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This Week in Tech News: 14 Stories You Need to See
Saturday, December 14, 2024
A roundup of the most newsworthy tech announcements from PR Newswire this week, including our own expanded AI suite, new molecular tech to authenticate spirits and AstroRad's space radiation vest.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help tech journalists and consumers stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a recap of some major stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full text) and an excerpt from each story. Click on the press release headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are available for download.
1. Gen Extends its Financial Wellness Offerings with the Acquisition of
MoneyLion"Gen has a family of consumer brands that's dedicated to
protecting people's privacy, identity and financial assets so they can
live their digital lives securely and without worry," said Vincent
Pilette, CEO of Gen. "By bringing MoneyLion into the Gen family, we're
not only helping people protect what they already have, we're extending
our capabilities to enable people to better manage and grow their
financial wealth."
2. PR Newswire Unveils Expanded AI Solutions Suite with Additional Features
for Strategic CommunicatorsInitially providing readability metrics, AI
Insights now boasts the groundbreaking "Press Release Score," which
thoroughly analyzes each release for readability, formatting, structure
and engagement potential and then provides specific recommendations to
enhance the effectiveness of the press release.
3. Coinbase's Project Diamond Strategically Integrates the Chainlink
Standard To Scale Institutional Adoption of Digital AssetsBy natively
integrating the Chainlink standard, Coinbase's Project Diamond platform
can now offer data and cross-chain connectivity in a secure way that
helps meet the compliance needs of institutional adopters.
4. Raptor Technologies Acquires SmartPassThis strategic acquisition expands
the reach of Raptor's holistic safety solutions for K-12 schools,
addressing every aspect of school safety from crisis prevention and
preparation to emergency response and recovery, and now, efficient
student movement management.
5. Arbitrum, Sequence, and Ubisoft's Player-Guided Experience, Captain
Laserhawk: The G.A.M.E., Set to Launch on December 18Captain Laserhawk:
the G.A.M.E. is a competitive top-down multiplayer shooter set in the
dystopian world of Eden, inspired by the Captain Laserhawk: A Blood
Dragon Remix series, streaming on Netflix. Immediately upon launch, the
title will play a genre-defining role in its approach to community
involvement, bringing forward the next generation of gaming experience
for players around the world.
6. Bond by Solana Labs Partners with Baxus and Iridia to Debut Onchain
Molecular Authentication TechUsing Iridia tech, irreplicable digital
molecular signatures are embedded into spirit bottles. Each spirit is
tokenized via Bond as a unique NFT that permanently records and verifies
its origin, age, and distillery details on the Solana blockchain. This
dual-layered approach provides an unprecedented level of security and
transparency in spirits authentication.
7. IBM Brings the Speed of Light to the Generative AI Era with Optics
BreakthroughThe new co-packaged optics innovation could replace
electrical interconnects in data centers to offer significant
improvements in speed and energy efficiency for AI and other computing
applications.
8. Message Received: Viasat Continues Direct-to-Device Showcase with First
Demonstration in United Arab EmiratesThe tests used a commercial Android
smartphone enabled for non-terrestrial network (NTN) connectivity with an
over-the-top messaging application. Separate messages were successfully
sent over two of Viasat's highly reliable L-band satellites which orbit
above Asia.
9. LexisNexis Risk Solutions Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire
IDVerseThe acquisition will expand LexisNexis Risk Solutions'
capabilities in risk and fraud solutions and enhance digital identity
onboarding and identity verification through IDVerse's AI-powered
technology.
10. Innovative AstroRad Vest Poised to Safeguard Astronauts from Space
RadiationNASA astronaut Kayla Barron, who evaluated the vest on the
space station, describes it in Upward as "like a gravity blanket in
space," noting the balance it aims to strike between protection and
mobility. She emphasized the importance of wearable, customized
solutions for astronauts, calling the vest "an elegant solution to a
challenging engineering problem."
11. Deloitte's 16th Annual 'Tech Trends' Report Reveals AI is Quickly
Becoming Foundational to the Modern EnterpriseToday's AI technology is
being embedded everywhere to create the tech capabilities businesses
will rely on for decades to come. As such, solid fundamentals are
critical. A barrier to entry? Modern architecture capable of supporting
the tomorrow's processes, talent, and systems at scale.
12. NPS Launches World's First AI-Powered Hyper-Definition Radar"Our mission
is to provide Crystal-Clear Visibility for life-saving applications,"
said Dr. Behrooz Rezvani, Founder and CEO of NPS. "Utilizing a
groundbreaking mathematical framework and AI, our radar delivers
unparalleled clarity and responsiveness, enabling vehicles and robotaxis
to confidently navigate complex roadways with reliability and
precision."
13. SonicWall and CrowdStrike Partner to Protect SMBs with All-New Managed
Detection and Response (MDR) OfferingThis collaboration combines
SonicWall's trusted Managed Security Services (MSS) with the Endpoint
Detection and Response (EDR) capabilities from the CrowdStrike
Falcon(®) cybersecurity platform, providing a powerful and scalable
AI-native security solution designed for Managed Service Providers
(MSPs) serving SMBs.
14. Saudi Arabia Launches Sand and Dust Storm Monitoring Initiative to
Expand Global Early Warning System CapacityBased in Jeddah, the Sand and
Dust Storm Warning Advisory and Assessment System (SDS-WAS), increases
the number of global World Meteorological Organization-affiliated nodes
to four, part of an international network including Beijing, Barcelona,
and Barbados.
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