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Huayan Robotics Memamerkan Solusi Pengelasan dan Otomatisasi di METALTECH & AUTOMEX 2026

Sat, 16 May 2026 13:17:00 +0700

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Huayan Robotics, spesialis robotika kolaboratif cerdas yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Hong Kong (HKEX), akan memamerkan solusi otomatisasi terbarunya di METALTECH & AUTOMEX 2026 yang digelar pada tanggal 20--23 Mei di Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre (MITEC), Kuala Lumpur.

Di Stan L2-7320, Hall 7, perusahaan ini akan menampilkan portofolio sistem robotik yang fleksibel, efisien, dan cerdas. Partisipasi ini mencerminkan komitmen kuat perusahaan terhadap pasar Malaysia dan Asia Tenggara secara lebih luas.

Di ajang terkemuka ini, Huayan Robotics akan menampilkan solusi untuk aplikasi pengelasan dan skenario industri berfrekuensi tinggi, termasuk:

Lini Robot Pengelasan Kolaboratif

Pengunjung akan dapat mempelajari dua model robot pengelasan kolaboratif:

* Cobot (robot kolaboratif) dengan jangkauan ekstra panjang 1,8 m, dirancang untuk menangani benda kerja berukuran besar dan kompleks;

* Model ringan yang dilengkapi dengan dudukan magnetik untuk penempatan fleksibel di berbagai stasiun kerja.

Robot ini dilengkapi dengan fitur pengajaran dengan cara memandu gerakan lengan robot berbasis kontrol gaya, pelacakan posisi sambungan las secara otomatis, dan koreksi lintasan adaptif, yang secara keseluruhan mengurangi upaya pemrograman sekaligus meningkatkan presisi dan konsistensi pengelasan. Dirancang untuk industri seperti perkapalan, fabrikasi baja struktural, dan fabrikasi logam, serta sektor lainnya, robot pengelasan ini memungkinkan peningkatan skala produksi dengan fleksibilitas yang lebih tinggi.

Solusi Otomatisasi Terintegrasi

Sorotan utama pada pameran ini adalah solusi otomatisasi canggih, termasuk robot untuk bongkar-muat CNC, robot paletisasi untuk beban berat, dan robot inspeksi visual 2,5D.

Dalam aplikasi CNC, Huayan Robotics menghadirkan kecepatan tinggi, presisi, dan pengoperasian yang stabil, didukung oleh kemitraan jangka panjang dengan produsen mesin perkakas terkemuka di dunia. Solusi paletisasi ini menawarkan kapasitas angkut beban hingga 60 kg, jangkauan hingga 2,2 m, dan kecepatan 8--13 siklus per menit, sehingga sesuai untuk industri dengan volume produksi tinggi seperti makanan & minuman, bahan kimia untuk kebutuhan sehari-hari, dan logistik. Sistem visual 2,5D yang ditingkatkan dengan AI menghadirkan kontrol kualitas yang lebih cerdas dan hemat biaya ke lini produksi sehingga meningkatkan akurasi dan efisiensi inspeksi.

Kunjungi Stan L2-7320 di MITEC untuk menelusuri berbagai solusi robot kolaboratif dan berdiskusi dengan tim mengenai peluang manufaktur cerdas di kawasan Asia Tenggara.**"

TestMu AI Introduces Test.md, an Agent-Native Test Framework for Kane CLI

Sat, 16 May 2026 13:03:00 +0700

The new framework enables replayable, human- and agent-readable tests, turning exploratory sessions into persistent, verifiable test coverage

SAN FRANCISCO and NOIDA, India, May 14, 2026 -- TestMu AI (formerly LambdaTest), the world's first full-stack Agentic AI Quality Engineering platform, today announced the launch of Test.md, an agent-native test framework built into Kane CLI. The framework introduces a structured yet lightweight way to define, store, and replay tests, designed for both human developers and AI agents operating in modern, AI-accelerated development environments.

As software development increasingly shifts toward AI-generated code and agent-driven workflows, traditional testing frameworks are struggling to keep pace. Test.md addresses this gap by rethinking how tests are authored, executed, and maintained--eliminating the need for complex syntax, selectors, or framework-specific configurations.

At its core, Test.md enables engineering teams to convert real-time testing sessions into replayable test files using a simple markdown structure. Tests are defined as step-based objectives written in natural language, allowing them to function simultaneously as documentation and executable test cases.

"AI has fundamentally changed how software is built, but testing workflows have not evolved at the same pace," said Asad Khan, CEO & Co-Founder at TestMu AI. "Test.md is our approach to closing that gap. It creates a shared, durable test format that both humans and AI agents can read, write, and execute, without the overhead of traditional frameworks."

Unlike conventional approaches that rely on static scripts, Test.md introduces a replay-first execution model. Tests are authored once and then replayed deterministically, with Kane CLI intelligently deciding when to reuse recorded steps and when to re-author them based on changes in the application flow. This enables teams to scale testing without proportionally increasing effort, turning one-time validation into continuous regression coverage.

Key capabilities of Test.md include a markdown-native structure where each test is defined through step-level headings and plain English objectives, making tests inherently readable and maintainable. The framework supports modular test composition through @import, allowing teams to reuse common flows such as login, setup, and teardown across multiple tests without duplication. Configuration is embedded directly within the file using front matter, enabling environment-specific variables, runtime limits, and execution settings to be managed alongside test logic.

Test.md is designed for real-world engineering environments, with native support for CI/CD integration and agent-driven execution. Tests can run headlessly, in parallel, or in agent mode with structured outputs, making them suitable for automated pipelines. Each run generates a detailed result artifact, including step-level status, execution traces, and shareable evidence, ensuring reproducibility and traceability across environments.

A key innovation lies in its compatibility with AI-driven workflows. Test.md provides a persistent, version-controlled artifact that AI agents can generate, interpret, and reuse, enabling continuous validation of AI-generated code. This allows teams to move from "a human will verify it later" to a system where verification is built directly into the development loop.

By unifying exploratory testing, documentation, and automation into a single workflow, Test.md eliminates the traditional separation between manual and automated testing. Engineering teams can now build test suites organically as part of their existing workflows, rather than as a parallel effort. Test.md is available as part of Kane CLI and can be used across local, cloud, and CI/CD environments.***

Bitget UEX Report: Retail Investors Move Beyond Crypto as 52% Add Equities And 51% Use AI

Sat, 16 May 2026 12:54:00 +0700

VICTORIA, Seychelles, May 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bitget, the world's largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has released the Bitget User Asset Allocation Report 2026 with data showing that retail investors are expanding beyond crypto into commodities, equities, and AI-assisted investing as portfolio construction becomes more diversified across global asset classes. The findings combine trading activity on Bitget with responses from more than 6,000 users globally.

Crypto remained the main source of trading activity in Q1 2026, with 86% of surveyed users holding crypto assets. Crypto accounted for nearly all trading volume in early January before stabilizing in a 60% to 80% range by March as participation broadened into other markets. Over the same period, trading in traditional assets led by gold rose from near zero to between 20% and 40% of total activity, marking the strongest quarterly increase recorded for non-crypto assets on Bitget.

The data highlighted that 52% of users globally now hold equities alongside crypto, while 35% hold gold or other precious metals, making commodities the most widely adopted non-crypto asset category among surveyed participants. AI and precious metals or crude oil emerged as the two themes users most closely associate with investment opportunities in 2026.

Among high-net-worth participants, diversification is accelerating further. Bitget users recorded an average annual return of 13% in 2025, while around 6% of VIP users achieved annual returns between 51% and 100%. Among surveyed high-value users, 74% said they plan to expand across crypto, equities, and commodities in 2026 to manage risk more actively.

Regional trading preferences continue to reflect local macro conditions. In East Asia, 60% of users ranked avoiding currency conversion as a key reason for using USDT settlement, while 48% prioritized avoiding traditional account-opening requirements. In Southeast Asia, 46% of users identified leverage access as a major reason for trading traditional assets. In Latin America, 78% said diversification and protection against inflation or currency depreciation are their main reasons for holding both crypto and traditional assets.

