NINGBO, China, September 23, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Geely Auto Group today introduced Geely Smart Charging, its next-generation AI-powered charging technology, bringing AI into energy management to deliver faster charging while reducing heat, increasing safety and improving long-term battery health.

At the heart of Geely Smart Charging is Xingrui PowerMind, a smart energy AI model jointly developed by Geely Auto Group and StepFun. By coordinating the vehicle, battery, charging station, cloud, grid, and energy storage system, PowerMind allows charging to move beyond conventional power delivery.

The technology debuts alongside the Fifth-Generation Geely Smart Charging Station, which delivers peak charging power up to 2,250 kW, as well as the Next-Gen Ultra Short Blade Battery.

Key Highlights

• AI powered charging enables Geely's fastest production-ready charging performance to date.
• Real-world tests saw Lynk & Co 10 and Zeekr 001 charge 10% to 70% in 4 minutes 30 seconds, and 10% to 97% in 8 minutes 40 seconds.
• AI thermal management maintains average battery temperature of 55°C and limit peak temperature to under 65°C during fast charging.  
• Industry’s first five-point liquid cooling system eliminates bottlenecks by managing heat throughout entire charging chain.
• Lithium-ion pulse restoration technology uses micro-pulse currents to reverse damage from fast charging, adding up to 20% more battery cycle life.
• Next-gen Ultra Short Blade Battery cut heat during charging by 10% while increasing peak charging rate to 6C for affordable models. 

Using AI to Manage Heat Before It Becomes a Problem

Geely’s new AI-powered charging technology uses algorithms to predict battery temperatures up to 30 seconds ahead and adjust charging power dynamically, rather than reacting only after temperatures rise.

The system is designed to keep the battery’s average charging temperature below 55°C, while limiting peak temperature to below 65°C.

It is supported by an end-to-end five-point liquid-cooling system that manages heat across the entire charging chain from the charging station energy-storage battery, charging pile, charging cable, charging port, to battery pack.

From Fast Charging to Intelligent Battery Care

Geely Auto Group is also applying AI to one of the most persistent consumer concerns around ultra-fast charging: its impact on battery longevity.

Geely Smart Charging can create a charging strategy tailored to each vehicle and battery via Xingrui PowerMind adjusting peak current, cooling intensity, and charging duration in real time.

The Group has additionally developed lithium-ion pulse restoration technology, which uses micro-pulse currents to reactivate lithium ions accumulated at the negative electrodes during repeated fast charging.

By combining AI charging management with battery restoration technology, Geely is able to increase battery cycle life by 20%.

For home charging, the Group has developed a low-rate charging strategy designed to gradually fix degradation from repeated fast charging and protect battery cells over the battery's lifecycle.

Taking Ultra-Fast Charging Beyond Raw Power

The Group's approach pairs high-power charging hardware with AI-based power management that continuously adapts to the vehicle and battery.

The fifth-generation Geely Smart Charging Station supports peak charging power of 2,250 kW and introduces an AI fast charging function that aligns charging power with the battery's real-time condition.

The Shendun Golden Battery, developed for ultra-fast charging and high performance, supports a peak charging rate of 12C.

In real-world tests, the battery used in the Lynk & Co 10 and Zeekr 001 charged from 10% to 70% in 4 minutes 30 seconds, and from 10% to 97% in 8 minutes 40 seconds — Geely's fastest production-ready charging performance to date.

Geely Auto Group also introduced the Next-Gen Ultra Short Blade Battery, focused on longevity and safety while improving charging performance. It uses Geely-developed laser-welding technology for cell tabs and covers, cutting heat during charging by 10%. Its peak charging rate rises to 6C.

About Geely Auto Group

Geely Auto Group is a leading global automotive company headquartered in Hangzhou, China. Part of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, Geely Auto Group develops and manufactures passenger vehicles under the Geely, Lynk & Co, and Zeekr brands. With a strong focus on technology innovation, electrification, and sustainable mobility, Geely Auto Group operates world-class R&D centers and manufacturing facilities across China, Europe, and key international markets. The Group is committed to delivering safe, high-quality, and intelligent vehicles enabled by advanced technologies such as hybrid powertrains, full-electric architectures, smart connectivity, and autonomous driving systems. As a global company, Geely Auto Group continues to expand its international presence through strategic partnerships, localized operations, and industry-leading platforms. Geely strives to create mobility solutions that are greener, smarter, and more accessible, driving forward the future of sustainable transportation. For more information, visit global.geely.com.

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SINGAPORE, September 23, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Most payment companies plug into someone else's rails and resell the access. Xendit, led by CEO and co-founder Moses Lo, built its own instead — its own bank connections, e-wallet integrations, and regulatory licenses, market by market, across Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, and Greater China. The company started at Y Combinator in 2015, with a rule to solve real problems instead of chasing trends, building from inside the region rather than as an outsider. That decade of infrastructure work now processes $47.3 billion a year across more than 15,200 merchants.

Global brands often assume a lighter-weight aggregator — reselling access to banks it doesn't own — is enough for a market this fragmented. Xendit's numbers say otherwise: its owned infrastructure touches 3% of Indonesia's GDP and 5% of the Philippines' GDP, a share resellers competing on price alone haven't matched.

Governments are Rebuilding the Rails

Southeast Asia's digital economy crossed roughly $300 billion by the end of 2025, backed by 600 million people and a combined GDP of $3 trillion. Governments across the region are racing to build their own real-time payment systems — a race Xendit has been pulled into, advising central banks on API design and fraud policy. Keeping pace with regulators who move market by market takes what Lo calls "the muscle": humility to treat each market as sovereign, curiosity to find unsolved problems, and doggedness to fix them for years, not quarters. That doggedness is what Indonesia took — Xendit's first and hardest market, three product pivots over twelve months to find a model that worked. That same muscle is already showing up outside the region — Xendit partners with large Latin American brands like Farmacias del Ahorro, an early signal of how transferable the approach could be globally.

“Southeast Asia is arguably the hardest possible proving ground — different currencies, regulators, payment rails, and consumer habits within a single region,” says Moses Lo, CEO and co-founder of Xendit.

Xendit Owns the Rails, Not Wrappers

Surviving a market that hard comes down to one decision, Lo says: own the infrastructure instead of renting it. Xendit draws that line between "processing" and "infrastructure" — processing touches a payment and passes it along someone else's pipes; infrastructure means owning them outright, with control over uptime, settlement speed, and pricing instead of inheriting someone else's limits. In Indonesia alone, Xendit routes payments through up to seven separate bank connections, so one failure doesn't take a transaction down with it. Native QR refunds in Thailand, for example — a feature Xendit says resellers can't offer — are a direct product of that ownership.

“We've actually gone bottoms-up and said: we're going to build our own bank connections, our own e-wallet integrations directly with them, get our own licenses, build into the central bank systems — market by market — instead of reselling or wrapping someone else's infrastructure,” says Lo.

Licensing Is the Barrier Xendit Removes

Xendit's merchant base now spans an individual seller and a licensed bank on the same infrastructure. Enterprise partners include Traveloka, which started with Xendit in Indonesia alone and now spans 180 countries, telco XL Smart, hospitality group Archipelago International (100+ hotel properties), and banks including BRI. The base has widened further, into education and "traditional corporate" sectors like insurance and utilities that need automation more than flexibility — a sign, Lo says, of infrastructure maturity, not just growth. That range is possible because Xendit holds direct bank and regulator relationships in each market — without them, it can't reach institutional-grade merchants. Licensing gets Xendit in the door, but trust keeps clients there, Lo says: Xendit often advises companies before they've even signed on, translating not just language but cultural context.

“Unlike a lot of our competitors, we're pretty open and transparent about the realities of what we can and can't do,” says Lo.

Xendit Is Built for What's Next

Real-time, account-to-account payments already outpace cards across most of Southeast Asia — QRIS, DuitNow, e-wallets lead — and Lo sees it as a preview of where global payments are heading, not a regional quirk. That ownership shows up in the details: Xendit runs one of the region's most complete QR and instant-transfer networks, including native refunds competitors still can't offer. Stablecoins are next, already used by enterprise clients moving hundreds of millions in volume — Xendit is a founding partner of the Open Transaction Layer, an industry protocol launched May 28, 2026, to standardize on-chain transaction coordination. AI is compressing a third trend: easier integrations are lowering switching costs, pushing small merchants toward running two or three PSPs instead of one. Lo weighs new rails against four questions: where end-user behavior is heading, what merchants want, where governments are moving, and what's good for the world.

About Xendit

Xendit is the financial technology platform built for businesses that move fast and scale globally. Rather than reselling access to someone else's rails, Xendit owns the infrastructure itself — bank connections, e-wallet integrations, and regulatory licenses in every market — delivering one unified solution for payments, disbursements, and financial services across Southeast Asia and beyond. That model removes the operational complexity that slows companies down, replacing fragmented local integrations with one intelligent infrastructure layer. Xendit serves businesses of all sizes, from high-growth startups to global enterprises, processing billions of dollars in transactions across Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Greater China, and Latin America, with more markets on its global expansion roadmap. For more information, visit xendit.co.

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HAMBURG, Germany, September 23, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Gaea Operations GmbH, a bootstrapped German digital infrastructure company operating across software, distribution, and online operations, today announced a transition toward a more public-facing presence following years of building proprietary technology systems.

