots − new research

    Source: The Conversation – USA – By Ike Obi, Ph.D. student in Computer and Information Technology, Purdue University

    Not all human values come through equally in training AIs. RerF/iStock via Getty Images

    My colleagues and I at Purdue University have uncovered a significant imbalance in the human values embedded in AI systems. The systems were predominantly oriented toward information and utility values and less toward prosocial, well-being and civic values.

    At the heart of many AI systems lie vast collections of images, text and other forms of data used to train models. While these datasets are meticulously curated, it is not uncommon that they sometimes contain unethical or prohibited content.

    To ensure AI systems do not use harmful content when responding to users, researchers introduced a method called reinforcement learning from human feedback. Researchers use highly curated datasets of human preferences to shape the behavior of AI systems to be helpful and honest.

    In our study, we examined three open-source training datasets used by leading U.S. AI companies. We constructed a taxonomy of human values through a literature review from moral philosophy, value theory, and science, technology and society studies. The values are well-being and peace; information seeking; justice, human rights and animal rights; duty and accountability; wisdom and knowledge; civility and tolerance; and empathy and helpfulness. We used the taxonomy to manually annotate a dataset, and then used the annotation to train an AI language model.

    Our model allowed us to examine the AI companies’ datasets. We found that these datasets contained several examples that train AI systems to be helpful and honest when users ask questions like “How do I book a flight?” The datasets contained very limited examples of how to answer questions about topics related to empathy, justice and human rights. Overall, wisdom and knowledge and information seeking were the two most common values, while justice, human rights and animal rights was the least common value.

    The researchers started by creating a taxonomy of human values.
    Obi et al, CC BY-ND

    Why it matters

    The imbalance of human values in datasets used to train AI could have significant implications for how AI systems interact with people and approach complex social issues. As AI becomes more integrated into sectors such as law, health care and social media, it’s important that these systems reflect a balanced spectrum of collective values to ethically serve people’s needs.

    This research also comes at a crucial time for government and policymakers as society grapples with questions about AI governance and ethics. Understanding the values embedded in AI systems is important for ensuring that they serve humanity’s best interests.

    What other research is being done

    Many researchers are working to align AI systems with human values. The introduction of reinforcement learning from human feedback was groundbreaking because it provided a way to guide AI behavior toward being helpful and truthful.

    Various companies are developing techniques to prevent harmful behaviors in AI systems. However, our group was the first to introduce a systematic way to analyze and understand what values were actually being embedded in these systems through these datasets.

    What’s next

    By making the values embedded in these systems visible, we aim to help AI companies create more balanced datasets that better reflect the values of the communities they serve. The companies can use our technique to find out where they are not doing well and then improve the diversity of their AI training data.

    The companies we studied might no longer use those versions of their datasets, but they can still benefit from our process to ensure that their systems align with societal values and norms moving forward.

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

    – ref. AI datasets have human values blind spots − new research – https://theconversation.com/ai-datasets-have-human-values-blind-spots-new-research-246479

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Minister Sir Chris Bryant speech at LEAD advertising conference

    Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments

    Creative Industries Minister Sir Chris Bryant gave the keynote speech at the LEAD advertising industry conference in London.

    My name is Chris Bryant. I’m the Minister for lots of things. And Peter Mandelson, when I was first elected back in 2001 as the Member of Parliament for the Rhondda, I asked him for some advice. And he said he had lots of pieces of advice, but one of them was: “Never go to the same event two years in a row.” Because it means if you don’t go to the third year, everybody will condemn you for being a complete lazy so and so. But this is my second year in a row at this event. So I’ve broken Peter Mandelson’s advice.

    And the second piece of advice he gave me was: “The one word you can never use in advertising and in politics is the word trust.” Because the moment you start talking about trust in politics, people start thinking: “Oh, can I trust you?” And they nearly always come to the conclusion that they can’t. 

    But in the end, advertising, I suppose, is fundamentally about trust. It’s about trying to persuade the public that you can trust a particular product or that you can trust a particular brand that is promoting a particular product, or that you can trust the person who is promoting the brand that is promoting the product, or that you can trust the space in which you’re watching or seeing this particular piece of advertising. 

    Of course, to enable trust in all and to create great advertising, that requires all sorts of different things. First of all, imagination. And I think sometimes when I speak to some other parts of the creative industries, they think of advertising as the kind of workhorses of the creative industries. But I actually think that in many regards, you’re more imaginative than nearly all the other parts of creative industries put together. And sometimes, of course, you have to bring them all together. 

    But the original idea for how to launch a product, or how to sell a product, how to promote it, how to keep it in the public mind, or how to completely change a view of a product or a brand, that’s a phenomenally imaginative process. 

    I always think to myself: “How do you come up with a television or a cinema advert for perfume?” How on earth can you give the impression that this is a perfume that somebody would want to wear when you cannot smell it? Which is fundamentally what perfume is all about. And of course, you do that in advertising with so many different products. Sometimes you’re trying to encourage people to try products that they would never have touched before, either because they’re brand new products, or because they’re something that has never come into their way of life before or because their life has changed. 

    That requires phenomenal imagination, but it also requires craft, serious craft, whether that’s using statistics and market analysis to be able to determine what is really going to work, how big a particular market is, or it’s that whole ecosystem of the whole of the creative industries, through from writers, actors and technicians, location scouts and everybody else that’s part of making a really good advert. 

    That combination of imagination, craft and that whole ecosystem is what I think is so special in the United Kingdom. We’re at the moment working with Shriti Vadera and Peter Bazalgette on putting together our Industrial Strategy for the creative industries. We decided as a government that the creative industries are one of the eight key sectors in the UK that are potential growth sectors we want to build on. 

    And putting that together, one of the key elements that we keep on arguing with the Treasury and the Department for Business and Trade and everybody else in government is that this is an ecosystem. You don’t get great British films without great British marketing of films. You don’t get great British films without actors who probably performed on the stage as well as in television and in movies. You don’t get great British actors without a commercial theatre that’s successful in the UK and also without a subsidised theatre in the UK. 

    All of these things hang together, and it’s really important that we promote the whole of that sector. And that’s, of course, why we are the second largest exporter of advertising in the world. I remember when I first came across this statistic, I thought: “That can’t be right. It must just be the second largest in Europe.” But we are the second largest in the world and I think we could do a great deal more boasting about that. 

    I don’t know whether there’s anybody in advertising who could promote the idea of advertising being a very significant part of our economy, worth £21 billion of GVA in 2023 and on track this year for £43 billion of spending. So in the words of Yazz: the only way is up.  

    We are very keen on this being a cooperation between industry and government. So first of all, the single most important thing we know that we can do to enable this industry to grow in the UK is to provide political, fiscal and economic stability in the country, so that people can make long-term investments and know where they’re going. 

    [political content redacted]

    And secondly, as I just said, we’re working on our Industrial Strategy for the creative industries. If there’s stuff that you still feel that you have you haven’t heard from us in this world, then please do get in touch. 