AI adoption is also becoming part of core trading behavior. 51% of surveyed users said they already use AI tools to support investment decisions. Bitget's AI products, including GetAgent, GetClaw, and Agent Hub, are increasingly used to interpret earnings releases, commodity price moves, macroeconomic developments, and onchain signals across asset classes.

Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget, said: "Retail trading behavior is becoming more macro-aware. Users are moving capital across asset classes based on liquidity, volatility, and market access, and they increasingly expect one platform to support that efficiently. Stablecoin-based settlement is becoming a practical entry point for broader market participation. The stronger demand for commodities, equities, and AI tools shows that users are building portfolios around global signals, not around a single asset category."

Survey results also show a strong demand for the Universal Exchange model. 71% of users identified USDT settlement as the most important feature, while 65% ranked the fast switching across crypto, equities, forex, and commodities within one account as a top priority. Users consistently described the ideal trading platform as one that combines global asset access, stablecoin settlement, centralized liquidity, transparent reserve verification, and AI-assisted decision tools within one system.

For more information, please visit here.***

Infoblox and GoDaddy Support Open Standards for AI Agent Discovery, Identity and Verification

Sat, 16 May 2026 11:03:00 +0700

DNS Infrastructure Leaders Back Complementary, DNS-based Approaches to Help Add Transparency to AI Agents Across the Open Web

SANTA CLARA, Calif. and TEMPE, Ariz., May 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Infoblox, a leader in hybrid, multi-cloud networking and preemptive security, and GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), a global leader in domain registration and internet infrastructure, today announced support for complementary open standards designed to help AI agents identify, discover and verify one another across the open web.

Infoblox is advancing DNS for AI Discovery (DNS-AID), an open, interoperable approach for agent discovery built on existing Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure. GoDaddy is helping develop Agent Name Service (ANS), an open standard focused on agent identity, naming and verification using DNS and public key infrastructure (PKI). Both efforts are complementary and are being developed in community standards bodies with the explicit goal of enabling independent implementations and avoiding single- or concentrated-vendor control.

The companies share a belief that no single or small group of vendors, registries or platforms should control how AI agents are named, discovered or verified. As agents begin to act across websites, applications and enterprise environments, open standards will be essential to help people and systems know which agents they are interacting with and whether those agents are verified.

"Agents will only reach their full potential on the open web if people and systems can verify who they are interacting with," said Jared Sine, chief strategy and legal officer at GoDaddy. "Adopters of the Agent Name Service open standard leverages the only infrastructure that exists today that operates at the scale and speed of the global internet--Domain Name Service. We support Infoblox's work on DNS-AID and believe open standards for identity, discovery and verification will be critical as agents become part of everyday digital experiences."

"The lesson we learned from the 1970s to 1980s is simple: no single entity could or should run the phonebook of the internet for everyone," said Wei Chen, CLO, EVP, Regulatory Strategy at Infoblox. "DNS replaced it, not with another centralized list, but with an open, federated protocol that anyone could participate in. Forty years later, DNS remains the gold standard for digital trust and a scalable foundation where agents, Model Context Protocols, services and endpoints can be discovered and trusted through the same architecture that already powers the global economy."

What Is DNS-AID?

DNS-AID is an open standard, currently advancing as an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) draft and open-source software, that defines how AI agents can publish discoverable metadata using existing DNS record types, including RFC 9460 Service Bindings (SVCB), DNS-SD service discovery, Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC), and DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE). DNS-AID is not owned by any company; it is a community standard that any organization, platform, registry or agent framework can implement.

By advancing DNS-AID, Infoblox is helping establish a standards-based discovery layer for agents. GoDaddy supports the goal of open, DNS-based agent discovery and believes DNS-AID complements ANS by addressing a related but distinct need: helping agents and systems find the metadata needed to evaluate and connect with one another.

What Is the Agent Name Service?

Agent Name Service is an open standard and implementation for AI agent identity, naming and verification, built on DNS and PKI. GoDaddy is a co-author of the ANS IETF draft and a significant contributor to its open-source implementation.

ANS is designed to let agent operators use domain names they already own--without requiring a new registry or proprietary naming system. This helps make agents identifiable and addressable through the same established internet infrastructure that already supports websites and email.

Shared Principles

ANS is anchored on agent identity: giving agents unique names and the cryptographic proof to back them. DNS-AID focuses on agent discovery: defining how agents' capabilities and endpoints are published in DNS so other systems can find them. The two efforts share a DNS and PKI foundation and are being developed to fit alongside each other in DNS as complementary parts of an open agentic internet. Put simply: ANS answers who an agent is, and DNS-AID helps others find what it can do.

Infoblox and GoDaddy believe agent discovery and identity should be open and interoperable, not tied to proprietary protocols or closed registries. Agent deployers should retain control over their agents' identity, metadata, discoverability and policies, and trust decisions should be based on open, auditable, cryptographically verifiable signals rather than proprietary reputation scores controlled by a single vendor.

Why DNS?

DNS is already globally deployed, federated, extensible and supported by mature operational and security practices. Building agent identity and discovery on DNS means inheriting decades of operational experience, caching infrastructure, anycast resilience, governance process and an installed base that reaches every device on the internet. SVCB records provide an extensible record format that can support agent capabilities, endpoints and protocols.

An Open Invitation

Infoblox and GoDaddy recognize that it will take the industry to come together to define the future of the agentic internet alone. "We are calling on cloud providers, agent platform vendors, registrars, security companies and standards organizations to join us in open standards work," said Wei Chen. "We believe AI agents should be discovered and verified through open infrastructure that is fully federated and distributed."

To learn more about DNS-AID, visit www.dns-aid.org.

To learn more about ANS, visit www.ansinfo.ai.

Celebrate Industry Excellence - Nominations Open for 2026 Elevate Best of the Year Awards

Sat, 16 May 2026 10:50:00 +0700

Peer-Nominated Awards Recognize Outstanding Individual Contributions Across the Heavy Building Materials Industry

HILLIARD, Ohio, May 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Command Alkon, the global leader in software and platform technology for the heavy building materials industry, is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the 2026 Elevate Best of the Year Awards. These awards honor the individuals who go above and beyond in their roles to drive operational excellence, innovation, and industry advancement.

Nominations are open to Command Alkon systems users, partners, and industry peers who wish to recognize colleagues and professionals making a meaningful impact in their organizations and across the heavy building materials industry. Submissions will be accepted through September 9.

"The Elevate Awards are an opportunity to recognize the individuals who are pushing our industry forward every day," said Karli Langner, Public Relations Manager at Command Alkon. "From the field to the office, from technology and innovation to community involvement, these nominees represent the very best of what our industry has to offer."

Best of the Year Award winners are selected from peer nominations submitted across the industry. Winners will be notified ahead of the event, and announced during the Opening Keynote at the 2026 Elevate Conference in November.

Command Alkon invites nominations for the following 2026 Best of the Year categories:

* Dispatcher of the Year
* Plant Operator of the Year
* Technical Services/QC Personnel of the Year
* Sales Professional of the Year
* Driver of the Year
* Fleet Operations Champion of the Year
* Back Office of the Year
* IT Specialist of the Year
* Outstanding Woman in Heavy Building Materials Industry
* Everyday Hero
* AI Innovator of the Year
* Cloud Innovator of the Year
* CALMS eLearner of the Year

To nominate an employee, colleague, or industry partner, fill out the nomination form here.

For more information about the Elevate Conference and awards program, visit www.commandalkon.com/elevate/. ***

HERE unveils AI-powered last meter guidance solution to help delivery drivers complete the final handoff

Sat, 16 May 2026 10:36:00 +0700

Chicago - HERE Technologies, the leading mapping and location data platform, today announced HERE Last Meter Guidance, a location intelligence solution designed to help drivers finish deliveries more quickly, accurately and with less guesswork by providing AI-based guidance from the optimal parking location, through the final handover location. HERE will demo the solution, currently in beta, next week at Home Delivery World USA in Nashville, Tenn.

