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Weekly Roundup: 14 Tech Press Releases You Need to See
Saturday, March 1, 2025
A roundup of the week's most newsworthy tech announcements from PR Newswire, including updates in flying and autonomous vehicles, IBM's partnership with Penn State, and a new gaming monitor from LG.
NEW YORK, Feb. 21, 2025 /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. Saronic Raises $600M Series C to Take on Autonomous ShipbuildingWith this
funding, Saronic plans to build Port Alpha, a next-generation shipyard
capable of delivering new classes of unmanned ships at the speed and
scale needed to protect and defend the maritime domain.
2. Flying Cars Are Here: Alef flies a car in a cityAn ultralight version of
Alef Aeronautics flying car was tested by flying over a closed-off city
road in a non-densely populated area. What is the historical significance
of this? Alef released the video of the test, making it a first-ever
video in history of a car driving and vertically taking off.
3. Penn State Taps IBM to Develop AI Virtual Assistant to Foster Success for
Student BodyThe generative AI-powered assistant is meant to streamline
details about campus resources and how to seek them when it launches,
expected in the fall semester, to the nearly 90,000 Penn State students.
The project stems from Penn State student leaders identifying a need for
improved access to campus services, such as academic advising, health and
wellness, and financial aid.
4. Illumina unveils first-of-its-kind spatial transcriptomics
technology"With this innovation, we are setting a new bar that will drive
the next wave of scientific discoveries and unlock a deeper understanding
of biology--from the impact of cell interactions on disease to the
mechanisms needed to solve them," said Steve Barnard, PhD, chief
technology officer of Illumina.
5. Costco Travel Signs New Deal with Travelport to Drive Membership Value
with Modern Retailing TechnologyTravelport normalizes multi-source
content and delivers an intelligent search experience with enriched
retail-ready travel content. These solutions will make it easy for Costco
members to shop and compare the company's carefully selected travel
options.
6. Hightouch Announces $80M Series C at $1.2B Valuation to Bring AI
Decisioning to MarketersThe investment will help drive adoption of the
company's AI Decisioning product, which allows marketers to simply
identify a business goal and then lets AI agents deliver the optimal 1:1
marketing experiences that will achieve that goal.
7. Deepwatch Acquires Dassana to Advance Cyber Resilient Security Operations
with Continuous Threat Exposure Management"Cyber resilience requires deep
visibility into an enterprise's exposure risk, as well as tools that
detect unusual activity and deploy security defenses. The integration of
Deepwatch and Dassana offers enterprises incomparable security
protection," said Ajay Nigam, CEO, Dassana.
8. GoDaddy: AI is a Job Creator, Not a Job ThreatArtificial intelligence
(AI) is already reshaping America's economy, and for the first time,
GoDaddy reveals how small businesses--not only tech giants--are leading
the charge with measurable job creation and local growth.
9. LG Display Targets Gaming Market with OLED Monitor Panel featuring
World's Best Picture QualityThis product not only features key gaming
monitor specifications such as top-tier resolution, refresh rate, and
response time, but it also delivers perfect black levels in any
environment, providing the ultimate gaming experience.
10. TIER IV conducts robotaxi pilot tests in TokyoFeaturing JPN TAXI
vehicles equipped with TIER IV's autonomous driving system, these
vehicles were navigated through approximately 500 complex scenarios in
Odaiba and Nishi-Shinjuku, including executing right and left turns at
intersections and avoiding parked vehicles. The outcomes confirmed the
adaptability of operational design domains (ODDs) in dense traffic
conditions and identified critical technical challenges that must be
addressed to enable autonomous driving across a wide range of routes.
11. LightBox Unveils 'True Owner'--Breaking Down Barriers to Commercial Real
Estate Decision-MakersUnlike existing tools, which often provide
incomplete or unverified contact details, True Owner goes deeper,
identifying the real individuals behind ownership entities and verifying
their contact information. The result? A dramatic reduction in research
time, improved outreach success, and faster deal-making.
12. Americans Are Ready to Sue AI: New Pearl Study Finds 39% Willing to Sue
for MistakesAs AI becomes deeply woven into everyday life, consumers are
speaking up: they want trust, accuracy, and accountability. According to
the report, 57% of U.S. adults hold AI platforms legally responsible for
inaccuracy and 47% of people would feel more confident if AI answers
were validated by actual humans.
13. SkillUp Coalition Launches SkillUp AI: A Human-Centered AI Agent to
Guide Non-Degree Workers Toward High-Opportunity CareersSkillUp AI
offers a transformative approach to career exploration that reduces
search fatigue, increases user confidence and accelerates economic
mobility for non-degree workers across the country. The tool is actively
in beta to collect user inputs and is expected to be fully integrated
into the SkillUp platform this spring.
14. Integem Launches K-12 AI Space Drone Program--Build, Fly, ExploreThe
program brings aerospace and AI technology to life through interactive
projects that teach students to design, build, and program autonomous
drones. They will gain real-world engineering experience while tackling
AI-driven navigation, stratospheric exploration, and drone applications
in planetary research, environmental monitoring, and disaster response.
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