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Kenvue Inc. (NYSE: KVUE), maker of consumer health products like Tylenol®, Neutrogena® and Listerine®, today announced a five-year collaboration with Microsoft which aims to establish a strong foundation for transforming digital operations through advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. These technologies include machine-enabled collaboration, predictive analytics, smart agents, digital twins, and generative AI. By advancing predictive and AI-assisted capabilities, Kenvue aims to set new standards for innovation across commercial, operations, and technology practices ultimately delivering enhanced consumer experiences, increased productivity, and sustained growth. Over the next five years, Kenvue will scale its use of Microsoft Azure to capitalize on its wide range of services including data analytics and AI. The integration of Azure services will enhance predictive capabilities and human-machine collaboration. In addition, Kenvue aims to drive innovation, refine go-to-mark

In a world where health and sustainability increasingly intersect, ITEN and Baracoda are forging a path toward innovation. ITEN, a leading innovator and manufacturer in micro solid state battery technology, and Baracoda, a daily healthtech pioneer, are proud to announce their collaboration, bringing unparalleled energy efficiency to the next generation of health tracking devices. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250416888792/en/ BHeart, Baracoda’s self-powered health tracker, uses ITEN's POWENCY micro solid state batteries. The partnership’s first breakthrough comes in the form of BHeart, Baracoda’s self-powered health tracker. Designed to be worn as a bracelet or seamlessly integrated into a watch band, BHeart uses ITEN's POWENCY micro solid state batteries to redefine what's possible in wearable tech. The device harnesses energy from body heat and environmental light, creating an "endless" battery life withou

Sebastian Birkel (42) will take over the management of the company from May 1st, 2025. The experienced manager is moving from the top of the profection Group to Europcar Mobility Group. Birkel succeeds Olivier Baldassari, who is currently acting as interim CEO following the departure of Alain Favey. Baldassari remains Chief Operating Officer of Europcar Mobility Group. With Sebastian Birkel, Europcar Mobility Group is gaining an internationally experienced top manager who has made a name for himself through his successful reorganization of SIXT's North American business, among other things. There he led the operational development and turnaround of the region for five years - more than three of them as CEO. Under his leadership, the SIXT brand was successfully established in a highly competitive market and grew profitably. After his time in North America, Birkel took over responsibility for global vehicle purchasing as well as Group accounting and controlling as a divisional board memb

QpiAI, a leader in quantum computing and generative AI, announced its First Quantum computer launch code named QpiAIIndusQuantum Computer. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250415961497/en/ QpiAI Gen-1 25 qubit Quantum computer Indus, picture from QpiAI Bangalore centre with CEO Dr Nagendra Nagaraja (Left) and VP of Quantum hardware Dr Manjunath R V (Right). Dr Nagendra Nagaraja, CEO and Founder of QpiAI, said, "We are excited about our roadmap to commercialize quantum computers, leveraging large-scale qubit integration and logical qubits. The T1 and T2 times for our current 25-Qubit Indus Quantum Computer are 30 μs and 25 μs, respectively, characterized by our in-house developed quantum control electronics cluster, and are expected to increase to 100 μs soon. Furthermore, with our patented qubit architecture, we expect to reach a T1 time of 1 ms in early 2026. With single-qubit gate fidelity of 99.7% and two-qu

IFF (NYSE: IFF) announced the inauguration of its Scent Dubai Creative Center, a 2,000-square-meter addition to the company’s facility in the Dubai Science Park Laboratory Complex. The added facility strengthens IFF's capabilities to serve customers with leading fragrance innovations in one of the fastest-growing regions in the global scent industry. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250415038625/en/ "The Middle East is a key market for IFF’s global growth,” said Erik Fyrwald, IFF CEO. “It’s expected to top $7 billion by 2034, thanks to greater online access, increasing disposable income, strong demand for luxury and long-standing cultural ties to smell. The Dubai Creative Center will strengthen our ability to continue winning with customers by delivering leading innovative solutions for local tastes in fine and consumer fragrance even faster." Complete with cutting-edge technology and resources, the center feat