The last mile represents the shortest distance, yet it has become the most complex and expensive leg of the journey, now accounting for more than half of total supply chain costs. Today, it's no longer enough to deliver to an address. For many fleets, the biggest challenge begins after arrival.

Using AI, automated sensor data & positioning collection and a constant feedback loop of insights from successful real-world deliveries, HERE Last Meter Guidance will establish 'ground truth.' The solution will provide couriers with precise guidance on delivery parking, walking paths and the correct building entry point. The expected result is more efficient fuel consumption, more completed first-attempt deliveries and a better customer experience.

"We've come a long way in optimizing how drivers get to a destination, but it's now the last few meters, from arrival through delivery handoff, that present the biggest bottlenecks. Too often, drivers are working with poor, missing or confusing data right where precision matters most," said Bart Coppelmans, Senior Director of Product Management at HERE Technologies. "HERE Last Meter Guidance is designed to bring more certainty to that final handoff. With fuel price volatility, condensed delivery windows, delivery automation and heightened consumer expectations, the stakes have never been higher."

Across major cities, delivery volumes climb, while streets and curbs are constrained by congestion, making urban environments more complex to navigate. At the same time, retailers are compressing delivery timelines and expanding same-day and even one-hour delivery options. HERE's solution aims to help fleets operate in this new reality by providing precise, real-world guidance for a fast, accurate and successful final handoff.

HERE Last Meter Guidance will complement the company's existing tour planning and navigation capabilities to support end-to-end transport, from route planning and navigation through delivery completion at the door. HERE will showcase the latest in last mile logistics at Home Delivery World USA, booth #1316. Schedule time to meet with HERE or demo the solution.

HERE Last Meter Guidance is currently in beta and is expected to move toward general availability following this initial phase. For more on HERE Last Meter Guidance, visit here.com/contact.***

Tealium Launches Audience Discovery for Snowflake as a Native App to Power Real-Time Customer Activation

Fri, 15 May 2026 14:55:00 +0700

Joint customers can build, govern, and activate audiences in real time -- directly within Snowflake, without moving data

San Diego, May 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tealium today announced it has launched Tealium Audience Discovery for Snowflake. The solution, a Snowflake Native App, enables joint customers to build, govern, and activate audiences directly within their Snowflake environment -- eliminating data movement and accelerating time to insight.

Now, data teams can ensure more accurate, ready-to-activate audiences, so they can get their campaigns in front of customers quickly, without losing control over the underlying data or ripping or replacing their stack.

"The data cloud is the brain of your customer operations; Tealium is the nervous system," said Mike Anderson, CTO and Co-Founder of Tealium. "One of the most critical challenges for modern organizations in today's AI era is turning intelligence into action in the moments that matter. Unlike standard reverse-ETL vendors that stop at simply loading an audience into a destination after the fact, Tealium's customer data orchestration platform supercharges the entire data lifecycle. By fueling Snowflake with high-quality data collection, we enable the best of all worlds: fueling the customer data warehouse with the best data available, in-the-moment orchestration for real-time customer experiences, and efficient batch delivery via reverse-ETL leveraging the customer data warehouse."

Tealium and Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, are working together to help joint customers unify data activation and analytics in a single governed environment. By combining Snowflake's secure, scalable platform with Tealium's real-time orchestration capabilities, organizations can move from insight to action faster and deliver more personalized customer engagement at scale.

"Using applications natively in Snowflake can be transformative for organizations looking to activate their data in real time," said Luke Ambrosetti, Industry Principal, AI Solutions -- Marketing, Snowflake. "With Tealium's Audience Discovery for Snowflake, customers gain greater flexibility to create, manage, and operationalize audiences directly within their Snowflake environment, while maintaining their security and governance controls."

Historically, teams have been dependent on lengthy processes to extract and format data for campaigns, which can take days or weeks. Tealium Audience Discovery for Snowflake provides a self-service environment for all teams, all while maintaining robust governance controls.

Additional solution benefits include:

* Three Flexible Creation Paths: Empower every team member to build audiences using natural language via Snowflake Cortex; an intuitive point-and-click interface for marketers; or an AI-assisted SQL editor for complex data analysis.

* Built-In Precision & Validation: Before launching, teams can validate audiences using live histograms, dataset previews, and refresh history to ensure the "size and shape" of the data matches campaign goals.

* Dual Activation Modes: Users can choose the best path for their use case within a single platform. Use revers--ETL for scheduled batch updates or real-time orchestration when immediate customer engagement is required.

* Zero-Copy Governance: Because the app runs natively in Snowflake, data remains in place, allowing organizations to maintain control using Snowflake's native security, roles, and audit capabilities.

As a Snowflake Native App, Tealium Audience Discovery runs directly within the customer's Snowflake account, allowing organizations to bring activation closer to their data. By eliminating the need for data movement or duplication, teams can reduce operational overhead, improve data accuracy, and accelerate time to value.The Tealium Audience Discovery for Snowflake app will be available globally on the Snowflake Marketplace in Q2.

Snowflake Marketplace helps companies expand what's possible with data and AI through third-party data, apps and AI products. With on-platform purchasing and immediate access to data products, Snowflake Marketplace lowers integration costs and streamlines procurement processes. By delivering data, apps and AI products directly to the customers' data, providers deliver a superior customer experience and see accelerated revenue growth and increased margins. To learn more about Snowflake Marketplace and how to find, try and buy third-party products to accelerate your analytics, app development and AI initiatives, click here.

The Snowflake Native App Framework enables developers to build applications using Snowflake's core functionalities, distribute them globally on Snowflake Marketplace, and deploy them within a customer's Snowflake account. To learn more about the Snowflake Native App Framework and how to become a Snowflake partner, click here.***

Fogo de Chao Accelerates Global Growth with New Lease Agreement for Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fri, 15 May 2026 14:37:00 +0700

Internationally renowned restaurant expands footprint with its 10th Brazil location

DALLAS, May 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fogo de Chao, the internationally renowned restaurant founded in Brazil over 46 years ago and known for its elevated churrasco dining experience, today announced it has signed a new lease agreement for a location in Ipanema Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Expected to open in 2027, the restaurant will be Fogo's third in Rio and tenth in its home country, marking a significant milestone in the brand's continued growth.

Set in the heart of Ipanema, an upscale, world-famous beachfront neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro known for its vibrant culture, stunning coastline, and sophisticated dining scene, the new restaurant will be part of the Jardim de Alah development, a thoughtfully designed public space that fosters connection and brings the community together while honoring the city's rich cultural heritage. The restaurant will blend timeless design with the inviting warmth of Brazilian hospitality, reinforcing Fogo's deep commitment to its authentic origins.

"Expanding into Ipanema represents an important step in our global growth strategy to bring the Culinary Art of Churrasco to the world," said Barry McGowan, CEO of Fogo de Chao. "As one of Rio de Janeiro's most iconic and internationally recognized neighborhoods, Ipanema provides a strategic location for strengthening our presence in Brazil while continuing to elevate the Fogo experience worldwide. With growing momentum in key international markets like Chile and the United Kingdom, each new opening in Brazil reflects our deep roots in the culture that defines who we are."

Fogo continues to grow organically across key domestic markets including Sao Paulo, Bras?lia, Rio de Janeiro, and soon Belo Horizonte, while simultaneously expanding its presence in major capital cities around the world such as Santiago, Chile; Manila, Philippines; Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Quito, Ecuador; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and Mexico City, Mexico.

"We're proud to welcome Fogo de Chao to Jardim de Alah," said Cassio Lopes, Commercial Director of Jardim de Alah. "Our vision has always been to reintroduce this area as a vibrant, open, and community‑oriented destination. Fogo's Brazilian heritage and its lively, celebratory dining experience make it an ideal partner as we bring new energy and connection to the neighborhood."

With this latest opening, Fogo continues to strengthen its presence in Brazil while advancing its broader international growth strategy across key global markets, with a particular focus on establishing restaurants in leading capital city destinations.