Founded by Stefan Himmelskamp, the Hamburg-based firm has developed its infrastructure without external capital. The company’s proprietary digital distribution networks currently generate millions of organic impressions each month, supported by high-throughput monetization systems designed to maintain performance across evolving digital markets.

Unlike traditional technology firms tied to specific service categories or agency models, Gaea Operations maintains an execution-focused operating philosophy centered on measurable performance and system adaptability.

"We don't care what the category is called. We care whether it works," said Stefan Himmelskamp, founder of Gaea Operations. "Most companies don’t have a technology problem. They have an execution problem. AI is software — make it do something useful."

Gaea Operations builds systems designed to adapt as underlying online platforms, distribution channels, and software environments shift. Rather than committing to fixed toolsets, the company integrates emerging technology — including artificial intelligence — strictly based on functional utility and verified performance.

"I don’t know what the dominant technology will be in ten years. That’s the entire point," Himmelskamp added. "AI won’t be the last big shift on the internet. The infrastructure just needs to handle whatever comes."

The transition to a public-facing model enables Gaea Operations to share its operating framework with the broader digital operations sector while continuing to expand its proprietary distribution and monetization capabilities.

About Gaea Operations

Gaea Operations GmbH is a Germany-based digital infrastructure company working across software, distribution, and digital operations. The bootstrapped brand develops proprietary distribution networks and monetization systems while maintaining an adaptable approach to emerging technologies. For more information, visit gaeaoperations.com.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, September 23, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Businesses have no shortage of AI tools to choose from. The harder problem is getting those tools to understand the business they are supposed to work for.

A new ChatGPT conversation starts with limited context. A coding agent may know the repository but not the decisions made in Slack last week. An internal assistant might be connected to company documents but lack the permissions needed to distinguish what one employee should see from another.

As companies add more AI, they often end up creating more fragmented context around it.

Brain is built to solve that. It is a new AI platform that brings persistent memory, company knowledge, AI agents and governance into a single environment.

At the center of the product is a simple idea: a company should be able to build one Brain that gets more useful as the business uses it, and then make that intelligence available to both people and AI agents without giving everyone the same level of access.

That puts Brain somewhere between an AI memory layer, a company knowledge platform, and an agent operating environment.

Companies Are Already Running on It

Brain went into production at ChainGPT, ChainGPT Pad, and Normies before today's announcement, where it now serves as the shared knowledge base across every department, from engineering to finance. 

"Since we switched ChainGPT to Brain, we finally closed the knowledge gap our teams dealt with. Everyone, across every department, is always in sync and one prompt away from any information they need. No more back and forth, doc swaps, and meetings. Just one prompt," said Ilan Rakhmanov, CEO at ChainGPT.

Buyers get a system that was carrying production workloads before it ever carried a price tag.

A Brain That Compounds

Brain connects to the places where a company's knowledge already sits, starting with Google Drive and Notion, with Slack, GitHub, Box, Telegram, Confluence, Salesforce and Gmail in development. Out of those sources it builds a knowledge graph of the business: the documents, the people, the projects, and every relationship between them.

Each source added fills in another part of the picture, and every question asked sharpens what the system understands about how the company operates. Six months in, a team is working with an asset no competitor can buy or copy, because it was assembled out of their own operating history.

The economics move the same way. Loading whole documents into a context window means paying the model to re-read them on every request, so cost climbs as usage grows and accuracy drops once the window fills up. Brain retrieves the passages that answer the question. Answers come straight from the live source, and the model reads a fraction of the text to produce them, which pulls the cost of every query down. 

AI-native companies get the same memory over an API and an MCP endpoint, so a product team can ship on it in an afternoon.

Agents That Launch Already Knowing the Business

Brain builds and deploys AI agents inside the app, with the company brain behind them from the first request.

A support agent answers from documentation that is current today. Sales picks up an account with an agent that has already read the last three calls. Overnight, a research agent works through the market folder and reports what changed by the time anyone logs in. Each one runs on the same governed knowledge the humans use, which retires the context file somebody always forgets to update.

Every agent carries its own key, its own scope, and a mandate that defines what it is permitted to do. Actions that carry weight wait for a person to approve them, and an agent that needs stopping is stopped with one switch that binds on the very next request.

Enterprise buyers press hardest on this part. An agent with broad access and no mandate is a script holding production credentials, and the exposure multiplies with every one a company deploys. Brain gives each agent an identity, a limit and a record, which is what makes running twenty of them governable.

Governance That Clears Security Review

Internal AI projects die in security review far more often than they die over model quality, because nobody can prove the assistant will not surface a salary band or a sealed repository to someone who was never cleared to see it.

Brain inherits the permissions every source already carries, so a private channel stays invisible to anyone outside it and an HR folder stays invisible outside HR. Nothing is copied into a separate store and nothing is re-shared. IT keeps the access model it already maintains and spends no time rebuilding it.

Those permissions are enforced on every request, before an answer is composed. Where one section of a document is restricted, Brain holds back that section and leaves the rest usable, so nobody loses a hundred-page document over one paragraph.

Every access writes a record of who asked, which policy applied and what was withheld, with none of the content stored. An outside auditor can check that record without taking Brain's word for any of it, and that record is why Brain gets through reviews that stop general-purpose assistants at the door.

"Companies have already decided they want AI on everything they know. What stops them is that nobody can answer what happens when the model retrieves something the person asking was never cleared to see," said Jayson Burgess, CMO at Brain. "Brain is the super app for putting AI to work inside a business. Memory, agents, permissions and proof in one place, so the rollout survives contact with the compliance team."

How to Get Started

Brain is self-serve and requires no sales process. Sign up at heybrain.io, connect a source, and ask it a question. A live demo running on a demo company is available without signup at heybrain.io/demo.

Teams evaluating Brain against alternatives can find detailed comparisons against Microsoft Copilot, Glean, Notion AI, Obsidian and agent-memory frameworks at heybrain.io/compare.

About Brain

Brain is a governed, verifiable AI brain for companies. It connects the tools where company knowledge already lives, enforces each source’s permissions on every request from both people and AI agents, and records every access in a tamper-evident, content-blind ledger. Brain is built for teams whose AI rollouts are blocked in security review, including regulated industries, sensitive-data functions such as HR, finance and legal, and teams deploying autonomous agents. More at heybrain.io.

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TBILISI, Georgia, September 23, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Maqro Development has outlined the apartment delivery specifications and direct payment options for Maqro City Tbilisi, its residential project in Georgia’s capital. The offering comes with fully finished apartments with interest-free installment plans paid directly to the developer plus a previously announced opportunity to sign preliminary purchase agreements remotely.

According to the published specifications, apartments will be delivered move-in ready once the construction is complete. The planned finish includes laminate flooring, painted walls, installed heating systems, interior doors, and electrical wiring.

Kitchens will be ready for use, with fitted furniture and built-in appliances, including a cooktop, oven, and extractor hood. Bathrooms will be equipped with sanitary fixtures and accessories. These features are included in the Maqro City Tbilisi apartment specifications rather than being left for buyers to arrange as a separate renovation project.

The handover condition is applicable both to owners planning to live in the apartment long-term and buyers planning to rent out their units. For buyers based outside Georgia, it also defines the final works the developer is expected to complete before the apartment is handed over.

The developer offers direct payment installment plans with different structures. One published option allows for an initial payment of 10% of the apartment price, a further 40% during construction, and the remaining 50% at delivery. The apartment price, payment schedule, and contractual obligations are fully laid out in each buyer’s individual contract.

The company’s remote preliminary-contract process allows for overseas buyers to complete an earlier stage of the transaction without traveling to Georgia, which Maqro City Tbilisi announced as an option on July 10, 2026. Formal ownership registration, however, remains a separate stage of the purchase process and still requires presence in the country.

The project is spread across approximately 100,000 square metres at Noah Ramishvili Street #30 in Tbilisi’s Samgori district. According to the plan, once fully finished, it will have 17 buildings with approximately 4,000 apartments, alongside commercial and office space.

Planned shared infrastructure includes four swimming pools, three tennis courts, two basketball courts, running and cycling tracks, fitness areas, and a kindergarten. More than 45,000 square metres is allocated to recreational space within the development.

The first construction phase is scheduled for completion in June 2028 and the second in June 2029. The apartments are being sold during construction for future handover, rather than as homes available for immediate occupation. Completion, handover, and the parties’ obligations are governed by the relevant purchase agreement.

About Maqro Development

Maqro Development is a real estate development company operating in Georgia, with a portfolio of large-scale residential projects in Tbilisi, including Green Budapest and Green Diamond. The company is currently developing Maqro City Tbilisi, a mixed-use residential project combining apartments with recreational, commercial and office infrastructure. Maqro Development focuses on creating professionally planned residential environments designed for long-term urban living. For more information, visit maqro.ge.

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WASHINGTON, DC, September 23, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- The American Kratom Association extends its deepest condolences to the families, friends, classmates, and the entire University of Mississippi community following the tragic deaths of two Ole Miss students.

The loss of young lives is devastating, and the AKA joins the university community in mourning these students and supporting their families and loved ones during this extraordinarily difficult time.

The AKA also strongly supports the request by university and local law enforcement officials that the public avoid speculation about the causes of these deaths while the investigations, autopsies, and toxicological analyses are underway.

According to statements from Lafayette County Metro Narcotics, packaged products identified as kratom were found during both investigations. However, authorities have explicitly stated that they "do not have confirmed information indicating that kratom or any other substance was a contributing factor in either death." Authorities have also said there is currently no confirmed evidence establishing that the two deaths are connected, and the cases are being investigated separately.