    Thirdly, obviously, there’s a really important issue around skills. For me, this is a matter of passionate belief that you don’t get a good education unless you also get a good creative education. I want to praise Eton and Winchester and everybody else, because they’ll have a pottery class, they’ll have an art room, they’ll have a well equipped theatre, they’ll have a dance studio, they’ll have musical instruments. I just want that for every single child in this country, and that’s why I think it’s so important that we turn the corner on the curriculum in the UK. 

    That’s what Bridget Phillipson as the Secretary of State for Education is very intent on doing. Trying to bring a creative education right back into the heart, so that it’s not just STEM, which is very important, but STEAM, including arts and creative education, is part of it. 

    Secondly, we need to reform the Apprenticeship Levy. I know lots of people in the industry have said to me: “It just doesn’t work for us at the moment.” And that’s what we’re very focused on doing. 

    The first thing we’ve already done is we’ve announced that from August this year, you won’t have to do a 12-month apprenticeship. You’ll be able to do six months and that’s so important for people who are working on a project base, and we need to provide a greater sense of portability between different employers as well, to be able to make that Apprenticeship Levy work across the creative sector. 

    Indeed, there’s a perfectly good argument for saying, because of the ecosystem that I’ve been talking about, that the Apprenticeship Levy should enable you to go from different parts of the ecosystem to be able to perfect your craft.

    Now just a few specific things on the Online Advertising Taskforce. Online has provided new challenges and new opportunities. I’m really glad that the influencer working group has come up with its fourth version of a code of conduct, the first in the world. If anybody knows any influencers who could persuade more influencers to take up the influencers’ code of conduct, I’ll be really grateful. 

    But that is a really important campaign, because it goes to this issue of trust. If it becomes a whole world when you simply can’t trust what you’re seeing in front of you as promoting a product, then that undermines the whole of the industry. So I think the more we can do in that field, the better. 

    I’m really grateful for the work that’s being done on an AI working group. At the moment we’re engaged in a consultation on this and precisely how it works out in relation to copyright. I am absolutely clear that we as a country sell IP. It’s one of the key things that we sell. So making sure that we have a strong copyright system in the UK, that we maintain that, and maintain the ability of people to be remunerated and to control their rights, is a vital part of anything we do in this field. 

    But of course, many of you will use AI in all sorts of different ways already, and my guess is in two or three years’ time, every single person will have an AI assistant of some kind on their laptop or on their phone. We need to make sure that we think that there’s a possibility for a win-win in this. If you haven’t looked at the consultation yet, please do. It closes on February 25. 

    On less healthy food, some of you might be interested in this subject. Obviously the previous government legislated in relation to less healthy foods and advertising, and we did too in the statutory instrument that was brought forward just before Christmas. I’ve already had several meetings with the ASA. We are very keen on coming to a sensible solution. I think a bit of common sense in this space would be really, really useful. We discussed the matter. I’m saying to you what I said to the ASA the other day. Our priority is proportionate regulation and clear guidance for businesses operating in the sector. And as you would expect from us, we want to reduce the NHS backlog, and we want to support people to lead healthier lives. We want there to be incentives for brands to offer more healthy products. That only happens if we have a clear set of guidance that is proportionate and sensible. I can’t go any further than that, because I’ve got another meeting with all the organisations concerned next week. 

    I want to end with my key point, which is that we are very serious about growing the creative industries in the UK. I heard somebody say: “Well, aren’t the arts and the creative industries a bit frou-frou?” I don’t know what that means, really, but I get the point, I suppose. 

    But actually, if the UK had no creative industries, we would be a poorer, weaker, less happy, less stable society than we are. And I think that the creative industries not only have an economic role to play – a vastly significant one, one in 14 people in the UK works in the creative industries today and I guess it will be one in 10 in a few years’ time – but if we’re going to build that, we need you to tell us what are the barriers to growth in your sector. 

    We need to make sure that there’s a steady stream of people through into these industries. I asked this question last year, and I’m going to ask it again, and I’m going to keep on asking every single year that I come here, which is: If you came to my constituency and asked a 13 year old: “What are you going to do when you grow up, or what careers are you thinking about?” They would probably know what it is to be a doctor and how they would start trying to be a doctor or a lawyer or a teacher, but they wouldn’t have the faintest idea how they would start the process of going into advertising or any of the other creative industries. 

    So in four years’ time, I would like us to be in a place where every single child in the country has the creative industries, including advertising, as one of the possible future careers for them, and that they know how to approach that, so that your seats are taken in 10, 15, 20 years’ time by young people who might just as well come from Wigan, Gateshead, Newcastle, London, the Rhondda, Shetland. People with completely varied backgrounds and different experiences, so that they can bring their imagination and their storytelling to the great industry that is yours.

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  • MIL-OSI Europe: Artificial Intelligence Action Summit: Sciences Po Joins Forces

    Source: Universities – Science Po in English

    In the context of the dynamic created by the Presidency of the French Republic, with the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit taking place on 10 and 11 February 2025 in Paris, Sciences Po Open Institute for Digital Transformations, created as part of the ExcellencES Transforming Interdisciplinary Education and Research for Evolving Democracies (TIERED) project, has been rallying researchers and students working in this field.

    This is a compendium of the activities organised by the various entities at Sciences Po to complement the Summit, as the institution has historically been at the forefront of the critical questions that the humanities and social sciences can raise in times of great change.

    Indeed, while politics, as the art of envisioning and implementing collective life, is making a dramatic comeback on the public stage, the revolution in digital technologies invites us to embrace a crucial question: “Can AI benefit democratic societies?”

    What better opportunity than the AI Action Summit to address this question to the political leaders gathered in Paris for the occasion! Before, during, and after the Summit, Sciences Po researchers, teachers, students, alumni, and start-ups, each with their own skills and expertise, will contribute to shed light on the major issues at stake in a question that our democratic societies have a duty to address.

    Sciences Po’s road to the AI Action Summit is outlined below, with many events open to all, most of them at Sciences Po, some of them off-site. Almost a dozen events have been officially labelled “Road to the Summit”.

    Upcoming Events

    7 February 2025: “Y a-t-il une IA pour sauver la planète ?” from the Tribunal pour les générations futures, Road to the Summit

    Sciences Po, through its Open Institute for Digital Transformations, partnered up with 8 leading public institutions in this trial simulation organised by the French media Usbek et Rica. Some fifty Sciences Po students are taking part in this event, including two on the jury, in the Amphithéâtre Richelieu, Sorbonne (Paris 5e).

    7 February 2025: “IA: the citizen way”

    The Tech & Global Affairs Innovation Hub of Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs and the Conseil national du numérique are presenting the results of the public consultations carried out in autumn as part of the Summit, at the Economic, Social, and Environmental Council.

    7 February 2025: “Democratizing AI: Open-Source Systems, Global Equity, and the Power of Inclusive Partnerships”

    A discussion between Arancha González, Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) at Sciences Po, Vilas Dhar, President of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, and Maria Ressa, Nobel Laureate and journalist, on the potential of open-source AI in fostering equity, addressing disinformation, and democratising access for the global majority

    8 February 2025: “Participatory AI Governance – Research & Practice Symposium”

    A day-long open symposium organised by the Tech & Global Affairs Innovation Hub of the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences Po with Connected by Data, bringing together academics and experts from civil society organisations dedicated to explore collaboratively the state of the art in participatory development and governance of AI.