"Ipanema represents a powerful opportunity to deepen our connection with guests in our home country in one of Brazil's most influential and internationally recognized neighborhoods," said Paulo Antunes, Brazil Country Manager of Fogo de Chao. "As Fogo continues to expand around the world, strengthening our presence in key Brazilian markets remains essential to our long-term strategy. This new location allows us to honor our heritage while delivering an elevated experience that reflects the global evolution of our brand."

The newly developed and remodeled restaurants will showcase Fogo's enhanced design and innovation platforms, offering a warm, timeless and approachable setting where guests enjoy a 360-degree view of an open Churrasco grill and can watch Gaucho Chefs butcher, hand carve and grill high-quality cuts of protein over an open flame.

For more information about Fogo de Chao, visit fogo.com.***

HYCU Wakes up Backup with aiR; Launch Adds New AI Capabilities Across Protected Systems of Record Within Its Market-leading R-Cloud Resilience Platform

Fri, 15 May 2026 14:18:00 +0700

A Single Question, Asked Across Every Protected Workload, Returns Answers at Cost Never Before Available to Midmarket Enterprises

Boston, Massachusetts, May 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HYCU, Inc., the #1 AI Resilience company, today announced HYCU aiR (AI Resilience), an AI-native solution that turns backup data across dozens of applications into a live and actionable intelligence for security, compliance, and IT teams. aiR lets organizations search, query, and run purpose-built agents to surface insider risk, sensitive data exposure, identity drift, and AI agent activity, using their backup data. Every backup is a timestamped record of what happened inside an organization's applications.

HYCU aiR is the first solution built to read it.

AI activity has outpaced human-scale oversight. Atlassian, Microsoft 365, Salesforce, GitHub, and other applications and platforms are no longer playgrounds, but rapidly evolving systems of record where AI agents and copilots do most of their work. The conventional response is to buy more visibility: DSPM for sensitive data, insider risk platforms, identity governance, behavioral analytics. Each is useful, narrow in scope, and priced for enterprises that can afford a dedicated team to run it. Stack the categories together and the visibility bill alone exceeds what most midmarket organizations spend on their entire security stack.

Most organizations cannot make that math work. The applications their people work in, including Salesforce, GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Box, and Okta, remain unclassified and unmonitored. The questions never get asked. Is there PCI data in Confluence? Is there PHI in Salesforce? Is there a user systematically exporting critical data in Box? The tools built to answer them are priced for the Fortune 500, not the midmarket healthcare and financial services firms where the gap is widest.

"For two decades, security tools watched what happened inside applications and backup tools stored the record of it. The two never spoke," said Simon Taylor, Founder and CEO, HYCU, Inc. "That worked when data changed slowly, and humans were the only ones touching it. Neither is true anymore. Between SaaS sprawl and AI agents acting at machine speed, most companies can't tell you what they have, let alone what changed in the last hour. Resilience now means knowing what you had, what changed, who changed it, what data was impacted, and recovering immediately. aiR delivers intelligence. R-Cloud delivers recovery. That's what resilience looks like."

HOW HYCU aiR WORKS

HYCU aiR adds significant capabilities to HYCU R-Cloud.

* Natural language search across backups. Organizations can ask plain-language questions of their backup data: "Show me all files containing passport numbers across our Salesforce and Microsoft 365 backups." "Flag every permission change in our Okta environment over the last 90 days." "Identify which AI agents accessed customer records in the past month." With the information already contained in HYCU backups, aiR makes it queryable, from the first snapshot, with no configuration required.

* An Agent Garden of purpose-built agents. Each agent reads the same backup data and answers a different question. Regulated Data and IP finds PII, PHI, financial records, and intellectual property scattered across protected applications. Insider Risk detects unusual access patterns and behavioral anomalies. Configuration Drift compares snapshots over time to identify settings that changed without authorization. IAM Posture Management tracks identity drift and access policy violations. Anomaly Detection spots unusual data patterns that signal compromise. Agent Governance monitors AI agent activity across the protected estate. Customers extend the garden by building and publishing their own templates, creating agents that ask the questions specific to their compliance regime, their industry, and the way their organization actually works.

Every agent reads from the same source: data the organization was already protecting. Because every query runs across every protected application at once, HYCU can surface thousands of cross-application insights no point tool could produce. The intelligence was always there. HYCU is the first to treat backups as a memory rather than as insurance.

"AHMC Healthcare backups are very important to our ability to respond safely and efficiently in an event that requires us to recover quickly," said Ash Shehata, CIO, AHMC Healthcare, Inc. "With HYCU aiR it will provide us the first way to read what our backups already know. This capability offers us a complete, time-stamped record of every file touched and every configuration adjusted, empowering AHMC to ask our backups in plain English for quick and efficient understanding of the data landscape. Prior to this it would take days or weeks to review logs and significant manpower. With aiR it's a game changer and it puts the power back in our hands! I feel that CIOs can sleep better now knowing their backups are AI-enabled and are safeguarding their data."

COVERAGE THAT COMPOUNDS INTELLIGENCE

The value of backup intelligence scales directly with what you back up. A vendor protecting virtual machines and Microsoft 365 can surface insights only from those two environments. HYCU protects more than 100 unique workloads, including on-premises infrastructure, every major cloud, SaaS systems of record, DevOps toolchains, identity platforms, collaboration tools, databases, and AI workloads such as vector databases and data pipelines.

That breadth is what makes aiR's economics work. Insights from 100 protected applications are not ten times the insights from ten. They reveal cross-application patterns no single-workload tool can surface:

* An identity change in Okta that quietly cascades into Salesforce and GitHub permissions
* An AI agent that read customer records in Confluence and wrote output to SharePoint
* Regulated data that left a sanctioned application six months ago and now lives in three places no compliance team has mapped

"HYCU built the broadest protection coverage in data protection precisely because the organizations they serve cannot afford gaps," said Enrique Salem, Partner, Bain Capital Ventures. "aiR turns that coverage into a security intelligence advantage that purpose-built visibility tools spend years and hundreds of millions in customer budgets trying to replicate. The economics here are fundamentally different, and that matters enormously to the midmarket organizations that make up the largest underserved segment in security."

AVAILABILITY
HYCU is opening an early access waitlist for aiR today. Organizations joining the waitlist enter the early adopter program alongside existing HYCU customers currently testing the capability.

For more information on HYCU aiR and becoming an early adopter, visit: www.hycu.com/air, follow us on X (formerly Twitter), connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky, and YouTube. ***

Acronis Appoints Jim Tedesco as Chief Revenue Officer

Fri, 15 May 2026 14:00:00 +0700

Experienced revenue and customer success leader joins Acronis to scale global sales execution and accelerate partner-led growth

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, May 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, today announced the appointment of Jim Tedesco as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). In this role, Jim will lead Acronis' global sales and go-to-market execution, overseeing Global Sales, go-to-market strategy, Professional Services, and Solution Engineering.

"Jim's experience scaling global partner-driven revenue organizations makes him a strong addition to the Acronis leadership team," said Jan-Jaap Jager, CEO of Acronis. "Our next phase of growth is about scaling the business through partners at a much higher level, signing more MSPs globally, helping existing partners grow faster, and building a more predictable and scalable revenue engine around that motion. We see a significant opportunity to scale Acronis beyond $1 billion in revenue, and achieving that requires strong execution, operational discipline, and deep alignment with our partner ecosystem. Jim brings the leadership and experience to help us accelerate that growth globally."

Jim Tedesco_Acronis CRO

Jim will be responsible for driving consistent global revenue attainment, strengthening MSP-led growth and upsell execution, and deepening partner relationships globally. He will also focus on accelerating revenue growth through disciplined operational execution, strengthening partner engagement, and building a more scalable and predictable commercial engine across regions.

Jim brings more than 30 years of executive leadership experience across sales, operations, and customer success roles. Most recently, he served as GM and SVP of Customer Success at a leading backup and replication software company, where he successfully grew the company's ARR from hundreds of millions to billions in revenue, while overseeing global customer lifecycle initiatives and growth programs. Jim's prior experiences include senior leadership positions at other technology companies, building high-performing teams, and driving ARR growth across global markets.