"First and foremost, these are two tragic losses of young lives, and our thoughts and prayers are with their families and the entire Ole Miss community," said Mac Haddow, Senior Fellow on Public Policy for the American Kratom Association. "The responsible course at this point is precisely what law enforcement and the university have requested: allow the investigations and toxicology testing to determine the facts before conclusions are drawn about what substances, if any, contributed to these deaths."

The AKA cautions media organizations and policymakers against assuming that the presence of a package labeled or described as "kratom" establishes either ingestion or causation — or establishes what chemical constituents were actually contained in the product.

NMS Labs, the leading forensic toxicology laboratory in America, has similarly advised law enforcement agencies and medical examiners not to leap to the conclusion that natural kratom leaf contributed to or caused a death merely because kratom is identified at a scene or detected during an initial investigation. As NMS Labs has explained, the pharmacology and rapidly changing illicit-drug supply require testing beyond routine toxicology panels, which may not detect many illicit, novel, synthetic, or chemically modified substances. Accordingly, investigators should identify the specific compounds present and interpret those findings in the context of the complete autopsy and toxicology evidence before attributing causation to natural kratom leaf.

That distinction has become increasingly important because products containing concentrated or chemically manipulated 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) and other novel substances have been marketed in ways that can cause them to be confused with traditional botanical kratom products.

Federal health and law enforcement agencies have expressly recognized these distinctions. On July 1, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced temporary Schedule I action targeting concentrated and synthetic 7-OH products, describing them as an imminent threat to public safety, and separately moved to schedule three related synthetic compounds: mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, MGM-15, and MGM-16. DEA specifically stated that its 7-OH action was not intended to apply to botanical kratom products containing naturally occurring 7-OH below the specified threshold. FDA has likewise characterized concentrated 7-OH products as novel, potent opioid products while explaining that 7-OH occurs naturally only in trace amounts in kratom leaf.

"These federal actions make it more important than ever that investigators identify exactly what substances were present rather than simply applying the generic term 'kratom,'" Haddow said. "A package carrying that word does not tell investigators whether the product was traditional natural kratom leaf, a concentrated or chemically manipulated 7-OH product, a product containing pseudoindoxyl or another synthetic compound, or whether some entirely different substance was involved."

There are already unconfirmed reports circulating within the university community concerning a different synthetic opioid called cyclorphine. Those reports have not been verified by law enforcement and should not be treated as established fact. They do, however, underscore why speculation about causation is premature until comprehensive toxicological testing is completed.

The AKA urges investigators to conduct comprehensive quantitative toxicology capable of distinguishing mitragynine, 7-OH, mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, MGM-15, MGM-16, and other novel synthetic opioids or illicit substances that may be relevant to these cases.

"The public deserves to know what actually happened," Haddow said. "If a dangerous substance contributed to these deaths, it is critically important that it be accurately identified so students, parents, public health officials, law enforcement, and policymakers receive the correct warning. Misidentifying a substance does nothing to protect the public and could divert attention from the actual threat."

The AKA will cooperate fully with Mississippi officials and will make available scientific and technical expertise regarding the analytical testing necessary to distinguish natural kratom leaf constituents from chemically manipulated 7-OH and other emerging synthetic substances.

Until those investigations and toxicology results are complete, the AKA urges the media, policymakers, and the public to respect the families involved, follow the guidance of law enforcement, and avoid assigning a cause to these tragic deaths that has not been established by scientific evidence.

About American Kratom Association (AKA)

The American Kratom Association is a consumer advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the rights of Americans to safely use natural kratom products. The AKA supports federal and state enforcement actions targeting chemically manipulated 7-OH products and advocates for the Kratom Consumer Protection Act — including product testing, labeling standards, and age restrictions — in states across the country. For more information, visit americankratom.org and learn more at kratomanswers.org.

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The American Kratom Association (AKA) is a 501(c)(4) advocacy organization. This press release is provided for informational and public policy purposes only. Information contained herein reflects the policy analysis of the issuing party regarding federal administrative actions and does not constitute legal or medical advice. Statements made regarding natural kratom have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Readers should consult qualified medical professionals before using any botanical products.

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ROME, Italy, September 23, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- German nutrition brand inne presented preclinical research involving calcium supplementation combined with Kidtal®, its proprietary bamboo-derived ingredient, at the 8th Euro-Global Conference on Food Science and Technology (FAT 2026), held Sept. 14–16 in Rome.

Dr. Emily Zhou, Head of R&D for Asia Pacific at inne, delivered an oral presentation on the effects of calcium supplementation combined with Kidtal® on longitudinal bone growth in a calcium-deficient adolescent rat model. The presentation examined findings related to bone length, bone microstructure, growth plate development, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) and calcium absorption.

The underlying study was published in the peer-reviewed journal Nutrients in June 2025 under the title “Calcium Supplement Combined with Dietary Supplement Kidtal Can Promote Longitudinal Growth of Long Bone in Calcium-Deficient Adolescent Rats.”

The findings remain preclinical and should not be interpreted as evidence of growth-related benefits in humans. inne said the results will inform further research on Kidtal®, including clinical research designed to evaluate its effects in human populations.

“Children’s growth is influenced by multiple biological, nutritional and environmental factors, which makes careful, multidisciplinary research essential,” Zhou said. “Presenting this work in Rome gave us an opportunity to exchange perspectives with researchers from different scientific backgrounds. These discussions will help inform our future research, including studies that consider the dietary patterns and nutritional needs of children in different regions.”

The presentation forms part of inne’s broader research program in children’s nutrition. Originating in Germany, the brand is expanding its research across different markets, with an emphasis on developing evidence that reflects local dietary habits, lifestyles and population characteristics.

inne plans to advance clinical research on Kidtal® to evaluate its potential effects using a broader range of clinical measures, Zhou said.

About inne

inne is a German nutrition brand developing science-based nutritional solutions for people at different stages of life, with particular expertise in children’s nutrition. Supported by a global R&D network spanning Germany, China and the United States, inne develops products across healthy growth, immune health, eye and brain nutrition, women’s health, and the microbiome. The brand works with experts from multiple disciplines and emphasizes selected ingredients, modern manufacturing standards, and formulations without preservatives or artificial flavorings. For more information, visit inne-kids.de/en.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding planned clinical research and future product development, which involve inherent risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes to differ materially from those expressed or implied. The scientific findings referenced herein are based on preclinical animal models and should not be interpreted as evidence of health or growth-related benefits in human populations; statements regarding products containing Kidtal® or calcium have not been evaluated by regulatory health authorities and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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NEW YORK, NY, September 23, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Smartling, the AI-powered translation company, today announced it has been named a Leader in "The Forrester Wave™: Localization Services, Q3 2026." In Forrester’s first evaluation of localization services, Smartling was one of four Leaders among 11 providers evaluated across 27 criteria.

As AI makes translation faster and more accessible, the enterprise challenge is increasingly what happens around the model: how multilingual content is integrated, governed, measured, and scaled. Forrester’s report describes Smartling as a “language services and technology provider” and finds that it “excels at turning fragmented enterprise localization into an automated, measurable production model.”

The evaluation notes Smartling's "superior innovation" and finds that its "strongest capabilities sit at the intersection of integrated workflows across decentralized systems, quality governance, testing, model control, linguistic asset management, and AI risk management, in which it shows greater maturity than most peers." Forrester’s profile on Smartling concludes that Smartling is “a strong fit for enterprises that want an AI-forward localization platform with deep integration, automation, and governance for quality and brand.”

“AI only creates value when it is running in production across an entire enterprise, and getting there takes more than a great model. It takes deep integration, quality governance, and deeply skilled people. What differentiates Smartling is how we bring leading AI translation technology and that expertise together to deliver tremendous customer outcomes, and to us, Forrester’s evaluation recognizes exactly that combination,” said Bryan Murphy, CEO of Smartling.

More than 1,000 global brands translate billions of words annually through Smartling’s platform.

Only two of the 11 providers evaluated received above-average customer feedback, and Smartling is one of them. Forrester interviews customers as part of this evaluation, which states that: “Customers praise Smartling’s AI experts for consistently sharing their knowledge and appreciate its agentic solutions and open architecture that work in real-world, multiprovider situations.”

The recognition builds on Smartling’s momentum. In September, Smartling was named an OpenAI Select Partner and launched a plugin bringing translation into ChatGPT, and announced its acquisition by growth investment firm Vitruvian Partners, which brings additional investment behind its product roadmap, agentic localization capabilities, and global growth.

Read "The Forrester Wave: Localization Services, Q3 2026" from Forrester Research, Inc., Sept. 23, 2026.

About Smartling

Smartling is transforming how global enterprises create, manage, and scale multilingual content in the AI era. Its LanguageAI™ platform combines AI translation, workflow automation, and quality assurance infrastructure to help organizations automate multilingual content operations at enterprise scale. Trusted by leading global brands, Smartling enables companies to move faster globally while maintaining the quality, trust, and oversight required for enterprise AI translation.

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FUZHOU, China, September 23, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- ZEEKR 9X, the world’s first vehicle equipped with SEA-Super Electric Hybrid (SEP) technology, officially began its first large-scale overseas shipment to the UAE from Jiangyin Port Area of Fuzhou Port. As one of the first Chinese flagship SUVs to achieve large-scale overseas rollout, ZEEKR 9X is priced above RMB 800,000 in the UAE and close to RMB 1 million in Europe. The model is now accelerating its expansion into key markets including the Middle East, Central Asia, Europe, and Latin America.