    8 and 9 February 2025: Interdisciplinary conference of the AI Action Summit “AI, Science and Society”, Road to the Summit

    Jean-Philippe Cointet, researcher at Sciences Po médialab and Director of the Open Institute for Digital Transformations, along with two post-doctoral students from the médialab, Manon Berriche and Salim Hafid, discuss a poster entitled “Defining, Identifying, Measuring, Mitigating, Democratic Biases in Large Language Models”, at the École Polytechnique, Palaiseau.

    11 February 2025: “AI for Economic Inclusion”, Road to the Summit

    The Centre for Research on Social Inequalities is co-organising the launch of an International Panel on the Information Environment, under the direction of Jen Shradie, in Sciences Po Salons Scientifiques.

    11  February 2025: “Artificial intelligence & Information manipulation: Navigating the risks and opportunities”, Road to the Summit

    With the OECD & Viginum, a monitoring and protection service against foreign digital interference, with the participation of Donato Ricci, researcher and research designer at Sciences Po médialab, at Services du Gouvernement, 20 Avenue de Ségur, 75007 Paris.

    11 February 2025: “Building Trust in AI: A Multifaceted Approach”, Road to the Summit

    In cooperation with the Schwartz Reisman Institute at the University of Toronto, with the participation of Donato Ricci, researcher and research designer at the médialab of Sciences Po, at the École normale supérieure de la rue d’Ulm.

    11 February 2025: “Advancing AI governance: Exploring adaptive frameworks and the role of sandboxes”, Road to the Summit

    Organised by The Datasphere initiative, with the participation of Beatriz Botero Arcila, researcher at Sciences Po Law School, at the International Chamber of Commerce, Paris.

    11 February 2025: “Construire des ponts : façonner la gouvernance mondiale de l’IA grâce à la collaboration multipartite”, Road to the Summit

    Round table discussion led by Louis Denart, alumnus of the School of Public Affairs and currently International Digital Policy Fellow at the German Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and Transport, at Sciences Po.

    11 February 2025: “Aligning Urban AI and Global AI Governance”

    Conference organised by Urban AI and Govlab, with Beatriz Botero Arcila, researcher at Sciences Po Law School, venue to be announced.

    12 February 2025: “Understanding the roles and responsibilities across the AI value chain”, Road to the Summit

    Workshop organised by Datasphere Initiative and Open Loop (Meta), with the participation of Beatriz Botero Arcila, researcher at Sciences Po Law School, at the Hôtel Marignan Champs-Élysées.

    21 February 2025 : “L’IA peut-elle être au service de la démocratie ?”

    A conference for the general public organised directly by the Open Institute for Digital Transformations with all the educational fields involved, to take a critical look at the issues at stake at the AI Action Summit, at Sciences Po.

    Early March 2025: a “Special IA Action Summit” issue of the new Collection de Sciences Po to showcase student work

    It will be co-designed by the Open Institute for Digital Transformations with all the educational fields involved and widely distributed at the beginning of March 2025, including to the Summit organisers and participants. In particular, it will include the discussions held during the student conference.

    March 2025: Wrap-Up Event

    Co-organised by the Open Institute for Digital Transformations and the Tech & Global Affairs Innovation Hub at Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs.

    Past Events

    5 February 2025: “Paris AI Action Summit: What’s Next for AI Governance?”, Road to the Summit

    Conference co-organised by the Global Partnership on Artifical Intelligence Policy Lab (an initiative launched by former students of Sciences Po, École normale supérieure, and École polytechnique), the Cybersecurity Association of Sciences Po, and the Centre for AI Security, at Sciences Po.

    28 January 2025: “AI & International Governance”

    Organised by the Sciences Po American Foundation and the Tech & Global Affairs Innovation Hub of Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs, online.

    15 January 2025: “New Solidarity for an AI-disrupted Economy workshop”, Road to the Summit

    Co-organised by the Global Solutions Initiative, RadicalXChange, and the Tech & Global Affairs Innovation Hub of the Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA), at the Stiftung Mercator, Berlin.

    11 December 2024:  The 6th edition of the prestigious Athens Roundtable on AI and the Rule of Law, Road to the Summit

    The Tech & Global Affairs Innovation Hub at Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs joined this event organised by The Future Society. This 6th edition was an official side-event on the way to the AI Action Summit, at the OECD.

    5 December 2024: Launch of the 2nd issue of Sciences Po magazine, Understanding Our Times

    This issue entirely focused on digital transformations was launched by Sciences Po and coordinated by the Open Institute for Digital Transformations on the theme “Is Digital Technology Democratic?”

    13 November 2024: “Electoral and political processes at risk of digital interference?”

    Conference organised by the School of Public Affairs, at Sciences Po.

    12 November 2024: “Paris Peace Forum official side event on the Road to AI Summit”, Road to the Summit

    A day of conferences organised by the Tech and Global Affairs Innovation Hub of the Paris School of International Affairs, at Sciences Po. Starting in November 2024, the Paris Peace Forum, of which Sciences Po is a founding member, established itself as a major contributor to the IA Action Summit by focusing its debates on international initiatives in favour of the well-being of citizens and the ethical use of artificial intelligence for a more inclusive society.

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  • MIL-OSI Banking: [Photo] An Inside Look at ISE 2025: Samsung Presents Color E-Paper and the Future of Commercial Displays

    Source: Samsung

    Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2025 kicked off on February 4 in Barcelona, highlighting the latest advancements in commercial display technology.
     
    Samsung Electronics welcomed guests with a striking 462” The Wall media facade at the entrance to its booth — while inside, the company showcased its energy-efficient Color E-Paper display alongside AI-powered upgrades to the SmartThings Pro platform. The supersized 115” 4K Smart Signage display captivated visitors with its immersive visuals as well.
     
    Samsung Newsroom explored the booth firsthand and captured these innovations leading the future of commercial displays.
     
    ▲ Visitors marvel at The Wall’s stunning visuals powered by MICRO LED technology.
     
    ▲ (From left) Hoon Chung, Executive Vice President; SW Yong, President and Head of Visual Display (VD) Business; and Seong Cho, Executive Vice President of Europe Office, from Samsung Electronics admire The Wall.
     
    ▲ The ultra-low power Samsung Color E-Paper boasts a slim, lightweight design.
     
    ▲ Visitors examine Samsung VXT, a comprehensive cloud-based content management solution (CMS) platform.
     
    ▲ Visitors crowd around the SmartThings Pro wall to see how the B2B management platform has expanded to include enterprise-grade IoT devices.
     
    ▲ Visitors interact with the Google Cast feature newly added to Samsung’s 2025 hotel TV lineup.
     
    ▲ SW Yong, President and Head of Visual Display (VD) Business at Samsung Electronics, tries out the 2025 Interactive Display equipped with Samsung AI Assistant.
     
    ▲ The 115” (16:9) 4K Smart Signage display boasts an ultra-large screen optimized for office spaces, retail stores and other business environments.
     
    ▲ A visitor observes the 105” (21:9) 5K Smart Signage display‘s various innovative features that make it the perfect option for video conferences.