Tigo Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: TYGO) (“Tigo,” “Company”), a leading provider of intelligent solar and energy software solutions, will feature its latest innovations for residential as well as Commercial and Industrial (C&I) solar installers at Intersolar Europe, in Munich, Germany from May 7-9. Highlighted products will include the new Tigo GO Junction, the latest addition to the EI Residential solar and storage ecosystem and the key connection between photovoltaic (PV) generation, energy management, and home heating, which completes the Tigo residential solution. With more than one million heat pumps installed in Germany over the past five years – and projections pointing to as many as ten million units by 2030 – the residential heating market has entered a phase of convergence between clean energy and smart technologies. In this new landscape, systems can now intelligently manage PV production, energy storage, and household loads, unlocking new methods to accelerate the transition to sol

NIPPON KINZOKU CO., LTD. (TOKYO: 5491) (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo) announced that it has developed the "FI (Fine Insulation) finish", a stainless steel with high surface insulation resistance. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250415148656/en/ We have developed our own “FI finish”, a stainless steel surface pre-coated with an inorganic coating (about 1μm in thickness) that offers electrical insulation resistance. In recent years, miniaturization and low-profile design have become increasingly prominent in electronic devices such as smartphones and game consoles. Until now, measures have been taken to avoid short circuits by installing insulating tape or resin composites at points that come into contact with conductive parts. However, these solutions have led to higher costs and have obstructed miniaturization, and low-profile design. Against the backdrop of such issues, we have developed our own “FI finish”

VeriSilicon (688521.SH) today announced the launch of GCNano3DVG, a new ultra-low power graphics processing unit (GPU) IP designed specifically for wearable and other compact, battery-powered devices requiring dynamic graphics rendering. Featuring both 3D and 2.5D graphics rendering capabilities, GCNano3DVG delivers an optimal balance between visual performance and power efficiency, making it ideal for a wide range of applications including smartwatches, smart bracelets, and AI/AR glasses. VeriSilicon’s GCNano3DVG IP combines optimized hardware pipelines with a lightweight and configurable software stack to deliver efficient, low-power graphics processing. It features separate rendering pipelines for 3D and 2.5D graphics, accelerating the rendering of complex scenes composed of 3D objects and vector graphics. These pipelines are fine-tuned for improved performance, power, and area (PPA). Additionally, the unified command engine and multiple CPU-GPU synchronization mechanisms further re

In light of recent global developments impacting the availability of rare earth elements, Illumynt is proud to reaffirm its commitment to innovation and sustainability in IT asset disposition (ITAD). As a leading global provider of ITAD value recovery and circular economy solutions, Illumynt offers an advanced process for recovering rare earth materials from decommissioned hard drives. This turnkey solution is designed specifically for large OEMs and data-centric organizations to capture value from rare earth element recovery in a secure, environmentally compliant program. “The recent suspension of rare earth exports from China to the United States has introduced urgent challenges across supply chains, including increased scarcity and rising costs,” said Illumynt’s CEO Paul Knight. “Our proven recovery solution provides an immediate opportunity to mitigate these risks through domestic reclamation and reuse.” To explore a partnership or learn more about how Illumynt can support your org

Laserfiche — the leading enterprise platform that helps organizations manage their most critical content and workflows — today announced a suite of generative AI innovations designed to better automate data processing and enhance knowledge discovery.These announcements, made today at the 2025 Empower conference, support Laserfiche’s vision for the future of work: to boost productivity and unlock business value by harnessing AI with your business content. Upcoming features include Smart Fields, an out-of-the-box tool that makes capturing metadata as simple as writing a sentence; and Smart Chat, a faster way to search for insights among your documents using natural language. Laserfiche also demonstrated the latest updates to self-hosted Laserfiche 12. “Laserfiche is focused on the solutions that drive breakthroughs in productivity,” said Laserfiche CTO Michael Allen. “With generative AI and content management, Laserfiche is enabling the deployment of AI at scale. This combination of your

