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3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Weekly Recap: 11 Tech Press Releases You Need to See
A roundup of the most newsworthy tech announcements from PR Newswire this week, including the debut of PayPal World and PR Newswire's tools for optimizing content for AI search. NEW YORK, July 25, 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. Newly Launched Deloitte and Palantir Strategic Alliance Delivering Tangible Outcomes, Accelerating Transformation for Clients' Modern Enterprise Functions The Deloitte-Palantir Enterprise Operating System, which was announced recently at AIPCon 7, is designed to deliver outcomes faster by unlocking insights that have historically been trapped within data silos, enabling significant performance improvement through enterprise-grade AI. KuCoin Launches xStocks, Delivering a One-Stop Access Point to Top Global Tokenized Equities for the World's Most Extensive Crypto User Base This launch of xStocks enhances capital efficiency and portfolio agility for crypto-native users, while also providing new tools to balance risk and reward across market cycles. Instructure Launches Canvas Career: A Skills-First, AI-Powered Learning Experience Designed to Help Organizations Build Future-Ready Workforces With 73% of U.S. workers feeling unprepared for changes or disruptions in their careers in the next five years, Canvas Career meets the growing demand for career readiness and scalable, skills-based learning. Introducing PayPal World: a global platform connecting the world's largest payment systems and digital wallets, starting with interoperability to PayPal and Venmo "PayPal World is a first-of-its-kind payments ecosystem that will bring together many of the world's largest payment systems and digital wallets on a single platform. It is testament to the passion our partners share for an inclusive, global digital economy and has the potential to revolutionize cross-border commerce," said Alex Chriss, President and CEO of PayPal. PR Newswire Empowers Brands for AI Search and Strategic Communications with Multichannel Content Amplification "PR Newswire's platform is built for today's evolving media landscape, deeply impacted by the rise of LLMs," said Jeff Hicks, Chief Product and Technology Officer at PR Newswire. "We're not just distributing press releases – we're giving brands the tools to influence conversations, rank as topical authorities, and be found in the ways people are searching today, which increasingly means through LLM-powered interfaces." Launches Immersive New Website Showcasing the Future of Human-Aligned AGI The website is an interactive portal into the architecture, ethics, and future-facing vision behind approach to AGI. It integrates immersive design, 3D modeling, and an AGI-native visual language — offering visitors a cinematic, thought-provoking experience that invites both exploration and imagination. Waystar to Acquire Iodine Software, Accelerating the AI-Powered Transformation of Healthcare Payments This transaction is expected to accelerate Waystar's ability to transform healthcare payments through its leading cloud-based software platform, empowering more than one million providers with advanced AI capabilities to prevent denials, reduce manual work, and improve financial performance. Bancara Launches Global Financial Brokerage Platform for Long-Term Investors and Institutions Bancara has officially launched its full-service trading and investment platform bringing institutional-grade access, cross-border compliance, and long-term strategic tools to private clients, active investors, and regulated institutions. Xelix secures $160 million Series B to advance agentic AI innovation in Accounts Payable Xelix's AI-powered platform seamlessly integrates with existing systems to detect payment errors and fraud, automate supplier statement reconciliations and streamline AP Helpdesk operations. Raises $4.4M to Bring Specialized AI to Heavy Industries Nexxa deploys specialized AI agents that integrate with their customers' existing software like engineering tools or estimating systems. Nexxa's AI agents understand the industrial engineering context and act autonomously or collaboratively – accelerating work without requiring any rip and replace. The Ether Machine to Go Public with Over $1.5 Billion of Fully Committed Capital The company is expected to launch with over 400,000 ETH on its balance sheet, making it the largest public Ether generation company. The Ether Machine is building the largest public vehicle for institutional-grade exposure to Ethereum, offering secure, transparent, and compliant access to ETH-denominated yield. For more news like this, check out all of the latest technology-related releases from PR Newswire. Do you have a technology press release to distribute? Sign up with PR Newswire to share your story with the audiences who matter most. Helping Journalists Stay Up to Date on Industry News These are just a few of the recent press releases that consumers and the media should know about. To be notified of releases relevant to their coverage area, journalists can set up a custom newsfeed with PR Newswire for Journalists. Once they're signed up, reporters, bloggers, and freelancers have access to the following free features: Customization: Users can create customized newsfeeds that will deliver relevant news right to their inbox. Newsfeed results can be targeted by keywords, industry, subject, geography, and more. Photos and Videos: Thousands of multimedia assets are available to download and include in a journalist or blogger's next story. Subject Matter Experts: Journalists will have access to ProfNet, a database of industry experts to connect with as sources or for quotes in their articles. Related Resources: Our journalist- and blogger-focused blog, Beyond Bylines, features regular media news roundups, writing tips, upcoming events, and more. About PR Newswire PR Newswire is the industry's leading press release distribution partner with an unparalleled global reach of more than 440,000 newsrooms, websites, direct feeds, journalists and influencers and is available in more than 170 countries and 40 languages. From our award-winning Content Services offerings, integrated media newsroom and microsite products, Investor Relations suite of services, paid placement and social sharing tools, PR Newswire has a comprehensive catalog of solutions to solve the modern-day challenges PR and communications teams face. For 70 years, PR Newswire has been the preferred destination for brands to share their most important news stories across the world. For questions, contact the team at View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE PR Newswire Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Malaysian Reserve