Since its launch, ZEEKR 9X has maintained a leading position among large SUVs priced above RMB 500,000 in terms of sales performance, customer recognition, and residual value. Its successful establishment as a premium flagship SUV in China has laid a solid foundation for its global market expansion. The Mansory-customized ZEEKR 9X is priced above RMB 2.7 million overseas, making it the most expensive Chinese vehicle available in overseas markets.

According to local media reports, the Prime Minister of Qatar and members of the UAE Royal Family have experienced ZEEKR 9X during official transportation scenarios. Waymo, Alphabet’s autonomous driving technology company, has also imported ZEEKR vehicles in large volumes despite tariffs of nearly 130% in the U.S. market. Meanwhile, ZEEKR 009 has become a leading luxury MPV in multiple international markets, while ZEEKR 7X has achieved higher pricing and sales performance than Tesla Model Y in several overseas regions, earning recognition as a premium version of Tesla.

By entering high-value markets with high-value products and winning recognition from premium customers through strong product performance, ZEEKR has demonstrated a new chapter in the high-quality global expansion of Chinese automotive brands. From January to August 2026, ZEEKR ranked first among China’s premium automotive brands in overseas exports. Backed by Geely’s nearly 30 years of automotive expertise and global resources, ZEEKR has now entered more than 60 countries and regions, with nearly 800 stores worldwide. It has become the only Chinese luxury automotive brand to achieve vehicle deliveries across all five continents, further strengthening its global presence.

About ZEEKR

ZEEKR is the global luxury electric vehicle technology brand from Geely Auto Group. Utilizing advanced software-defined architectures and cutting-edge propulsion technologies, ZEEKR is dedicated to creating a fully integrated user ecosystem with innovation at its core.

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Xu Yang
zeekr.media@zeekrlife.com

NEW YORK, NY, September 23, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- NextLM announced today that its AI Prospecting Agent is now available on Google Cloud Marketplace and natively within Google Cloud Gemini Enterprise. The collaboration with Google Cloud lets customers adopt the agent through their existing accounts and apply their Google Cloud spend commitments toward it. The agent runs on a fine-tuned NVIDIA Nemotron model, trained on NVIDIA DGX Spark systems and served on NVIDIA A100 GPUs on Google Cloud.

Traditional prospecting tools sell the same static, company-level lists to everyone. The NextLM AI Prospecting Agent takes a different approach: it identifies the individual actively researching a company’s product from behavior observed across the open web as it happens, and delivers each prospect by name with the behavioral evidence that flagged them and an honest confidence score. No black boxes. Every customer gets a private model, a customer-specific NVIDIA Nemotron fine-tune, that learns only from their own won and lost deals, so its accuracy compounds for that team alone.

“Companies don’t buy, people do,” said Chris Anzalone, founder and CEO of NextLM. “Most tools hand everyone the same static list. NextLM names the actual person researching your product, shows the behavior that proves it, and is now available directly in Google Cloud Gemini Enterprise.”

Served on Google Cloud and powered by NVIDIA accelerated computing, NextLM observes 35 billion behavioral signals a day and ties them to named individuals across a data engine spanning more than 300 million companies and 370 million professional profiles. In a paper titled “Outscoring the Frontier," NextLM benchmarked its fine-tuned NVIDIA Nemotron system, Savant, against nine general-purpose frontier language models. Running on a single owned GPU, Savant scored prospects for roughly $0.003 to $0.011 per thousand scores, more than an order of magnitude below the frontier APIs on the same job, while delivering a 2.45× lift in top-decile buyer capture. Inside Gemini Enterprise, sellers invoke the agent directly or route its output into Agent Designer workflows, keeping research and outreach in one place.

“Simplifying how enterprises procure and deploy critical technologies is a core component of accelerating digital transformation,” said Dai Vu, Managing Director, Marketplace & ISV GTM Programs at Google Cloud. “By bringing NextLM’s AI prospecting agent to Google Cloud Marketplace, NextLM is providing customers with the trusted infrastructure and streamlined access needed to optimize operations and unlock real-world business value.”  

“Enterprise buyers want to discover and deploy new AI agents through the cloud platforms they already run on,” said Jen Hoskins, Global Head of Cloud & Partnerships for Startups at NVIDIA. “NextLM, an NVIDIA Inception startup, is doing exactly that by fine-tuning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning on local NVIDIA DGX Spark systems and deploying on Google Cloud and Gemini Enterprise.”

The NextLM AI Prospecting Agent is available today on Google Cloud Marketplace and in Gemini Enterprise.

About NextLM

NextLM is an AI-native, agent-to-agent framework company that trains a private AI Prospecting Agent for each customer, surfacing the people actively researching their product and backing every one with observed evidence. Built entirely on Google Cloud, powered by NVIDIA® accelerated computing, and delivered natively in Gemini™ Enterprise, it serves industries where timing and relationships decide revenue, including financial services, staffing, lending, real estate, and construction. NextLM was co-founded by Chris Anzalone and Amer Ahmad in 2025 in New York, New York. Learn more at nextlm.ai.

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Co-founder, NextLM
press@nextlm.ai
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BUCHAREST, Romania, September 23, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Super Technologies, the global entertainment technology company backed by leading institutional investors including Blackstone, has announced a strategic partnership with the Atlantic Council, joining its international community of business, government and policy leaders. Super will also become a founding partner of the Atlantic Council’s new Power of Sports Center, a groundbreaking convening and content platform that explores the role of sport in diplomacy, international cooperation, innovation and economic development.

Key highlights

• Super Technologies, an international entertainment-technology company, joins the Atlantic Council as a strategic partner, expanding its engagement with an international community of government, business and policy leaders shaping the global agenda.
• Super becomes a founding partner of the Atlantic Council’s new Power of Sports Center, taking a strategic role in shaping global initiatives focused on sport’s growing role in diplomacy, international cooperation, economic development and innovation.
• The partnership brings Super’s international scale and investment footprint into a global strategic conversation, building on its presence across two continents and its backing by leading global investors, following a €1.3 billion refinancing agreement of the company in 2025 involving Blackstone and HPS Investment Partners.

The partnership marks a new step in Super’s evolution into a global technology and entertainment company with a growing international footprint. It places Super within a global forum addressing some of the key forces shaping international relations and gives the company an opportunity to contribute its experience at the intersection of sport, technology, investment and international business.

For Super, the partnership is particularly relevant at a time of growing international competition, with sport playing an expanding role as a platform for international engagement.

 As a founding partner of the Power of Sports Center, Super will take part in shaping its agenda during its formative years. The platform will convene leaders from sport, technology, and business to examine how sport can connect communities and nations, foster dialogue, and create opportunities for innovation and sustainable growth.

Super brings a strong track record of investment in sport across Central and Eastern Europe and Brazil, alongside the work of the Super Foundation in chess, inclusive sport and youth athlete development. That experience has shown how sport transcends borders, connecting businesses, communities and institutions.

“Sport is one of the few truly universal languages in the world. Our partnership with the Atlantic Council gives Super the opportunity to contribute to a broader international conversation about how sport can support dialogue, cooperation and development.

As a founding partner of the Power of Sports Center, we aim to bring our experience across sport, technology, investment and international markets to initiatives that can create meaningful and lasting impact. We are proud to join the Atlantic Council’s global community and to contribute to a platform that recognizes the strategic role sport can play in bringing people, institutions and countries closer together,” said Sacha Dragic, founder and CEO of Super Technologies.

“We are delighted to welcome Super Technologies into the Atlantic Council’s global community and to have the company join our Power of Sports Center as a founding partner. Sport is more than entertainment: it influences geopolitics, investment, technology, and global culture, bringing people together across national boundaries. Super’s international footprint and investment in sport make it a valuable partner as we explore how sport can contribute to diplomacy, innovation, economic development and international cooperation,” added Frederick Kempe, President and CEO of the Atlantic Council.

A global business with international reach

Super’s long-term growth has been supported by leading global investors. In 2019, Blackstone made a €175 million strategic minority investment in the company, supporting its international expansion and transformation into a global technology organization.

In 2025, Super completed a €1.3 billion refinancing, further strengthening its financial position and reinforcing its relationship with Blackstone and HPS Investment Partners, part of BlackRock, while providing additional capacity to accelerate the company’s international expansion.

Today, Super has commercial operations across Brazil, Belgium, Greece, Poland, Romania and Serbia, alongside technology hubs in Spain, the Netherlands, Croatia, Romania, the United Kingdom and Brazil. The company operates across multiple geographies in Europe and Latin America, combining entertainment, technology and sports expertise, while engaging with millions of customers worldwide.

Its international scale also gives Super a broader role to play in the markets in which it operates, not only as an employer and investor, but as a company able to contribute expertise, capital and international perspective to conversations around economic growth and strategic partnerships.

Through its partnership with the Atlantic Council, Super aims to build on this position by engaging with governments, public institutions, business leaders and other stakeholders around the broader role of sport in economic growth, international engagement, resilience and positive societal impact.

The Power of Sports Center provides a global setting for that engagement, allowing Super to contribute to discussions that extend beyond its traditional industry and to demonstrate the relevance of its international scale, investment capacity and market expertise to broader strategic priorities.