"I'm excited to join Acronis at such an important stage of the company's growth," said Jim Tedesco. "Acronis has built a strong market position with its natively integrated platform, combining more than 20 protection, automation, and management scenarios and 25+ AI-powered capabilities into a single solution. Combined with its deeply partner-centric approach, supporting more than 21,000 MSP partners, 750,000 customers, and 50+ data centers globally, Acronis is uniquely positioned for continued growth. I look forward to working with the team to strengthen execution, scale globally, and help partners and customers succeed."

Jim's appointment builds directly on the recent addition of Christiaan Franken as VP Revenue Operations. Together, Jim and Christiaan will form a tightly aligned commercial leadership foundation focused on improving forecasting accuracy, operational visibility, execution discipline, and scalable growth.

For more information about Acronis' leadership team, visit: https://www.acronis.com/en/company/leadership/

BitMEX Launches the Copy and Conquer Campaign Featuring a 50,000 USDT Prize Pool

Fri, 15 May 2026 13:49:00 +0700

VICTORIA, Seychelles, May 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BitMEX, a leading crypto derivatives exchange, announced today the launch of the Copy and Conquer campaign. Users can copy or reverse copy other leading traders to win their share of a 50,000 USDT prize pool.

Copy Trading was introduced on BitMEX for all traders in 2025, with a unique Reverse Copy feature -- an advanced function where traders can take the opposite direction of another trader. Copy trading of top Hyperliquid traders is also available, providing users with advanced profit opportunities in the safety of the BitMEX platform.

The Copy and Conquer campaign will run from 14 May 2026 at 12:00 PM (UTC) to 14 June 2026 at 11:59 AM (UTC). Users can participate at any time during the campaign period.

Rewards will be distributed across 2 categories:

* For New Users: First-time copy traders can claim up to $50 in loss protection when they copy their first Copy Leader. Additionally, first-time reverse copy traders can also enjoy up to $50 in bonus profits if their first reverse copy trade returns a profit.

* For All Users: By achieving copy trading volume tiers, all participants can claim up to $500 in trading credits.

To participate in the Copy and Conquer campaign, traders must be fully verified on BitMEX. Competition details and registration can be found here. For more details on BitMEX Copy Trading, visit this page.***

Freshworks Unveils AI Agent Studio in Freshservice to Unlock Service Transformation that Drives Compounding Business Growth

Fri, 15 May 2026 13:34:00 +0700

With an AI-powered, unified service operations foundation and new agentic accelerators, IT and business teams can deploy AI their way and move as fast as their business demands

SAN MATEO, Calif., May 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At its annual Refresh conference, Freshworks Inc. (NASDAQ: FRSH) Thursday unveiled its vision for Service Transformation, Made Real, alongside an expansion of its agentic capabilities to help organizations scale and govern service confidently across every service domain. Today's announcement positions Freshworks to deliver what legacy providers cannot: one agile platform connecting service, assets, and incidents; trusted, domain-specific AI grounded in enterprise context; and the choice to build, customize, or deploy bespoke Freddy AI Agents in weeks, not quarters.

The urgency of this transformation is supported by new telemetry data identifying a critical support gap in the modern workforce. Analysis of millions of service interactions found that 47% of all IT tickets are now submitted outside standard business hours, yet after-hours response times lag by an extra hour or more, with SLA rates falling as much as 5%. Even as workers are empowered with AI tools to work faster and from anywhere at any time, companies are setting up an employee experience showdown, leaving "ghost shift" workers to lose time hunting for faster answers.

"The true measure of AI's value isn't what it can do, it's what it gives back: time, focus, and the freedom for teams to stop fixing yesterday's problems and start building what's next," said Srini Raghavan, chief product officer at Freshworks. "Our unified ServiceOps foundation, activated with Freddy AI Agent Studio, is the antidote. It delivers immediate, controlled orchestration and the architectural agility to deploy AI in weeks, not quarters, allowing our customers to transform service at the speed their business demands."

Key benefits and capabilities:

* Orchestrate autonomous service with Freddy AI Agent Studio: Organizations gain total flexibility to deploy AI on their own terms. Using a no-code studio, teams can create custom AI Agents or start with pre-built, domain-specific AI Agents and further extend capabilities from a new library of agentic workflows. These AI Agents meet employees directly in Microsoft Teams, Slack, or employee portals, connecting to HRIS systems like Workday and Rippling to execute secure enterprise workflows, from onboarding to payroll, instantly for employees.

* Empower AI Agents with the enterprise ecosystem: The Model Context Protocol (MCP) Gateway enables Freddy AI to instantly pull external context from third-party tools - including Notion, ClickUp, and Linear - without custom code. This allows organizations to move beyond simple automation and solve complex, cross-departmental issues. With MCP Gateway, Freddy AI Agents can leverage a company's tech stack in less time, bypassing the AI friction and implementation drag that can stall enterprise AI effectiveness.

* Measure and optimize with AI Insights and xLAs: As agents scale, AI Insights helps service leaders move beyond legacy metrics and toward meaningful outcomes. With Executive Overview Insights and Experience Level Agreements (xLAs), leaders can connect service performance directly to employee sentiment. By using weighted computation and AI-driven analysis, the platform provides the superior visibility needed to make faster, data-driven decisions that optimize both service delivery and the employee experience.

* A proven, unified foundation for the AI era: Freddy AI is powered by Freshservice's high-integrity ServiceOps foundation, including the reimagined Freshservice IT Asset Management (ITAM) and FireHydrant incident management products. Unlike legacy platforms where data cleanup can stall progress, Freshworks' unified data layer integrates service, assets, and enterprise knowledge to give AI Agents the context they need to execute agentic workflows immediately, bypassing the manual mapping that typically slows down AI deployments.

To learn more about the May launch, please visit here. To see how enterprises are replacing costly, complex legacy ITSM platforms and achieving 168% ROI over 3 years, read the new Futurum Group report here.

Proven Impact

* "We used to spend an hour every morning looking at ticket trends. Now we spend three minutes with Freddy Insights--and get better data," said Daniel McMaster, IT Service Management Analyst at Amerisure.

* "Freshworks is positioning platform unification as a key enabler of autonomous service execution," said Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Digital Workflows, The Futurum Group. "Freddy AI Agent Studio's combination of deployment flexibility, pre-built domain agents, and embedded governance reflects a broader market focus on moving agentic AI initiatives from pilot projects into production environments. For organizations managing multiple AI tools and workflows, these types of approaches that emphasize integration, governance, and operational readiness are likely to resonate with enterprise buyers." ***

Valeura Energy Inc.: First Quarter 2026 Results

Fri, 15 May 2026 13:25:00 +0700

SINGAPORE, May 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Valeura Energy Inc. (TSX:VLE, OTCQX:VLERF) ("Valeura" or the "Company") reports its unaudited financial and operating results for the three month period ended 31 March 2026.

The complete quarterly reporting package for the Company, including the unaudited financial statements (the "Interim Financial Statement") and associated management's discussion and analysis ("MD&A") are being filed on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and posted the Company's website at www.valeuraenergy.com.

Highlights

* Oil production of 2.0 million bbls, averaging 22,326 bbls/d(1);
* Oil sales of 1.4 million bbls, resulting in an increase in crude oil inventory;
* Adjusted opex(2) of US$25.4/bbl, in line with the Company's guidance expectations and operating costs of US$15.6/bbl(3);
* Adjusted cashflow from operations(2) of US$21.3 million;
* Purchased the Manora Princess floating storage and offloading ("FSO") vessel for US$15.5 million; and
* Net cash of US$261.6 million(4), with no debt.
Subsequent to Q1 2026
* Record monthly oil sales in April 2026 of 0.82 mmbbls at an average realised price of US$110.4/bbl, resulting in US$90.3 million in revenue;
* Announced a US$7 million project to add four additional well slots to the Nong Yao A platform; and
* Chartered the Shelf Drilling Enterprise jack-up drilling rig for a term of three years.

(1)   Working interest share production before royalties.
(2)   Non-IFRS financial measure or non-IFRS ratio -- see "Non-IFRS Financial Measures and Ratios" section.
(3)   Operating cost divided by production.
(4)   Includes restricted cash.