19-07-2025
- Business
- Malaysian Reserve
PR Newswire Empowers Brands for AI Search and Strategic Communications with Multichannel Content Amplification
Key features for optimizing content in an AI-driven search environment NEW YORK, July 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — As Large Language Models (LLMs) rapidly transform the search landscape, PR Newswire is empowering communicators to excel through its advanced Multichannel Amplification™ services. PR Newswire helps organizations publish once and reach everywhere, enhancing topical authority and shaping favorable AI-generated summaries. Key Features of PR Newswire's Multichannel Amplification services: Topical Authority: Build and reinforce your brand's presence in authoritative search results by leveraging PR Newswire's industry-leading distribution network, designed to surface expert-driven content across major search engines and media outlets. This is crucial for establishing your brand as a trusted source in an LLM-driven search environment. AI-Friendly Optimization: Structure and distribute press releases that are easily understood and surfaced by AI models, including LLMs. This boosts your brand's visibility and positioning in AI-generated answers and summaries, ensuring your message is accurately interpreted and presented in the evolving search ecosystem. One Message, Multiple Missions: Whether it's media relations, investor updates, brand awareness, or thought leadership, PR Newswire enables you to fulfill multiple communications objectives through a single, strategically crafted piece of content, optimized for how LLMs process information. 'PR Newswire's platform is built for today's evolving media landscape, deeply impacted by the rise of LLMs,' said Jeff Hicks, Chief Product and Technology Officer at PR Newswire. 'We're not just distributing press releases – we're giving brands the tools to influence conversations, rank as topical authorities, and be found in the ways people are searching today, which increasingly means through LLM-powered interfaces.' Helpful resources Ready to enhance your brand's visibility in the age of AI? Learn more about PR Newswire's Multichannel Amplification services: Watch PR Newswire's recent on-demand webinar, 'From Keywords to Conversations: How AI Search is Reshaping PR,' to explore how smart distribution can maximize visibility in the age of AI and LLMs: About PR Newswire PR Newswire is the industry's leading press release distribution partner with an unparalleled global reach of more than 440,000 newsrooms, websites, direct feeds, journalists and influencers and is available in more than 170 countries and 40 languages. From our award-winning Content Services offerings, integrated media newsroom and microsite products, Investor Relations suite of services, paid placement and social sharing tools, PR Newswire has a comprehensive catalog of solutions to solve the modern-day challenges PR and communications teams face. For 70 years, PR Newswire has been the preferred destination for brands to share their most important news stories across the world. For questions, contact the team at
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Blue Lake water levels suffering from dry conditions
ONAWA, Iowa (KCAU) — The docks at Blue Lake, outside of Onawa, are normally surrounded by water, but because of low water levels, they are sitting high and dry. 'The level of the lake is very, very, very low. This is a lake I've been around for 50 years, even though I now live in Omaha. Honestly, I've never seen it this low,' said Nebowa Christian Camp Pastor Jeff Hicks. With the upcoming holiday weekend, the lake would start to get busy with campers, boaters and fisherman, but because of dropping lake levels, not as many people are coming to the lake. 'You can look around the state campground here itself and it's empty. Four years ago, five years ago, it would have been covered full of campers. It's the middle of May, so it's camping season.' added Hicks. Story continues below Top Story: 35th Saturday in the Park Main Stage, Abe Stage headliners announced Lights & Sirens: Family suing Sioux City over death of son Sports: Sydney Affolter rejoins Hawkeyes as Graduate Assistant Weather: Get the latest weather forecast here Blue Lake is an oxbow lake that covers 275,000 surface acres. It has no direct connection to the nearby Missouri River and relies on groundwater to keep it full. It also relies on rain and snow – something we haven't had a lot of the last few years. 'If you look at last fall, like in October, we got a lot of rain, and levels kind of jumped back a little bit as well as groundwater levels did, and you rely on that snowpack and snow melt to infiltrate the ground and bring those levels back up. We didn't get much snow at all, at least no meaningful snow,' explained Fisheries Management Biologist Ben Wallace with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Jeff Hicks would like to see the DNR not rely on mother nature and pump water into the lake to fill it back up. 'The DNR needs to turn the well-pumps back on or the pumps. I think that needs to happen. It's not the whole answer, but that's definitely a step in the right direction, and I'm puzzled as to why they haven't done that.' Flood Mitigation: A step forward for McCook Lake residents According to the DNR, it's not that simple: 'We do have the ability to pump water into the lake, but I think it's important to understand a couple of things. That water that we would pump with that supplemental supply comes from the ground, and it's a groundwater issue we're having right now,' stated Wallace. There really is only one safe solution to get the lake levels back up. 'We need a lot of rain. We need snowfall. We need a couple of big rains; we need successive rains. We need to get back on track with precipitation. Each year, we go through a drought, which we're going on about year five now, that groundwater table drops a little more,' said Wallace. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