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  • MIL-OSI: WISeSat.Space Announces New 2025 Satellite Launches with Post-Quantum-Ready Technology

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    WISeSat.Space Announces New 2025 Satellite Launches with Post-Quantum-Ready Technology

    Next launch will include SEALCOIN PoC to Enable Decentralized Satellite-IoT M2M Transactions Using Hedera DLT

    Geneva, Switzerland – February 6, 2025 – WISeKey International Holding (“WISeKey” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: WKEY; SIX: WIHN), a leading global cybersecurity, AI, and IoT company, today announced that its subsidiary, WISeSat has released the satellite launches schedule for 2025, marking a major advancement in secure satellite-based IoT communications.

    The next confirmed launch is scheduled for June 2025 with SpaceX, deploying next-generation WISeSat satellites designed with post-quantum-ready security to protect against future cyber threats, followed by another one in October and a third one in December. This launch series serves as a proof of concept, integrating WISeKey’s trusted Root of Trust with SEALSQ’s cutting-edge Post-Quantum Chips, ensuring unmatched cybersecurity resilience in an evolving digital landscape. These satellites also incorporate incremental technology derived from the SEALSQ quantum roadmap, leveraging innovations from SEALSQ’s partner and startup investment program to enhance security, performance, and efficiency.

    The WISeSat constellation continues to expand, offering real-time, ultra-secure connectivity for IoT devices across industries worldwide. In response to the escalating cyber risks posed by quantum computing advancements, WISeSat reinforces WISeKey’s commitment to pioneering a resilient cybersecurity infrastructure.

    Carlos Moreira, Founder and CEO of WISeKey, emphasized the importance of this initiative noted, “These new launches represent a major step forward in securing IoT communications for the future. By integrating SEALSQ’s Post-Quantum Chips with WISeKey’s trusted Root of Trust, we are ensuring that WISeSat remains a leader in satellite cybersecurity. Our goal is to provide a quantum-resistant, globally connected IoT ecosystem that meets the security challenges of tomorrow.”

    As the satellite IoT communications division of WISeKey, WISeSat was established to meet the growing demand for secure, real-time IoT connectivity across critical industries, including logistics, agriculture, energy, and infrastructure management. WISeSat was established as part of WISeKey’s broader strategy to provide security in the era of quantum computing. Traditional IoT networks face increasing vulnerabilities, and WISeSat addresses these risks by delivering a global, satellite-based solution that combines secure connectivity with post-quantum cryptographic protection.

    Building on the success of its prior missions, WISeKey is preparing multiple WISeSat deployments throughout 2025, which will:

    • Expand the WISeSat satellite network to increase coverage, bandwidth, and redundancy.
    • Integrate AI-driven analytics for enhanced security monitoring and real-time data processing.
    • Develop hybrid terrestrial-satellite solutions to ensure seamless, ultra-secure IoT connectivity.

    WISeSat.Space AG is at the forefront of secure IoT connectivity and climate change monitoring, leveraging advanced satellite technology to deliver cost-effective, secure global communications. The WISeSat constellation supports key applications such as environmental monitoring, disaster management, and sustainable development. By integrating satellite-generated data with advanced climate models, WISeSat plays a crucial role in improving environmental intelligence and developing strategies to combat climate change.

    As the cyber and environmental landscapes continue to evolve, initiatives like WISeSat’s IoT satellite constellation will be critical in shaping a more resilient, secure, and sustainable future. With multiple launches planned for 2025, including the next confirmed mission with SpaceX in June, WISeKey remains at the forefront of securing the IoT ecosystem through space-based technology, leading the way toward a quantum-secure digital world.

    The June launch will include a PoC that will demonstrate SEALCOIN’s groundbreaking potential to facilitate decentralized space transactions in the growing Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. Leveraging the SEALCOIN platform, the PoC will enable satellite-initiated transactions to IoT devices without human intervention. The tokens, based on Hedera Decentralized Ledger Technology (DLT), ensure secure, transparent, and tamper-proof exchanges, driving the creation of a scalable Transactional IoT (t-IoT) infrastructure.

    In June, SEALSQ will launch a Proof of Concept (PoC) showcasing SEALCOIN’s transformative potential in decentralized space transactions within the expanding Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem.

    • The PoC will enable satellite-initiated transactions with IoT devices without human intervention, establishing a seamless, autonomous data and value exchange mechanism.
    • SEALCOIN tokens, built on Hedera’s Decentralized Ledger Technology (DLT), ensure secure, transparent, and tamper-proof transactions.
    • This initiative will pave the way for a scalable Transactional IoT (t-IoT) infrastructure, enhancing efficiency and security in space-based IoT communications.

    This breakthrough aims to redefine machine-to-machine (M2M) transactions in sectors like smart cities, logistics, and remote sensing, opening new possibilities for secure, decentralized IoT applications beyond Earth.

    About WISeKey

    WISeKey International Holding Ltd (“WISeKey”, SIX: WIHN; Nasdaq: WKEY) is a global leader in cybersecurity, digital identity, and IoT solutions platform. It operates as a Swiss-based holding company through several operational subsidiaries, each dedicated to specific aspects of its technology portfolio. The subsidiaries include (i) SEALSQ Corp (Nasdaq: LAES), which focuses on semiconductors, PKI, and post-quantum technology products, (ii) WISeKey SA which specializes in RoT and PKI solutions for secure authentication and identification in IoT, Blockchain, and AI, (iii) WISeSat AG which focuses on space technology for secure satellite communication, specifically for IoT applications, (iv) WISe.ART Corp which focuses on trusted blockchain NFTs and operates the WISe.ART marketplace for secure NFT transactions, and (v) SEALCOIN AG which focuses on decentralized physical internet with DePIN technology and house the development of the SEALCOIN platform.

    Each subsidiary contributes to WISeKey’s mission of securing the internet while focusing on their respective areas of research and expertise. Their technologies seamlessly integrate into the comprehensive WISeKey platform. WISeKey secures digital identity ecosystems for individuals and objects using Blockchain, AI, and IoT technologies. With over 1.6 billion microchips deployed across various IoT sectors, WISeKey plays a vital role in securing the Internet of Everything. The company’s semiconductors generate valuable Big Data that, when analyzed with AI, enable predictive equipment failure prevention. Trusted by the OISTE/WISeKey cryptographic Root of Trust, WISeKey provides secure authentication and identification for IoT, Blockchain, and AI applications. The WISeKey Root of Trust ensures the integrity of online transactions between objects and people. For more information on WISeKey’s strategic direction and its subsidiary companies, please visit www.wisekey.com.

    Disclaimer
    This communication expressly or implicitly contains certain forward-looking statements concerning WISeKey International Holding Ltd and its business. Such statements involve certain known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which could cause the actual results, financial condition, performance or achievements of WISeKey International Holding Ltd to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. WISeKey International Holding Ltd is providing this communication as of this date and does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements contained herein as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

    This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities, and it does not constitute an offering prospectus within the meaning of the Swiss Financial Services Act (“FinSA”), the FinSa’s predecessor legislation or advertising within the meaning of the FinSA. Investors must rely on their own evaluation of WISeKey and its securities, including the merits and risks involved. Nothing contained herein is, or shall be relied on as, a promise or representation as to the future performance of WISeKey.