About Super Technologies

Super Technologies, simply known as Super, is a global technology company building the future of entertainment and fan-centric experiences. Founded in 2008, the company has evolved from a sports betting and gaming operator into a diversified technology and product organization, engaging with millions of customers across Europe and Latin America. The company employs more than 5,300 people, including over 1,300 technology and product development specialists, operating across six markets and continuing to expand through investment and acquisitions.

Super is committed to high standards of compliance, safety, and responsibility. The company is a board member of the European Gaming & Betting Association (EGBA) and a member of the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA).

For more information, visit www.super.xyz.

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Răzvan Roșu
Group External Communications Manager, Super Technologies
razvan.rosu@super.xyz

SANTA CLARA, CA, September 22, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- PhantaField has announced an architecture for AI processors that places layers of memory directly interlaced in the circuits that use their data, an approach intended to reduce the distance information travels within the processor, and also stack compute along with memory. The company’s Sophon architecture, introduced in June 2026, combines atomically thin semiconductor materials with vertically stacked logic and memory. The architecture addresses a data movement constraint in AI processing, where computing capacity can depend on the ability to supply processors with data at sufficient speed.

“We enable a whole new way to design the chip by 3D monolithic integration of logic and memory,” says Dr. Xuejun Sheldon Xie, PhantaField’s founder and CEO. The architecture uses two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides, or 2D TMDs, as semiconductor materials. Their active layers can be only a few atoms thick, grown under low temperature, allowing additional material layers to be incorporated above existing circuitry.

PhantaField is developing deposition equipment that uses plasma and photons to grow the materials at temperatures intended to preserve circuitry beneath them. The approach is designed to support the construction of additional computing and memory layers above an existing silicon base.

PhantaField’s modeling indicates that the proposed architecture may increase the rate at which model weights are supplied to computing circuits by 100X compared with the HBM-based reference configuration used in its analysis. The findings remain theoretical at this stage and do not yet establish how the architecture would perform in hardware or how it would compare with existing memory and packaging technologies in practical applications.

Another key property is radiation hardness. 2D TMD materials are natively radiation-hard, thus increasing the lifespan in space AI data centers. The 2T0C memory architecture is more tolerant to radiation-induced bit flips than 1T1C memory used in HBM. Given the high-density thin stack of compute and no conductive substrate under their thin-film 2D TMD transistor structure, radiation-induced secondary electrons will have less chance of damaging the chip and affecting the data. 

The projected performance remains subject to hardware validation. PhantaField’s Sophon white paper describes simulations and calculations while identifying further work involving device calibration, thermal analysis, and manufacturing qualification.

Hardware testing will determine whether the architecture can deliver the modeled performance under operating conditions and whether the manufacturing process can produce the structures consistently.

The manufacturing process is therefore part of the development effort alongside the chip architecture. The proposed materials would need to be deposited uniformly and integrated with existing circuitry across repeated production runs before the approach could support commercial processor manufacturing.

PhantaField has stated a roadmap targeting product availability in 2028, with prototype validation expected to precede commercialization.

The company has also identified thePantheon.ai as a project associated with the Sophon processor. The development of the processor and its data center could be incorporated into that project and other computing applications.

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Xuejun Sheldon Xie
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LONDON, United Kingdom, September 22, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Viaro Energy, an independent British energy group, has built a portfolio of working interests in more than 60 fields across the UK and Dutch sectors of the North Sea, expanding through a series of acquisitions while maintaining what the company describes as a debt-free balance sheet.

The company's North Sea position has been assembled over several years through targeted deals rather than organic exploration alone. Its 2020 acquisition of RockRose Energy, valued at £247 million, gave Viaro an established production portfolio along with a technical and commercial team that has underpinned subsequent growth. The company went on to add Dutch interests through Hague and London Oil, UK gas assets acquired from SSE, holdings west of Shetland from Spark Exploration, and a farm-in agreement with Hartshead Resources covering acreage in the Southern North Sea.

The resulting portfolio is weighted heavily toward natural gas, which accounts for more than 75% of Viaro's output. Annual production has reached as much as 25,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, and at its peak the company's share of UK joint-venture fields has represented up to 9% of gross UK gas production, according to the company.

Francesco Mazzagatti, founder and chief executive of Viaro Energy, said the acquisition strategy has been paired with a deliberate approach to financing.

"At Viaro, we maintain a balance between investments in mature producing assets that generate quick returns and development opportunities, which are more volatile but equally necessary for increasing the local energy supply," Mazzagatti said. "Such an approach has thus far allowed us to maintain a healthy, debt-free balance sheet and continuously pursue our growth strategy despite the associated market challenges."

The company's expansion comes as North Sea operators face pressure from declining reserves in some legacy fields, alongside political and regulatory debate in the UK over the pace of the energy transition and the future of domestic oil and gas production. Mazzagatti has argued that continued domestic production and investment in lower-carbon technologies are not mutually exclusive, and has said that reducing UK output before alternative energy sources are ready could shift both emissions and economic activity elsewhere rather than reduce them.

Viaro has also signalled interest in technologies beyond conventional oil and gas. In 2024, the company signed a memorandum of understanding with US-based Terrestrial Energy to examine the potential deployment of Integral Molten Salt Reactor technology in the UK. The initial phase of that work involves assessing siting, regulatory, economic and policy considerations to identify possible locations and commercial applications, which the company has said could include supplying power and industrial heat to facilities such as data centers. A final investment decision on the project, subject to further assessments and milestones, could come around 2030.

Earlier this year, Viaro named Graham Taylor as chief operating officer, adding what the company described as technical and commercial expertise to its leadership team as it pursues further opportunities in the UK and internationally.

Across its existing asset base, Viaro said it works with joint-venture partners to review environmental performance and identify measures to reduce the carbon intensity of production, alongside its broader technology strategy.

Mazzagatti said the company's approach reflects an attempt to balance near-term energy needs with longer-term shifts in the energy system.

"Our strategy combines what can be achieved today with the technologies that could reshape the energy market tomorrow," he said. "Energy security and decarbonisation should reinforce one another. The real test is whether a technology can be reliable, commercially viable and deployed at industrial scale."

The North Sea has been a focus of consolidation activity in recent years, as companies weigh the economics of mature basins against regulatory changes affecting UK oil and gas taxation and licensing. Viaro's growth through acquisition places it among a group of independent operators that have expanded their positions in the region even as some larger companies have scaled back or divested North Sea assets.

The company's current focus, according to Mazzagatti, includes continued development of its existing fields alongside evaluation of longer-term projects such as the proposed nuclear technology assessment with Terrestrial Energy. He said infrastructure, workforce skills and investment capacity built up over decades of North Sea operations will be relevant to whatever technologies come to underpin the UK's future energy system.

About Viaro Energy

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy group with a significant presence in the UK Continental Shelf and the Dutch North Sea. The company focuses on acquiring and developing assets to support energy security and the transition to lower-carbon solutions, and holds working interests in more than 60 fields across both regions. For more information, visit viaro.co.uk.

Disclaimer

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including statements regarding Viaro Energy’s asset portfolio, operational strategy, financial positioning, and future production or growth objectives. Forward-looking statements are based on current management expectations and estimates, which involve inherent risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. References to debt-free structures or operational financing reflect management assessments as of the date hereof. This release is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a recommendation regarding any securities or financial instruments in any jurisdiction. Neither Viaro Energy nor its affiliates assume any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, September 22, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Captain Compliance, the South Florida privacy automation leader, today announced the official launch and subscription availability of Captain Compliance Patrol, a revolutionary AI-powered privacy risk scanner and continuous monitoring platform. Patrol delivers granular, evidence-backed detection of dark patterns, asymmetric consent flows, pre-consent tracking, Global Privacy Control (GPC) failures, and multi-state compliance gaps — directly addressing the explosive surge in digital Wiretapping Claims, California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), and state privacy lawsuits.

This launch comes as wiretapping lawsuits and CIPA claims have transformed from niche threats into a full-scale litigation industry. Filings exploded from just over 200 in 2023 to nearly 4,000 in 2024, with projections remaining elevated in 2026 with over 4,000 of these requests being sent out a month now. 

High-profile settlements underscore the stakes: Aspen Dental paid out $18.7 million in a pixel-tracking class action, while other cases (including Kaiser Permanente at $46 million) show how routine website technologies can trigger massive exposure.

At this year’s IAPP Global Privacy Summit, CalPrivacy regulators signaled deep concern about the continued use of the Meta Pixel and similar tracking technologies, saying they view the practice as a significant privacy risk and one member even saying when Richart Ruddie asked about their viewpoint on it that they found it “disgusting”. Their comments reinforced the growing regulatory pressure on businesses that rely on ad-tech tools, and underscored why privacy litigation around tracking pixels, session replay software, and other third-party scripts is likely to remain active especially as judges find both for and against defendants in these cases.

Plaintiffs’ firms have supercharged this wave with legal tech and AI. Sophisticated tools now scan thousands of sites for dark patterns and tracking scripts in minutes, generating templated demand letters at industrial scale. Capital is flowing to this offensive ecosystem, including Fort Lauderdale-based The LegalTech Fund, which has deployed more than $138 million across funds to back AI platforms some that accelerate discovery, demand generation, and litigation. Businesses are left reacting — until now.

Captain Compliance Patrol software flips the script. It is the most advanced practitioner-side privacy risk scanner on the market, purpose-built to give compliance teams, cyber insurers, and law firms better visibility that plaintiffs’ tools enjoy — before a demand letter arrives and has har file exports and audits to protect against data privacy violations and claims. 