Dr. Sean Guest, President and CEO commented:
"Our Q1 2026 performance demonstrates the resilience of our portfolio. We generated positive cash flow from operations, even with oil sales only from two months of the quarter, and at relatively low realised prices of US$66.2/bbl. While we are pleased with this outcome, we are excited by the potential of Q2, which we believe is poised for a very strong financial performance. As a result of the potential March sales being deferred into the higher oil price environment in April, we generated revenue of US$90.3 million in April, nearly as much as our total revenue for Q1.

While we have no control over global benchmark oil prices, we do have control over our operations, and on that front, we have recorded another strong performance, with both operating costs and production outcomes exactly in line with our guidance expectations.

We are also remaining nimble with our work programme, and have moved swiftly to set ourselves up for more drilling in the near term, both by way of a long-term contract to charter the Enterprise drilling rig, and by expanding our Nong Yao facility to expedite drilling on what is our most profitable field.

We remain focused on growing our business too. That includes progressing both exploration and development planning work in relation to our large farm-in blocks G1/65 and G3/65 where we are earning a 40% working interest(1). At the same time we continue to pursue a suite of inorganic opportunities, guided always by the principle of adding value for our stakeholders through growth."
(1) Transfer of interest subject to Thailand government approval.

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Chengdu Origen and Vanotech Announce KHN921 Investigational New Drug application clearance by the US FDA for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) associated with MYBPC3 mutations

Fri, 15 May 2026 10:29:00 +0700

Investigational New Drug application for KHN921 received "study may proceed" from the US FDA. KHN921 is a potential "first-in-class" cardiovascular AAV gene therapy being developed for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) associated with MYBPC3 mutations

CHENGDU, China and ROCKAWAY, N.J., May 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Chengdu Origen Biotechnology Co., Ltd. ("Chengdu Origen") and Vanotech Ltd. ("Vanotech") announced today that the US FDA granted "study may proceed" to the KHN921 IND application. KHN921 is being studied for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) associated with MYBPC3 mutations. The proposed multi-center, open-label, dose escalation and expansion Phase I/II study will assess the safety, tolerability and efficacy of a single intracoronary administration of KHN921 gene therapy in adults with symptomatic MYBPC3 mutation-associated HCM.

KHN921 is a recombinant replication-deficient adeno-associated virus vector of serotype AAV9 that encodes a gene encoding the MYBPC3 protein. In preclinical studies of HCM disease models, intracoronary infusion of KHN921 resulted in retention of the transgene product in cardiac tissues for prolonged periods and prevented the disease symptoms. These findings may indicate the potential of KHN921 to offer a single administration treatment for HCM patients with MYBPC3 mutation.

KHN921 is an AAV-based gene therapy designed to directly address the root genetic cause of HCM by delivering a functional copy of the MYBPC3 gene and restoring normal myosin-binding protein C expression in cardiomyocytes," said Avner Ingerman, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Vanotech. "With the FDA's IND clearance, we are one step closer to bringing this potentially transformative therapy to patients who currently face limited long-term treatment options for this life-threatening disease."

About hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) associated with MYBPC3 mutations

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common monogenic cardiovascular disorder, affecting approximately 1 in 500 individuals worldwide. It is characterized by unexplained left ventricular hypertrophy, which can lead to heart failure, arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death, particularly in young adults and athletes.

Mutations in the MYBPC3 gene, which encodes cardiac myosin-binding protein C (cMyBP-C)--a key regulator of sarcomere structure and cardiac contraction--are one of the most prevalent genetic causes of HCM. Pathogenic MYBPC3 mutations lead to impaired or truncated protein production, disrupting normal cardiac function and driving the pathological remodeling seen in HCM. Currently, no disease-modifying therapies targeting the underlying genetic cause of MYBPC3‑associated HCM have been approved, representing a significant unmet medical need.

About Chengdu Origen and Vanotech

Chengdu Origen is a clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on developing gene therapy for unmet medical needs and providing meaningful clinical benefits for patients suffering from genetic and chronic diseases and has comprehensive viral vector manufacturing capabilities and infrastructure.

Vanotech is operating as the sponsor-representative and is responsible for the clinical development program of KH921 in the United States. Vanotech is also currently conducting VAN-2201, a Phase 1, multi-center, open-label, dose-escalation study in subjects with neovascular AMD to evaluate safety, tolerability and efficacy of a single administration of KH631 (For more information, please visit https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT 05657301) and VAN-2401, a Phase I, Open-label, Multicenter, Dose-escalation study to evaluate the safety and tolerability of a single administration of KH658 gene therapy in participants with neovascular AMD (For more information please visit https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT 06825858).

TekniPlex Healthcare to Present Recyclable Blister Packaging Solutions at The Pharma Days 2026

Fri, 15 May 2026 10:11:00 +0700

The presentation will examine PPWR minimization-driven blister innovations, including recyclable and recycled pharmaceutical grades. Company will also showcase its advanced barrier materials and expanded multidose vial capabilities

Wayne, PA, May 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TekniPlex Healthcare, which utilizes advanced materials science expertise to help deliver better patient outcomes, will exhibit and present at The Pharma Days 2026, taking place May 27-28 at Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland. At Stand C1 in Hall 3, the company will feature its latest sustainability-driven innovations for primary pharmaceutical packaging, advanced barrier materials, and expanded injection blow molding capacity for multidose vial applications.

On May 28 at 10:20 a.m. in the TPSD Room, Robin Van Landeghem, Head of Strategic Innovation & Market Development at TekniPlex Healthcare, will deliver a presentation titled "Advancing Recyclable Polymer Solutions for Pharmaceutical Blister Packaging Under the PPWR Framework." The session will cover next-generation recyclable polymer structures, with a focus on patented polyester and polypropylene technologies. It will also address how the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is reshaping requirements for pharmaceutical packaging.

Although primary pharmaceutical packaging is exempt from PPWR's recyclability and minimum recycled-content rules when product quality is at stake, it remains subject to the regulation's mandatory minimization obligation, meaning that material and weight reduction principles still apply.

"PPWR is accelerating a fundamental shift in how the pharmaceutical industry approaches primary packaging," said Van Landeghem. "Recyclability and material reduction are no longer aspirational. They are converging into the baseline expectation for blister formats. TekniPlex Healthcare's role is to give pharmaceutical companies the technical confidence and regulatory clarity to adopt next-generation polymer solutions without compromising on product protection or manufacturability."

Recyclable blister solutions across the moisture barrier spectrum

For applications requiring mid- to high-moisture barrier properties, TekniPlex Healthcare's Tekniflex COC thermoformable blister films, paired with barrier PP lidding films, are recyclable within the PP #5 waste stream. For drugs that require little to no moisture barrier, the company's thermoformable polyester films and push-through polyester lidding films are recyclable within the PETE #1 waste stream. In partnership with Alpek Polyester, TekniPlex Healthcare has also introduced a pharma-grade blister film containing 30% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content using a mass balance approach, designed for applications with minimal barrier requirements.

Advanced barrier laminates and coated film solutions

TekniPlex Healthcare will also feature its portfolio of advanced barrier solutions, including Aclar laminates and PFAS-free SBC PVDC-coated PVC structures, engineered to deliver strong protection against moisture and oxygen for drugs with demanding stability profiles.

Expanded injection blow molding capacity for multidose vial packaging

At its facility in Modena, Italy, TekniPlex Healthcare has added substantial injection blow molding capacity for multidose vial packaging, supporting a wide range of pharmaceutical liquid applications, including the growing ophthalmic segment. Standard bottles range from 5-30 ml, including a 10 ml squeezable container designed specifically for Aptar Pharma's Ophthalmic Squeeze Dispenser (OSD) technology platform, that serves preservative-free multidose formulations in eye-care.