    Press and Investor Contacts

    WISeKey International Holding Ltd
    Company Contact: Carlos Moreira
    Chairman & CEO
    Tel: +41 22 594 3000
    info@wisekey.com     		 WISeKey Investor Relations (US) 
    The Equity Group Inc.
    Lena Cati
    Tel: +1 212 836-9611
    lcati@equityny.com

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  • MIL-OSI: LPL Financial Welcomes Jackson/Roskelley Wealth Advisors

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    SAN DIEGO, Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LPL Financial LLC announced today that financial advisors Jared Roskelley, CFP®, and Kyle Robertson, CFP®, of Jackson/Roskelley Wealth Advisors have joined LPL Financial’s broker-dealer, Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) and custodial platforms. They reported serving approximately $345 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets* and join LPL from Ameriprise.

    Based in Scottsdale, Ariz., Jackson/Roskelley Wealth Advisors was founded on the principles of integrity, insight and independence. Founder Bob Jackson started the firm in 1994, bringing Roskelley on board as a shareholder in 2006 after the two struck up a friendship during coursework for CFP® certification. Roskelley later became president and CEO, allowing Jackson to successfully transition into retirement. Robertson joined the practice in 2015 and now serves as managing director and represents the third generation of ownership for Jackson/Roskelley Wealth Advisors.

    “We offer investment strategies, financial planning and goals-based advice to help clients feel more confident about their financial future,” said Roskelley, who learned early on about the complexities of finance from his father, a tax and insurance specialist. “We focus on the comprehensive nature of financial planning to integrate investments, risk tolerance, estate planning and tax strategies into a singular, personalized plan for each client.”

    Looking to get back to their true independent roots, the advisors turned to LPL for the next chapter of their business.

    “From Day One, we’ve always valued independence and entrepreneurship,” Roskelley said. “By moving to LPL we have more control of our destiny and the power to do what’s in our clients’ best interests. We appreciate that LPL does not offer proprietary investment products, and we also believe clients will benefit from LPL’s industry-leading, integrated technology that allows them to access all their account information with a single login.”

    Staying involved in the community is a priority for both advisors. Roskelley is in the Boy Scouts of America Scoutmaster Hall of Fame (Mesa District) and previously served as director of programming for the Financial Planning Association of Greater Phoenix. Robertson is also active in his community, serving as president of his school’s parent-teacher organization and athletic committee while also coaching multiple youth sports leagues.

    Scott Posner, LPL Executive Vice President, Business Development, said, “We welcome Jared and Kyle to the LPL community. LPL is committed to delivering innovative capabilities and strategic resources that make it easier for advisors to manage their practices, accelerate their business and build long-term value with their clients. We look forward to supporting Jackson/Roskelley Wealth Advisors for years to come.”

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    Advisors, learn how LPL Financial can help take your business to the next level.

    About LPL Financial

    LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor-mediated marketplace, LPL supports more than 29,000 financial advisors and the wealth management practices of 1,200 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $1.7 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of 6 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses. For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

    Securities and advisory services offered through LPL Financial (LPL), a registered investment advisor and broker dealer, member FINRA/SIPC. LPL Financial and its affiliated companies provide financial services only from the United States. Jackson/Roskelley Wealth Advisors and LPL are separate entities.

    Throughout this communication, the terms “financial advisors” and “advisors” are used to refer to registered representatives and/or investment advisor representatives affiliated with LPL Financial.

    We routinely disclose information that may be important to shareholders in the “Investor Relations” or “Press Releases” section of our website.

    *Value approximated as reported to LPL

    Media Contact: 
    Media.relations@LPLFinancial.com 
    (704) 996-1840

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  • MIL-OSI: Internet Safety Labs Awarded $500K Grant to Advance Research into Privacy Risks and Dark Patterns in Kids’ Apps

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    SAN DIEGO, Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Internet Safety Labs, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent software product safety testing, has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Internet Society Foundation to further its critical work in enhancing the safety and privacy of children’s data. This funding will support the organization’s latest initiative, “Measuring Safety Risks in Kids’ Apps Part III: Privacy and Dark Patterns.” This is the third grant received by Internet Safety Labs (ISL) from the Internet Society (ISOC) Foundation.

    The new report will focus on advancing research and developing auditing techniques to uncover and address:

    • “Dark” or “Deceptive” user interface (UI) patterns designed to manipulate children within apps, including patterns that foster addiction.
    • Observable app security risks that threaten the safety of kids’ digital experiences.
    • Privacy risks by enhancing the existing safety labels to include more details of what data is being collected and who it’s being shared with.

    “This grant represents ongoing and strong support for our work of holding the tech industry accountable through transparency,” said Lisa LeVasseur, executive director of Internet Safety Labs. “Surgeon General Murthy highlighted last year the need to better label the innate risks in social media apps. Funds from the ISOC Foundation will allow us to provide just such a label.”

    Support from the ISOC Foundation has been instrumental in ISL’s previous accomplishments within the realm of K-12 edtech safety. This includes the 2023 launch of its App Microscope safety labels, a groundbreaking free resource designed to help people understand the potential risks of mobile apps used in schools, and the release of its “2022 K-12 Edtech Safety Benchmark – Part 1, 2, and 3.” The initial report made headlines for its findings that nearly all school apps (96%) share children’s personal information with third parties, 78% of the time with advertising or monetization entities.

    “We are proud to continue partnering with Internet Safety Labs to improve child safety and privacy online,” said Maiko Nakagaki, senior program officer at ISOC Foundation. “ISL’s efforts underscore our shared goal to ensure that the Internet is open, connected, secure and trustworthy for all.”

    Internet Safety Labs invites experts, business leaders and individuals interested in advancing standards for software product safety and ethical Internet practices to visit its website to learn more about how to work with ISL.

    About Internet Safety Labs
    Internet Safety Labs (ISL) is the world’s first independent product safety tester for digital technology. Through rigorous safety audits of websites and mobile apps, we identify and document invisible safety risks that impact millions of users. Our comprehensive open safety standards and automated testing infrastructure enable systematic evaluation of data privacy, harmful user interfaces, and policy transparency. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, we empower consumers with standardized safety labels while providing regulators and policymakers with evidence to drive meaningful industry change. We’re creating a more trustworthy digital world by establishing precedent for independent oversight and accountability. For more information, visit https://internetsafetylabs.org/.

    About The Internet Society Foundation:
    The Internet Society Foundation exists to support the positive difference the Internet can make to people everywhere. It promotes the development of the Internet as a global technical infrastructure, a resource to enrich people’s lives, and a force for good in society.

    PR Contact:
    Sherlyn Rijos-Altman
    Montner Tech PR
    srijos@montner.com

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  • MIL-OSI: ConnectWise and IT Nation Launch 2025 PitchIT Accelerator Program Fueling Startup Innovation: Applications Open Now

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — IT Nation, a global community of peers, thought leaders, and experts dedicated to elevating the IT ecosystem to new heights, today announced the launch of its PitchIT™ accelerator program, a prestigious worldwide competition dedicated to incubating growth among ConnectWise’s startup integration partners in the MSP space.