How Patrol Works: Deep, Actionable Intelligence

Patrol performs automated, high-fidelity scans that capture real user journeys, banner states, cookie and tracker behavior, and consent flows. Key capabilities include:

• Dark pattern detection: Flags asymmetric consent paths (one-click accept vs. multi-step reject), missing or non-visible reject/decline options, and other designs that undermine meaningful choice under CCPA/CPRA §1798.135, Colorado CPA, and 18+ other state laws.
• Pre-consent tracking and third-party cookies: Identifies trackers and cookies firing before consent (a core CIPA, GDPR, and wiretap risk vector).
• GPC and signal compliance: Tests whether Global Privacy Control signals are honored and whether advertising/analytics are properly reduced.
• IAB framework and consent string analysis: Checks for TCF v2, GPP, Google Consent Mode, and proper vendor signaling.
• Multi-jurisdiction mapping: Scores findings against 20+ U.S. state privacy regimes (CCPA, CPA, CTDPA, VCDPA, etc.), delivering “Direct,” “Adjacent,” or “No findings” verdicts tied to specific statutes.
• Forensic-grade reporting: Includes verdict (e.g., “Mixed Compliance Posture”), quantitative metrics (banner load time, cookies set, trackers pre-consent, findings count), SHA-256 integrity hash, 7+ screenshots of banner states (pre-consent, post-accept, post-reject, highlighted elements), and full HAR archives.

A recent Patrol scan, for example, returned a “Mixed Compliance Posture” verdict on a site with a cookie banner that showed an accept option in 0.1 seconds but lacked equally prominent reject paths. It flagged strong dark-pattern violations (asymmetric consent and no visible reject), 13 total cookies (8 third-party), 4 pre-consent trackers, and mapped issues to CCPA, GDPR, PIPEDA, and parallel U.S. state provisions — while noting the site properly honored GPC in testing. The report provided literal evidence links, statute citations, and visual proof ready for legal or insurance review.

Patrol’s methodology is explicitly designed to support — not replace — legal review. It acknowledges beta-stage nuances (non-standard markup, non-deterministic scripts) and treats inconclusive results as evidence gaps to be verified against raw scan data.

Complements and Supercharges the Captain Compliance Stack

Patrol is the missing proactive layer that makes Captain Compliance’s existing all-in-one privacy automation platform even more powerful. The core platform already delivers best in class:

• Intelligent cookie consent management with pre-consent pixel and script blocking
• Automated Data Subject Request (DSAR) and DROP Act workflows
• Dynamic, adaptive privacy notices and cookie transparency/trust centers
• Risk assessments, compliance reporting, and litigation-guarantee options
• Seamless integrations with WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, WooCommerce, and Google CMP ecosystems

Patrol feeds directly into this ecosystem. Scan results highlight exact vulnerabilities that the platform’s automation can then remediate — turning detection into instant action. Together, they form a complete defensive shield: continuous visibility + automated fixes + workflow orchestration.

A Must-Have for Cyber Insurers and Law Firms

Patrol is already proving to be a powerful draw for cyber insurance underwriters and privacy law firms. Insurers use it for real-time risk scoring, underwriting accuracy, and post-policy monitoring — helping price policies more precisely and reduce claims exposure from privacy violations. Law firms deploy it for client compliance audits, pre-litigation assessments, ongoing monitoring programs, and defense preparation (knowing a client’s exact posture before plaintiffs do).

“Businesses are drowning in automated claims tied to everyday marketing tools,” said Richart Ruddie, founder of Captain Compliance. “In my earlier career protecting individuals’ digital footprints through a Reputation Management Company — and building Silicon Valley’s first consumer-grade 3D-printed eyewear company, Protos Eyewear, which caught the attention of Luxottica — I saw how small compliance gaps could explode into reputational and financial disasters. Today the mission has evolved: we’re arming businesses with the same sophisticated tools plaintiffs’ firms use, but on the defensive side.”

“Patrol is the best thing to hit the privacy world in years," continued Ruddie continued. "It gives companies, insurers, and law firms the proactive intelligence they’ve been missing. We’re making it available immediately on a subscription model with 1,500 scans per month so teams can integrate it right away — whether they’re protecting a single site or managing portfolios for clients and insureds.”

This launch follows Captain Compliance’s rapid momentum: the company has doubled in size over a couple of months while being the only domestic privacy software company that’s bootstrapped from Ruddie’s prior successful exits. 

“We built this software as an answer to the skyrocketing issue that we were able to spot as businesses came to us with their issues of drowning in claims tied to everyday marketing tools and having non-working cookie compliance tools that we’ve been able to replace with ours along with our scanning tools,” said Ruddie. “In my earlier work, before I had my previous exit my focus was on protecting individuals and their personal data privacy. Today, that mission has changed to helping businesses, from Fortune 500 companies to fast-growing e-commerce brands, reduce compliance and web tracking risk while ensuring they are able to stay ahead of evolving privacy claims. Our goal is to make robust data protection accessible, practical, and backed by top-tier customer service.”

The Defensive Infrastructure for an AI-Driven, Privacy-First World

As regulators intensify scrutiny, plaintiffs’ firms industrialize their operations with AI, and privacy expectations evolve quarterly, Captain Compliance Patrol delivers the visibility layer every organization needs. It transforms compliance from reactive firefighting into strategic advantage — reducing litigation risk, preserving customer trust, and turning privacy posture into a competitive moat.

“We’re not just building software,” Ruddie added. “We’re building the defensive infrastructure every business, insurer, and law firm will need in an AI-driven, privacy-first world. Patrol is the sharpest tool yet in that arsenal.”

Captain Compliance Patrol is now available and interested parties can go visit captaincompliance.com to request a demo.

About Captain Compliance

Captain Compliance is the leading privacy automation platform helping organizations of all sizes navigate complex global and U.S. state privacy regulations. Its all-in-one corporate solution combines intelligent consent management, pre-consent pixel and script blocking, automated DSAR (Data Subject Access Request) and data deletion workflows, dynamic privacy notices, automated risk scanning via its proprietary Patrol technology, compliance reporting, and robust litigation-backed compliance guarantees. Founded by serial entrepreneur Richart Ruddie, Captain Compliance is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with regional offices in Detroit, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, Latin America, and Montreal. The platform is trusted by global enterprises, growth-stage brands, cyber insurers, and privacy law firms. For more information, visit captaincompliance.com.

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NYON, Switzerland, September 22, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- More than 40 vaccine manufacturers from 17 developing countries, nine of them from China, gathered in Beijing for the 27th Annual General Meeting of the Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers Network (DCVMN), as the industry looks for new approaches to how vaccines are financed, developed, produced and delivered, on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, Beijing time.

The three-day meeting at the China World Hotel, co-hosted by DCVMN together with BJFPI, Sinovac, BioKangtai and Zhifei, runs under the theme "Transforming Innovation into immunisation." Manufacturers are joined by international organisations including the World Health Organization, UNICEF, Gavi and CEPI, as well as regulators and financial institutions.

The program covers regional production, financing and regulatory cooperation, including World Health Organization prequalification, alongside sessions on the use of artificial intelligence in research, manufacturing and supply chains, and on building public confidence in vaccination.

Linking global vaccine industry through DCVMN meeting

DCVMN Chief Executive Officer Rajinder Kumar Suri said the annual meeting is designed as the place where manufacturers can build relationships with international institutions, funders and industry partners.

"DCVMN Annual General Meeting has always been a fertile ground for partnerships, and it is here, year on year, that new collaborations blossom and lasting relationships are formed," Suri said. "In Beijing, we are moving beyond the familiar to explore genuinely new approaches to how vaccines are financed, developed, produced and delivered, and to ensure that the voice of manufacturers in developing countries help shape the future of immunisation."

The exchange runs in both directions, according to the network's written statement for the meeting. Manufacturers from developing countries set out their perspectives in candid sessions, while international organisations and national institutions help clarify requirements, address challenges and highlight the opportunities open to manufacturers.

Beyond the annual gathering, the network said its year-round work rests on three pillars: advocating for developing-country manufacturers in international fora, convening the wider vaccine community, and training the people behind the vaccines. Its programs cover technology transfer, quality by design and manufacturing sciences, delivered through workshops, specialized working groups, an e-learning platform and virtual reality, in collaboration with partners including Africa CDC and the International Vaccine Institute.

Beijing outlines support for research and cooperation

China's disease control experience provided one reference point for the discussions. An official from the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration told the opening ceremony that vaccine production is only the first step towards reducing the burden of infectious diseases, and that innovation must translate into broad, well-regulated vaccination services that respond to disease prevention needs.

China has maintained polio-free status, eliminated neonatal tetanus and been certified malaria-free by the WHO, the official said, noting that nine Chinese vaccines have obtained WHO prequalification and entered international procurement and supply systems. China's self-developed EV71 inactivated vaccine, the first of its kind globally, has been approved in several Southeast Asian countries to support the prevention of hand, foot and mouth disease. The country has built a relatively complete vaccine production system with large-scale supply capacity. A number of Chinese vaccine companies actively participate in international vaccine supply, and Chinese-produced vaccines serve disease prevention and control across Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Yin Weidong, chairman of Sinovac Group, one of the co-hosts, said the industry's capabilities have long supported the disease prevention needs of China's 1.4 billion people. "Chinese vaccines are no longer simply participants in the global vaccine supply," he said. "They are becoming an increasingly important force in global infectious-disease prevention and control."

