NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Project Eleven, the company building post-quantum security infrastructure for digital assets, today announced its acquisition of Riva Labs, expanding its expertise in post-quantum signatures, wallets, MPC, and account abstraction. The acquisition also brings technology and intellectual property developed through Riva's work across Ethereum and other public blockchains, adding to Project Eleven's...
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, today announced a collaboration with Novartis Biomedical Research focused on enhancing reaction data accessibility and supporting AI-enabled research. The initiative will leverage CAS unique scientific data curation expertise and science-smart technology to give Novartis researchers integrated, searchable access to proprietary experimental reaction...
HANGZHOU, China, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As interest-based travel reshapes global mobility—with consumers increasingly traveling for concerts, exhibitions and sporting events while seeking immersive experiences and emotional value—the membership economy is evolving from "perks redemption" toward deeper user value management. Speaking at the 2026 Apsara Conference's "AI Going Global Growth Summit" in Hangzhou, Jane Zhu, Co-founder and...
HANGZHOU, China, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 22, the Hong Kong Industry Cooperation Promotion Conference & 9th Hangzhou-Hong Kong-Macao Development Exchange Conference 2026, was held in Hong Kong. Focusing on industrial collaboration and capital matching between Hangzhou and Hong Kong, the event provided a high-level platform for exchange and cooperation. The previous day, companies including those from the "New Eight Steeds of...
DUBAI, UAE, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Bybit, the New Financial Platform trusted by more than 80 million users worldwide, expanded its Perp Options offerings with six new underlying assets and announced the Wall Street Blue-Chip Options Challenge, opening up two rewards tracks for participants while they explore opportunities across the globe from Invesco QQQ to SK Hynix.Bybit Perp Options, the industry's first options contracts built on...
PARIS, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- JB Hi-Fi, Australia's leading consumer electronics retailer, and Vusion, the global leader in AI-powered digitalization solutions for physical commerce, today announce a new rollout plan to accelerate the digital transformation of JB Hi-Fi's stores. Under the agreement, JB Hi-Fi plans to deploy Vusion's digital shelf-edge technology across its stores,...
BERLIN, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- At InnoTrans 2026, the world's largest rail transport exhibition held from September 22 to 25, Huawei unveiled Intelligent RAIL 2.0, a new generation of solutions designed to provide multi-scenario intelligent solutions for the global rail industry. The launch event brought together industry organizations such as UIC (International Union of Railways) and UITP (International Association of Public...
BEIJING, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- When stumbling upon cute Mazu-themed blind boxes, people from home and abroad can easily discover that Chinese youths are reinterpreting traditional Chinese cultural heritage through their own lens.This blind box series, whose sales have already exceeded 100 million yuan, was a China-chic product co-developed by the Meizhou Mazu Ancestral Temple and a Shanghai-based cultural creative firm.Inspired by...
LEBANON, N.H., Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) released the results of its annual Global Survey on Aesthetic/Cosmetic Procedures today, showing nearly 17.9 million surgical procedures performed by plastic surgeons and 17.3 million non-surgical procedures. Over the last four years, the overall increase is 9.2%.
Labor and the coalition are duelling over why Australians now have to fork out more on their mortgages every month.
MACAO, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- To counter the emerging network security challenges posed by quantum computing, CTM has actively embraced the national quantum strategy. It is designing a quantum-secured framework to build an integrated QKD-communication network security foundation, further enhancing the end-to-end transmission security of critical data. In addition, CTM plans to roll out quantum-secured private lines for enterprise and...
CHANGZHOU, China, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Segway Powersports hosted 14 media representatives and creators from Canada, Chile, Peru, Panama, Brazil and Argentina from September 14–19 for the SEGWAY POWERSPORTS CHINA TOUR-2026 LATAM & CANADA EDITION, an immersive program connecting behind-the-scenes manufacturing insights with a full-lineup off-road riding experience.The program began at Segway Powersports' manufacturing facility in...
SYDNEY, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Coway, South Korea's leading wellness tech company, today announced a major spring allergen campaign in Australia, offering discounts of up to 44% on its National Asthma Council Australia 'Sensitive Choice' certified air purifiers during Amazon Australia's Prime Big Deal Days. To support the 2.8 million Australians living with respiratory conditions and help households breathe easier this allergen season,...
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sweden is opening The Introvert Travel Agency, designed to help travellers discover, book and recharge in Sweden—with less social pressure and more freedom to explore on their own terms. According to a recent YouGov survey, only 14% describe themselves as extroverts, while 41% identify as introverts and another 45% as a mix of both. Nearly half say they sometimes need a...
SHANGHAI, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd. ("Zoomlion") signed a US$300 million portfolio credit insurance policy and an initial US$50 million non-recourse factoring agreement at the Zoomlion 2026 Global Financial Partners Summit and Signing Ceremony in Shanghai on September 11, establishing a tiered insurance-and-financing framework for overseas installment receivables as its international...
LONDON, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A growing AI skills divide is creating a diverging workforce, with the majority of workers at risk of being left behind as access to learning and development falls – even as AI use and the pace of workplace change accelerate. PwC's 2026 Global Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey, which interviewed nearly 50,000 workers across 48 countries and regions, finds...