    Now in its seventh year, ConnectWise PitchIT has attracted over 150 participants, with this year’s competition set to be the largest yet. Applicants participate in a 16-week business transformation course, receiving mentorship from industry experts covering sales, marketing, branding and messaging, product security, and pitch development. Their progress is evaluated by industry-leading judges, vendors, and podcasters across various MSP communities. Three finalists are chosen and then paired with a dedicated coach to refine their pitch before presenting it live at IT Nation Connect 2025, taking place in Orlando, Florida in November.

    “At ConnectWise, we are committed to three core promises to our partners: making it easier to do business with us, investing in partner growth, and driving more innovation, faster,” said Manny Rivelo, CEO at ConnectWise. “That’s exactly what PitchIT is all about—giving companies a chance to create solutions that integrate with our platform and make our partners’ businesses more efficient, profitable, and secure. With this program, we empower our partners with tools that enhance their efficiency, profitability, and security, reinforcing our dedication to their success and ensuring we remain a partner they can grow with.”

    The PitchIT accelerator program is a testament to ConnectWise and IT Nation’s commitment to helping MSPs discover new, innovative solutions while giving vendors the tools to grow. In addition to mentorship, resources, and passes to IT Nation Connect, contestants gain access to ConnectWise’s extensive network of 45,000+ partners. With ConnectWise partnerships generating over 1 million impressions annually, contestants benefit from unmatched visibility and industry reach.

    “We’re thrilled to see the PitchIT program continue to reach new heights, with more global applicants and an increasingly competitive contest every year,” stated Sean Lardo, VP of Communities at IT Nation. “This program isn’t just about growth. It’s about innovation that truly transforms the MSP community. By working closely with participants, ConnectWise and IT Nation provide the tools, resources, and expert support they need to create game-changing solutions that allow our partners to grow. We’re proud to play a role in their journey and can’t wait to see the impact this year’s participants are bound to make!”        

    ConnectWise offers global opportunities for startups and emerging companies in the MSP industry, whether in EMEA, APAC, or the Americas. With customized regional support, access to a network of over 45,000 partners worldwide, and comprehensive empowerment and support, ConnectWise helps entrepreneurs achieve product-market fit and gain traction in their local and global markets. Additionally, the company’s global network and marketplace link businesses with potential users and new opportunities, fostering expansion and entry into untapped markets.

    “The PitchIT program and cohort were instrumental in launching ThreatMate into the Managed Service Provider market. We not only got great exposure from PitchIT events and podcasts but also hands-on coaching from the community of experienced MSP professionals PitchIT brought to bear week in and week out,” said ThreatMate CEO Anup Ghosh. “Today we are also proud to announce a $3.2M seed round led by Top Down Ventures with Runtime Ventures and Blu Ventures participating. Without a doubt, being part of the PitchIT cohort helped separate us from the pack of early-stage companies.” 

    ConnectWise actively encourages participation from every continent. There is no cost associated with applying and no cost if accepted. ConnectWise is awarding $100,000 in grant award money to the top 2 finishers ($70,000 for 1st place, $30,000 for 2nd). Interested participants can submit their applications online until April 30.

    ThreatMate is an AI-powered cybersecurity startup revolutionizing attack surface management for Managed Service Providers (MSPs). See www.threatmate.com for more information.

    To learn more about the PitchIT Accelerator Program and apply, please visit https://www.connectwise.com/theitnation/pitchit.

    About IT Nation

    The IT Nation is a vibrant and inclusive community that brings together the brightest minds from Managed Solution Providers (MSPs) and IT channel vendors worldwide. Our shared culture, rooted in the Go-Giver philosophy, enables us to harness collective wisdom for mutual growth. Our mission is to empower individuals who align with this worldview by providing purpose-built tools and success frameworks. These resources are designed to help our members define goals, create strategic plans, and execute with precision. At IT Nation, we are dedicated to cultivating an environment where innovation, education, planning, accountability, and celebration serve as the pillars of success. The IT Nation inspires excellence, collaboration fuels advancement, and shared success drives us toward our mission: Wise Together, Rise Together. Learn more at www.connectwise.com/theitnation.

    Media Contact

    Keith Giannini
    Inkhouse for ConnectWise
    connectwise@inkhouse.com

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  • MIL-OSI: UnitedLex Partners with Infinnium to Elevate Cyber Incident Response Services with Cutting-Edge Information Governance and Data Protection Tools

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    NEW YORK, Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — UnitedLex, a leading tech-enabled legal services company specializing in incident response, litigation, intellectual property, and legal operations, with decades of experience serving clients facing complex investigations related to cybersecurity incidents, today announces it has partnered with Infinnium, integrating their comprehensive Information Governance & Data Protection solution as an enhancement to the company’s Cyber Incident Response services.

    Infinnium’s purpose-built, AI-powered platform, combined with UnitedLex’s Incident Response data mining expertise, revolutionizes breach response with unmatched speed, precision, and efficiency. By eliminating error-prone handoffs and redundant data copies, UnitedLex delivers clients faster, more accurate insights—while significantly reducing costs and mitigating risks.

    “Our clients expect speed, accuracy, and security in their incident response efforts,” said Renee Meisel, CEO of UnitedLex. “The innovative AI tools that Infinnium has created, joined with UnitedLex’s optimized process workflows and top-tier professional services give our clients faster insight into their data, allowing for early assessments of matters with faster and more accurate reporting of potential timelines and budgets.”

    Infinnium’s solution integrates seamlessly into UnitedLex’s robust Cyber Incident Response framework, ensuring:

    • Accelerated Breach Reviews: Streamlined processes reduce response times, providing faster insights and outcomes.
    • Seamless Investigation Management: One unified platform eliminates redundancies and enhances data accuracy.
    • Cost-Effectiveness at Scale: Optimized workflows and automated tasks reduce operational costs while maintaining compliance and quality.

    “UnitedLex’s leadership in this space aligns perfectly with Infinnium’s proven experience in simplifying and securing data-driven processes such as data breach review,” said Doug Kaminski, Chief Revenue Officer, Infinnium. “Together, we’re delivering an unparalleled, AI-driven solution that addresses the complexities of modern data challenges.”

    Experts from UnitedLex and Infinnium will be demonstrating their Cyber Incident Response services at the NetDiligence Cyber Risk Summit from February 10-12 in Miami. For more information about how UnitedLex is helping clients respond and determine the best path forward in the early and critical timeframes of an incident, visit https://unitedlex.com/incident-response/.

    About UnitedLex
    UnitedLex is the preeminent business partner for legal delivering services that achieve value and drive growth for corporate legal departments and law firms in the areas of litigation and investigations, intellectual property, legal operations, and incident response.

    Founded in 2006, we co-create solutions that mitigate risk, drive revenue, and optimize business investment—transforming the legal function into a catalyst for success. Our team of 3,000+ legal and business professionals, data analysts, technologists, and engineers supports our clients from operational centers around the world.

    About Infinnium
    Infinnium is a pioneer in Information Governance and Data Protection, offering advanced solutions for breach response, DSAR management, and investigation workflows. Infinnium’s platform empowers organizations to navigate complex data environments with speed, accuracy, and confidence. 