Today, Venture Global announced the commercial operation date for its inaugural LNG export project – Calcasieu Pass – and the commencement of the sale of low-cost, U.S. LNG to the project’s long-term customers. Calcasieu Pass has reached this milestone in just 68 months from the final investment decision on the project, making it among the fastest greenfield LNG projects completed. The project’s multi-billion-dollar contracts will have a significant positive impact on the US balance of trade with several European allies. Due to its innovative, first-of-its kind configuration consisting of many mid-scale, modular liquefaction trains and process facilities that are delivered and installed sequentially, as well as Venture Global’s owner-led approach to construction, the project was able to overcome significant unforeseen challenges, including a global pandemic, two hurricanes, and a force majeure event that arose due to major manufacturing issues with the facility’s power island. Having c

Shippeo, a global leader in real-time transportation visibility, and Elemica, a global leader in supply chain management and provider of the premier multi-enterprise digital network, announced today a strategic partnership that will enhance supply chain orchestration and visibility for manufacturers worldwide. By integrating Shippeo’s best-in-class transportation visibility solutions with Elemica’s end-to-end supply chain execution capabilities, this partnership offers unparalleled value for complex supply chains, delivering superior automation, decision intelligence, and customer experience. Delivering Unmatched End-to-End Supply Chain Orchestration and Visibility Through this alliance, customers will gain access to an integrated solution connecting market-leading shipment tracking powered by Shippeo’s Real-Time Transportation Visibility (RTTV) platform with Elemica’s multi-enterprise network and transportation management systems (TMS) resulting in frictionless logistics workflows wit

Lightbits Labs (Lightbits®), the inventor of the NVMe® over TCP protocol offering next-gen software-defined storage for modern workloads, today announced record-breaking growth for Q1’25. This milestone reflects strong global demand for infrastructure modernization that models Cloud Operations enabled by high-performance block storage offering flexibility, reliability, and cost-efficiency at scale. The breakout quarter for Lightbits, marked by a 4.8X increase in software sales and a 2.9X increase in average deal size, is fueled by a surge in new customers and strong customer loyalty, as evidenced by an impressive 2X YoY license increase. New account growth was particularly strong among financial services, service providers, and e-commerce organizations who require high-performance, low-latency at massive scale. A strong standout use case for Lightbits was among AI Cloud service providers. Crusoe expanded its use of Lightbits to power high-performance, multi-petabyte-scale AI cloud serv

Boomi, the intelligent integration and automation leader, today announced the release of Digital Impact: The Human Element of AI-Driven Transformation (Wiley), a bold new book by Boomi Chairman and CEO Steve Lucas. In it, Lucas makes a powerful case for a problem few business leaders are talking about: the AI revolution is doomed to stall unless we first fix the broken digital infrastructure that supports it. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250415679642/en/ Boomi CEO Steve Lucas Releases New Book: Digital Impact — The Human Element of AI-Driven Transformation With nearly 30 years of leadership at companies including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, and Marketo, Lucas shares a firsthand playbook for addressing the crisis of digital fragmentation — outdated systems, disconnected data, and chaotic architectures — that threatens to derail enterprise AI. “AI is only as smart as the systems and data it runs on,” said Lucas.

Today, Vespa.ai– the company behind the leading platform to build and deploy large-scale, real-time AI applications powered by big data– joined Perplexity to announce the AI-powered answer engine’s shift bringing its search feature in-house. The move will significantly enhance the speed, accuracy, and relevance of search results at a scale only made possible on Vespa’s platform. “The recipe: 1. Solve Search. 2. Use it to solve everything else,” said Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity. Perplexity's innovative approach of direct, sourced answers to search queries relies on a massive and scalable Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture that can efficiently retrieve and process vast amounts of information from the web, internal databases and users’ personal files. By building on Vespa’s platform, Perplexity delivers accurate, near-real-time responses to more than 15 million monthly users, handling more than 100 million queries each week. Perplexity has used Vespa.ai’s managed pl