To learn more about TekniPlex Healthcare's latest materials science innovations, visit Stand C1 in Hall 3 at The Pharma Days 2026 or visit www.tekni-plex.com/healthcare. ***

Green Building Initiative Mengumumkan Pengunduran Diri CEO Vicki Worden

Fri, 15 May 2026 10:00:00 +0700

Vicki Worden, CAE, memimpin GBI mencapai pertumbuhan yang signifikan selama 11 tahun masa jabatannya; Yang Terhormat Stephen T. Ayers, FAIA, diangkat sebagai CEO Sementara GBI

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Green Building Initiative (GBI) mengumumkan rencana pengunduran diri Chief Executive Officer (CEO)-nya, Vicki Worden. Worden akan meninggalkan GBI untuk mengemban jabatan baru sebagai CEO setelah memimpin organisasi tersebut sejak tahun 2015. GBI adalah organisasi nirlaba internasional dan pengembang standar terakreditasi ANSI yang beroperasi secara virtual dengan 30 staf.

"Kepemimpinan Vicki Worden ditandai oleh komitmen yang tak tergoyahkan dalam memperluas dampak misi GBI," ujar Sumayyah Theron, Ketua Dewan Direksi GBI serta CEO dan Pendiri Avant-garde Sustainable Solutions. "Di bawah kepemimpinan Vicki, GBI berkembang dari organisasi yang berfokus pada pasar Amerika Serikat menjadi organisasi dengan kehadiran yang benar-benar global, yang kini melayani anggota di lebih dari 20 negara. Visi dan dedikasinya telah mendorong standar bangunan hijau GBI diterapkan pada lebih dari satu miliar kaki persegi ruang komersial dan hunian multikeluarga bersertifikasi di seluruh dunia. Hal tersebut juga memperkuat posisi GBI sebagai lembaga sertifikasi terdepan di sektor hunian multikeluarga, fasilitas kesehatan, pusat data, dan berbagai sektor lainnya. Kami sangat berterima kasih atas seluruh kontribusi yang telah diberikan Vicki pada organisasi ini dan mendoakan kesuksesan terbaik baginya dalam melanjutkan kepemimpinan yang berbasis misi."

Misi GBI adalah meningkatkan dampak lingkungan binaan terhadap iklim dan masyarakat. Komunitasnya yang terdiri dari 15.000 anggota disatukan oleh satu visi yaitu untuk mewujudkan bangunan yang berkelanjutan, sehat, dan tangguh bagi semua kalangan.

Sebelum memimpin GBI, pengalaman Worden mencakup CEO sementara serta berbagai jabatan eksekutif senior di komunitas asosiasi di Washington, D.C. Selain itu, beliau juga menjalankan perusahaan konsultasi manajemen strategis miliknya sendiri yang berbasis di Maryland dan Maine selama lebih dari sepuluh tahun. Beliau telah menjadi tokoh penting dalam bidang keberlanjutan dan lingkungan binaan selama lebih dari 30 tahun.

"Saya sangat berterima kasih atas kemitraan yang terjalin dengan anggota Dewan GBI selama sebelas tahun terakhir serta atas komitmen bersama kami terhadap pertumbuhan yang bermakna," ujar Worden. "GBI dikenal dengan budaya pelayanan, kolaborasi, transparansi, dan kerja tim yang kuat. Budaya tersebut kami bangun secara sadar untuk mendukung visi dan misi organisasi. Saya merasa terhormat dapat bekerja sama dengan para anggota, asesor, klien, dan staf GBI yang sangat berdedikasi. Saya tahu bahwa saya meninggalkan GBI di tangan yang tepat. Organisasi ini akan terus maju serta memperluas dampak positifnya dalam evolusi berikutnya."

Worden dijadwalkan meninggalkan jabatannya pada akhir Juni 2026, dan sebuah perusahaan konsultan akan ditunjuk untuk memimpin proses pencarian penggantinya.

Untuk masa transisi, Dewan GBI telah mengangkat Yang Terhormat Stephen T. Ayers, FAIA, sebagai CEO Sementara GBI. Ayers merupakan pemimpin yang diakui secara nasional di bidang arsitektur, pelayanan publik, dan transformasi organisasi, dengan karier yang menonjol di sektor pemerintahan, nirlaba, dan swasta. Beliau baru-baru ini menduduki sejumlah posisi pimpinan eksekutif sementara, termasuk sebagai CEO Sementara National Institute of Building Sciences (dua kali, pada 2022 dan 2024) serta CEO Sementara American Institute of Architects pada 2025. Dalam berbagai peran tersebut, beliau menghadirkan kepemimpinan yang stabil selama masa transisi penting dan membantu setiap organisasi memperkuat posisinya menuju kesuksesan jangka panjang. Tn. Ayers sebelumnya menjabat sebagai Architect of the Capitol ke-11 setelah ditunjuk oleh Barack Obama dan memperoleh persetujuan bulat dari Senat Amerika Serikat.***

Noted Vaccine Researchers Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci Awarded Sabin Vaccine Institute's Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal; Genomic Scientist Senjuti Saha of Bangladesh Receives Rising Star Award

Fri, 15 May 2026 08:53:00 +0700

WASHINGTON, May 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 2026 Sabin Awards were presented yesterday at the National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, D.C., with Professor Ugur Sahin, MD, and Professor Ozlem T?reci, MD, receiving the Sabin Vaccine Institute's Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal for their role in turning the tide of the COVID-19 pandemic and their efforts to support access to novel medicines globally. Dr. Senjuti Saha of Bangladesh was awarded the 2026 Rising Star Award for using genomics to inform the rollout of the world's largest typhoid vaccine program, protecting millions of children.

"Together, Professors Sahin and T?reci have helped reshape the future of vaccines, demonstrating how scientific entrepreneurship can translate cutting-edge research into global public health impact," said Sabin Chief Executive Officer Amy Finan. "The Sabin Gold Medal recognizes their extraordinary contribution for accelerating lifesaving vaccines and their commitment to vaccine access and equity."

Professors Sahin and T?reci, who are both business and life partners, were awarded the Sabin Gold Medal for their steadfast dedication to supporting medicine access through innovative technologies they have been pioneering for decades. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, they leveraged the technology they had been researching and developing for decades originally for oncology applications and pivoted their company's focus to develop a COVID-19 vaccine in record time that helped protect billions of lives.

Driven by the mission to improve the health of people worldwide, Sahin and T?reci continue to advance the development of vaccine candidates against diseases of major relevance to millions of people worldwide, including tuberculosis, HIV, and malaria. Their dedication extends beyond developing medical innovations as they work along the entire R&D chain to make a difference for communities. Together with their team and partners, they are leading efforts to contribute to build a sustainable and resilient vaccine ecosystem in Africa, for Africa.

"We are deeply honored to receive the 2026 Sabin Gold Medal. Albert Sabin's conviction that scientific breakthroughs only truly matter when they reach the people has been a lasting source of inspiration for us. We firmly believe that innovative medicines must be accessible to those who need them most," said Professors Sahin and Tureci. "This award is a testament to a collaborative effort, recognizing the dedication of our teams and partners around the world who walk this journey with us and share a deep sense of commitment to improving health."

Sabin's Rising Star Award encourages and recognizes the next generation of vaccine and immunization leaders. Rising Star Awardee Dr. Senjuti Saha generates critical evidence for major national immunization initiatives, including Bangladesh's 2025 typhoid conjugate vaccine campaign that has already reached more than 40 million children. As Deputy Executive Director of the Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF), she helped build one of the country's leading genomic laboratories. The lab has sequenced thousands of pathogen genomes to improve outbreak detection and inform vaccine development for diseases such as Klebsiella and RSV. Her work also emphasizes developing local scientific leadership and mentoring the next generation of researchers.

"This award is incredibly meaningful to me because it reflects years of work by an extraordinary community in Bangladesh and shows that great science can grow anywhere people are determined to solve problems together," said Dr. Saha.

"Dr. Senjuti Saha exemplifies the next generation of scientific leadership," said Finan. "She understands that her work doesn't stop in the laboratory or with a published paper. To improve and protect community health, she uses data and evidence to advocate for strong vaccine policy."

The Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal and Rising Star Award, awarded since 1994 and 2020 respectively, celebrate Dr. Sabin's legacy of ensuring vaccine access for all. They honor individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to immunization and global health. These awards commemorate the legacy of the late Dr. Albert B. Sabin, who discovered the oral polio vaccine and dedicated his life to ensuring everyone in the world had access to vaccines.