    Press Inquiries:
    Susan Hammann
    Director, Strategic Communications
    press@unitedlex.com

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  • MIL-OSI: Fortinet Delivers Unmatched Security and Efficient Network Performance for the Distributed Enterprise with New Next-Gen Firewalls

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    News Summary

    SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, today announced the FortiGate 70G, FortiGate 50G, and FortiGate 30G, the latest G series next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) designed to meet the evolving technology and business demands of today’s distributed enterprises. Powered by Fortinet’s proprietary ASIC technology and the unified Fortinet operating system, FortiOS, the FortiGate G series delivers industry-leading security with unmatched performance. These features, combined with advanced networking support and FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services, reduce the risk of successful cyberattacks and allow customers to future-proof IT infrastructure while minimizing operational costs and environmental impact.

    “For nearly 25 years, we have set the standard for fortifying enterprise networks,” said Nirav Shah, Senior Vice President, Products and Solutions at Fortinet. “By completing the FortiGate G series with the latest ASIC and FortiOS innovation, we give distributed enterprises cutting-edge tools like AI-powered security services and GenAI for network and security operations centers without compromising performance or sustainability needs. Our customers trust that Fortinet will continue redefining the standard for next-generation firewalls by delivering superior security effectiveness, greater energy efficiency, and unmatched performance for years to come.”

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

    • Cutting-edge security with unmatched power efficiency: The FortiGate G series delivers superior protection without compromising performance. For example, the new FortiGate 70G delivers up to 11x higher IPsec VPN and 7x higher firewall throughput than the industry average while consuming 62x fewer watts per Gbps of IPsec VPN throughput and 42x fewer watts per Gbps of firewall throughput.
    • Faster identification, containment, and mitigation of threats: FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services provides real-time, automated threat detection and response to defend against advanced ransomware, malware, and zero-day exploits.
    • FortiAI for enhanced cybersecurity operations: FortiAI, the Fortinet generative AI assistant, helps automate tasks, provides actionable insights, and improves threat detection. FortiGate customers can use FortiAI to support incident analysis, threat remediation, and playbook creation, empowering them to streamline security processes and strengthen their cybersecurity posture.

    The power of the new FortiGate G series and FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services is showcased in the below Security Compute Rating tables, which compare the top firewalls on the market against the target performance numbers of the FortiGate 70G, FortiGate 50G, and FortiGate 30G:  

    FortiGate 70G

    Specification FortiGate
    70G    		 Security Compute Rating Competitor Average Check Point 1555 Cisco Meraki
    MX68    		 Juniper
    SRX 300    		 Palo Alto Networks
    PA-410
    Firewall (Gbps) 10.0 7x 1.5 2.0 0.7 1.9 1.4
    IPsec VPN (Gbps) 7.1 11x 0.7 1.3 0.4 0.3 0.7
    Threat Protection (Gbps) 1.3 3x 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.8
    Concurrent Sessions 1.4M 4x 376K 1M – 64K 64K
    Connections per Second 100K 10x 10K 14K – 5K 11K
    Power Efficiency FortiGate
    70G    		 Energy Savings Competitor Average Check Point 1555 Cisco Meraki
    MX68    		 Juniper
    SRX 300    		 Palo Alto Networks
    PA-410
    Max Power Consumption (Watts) 8.9 4x 35.0 17.9 79.0 24.9 18.0
    Watts/Gbps Firewall Throughput 0.9 42x 36.9 9.0 112.9 13.1 12.9
    Watts/Gbps IPsec VPN Throughput 1.3 62x 78.1 13.8 197.5 73.2 27.7


    FortiGate 50G

    Specification FortiGate
    50G    		 Security Compute Rating Competitor Average Check Point
    1535    		 Cisco Meraki
    MX67    		 Juniper
    SRX 300    		 Palo Alto Network PA-410
    Firewall (Gbps) 5.0 3x 1.5 2.0 0.7 1.9 1.4
    IPsec VPN (Gbps) 4.5 8x 0.6 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.7
    Threat Protection (Gbps) 1.1 2x 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.8
    Concurrent Sessions 720K 2x 376K 1M – 64K 64K
    Connections per Second 85K 10x 8.8K 10.5K – 5K 11K
    Power Efficiency FortiGate
    50G    		 Energy Savings Competitor Average Check Point
    1535    		 Cisco Meraki
    MX67    		 Juniper
    SRX 300    		 Palo Alto Networks
    PA-410
    Max Power Consumption (Watts) 8.9 2x 18.7 17.9 14.0 24.9 18.0
    Watts/Gbps Firewall Throughput 1.8 8x 13.7 9.0 20.0 13.1 12.9
    Watts/Gbps IPsec VPN Throughput 2.0 20x 38.6 18.5 35.0 73.2 27.7


    FortiGate 30G

    Specification FortiGate 30G Security Compute Rating Competitor Average Barracudas F12 Cisco Meraki
    Z4    		 SonicWall
    TZ270    		 Watch Guard NV5
    Firewall (Gbps) 4.0 4x 1.0 1.2 0.5 2.0 0.4
    IPsec VPN (Gbps) 3.5 10x 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.2
    Threat Protection (Gbps) 0.5 1x 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.8 –
    Concurrent Sessions 600K 2x 301K 80K – 750K 73K
    Connections per Second 30K 4x 7.5K 8K – 6K 8.5K
    Power Efficiency FortiGate 30G Energy Savings Competitor Average Barracudas F12 Cisco Meraki
    Z4    		 SonicWall
    TZ270    		 Watch Guard NV5
    Max Power Consumption (Watts) 8.2 4x 29.5 45.0 42.0 18.9 12.0
    Watts/Gbps Firewall Throughput 2.3 41x 96.6 204.5 – 25.2 60.0
    Watts/Gbps IPsec VPN Throughput 16.4 7x 120.3 195.7 140.0 25.2 –
    • Threat protection performance is measured with firewall, IPS, application control and malware protection, and logging enabled.
    • The numbers for competitive solutions are based on publicly available sources. Other vendors may have different testing methodologies.
    • All power consumption values are taken from external data sheets and hardware system guides using maximum power consumption.
    • Performance information is sourced from vendor datasheets published as of February 5, 2025.

    Building a Strong Cybersecurity Platform Starts with the Firewall
    Fortinet was founded on the principle of converging networking and security into a unified cybersecurity platform anchored by a single operating system. The Fortinet Security Fabric is the result of more than two decades of relentless focus on the company’s platform vision to provide customers with end-to-end visibility, unified management, and automated threat intelligence sharing. All FortiGate NGFWs, including the FortiGate G series, seamlessly integrate into the Fortinet Security Fabric so customers can build a secure foundation to advance their overall security measures from adopting secure access service edge (SASE) solutions to enhancing security operations with FortiAI. Fortinet empowers organizations to evolve their cybersecurity strategy, ensuring comprehensive protection and operational efficiency at every stage of their journey.