NielsenIQ (NIQ), a leader in consumer intelligence, officially launched BASES AI Screener, combining NIQ's expansive consumer panel datasets, extensive innovation database, and leading predictive models with AI's ability to mimic human reactions for idea screening. BASES AI Screener is now available in multiple markets, including the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, and Indonesia, with continuing expansion in 2025. To meet the evolving needs of today's innovators, NIQ has introduced—BASES AI Screener—a real-time idea screening platform powered by Generative AI (GenAI). By leveraging NIQ's extensive behavioral data from consumer panels, the tool creates synthetic respondents with distinct demographic and purchasing behavior profiles. These AI-powered panels are then engaged to provide ratings, open-ended feedback, and tailored recommendations, enabling users to quickly evaluate and prioritize innovation ideas. Key Benefits of BASES AI Screener for CPG Companies: Reliable

Researchers from AMRA Medical, in collaboration with Pfizer, Inc., have recently published a study demonstrating the utility of AMRA’s muscle biomarkers as surrogate endpoints to describe functional changes in participants with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). The study explored changes in lean muscle volume (LMV), muscle fat fraction (MFF), and muscle fat infiltration (MFI) – as well as their relationship to changes in physical performance as described by the North Star Ambulatory Assessment (NSAA) – in order to determine whether MRI-based muscle biomarkers have the potential to detect and quantify clinically meaningful changes in DMD. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250415308325/en/ AMRA's muscle biomarkers - Research study explore changes in lean muscle volume (LMV), muscle fat fraction (MFF), and muscle fat infiltration (MFI) Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data from a Phase II clinical trial for domagr

Armis, the cyber exposure management & security company, today announced the opening of its new EMEA headquarters in London. Driven by increasing customer demand for its Armis Centrix™ platform, the new headquarters reinforces Armis’ formal presence in EMEA and expands its footprint. This momentum is the next step in the company’s strategy to be the global cybersecurity leader securing the world’s critical infrastructure. “Our new EMEA headquarters reflects Armis’ unwavering commitment to delivering best-in-class support, product and expertise to our customers,” said Yevgeny Dibrov, CEO and Co-Founder at Armis. “As more organizations and governments rely on Armis in EMEA and internationally, our focus remains clear: to help customers solve their toughest cybersecurity challenges through one comprehensive platform. To accelerate this impact, we are committed to expanding globally and deepening our investment in critical markets like EMEA.” Armis’ presence in EMEA has consistently grown,

Enterra Solutions launches a groundbreaking new product in response to the unprecedented levels of market instability and uncertainty accelerated by the announcement of reciprocal tariffs and the ensuing global trade war. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250415541980/en/ Enterra Solutions – the world’s most advanced complexity sciences company – today announced its Enterra Dynamic Enterprise Resiliency System™ (‘EDERS™’): a groundbreaking new product designed to enable enterprises to convert macroeconomic and geopolitical chaos into powerful competitive advantage. EDERS™ is built on Enterra’s Autonomous Decision Science Platform®, which enables organizations to autonomously analyze data, predict outcomes, and execute optimized decisions with high accuracy across complex business operations. It anticipates market shifts and recommends optimal actions and makes decisions with up to 91% accuracy, even in the most

The National Football League today named NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP) the Official Intelligent Data Infrastructure partner. NetApp will work with the league to develop cutting-edge, silo-free storage technology, allowing the NFL to manage the data to drive innovation. “The global partnership between the NFL and NetApp represents a shared commitment to leveraging intelligent data to drive transformative solutions for the league,” said Renie Anderson, executive vice president and chief revenue officer at the NFL. “By combining our expertise with NetApp’s industry-leading intelligent data infrastructure, we can unlock new efficiencies that accelerate innovation within our game.” The NFL is one of the most widely recognized and beloved sports leagues in the world, with more than 218 million fans in the United States alone and many more around the world in countries including Mexico, Brazil, the U.K., Germany, Spain and Australia. NetApp will play a key role globally with the NFL, activating acro