Beijing officials also outlined the city's support for vaccine research and industry development, including joint research, manufacturing cooperation and the sharing of expertise with partner countries, with vaccines and biomedicine a stated priority of the city's high-end industrial development.

The Chinese capital brings together universities, research institutes, medical institutions and biopharmaceutical companies, with industrial clusters such as the Daxing biomedical industry base supporting the translation of research into products and manufacturing capacity. A dedicated session on Beijing's biopharmaceutical ecosystem and vaccine industry development forms part of the program, connecting these resources with disease prevention priorities and opportunities for international cooperation.

About Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers Network (DCVMN)

Founded in 2000, the Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers Network (DCVMN) is a voluntary, public health-oriented, non-profit international organisation of vaccine manufacturers from developing countries, with its international secretariat based in Switzerland. Spanning 17 countries, the network brings together more than 40 manufacturers who contribute more than 60% of global vaccine production and supply vaccines to over 170 countries. DCVMN members have met up to 70% of the vaccine demand of Africa, PAHO and Gavi 5.0. Guided by its motto "We connect to protect," DCVMN promotes the sustained supply of and equitable access to quality, affordable vaccines through capacity building, professional training and technical exchanges. For more information, visit dcvmn.org.

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NEW YORK, NY, September 22, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Mirage today announced Tesseract, a video creative suite built for AI agents. Powered by the native video engine behind Captions, Tesseract lets users direct a video production through the agent they already use.

“Think of Tesseract as Premiere and After Effects, rebuilt for agents,” said Gaurav Misra, co-founder and CEO of Mirage. “We’re giving creators the power to make professional video simply by describing what they want, right where they already work, without paying for another editing subscription or learning a complicated new tool.”

To make this possible, Tesseract gives agents direct access to a creative engine built around video layers, compositions, keyframes, masks, adjustment layers, timing, and sound. Agents work directly with these video concepts rather than clicking through an editor’s interface or constructing video through HTML or React. This native approach helps agents create fluid, layered motion design that feels crafted for video, rather than adapted from a web page.

Using Tesseract, agents can turn user-supplied footage, images, brand assets, and audio into finished videos and create original motion graphics. Projects can range from product-launch films and social ads to animated typography, diagrams, and footage with graphic overlays.

The process starts with users providing their creative direction and any assets. Their agent then builds a project and refines the work through feedback, all without moving between separate editing, motion, and audio applications. Because the project remains editable throughout, users can ask their agent to rework an entire sequence or direct a specific change, such as adjusting a keyframe, changing a title’s timing, or rebalancing the music. Agents can save the project, export the finished video, and reopen it for future revisions.

This entire workflow runs on Tesseract’s free local engine, including previewing, rendering, and export. No Captions account, API key, or Captions credits are required. Users remain responsible for their chosen agent’s subscription or model-usage costs.

To get started, users or their agents can follow the installation instructions on GitHub to install the Tesseract skills for video editing and motion graphics and set up the local engine. Tesseract requires a compatible agent environment that can access local files and execute local tools.

Learn more at mirage.app/tesseract.

About Mirage

Mirage builds AI-native creative tools that make it possible for one person to direct an entire creative production. Its products include Captions and Tesseract. The company is headquartered in New York City, recognized by Forbes AI 50, and backed by leading investors including General Catalyst, Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, HubSpot Ventures, and Adobe Ventures. For more information, visit mirage.app.

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WEST PALM BEACH, FL, September 22, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- ProviderNow, an AI-powered healthcare access platform available in all 50 states, is giving individuals and organizations a simpler way to find and access affordable everyday healthcare. Through a $0 membership, the platform brings urgent primary care, mental health support, wellness services, pharmacy savings and health resources together through one digital experience, with transparent pricing and no insurance required. Members can understand their options, see prices upfront and choose the services that fit their healthcare needs, preferences and budgets, whether they use ProviderNow alongside insurance or independently.

Everyday healthcare remains difficult to navigate. Services are fragmented across providers and platforms, prices are often unclear, and people frequently receive care without knowing what it will cost. These challenges affect insured and uninsured people alike, including those facing high deductibles, significant out-of-pocket costs or services their plans do not cover.

The scale of the challenge is significant. 36% of U.S. adults report skipping or postponing needed healthcare because of cost, according to KFF. Since enhanced ACA premium tax credits expired, active Marketplace enrollment has fallen by nearly 3 million people and average premium payments after tax credits have risen 58%, according to a KFF analysis. The Congressional Budget Office projects that Medicaid and Marketplace eligibility changes, combined with the expiration of enhanced subsidies, will increase the uninsured population by more than 14 million by 2034.

ProviderNow is led by CEO Christopher Aguwa, a nationally recognized healthcare executive whose career has focused on expanding access, advancing health equity and building more consumer-centered models of care. Through leadership roles spanning health plans, provider organizations, value-based care, fintech and healthcare technology, Aguwa has seen how fragmentation, financial barriers and complexity prevent people from receiving the care they need.

Throughout his career, Aguwa has worked to connect healthcare strategy with the needs and experiences of consumers, employers, providers, health plans and communities. His work has earned widespread recognition across the healthcare industry, with notable coverage and accolades from Crain’s, Becker’s Healthcare and Modern Healthcare, as well as recognition from other prominent industry and business outlets and academic institutions, including Harvard Business School and Oxford University.

“Accessing healthcare services can be confusing and financially unpredictable,” said Christopher Aguwa, CEO of ProviderNow. “I have experienced that complexity personally and seen how it affects people and communities across the country, particularly those with the fewest resources to navigate it. ProviderNow was built to give all of us a simpler, more transparent and affordable path to everyday care.”

ProviderNow members also receive access to Pauli AI, the platform’s healthcare guide. Pauli helps members navigate ProviderNow, understand available services and resources, and determine the next steps for accessing care through the platform.

For organizations, ProviderNow offers a flexible way to expand affordable healthcare access across the populations they serve. Employers, unions, benefit funds, community organizations, brokers, health plans and other organizations can make ProviderNow available as a voluntary benefit, subsidize specific services or fully sponsor access without replacing existing benefits or requiring technical integration. This model accommodates different needs and budgets with limited administrative burden.

“ProviderNow is designed to serve individuals directly while giving organizations a flexible way to expand healthcare access across the populations they support,” Aguwa said. “Our technology orchestrates the complexity behind a simple consumer experience, connecting healthcare needs with the appropriate services, providers and payment pathways through a single, scalable infrastructure.”

About ProviderNow

ProviderNow is an AI-powered healthcare access platform that helps individuals and organizations find and access affordable everyday healthcare services through a simpler digital experience. Members receive a no-cost membership with transparent cash-pay pricing and no insurance required. ProviderNow can be used independently or alongside existing insurance and benefits. Employers, unions, benefit funds, community organizations, brokers, health plans and other organizations can make ProviderNow available or subsidize access for the populations they serve. To learn more about ProviderNow’s affordable healthcare services, visit ProviderNow.org. Download the ProviderNow app from the Apple App Store or Google Play, and follow on Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, LinkedIn, and YouTube. 

Disclaimer

ProviderNow is a digital healthcare access platform and is not a licensed health insurance carrier, health maintenance organization (HMO), or insurance policy, nor do its offerings meet ACA minimum essential coverage requirements. ProviderNow is not a medical provider and does not directly deliver medical, mental health, or pharmacy services; all clinical consultations and care accessible through the platform are provided by independent, licensed healthcare professionals. Pauli AI is an automated navigation tool designed solely to help users locate platform features and available resources, and it does not provide medical advice, clinical triage, diagnosis, or treatment recommendations. Information provided through the platform or Pauli AI should never replace professional medical judgment or be relied upon during a emergency.

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Candice Mackel
ProviderNow
cmackel@providernow.org

DUD, Marshall Islands, September 22, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Kamui Finance today announced bringing its first three real-world asset (RWA) vaults live onchain along with its operational infrastructure. The vaults give professional and sophisticated investors different levels of exposure to tokenized real-world assets with every position visible onchain, and offer platforms, such as fintechs, neobanks, wallet providers, and market venues, a single, fully integrated turnkey solution that eliminates operational burden by handling issuer onboarding, fund flows, technical connectivity, NAV calculation, settlement, and reporting through a unified operating layer.

The last two years moved RWAs onto public blockchains at scale. What did not move with them was a common way to reach them. Every issuer and tokenization platform sets its own onboarding requirements, fund flows, technical connectivity, settlement process, and operational cadence, so a platform that wants to offer more than one asset has to build and maintain a separate operational relationship for each one, then run subscription, redemption, and monitoring across all of them. That integration burden is the binding constraint on RWA access today, and its effect is visible in how onchain exposure is held: underlying assets are difficult to inspect, and capital frequently routes through off-chain custody accounts and intermediaries, reintroducing exactly the counterparty opacity that tokenization was supposed to remove.

The result is that high-quality real-world asset yield exists onchain but stays operationally out of reach for most of the platforms whose users would hold it.

The three vaults, Stable, Balanced, and Boosted, run from high liquidity to high yield. Stable holds tokenized US T-bills and money market funds for fully liquid income. Balanced diversifies across asset classes to balance yield with liquidity. Boosted pairs private-credit with DeFi liquidity for the highest target return. The vaults carry risk, including smart contract, liquidity and issuer credit risk. AML controls are applied at the vault level. The vaults are live onchain with six figures in initial TVL.