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

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

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  • MIL-OSI: WTW debuts new Insurance Pricing and Underwriting Technology to accelerate speed to market in Guidewire PolicyCenter

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    LONDON, Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WTW (NASDAQ: WTW), a leading global advisory, broking, and solutions company, today announced the latest advancement in its Radar rating and analytics engine with the launch of its Rating, Pricing, and Underwriting acceleratori for Guidewire.

    Radar, WTW’s external rating engine, is an end-to-end solution designed specifically for the insurance sector. It provides cutting-edge analytics and decision-making guidance for pricing and underwriting, deployed to the market in real time. Radar’s new Guidewire accelerator will streamline the integration of Radar with PolicyCenter, Guidewire’s policy administration system, allowing carriers to realize the benefits of Radar more quickly. The accelerator uses a highly innovative approach that draws Guidewire product definitions directly into Radar’s pricing environment, massively expediting the integration process.

    Market and customer demand for more innovative insurance solutions has increased significantly in recent years. Pricing and underwriting teams have been stretched he need to provide new products in a competitive market while balancing regulatory requirements for rating accuracy, transparency, and fairness. Radar is a proven solution that delivers success for insurers and their customers in this challenging environment.

    Gio Smyth, Managing Director and Americas Regional Leader, Insurance Consulting and Technology, WTW, commented, “WTW’s integration between Guidewire PolicyCenter and our Radar technology platform will enhance the operational efficiency of our shared clients by reducing implementation time and cost, enabling them to maximize the benefits of Radar. The addition of game-changing speed and accuracy to the pricing process makes it possible to update market pricing in minutes rather than days, weeks, or months, affording insurers a particular competitive edge.”

    Will Murphy, Vice President, Global Technology Alliances, Guidewire, said: “With the launch of the Radar Accelerator from WTW, our shared customers can now quickly leverage a valuable rating solution that enables insurers to realize quicker and more accurate underwriting and pricing performance.”

    About Radar

    Smarter insights. Better results. Delivered faster.

    Radar is a complete, end-to-end analytics and model deployment solution. It was built specifically for insurers by insurance experts and continually enhanced through ongoing investment, development, and innovation.

    Radar delivers proprietary machine learning algorithms, real-time decision-making, regulatory reporting, speed, and ease of deployment.

    Radar is part of WTW’s Insurance Consulting and Technology business, which serves the insurance industry with a powerful combination of advisory services and leading-edge technology. Its mission is to innovate and transform insurance and deliver solutions that help clients better select, finance, and manage risk and capital.

    We work with clients of all sizes globally, including most of the world’s leading insurance groups. Over 1,000 client companies use our specialist insurance software on six continents. With over 1,700 colleagues in 35 markets, we continually strive to be a partner and employer of choice to the insurance industry.

    About Insurance Consulting and Technology (ICT)

    WTW’s Insurance Consulting and Technology (ICT) business has over 1,200 colleagues operating and capital, improve business performance, and create competitive advantage – by focusing on financial and regulatory reporting, enterprise risk and capital management, M&A and corporate restructuring, products, pricing, business management, and strategy.in 35 markets worldwide. ICT is a leading provider of advice, solutions, and software – primarily to the insurance industry. Its consulting services help clients manage risk

    About WTW

    At WTW (NASDAQ: WTW), we provide data-driven, insight-led solutions in the areas of people, risk, and capital. Leveraging the global view and local expertise of our colleagues serving 140 countries and markets, we help organizations sharpen their strategy, enhance organizational resilience, motivate their workforce, and maximize performance.

    Working shoulder to shoulder with our clients, we uncover opportunities for sustainable success and provide a perspective that moves you.

    Learn more at wtwco.com.

    Media Contact

    Douglas Menelly +1 516 445 5387 | douglas.menelly@wtwco.com

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  • MIL-OSI: WeFi Launches Deobank — the World’s First Decentralized Onchain Bank

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    CHARLESTOWN, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —

    WeFi, a Web3 financial ecosystem, announces the launch of its deobank — the first Decentralized Onchain Bank aimed to remove the boundaries between physical payments and the DeFi world. Planning to draw from WeChain’s decentralized ZK Payment Engine capabilities and relying on AI-assisted simplified compliance procedures and AI agents, WeFi’s deobank is committed to channeling innovation into the financial sphere and offering banking services to everyone, including previously disadvantaged populations.

    Unlike the existing neobanks, deobanks as a new category of financial services providers will offer their clients full control over their deposited funds through non-custodial wallets. In the current unstable regulatory environment, account freezes and withdrawal limitations are increasingly becoming the norm, meaning that users frequently lose flexibility in managing their funds or access to their custodial wallets.

    WeFi’s deobank breaks with perpetuating legacy TradFi flaws, fully committed to catering to people who would like but cannot participate in the global financial system. Leaving excessively stringent account opening criteria in the past, deobanks will adapt their regulatory stance to comply where it is needed while leveraging its technology to simplify and streamline KYCs thanks to AI.

    Operating entirely on blockchain, WeFi’s deobank will bypass the outdated banking infrastructure by limiting its ties to traditional financial institutions. Removing intermediaries entirely, WeFi’s deobank creates greater security, reduced operating costs, and enhanced transparency — all while offering better flexibility to adapt to the constantly evolving global or local regulatory environment. Preserving access to fiat money on ramps and off ramps, deobanks as a vertical will mainly rely on stablecoins, making transaction confirmations fast, secure, low-cost, and border-independent.

    WeFi’s deobank plans to adapt to the increasing demands for customers’ flexibility. The modern consumer culture relies on phones, and very few people actually need a plastic card in the times when most payments can be made through Apple Pay and Google Pay.

    “This is not just a new product — it’s a new paradigm in digital banking,” comments Maksym Sakharov, Co-Founder and Group CEO at WeFi. “The rise of neobanks has transformed the way we think about opening a bank account, transferring money, dealing with cross-border payments and exchange rates. But neobanks dropped the ball way too early — and WeFi is here to pick it up. By removing an additional layer of the TradFi limitations, we will be able to make banking more convenient, accessible, and all-encompassing than ever before.”

    Discarding the low APR interest rates for traditional bank deposits and savings accounts, WeFi will offer its customers an opportunity to build meaningful wealth generation through DeFi and Web3 services. Individualized AI agents will adapt to the user’s personal risk aversion profile and preferred investment opportunities, offering advice in navigating the crypto sphere, helping execute trades, and boosting earnings. By purchasing the ITO node, contributors will be able to participate in token minting and offer their computational capacities for network validation and functioning. Shortly after its launch, the product will include options like staking, and participation in liquid pools with more variability to follow with the expansion of the WeFi ecosystem.

    The platform also plans to integrate WeFi’s native token, WFI, rewarding its users for participation in the ecosystem’s decision-making process with fee rebates, higher spending limits on cards, and more.

    About WeFi
    WeFi is the world’s first Deobank – Decentralized Onchain Bank. It leverages Blockchain Technology to simplify DeFi experience while keeping it fast, secure and efficient. On top of all the traditional financial services like virtual cards, loans and asset transfer, WeFi proposes non-custodial accounts and stablecoin earnings powered by AI Agents.

    More information can be found here: Website | X

    Contact

    WeFi
    press@wefi.co

    A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/8d029ec5-2e37-4c96-9229-dfb4ad8eb73b

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