SINGAPORE, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- MagPro (also known as Nanjing CIPU Technology Co., Ltd.), a joint venture between CIGU Technology Corp. Ltd. and EPG Data Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., today announced AeroLev 1850, a 1.85 MW-class, 45°C-ready air-cooled, magnetic-bearing chiller platform designed for next-generation AI data centers in water-scarce, high-ambient environments.As AI computing drives greater power demand and heat...
SINGAPORE, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to rising demand for AI and high-performance computing, Castrol today launched Castrol CORE, a new end-to-end offer for its data centre thermal management business. The offer is designed to help customers manage increasingly complex cooling requirements from early-stage design through to daily operations. Castrol CORE marks a shift from...
SINGAPORE, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sumsub, the first AI-powered trust infrastructure for compliance operations at scale, today announced the launch of the Sumsub Agentic AI Council (the "Council"), an APAC-focused cross-sector forum that convenes expertise to develop practical frameworks, advance shared best practices and inform responsible agentic AI adoption.
SYDNEY, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- MRI Software today announced a targeted offer giving a select cohort of eligible CommBank and MRI Property Tree clients in Australia the chance to receive access to an expanded Pro AI bundle subscription designed to optimise day‑to‑day property management, improve productivity and support business growth. The offer is available for a limited time and at no additional cost, and remains open until 30 June...
NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Rokid ranked No. 1 worldwide in the AR and AI Glasses segment by shipment share in H1 2026, accounting for 41 percent of all products shipped within the category, according to a new report by Counterpoint Research. This finding further validates Rokid as one of the leaders in an emerging product segment. This success builds on the year-on-year sales momentum Rokid established last year, when...
MONTREAL and SYDNEY, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Coveo (TSX: CVO), the leader in AI-Relevance, today announced that Metcash, Australia's leading wholesale distributor serving the independent grocery, hardware and liquor sectors, has expanded its partnership with Coveo to bring AI-powered conversational experiences to its B2B customer communications portal.
The Reserve Bank's decision to lift the cash rate to 4.6 per cent was unanimous, but economists are divided on whether borrowers can expect more hikes.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Hassan Badrawi, CEO of OCI Global commented:"During the first half of 2026, OCI advanced the final stages of its strategic review. We completed the sale of our global ammonia distribution and terminal business to AGROFERT, handed over Beaumont New Ammonia to Woodside and monetized our entire investment in Methanex. In June, we reached agreement with...
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- HCLSoftware (NSE: HCLTECH) (BSE: HCLTECH), the software business division of HCLTech, today announced its intent to acquire Robotiq.ai, a provider of Enterprise Robotic Process Automation ("RPA") platform, based in Zagreb, Croatia. HCLSoftware is seeing growing enterprise demand for AI systems that not only reason but execute work reliably...
SINGAPORE, Sept. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- HLB Private Bank (or the "Bank") has officially announced the introduction of its flagship HLB Chief Investment Office Fund ("HLB CIO Fund" or the "Fund"), a landmark wholesale fund from HLB's Chief Investment Office ("CIO"). Conceived as the core foundation for all future portfolio construction across the Bank, the fund offers investors with direct access to premium, handpicked global assets,...
NEW YORK and NOIDA, India, Sept. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- HCLTech (NSE: HCLTECH) (BSE: HCLTECH), a leading global technology company, today released a first-of-its-kind synthetic research report "Hidden In Pl(AI)n Sight," based on a survey of 1,066 representative AI personas modeled on senior wealth management industry decision-makers across 17 global markets.
OTTAWA, ON, Sept. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Gastops, a leader in intelligent condition monitoring and predictive maintenance solutions, has been awarded a contract under the Government of Canada's Innovative Solutions Canada (ISC) Testing Stream program. Through the project, FluidSIGHT™ will be demonstrated and evaluated in collaboration with the Department of National Defence (DND) to support ongoing efforts to advance condition-based and...
SINGAPORE, Sept. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Catalist-listed Octopus (APAC) Holdings Limited's (the "Company") wholly owned subsidiary, Octopus Distribution Networks Pte. Ltd. ("ODN"), has entered into a management and licensing agreement (the "Agreement") with Cellarbration Exclusive Pte. Ltd. and Cronos Networks Pte. Ltd. (together, "Cellarbration"), which operate the Singapore alcohol retail business under the Cellarbration brand. Under the...
HUIZHOU, China, Sept. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- TCL today marked its 45th anniversary with the Inauguration Ceremony of the TCL Industrial Museum in Huizhou, the city where TCL was founded in 1981. Built on the former factory site of TCL's predecessor, TTK, the museum chronicles TCL's evolution alongside the development of China's electronics industry.
MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Australian Open has named Pongbot its Official Ball Machine. The partnership also names Pongbot Official Ball Machine Supplier of the National Tennis Academy. The multi-year agreement brings together AI-powered training technology and fan engagement at the Australian Open 2027 (AO27). It connects Pongbot with one of tennis's four Grand Slam...
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