"Kamui is building exactly the kind of access layer tokenized credit needs to reach scale: operated, audited vault infrastructure that puts institutional-grade assets in front of platforms, treasuries, and DeFi users.” said Reid Simon, President, Digital Assets, Figure. "We're excited to have Kamui allocate to Hastra's assets and to work together on bringing on-chain credit to a much broader set of investors." 

Along with the three vaults, Kamui Finance built an RWA vault operating layer that abstracts this integration burden into standardized infrastructure. Issuer onboarding, fund flows, technical connectivity, settlement, and monitoring are handled once at the Kamui layer and presented through a single, consistent integration, so fintechs, neobanks, wallet providers, and market venues can offer their users access to real-world asset yield without building or operating the underlying RWA infrastructure themselves. 

“Tokenizing RWAs does not solve liquidity or adverse selection. Kamui is attempting to address those questions and support industry development,” said Hadi Kabalan, CEO. 

Accompanying this operating layer is a focus on asset quality. Kamui presents an unweighted index of eligible RWAs, with eligibility determined by off-chain diligence on the underlying asset and onchain diligence on the tokenized wrapper, and vaults select from that index according to their own mandates, usually driven by return and liquidity considerations. One integration therefore gives access to the operating platform and a set of curated assets worth accessing.

“We work with leading asset managers and financial institutions to bring institutional investment strategies onchain. Our ambition is to give eligible investors a broader set of building blocks for portfolios that reflect their investment objectives,” said Henry Zhang, founder and CEO, DigiFT. “Working with partners such as Kamui helps connect these strategies with the onchain platforms investors use and supports their application in portfolio construction.”

The team behind Kamui Finance is composed of professionals with backgrounds at major financial and digital-asset institutions, including Goldman Sachs, OKX, Kraken and Emurgo, and brings together asset research, product development, and onchain distribution.

The three vaults are the first expression of that infrastructure and establish the operational track record for the B2B service lines Kamui is bringing to partners building on its stack, including Kamui Bespoke Earn, which enables partners to customize asset exposure, liquidity, and risk profiles, as well as Kamui’s Embedded Yield and Whitelabel solutions. 

Access is available to professional and sophisticated investors in eligible jurisdictions. Eligible investors and partners can get in touch at kamui.finance.

About Kamui

Kamui Finance is an onchain platform for real-world assets. Founded by a team with more than 20 years of combined institutional experience across Goldman Sachs, OKX Earn, Kraken and Emurgo, Kamui operates standardized infrastructure that connects fragmented real-world asset markets to the platforms that distribute them, through whitelisted vaults drawing from a defined index of eligible assets spanning tokenized treasuries, private credit, fixed income, real estate and reinsurance, with full onchain transparency and no off-chain custody. Learn more at kamui.finance.

Disclaimer

This communication is issued by Kamui Finance. It is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice, an offer, or a solicitation to buy or sell any financial instrument. All investments involve risk, including the loss of principal. Past performance is not indicative of future results. This strategic overview is strictly for internal and partner use and does not constitute an offer, prospectus, or investment advice. Intended Audience Warning: The products described herein are intended solely for sophisticated, professional, institutional, or accredited investors. Prospective investors must consult independent legal and financial advisers. Yield targets and timelines are indicative, forward-looking statements; actual returns may vary, and past performance does not guarantee future results. Investments in DeFi and tokenized RWAs involve significant risks, including issuer credit defaults, smart contract vulnerabilities, and liquidity constraints, which may result in total capital loss. The underlying assets of the Balanced and Boosted Vaults include Private Credit, Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs), and Crypto-native yield strategies. These are highly speculative, deeply illiquid instruments that carry significant counterparty and credit default risks. During periods of market stress, redemptions may be delayed or halted entirely despite stated targeted redemption windows. Certain strategies, including the Boosted Vault, may utilize leverage. The use of leverage significantly magnifies both the potential for investment gains and the risk of substantial, rapid, and total capital loss. Investors in leveraged vaults may experience volatility and drawdowns that vastly exceed those of the underlying assets. Kamui Finance (domiciled in the Marshall Islands) assumes no liability for third-party operational failures, including those of external RWA issuers, external oracles, or AML/KYC providers. Due to regulatory uncertainty, platform access may be restricted for residents of certain jurisdictions. Copyright 2026 Kamui Finance.

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JUNEAU, AK, September 21, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- UnCruise Adventures, an adventure travel company based in Alaska and Washington offering overnight expedition cruises in Alaska, Hawaii, Costa Rica and Panama, Mexico, and the Galapagos for over 30 years, today announced that it has been named a winner in the 2026 Newsweek Readers’ Choice™ Awards. The company was recognized for Best Adventure Tour Company for the third year in a row.

UnCruise Adventures operates in places larger ships can't reach. With small ships carrying fewer than 90 guests, the company accesses remote areas where guests hike and bushwhack through Alaska's wilderness, kayak past tidewater glaciers, spot whales and wildlife by skiff, and snorkel with sea lions off Baja, Mexico.

Small ships mean more adventure activities per day — multiple options instead of one scheduled activity — and the flexibility to respond to what nature presents. Adventure activities are included and expedition guides lead each excursion using gear the ship already carries, including kayaks, skiffs and hiking equipment, so guests aren't arranging outfitters or booking activities on their own. UnCruise draws travelers who'd rather spend the day looking for wildlife, enjoying physical activity and time outdoors via a small ship adventure cruise.

"We're grateful for this recognition as best pick for adventure travel," said Captain Dan Blanchard, owner and CEO of UnCruise Adventures. "We are unique as an adventure company by sea. What UnCruise delivers is a vacation that connects you to the natural environment. People can pick their own level of adventure, try new things, and make new friends along the way."

The Newsweek Readers’ Choice™ Awards recognize standout businesses, brands, and experiences across a wide range of consumer categories. Winners are determined through a public voting process in which readers select the companies and organizations they believe deliver exceptional quality, value, and customer experience.

The 2026 program highlights leading companies across numerous industries, including the Travel & Leisure category, where UnCruise Adventures was recognized for Best Adventure Tour Company.

“Each year, the Readers’ Choice Awards celebrate the best of the best, as chosen by the people who matter most — our readers,” said Newsweek Editor-in-Chief Jennifer H. Cunningham. “We’re proud to recognize those organizations that continue to raise the bar for quality, innovation, and customer experience.”

About UnCruise Adventures

UnCruise Adventures operates small ships hosting fewer than 90 guests that are built for access, flexibility, and low-impact exploration. The company partners with local guides and community hosts to help keep spending and cultural exchange in the places it visits. Voyages span Alaska’s Inside Passage, the Aleutian Islands, Prince William Sound, the Hawaiian Islands, Baja Mexico’s Gulf of California, Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast, and Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands. A reader-voted win affirms the value of small-group travel that prioritizes access, authenticity, and stewardship. In addition to this Newsweek honor, UnCruise Adventures has been picked as a top adventure company by Conde Nast Traveler, USA Today, and Travel & Leisure. Operating under the US flag, the company takes pride in its crew and its significant contributions to the US economy. For more information, visit uncruise.com.

About Newsweek

Newsweek is the global digital news organization built around the iconic 93-year-old American magazine. Newsweek reaches 100 million people monthly with its thought-provoking news, opinion, images, graphics, and video delivered across a dozen print and digital platforms. Headquartered in New York City, Newsweek also publishes international editions in EMEA and Asia. For more information, visit www.newsweek.com.

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Sarah Scoltock
UnCruise Adventures
sarahs@uncruise.com

BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 21, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- AzInTelecom LLC, a part of AZCON Holding, has been elected an official member of FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams), marking a strategic step in the development of Azerbaijan’s cybersecurity ecosystem and the formation of sectoral CERT structures.

As a result, AzInTelecom has been recognized by FIRST as the sectoral Computer Incident Response Center for Azerbaijan's transport sector and has been granted "Transport CERT" team status. As part of the membership process, the team's activities were assessed in accordance with the SIM3 (Security Incident Management Maturity Model), and its compliance with international standards was confirmed based on an on-site assessment.

The membership reflects the continued expansion of the sectoral cyberdefense model established in the country, following a similar step taken earlier by Azercell in its own sector.

This status enables AzInTelecom to coordinate with international partners on responding to cyberattacks originating from abroad, exchange cyber threat intelligence via the MISP platform, and take part in FIRST's voting process and working groups. The status covers cybersecurity processes for transport-related government organizations through a centralized hub.

Membership in FIRST confirms that the company's cybersecurity practices meet the organization's international standards.

AzInTelecom's activities are aligned with the Information Security and Cybersecurity Strategy of the Republic of Azerbaijan for 2023–2027. The company said it will continue to expand its cybersecurity capabilities and international partnerships.

About AzInTelecom

AzInTelecom LLC, operating under the Azerbaijan Transport and Communications Holding (AZCON), is one of the leading technology companies in the Caucasus region , providing a wide range of advanced digital solutions, including cloud infrastructure, next-generation digital signature and identity services, business-oriented digital platforms, and cybersecurity solutions. Through its operations, the company enhances digital resilience and institutional efficiency for its customers while supporting the sustainable development of the country’s digital ecosystem. For more information, visit azintelecom.az.

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Amin Nazarli
amin.nazarli@azintelecom.az