Watch the 2026 Sabin Awards ceremony recording.***

Acronis Introduces Cyber Frame, Addressing Service Provider Demand for Profitable, Reliable, and Protected IaaS

Fri, 15 May 2026 08:34:00 +0700

New AI-powered, protected by default infrastructure platform gives partners greater control, stronger margins, and faster time to market

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, May 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, today announced the launch of Acronis Cyber Frame, a new hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform purpose-built for service providers.

Designed specifically for managed service providers (MSPs), cloud service providers (CSPs), hosting providers, and telcos, Acronis Cyber Frame enables partners to deliver, protect, manage, and automate build, deliver, and monetize infrastructure services on their own terms by combining virtual machines, networking, and storage with Acronis' natively integrated cyber protection, management, and automation. This approach helps improve business outcomes with more predictable pricing, stronger resale margins, and a better fit for regional, sovereign, and legacy virtualization replacement opportunities.

Acronis-Cyber Frame

At a time of disruption in legacy virtualization, increasing hyperscaler cost pressures, and rising demand for regional and sovereign cloud solutions, Acronis Cyber Frame gives service providers a new path to regain control of their infrastructure strategy and margins.

"Service providers are rethinking their infrastructure strategies in response to major market shifts and need infrastructure that fits their business," said Gaidar Magdanurov, President at Acronis. "Acronis Cyber Frame brings infrastructure, protection, and management together in a single, natively integrated platform, helping partners simplify complexity and achieve stronger margins from their infrastructure services."

Deliver IaaS on Your Terms

Acronis Cyber Frame offers a flexible deployment model that allows partners to choose how they build and scale their infrastructure business:

* Acronis Cyber Frame Cloud: A fully hosted option that enables rapid time to market with no upfront infrastructure investment

* Acronis Cyber Frame Local: A partner-hosted deployment model providing full control over infrastructure, economics, performance, and data location

This flexibility allows service providers to launch quickly, expand strategically, and adapt to customer requirements around data sovereignty and compliance.

Protected by Default

Unlike traditional infrastructure platforms that require separate tools for protection and management, Acronis Cyber Frame is protected by default. Every workload deployed on Cyber Frame includes built-in backup and disaster recovery, security and threat protection, and remote monitoring and management (RMM). By integrating these capabilities natively, Cyber Frame reduces operational complexity, eliminates tool sprawl, and enables partners to deliver secure infrastructure services from day one.

Purpose-Built for Service Provider Success
Acronis Cyber Frame is designed from the ground up for service providers, with capabilities tailored to their business models. This includes native multitenancy and tenant isolation, customer self-service and white-label delivery, seamless integration with Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, and operational tooling aligned with service provider workflows. This purpose-built approach allows partners to package differentiated services, streamline operations, and deliver a more consistent and efficient customer experience.

"Acronis Cyber Frame represents a major step forward in secure, resilient infrastructure. By combining virtual machines, networking, storage, cyber protection, disaster recovery, and RMM into a single AI-powered platform, it gives clients enterprise-grade cyber resilience with far less complexity," said Scott Harrison, Cybersecurity Solution Specialist at Grey Matter. "Instead of stitching together multiple tools, organizations can operate from one natively integrated platform designed for security, efficiency, and scalability from day one. For our clients, this is more than infrastructure modernization, it's a smarter, more cost-effective operational model built for the future."

Open Foundation, Stronger Business Outcomes

Built on optimized OpenStack and KVM technologies and developed in collaboration with Virtuozzo, Acronis Cyber Frame avoids proprietary hypervisor lock-in while delivering a modern, scalable infrastructure foundation. With more predictable pricing and improved cost control, Cyber Frame enables service providers to pursue legacy virtualization replacement opportunities, repatriate workloads from hyperscalers, deliver regional and sovereign cloud services, and increase resale margins and long-term profitability.

Acronis Cyber Frame is now generally available globally.

To learn more, visit the announcement blog here: https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/acronis-cyber-frame-is-now-generally-available-deliver-iaas-on-your-own-terms/

For more information about Acronis Cyber Frame, visit: https://www.acronis.com/en/products/cloud/cyber-protect/cyber-frame/

Banks Are Moving to a Dual Workforce Model, nCino's Inaugural AI in Banking Benchmark Shows

Fri, 15 May 2026 08:24:00 +0700

Nearly 9 in 10 senior banking executives say AI Agents are the future, but only 1 in 5 are currently tying it to revenue

Barriers remain to turn AI momentum into measurable ROI

CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- nCino, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCNO), the platform for agentic AI banking, today released its inaugural "nCino AI in Banking Benchmark," which revealed that the majority of bankers (89%) see a future defined by a dual workforce of AI agents and humans within five years.

While institutions have made meaningful progress in adopting AI and defining strategy, many are still working to translate that activity into business outcomes, marking a pivotal shift from exploring various use cases to utilizing as a strategic growth enabler at scale. In fact, the report found that only 21% of respondents indicate that they are currently tying their AI investments to increased revenue.

This survey was launched at nSight 2026, nCino's 14th annual industry event being held May 12-14 in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was fielded between late March and early April 2026 among 150 U.S. banking senior technology and business decision-makers.

"As AI adoption accelerates, this report reveals that banking leaders are rethinking how work gets done, increasingly moving to a dual workforce of AI agents and humans," said Sean Desmond, Chief Executive Officer at nCino. "The next phase is turning that motion into real momentum, ensuring AI investments deliver measurable business outcomes. That requires treating AI not just as a technology initiative, but as a transformation of how institutions operate, compete and serve their customers."

AI Has Moved to the Core of the Banking Enterprise

AI is now firmly embedded in banking operations, with the majority of institutions utilizing it at an enterprise level (84%). What began as experimentation has evolved into everyday integration, with the report showing 91% of respondents say it enables their time to be spent on higher value or customer-facing work.

This shift is being accelerated by agentic AI, which is already reshaping roles across the organization and laying the foundation for a dual workforce model. According to the report, 84% of bankers say it has already significantly changed how most banking roles operate and 89% expect to be working alongside AI agents within the next five years.

AI Adoption Is Outpacing Accountability

The report reveals that while most banks (91%) have defined AI strategies, many are still early in linking those investments to KPIs. A majority (81%) of executives prioritize adoption over return on investment, with relatively few tying AI initiatives to cost reduction (26%) or revenue growth (21%). As a result, many organizations remain in motion--without yet achieving the momentum needed to drive sustained business impact.

Confidence in Data is High--But There are Cracks Beneath It

One of the primary barriers to translating AI momentum into business impact is data. The survey shows that the majority (87%) of banking executives feel confident about their ability to access good, quality data--good news for AI adoption. Yet nearly all (93%) cite at least one data governance challenge, including:

* Data siloed across systems (52%)

* Compromised data integrity (41%)

* Inconsistent or incomplete data (37%)

* Poor data quality (34%)

Against this backdrop, the report found that 94% of executives say a fully integrated, end-to-end AI solution could deliver more value to their organization.

"ConnectOne has consistently operated among the top-performing institutions for efficiency, and we take pride in working with partners like nCino that help us continue to enhance that efficiency as we scale," said Frank Sorrentino, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ConnectOne Bank. "As the pace of technological change accelerates, the institutions best positioned to lead will be those that rethink how they operate, apply modern solutions with purpose, and work with partners who can help translate innovation into meaningful outcomes for clients, teams, and shareholders."

To download the full report, visit the nCino website.

Methodology

The nCino AI in Banking Benchmark was fielded between late March and early April 2026 among 150 U.S. banking senior technology and business decision-makers. Respondents' roles included CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, Managing Directors, and VPs, and were employed across credit unions, community banks, regional and super-regional banks, and global financial institutions. All participants have direct influence over or responsibility for technology strategy and investment decisions. The survey was designed to assess how financial institutions are adopting and operationalizing AI, where strategic alignment and execution challenges persist, and how banks are measuring business impact and return on investment from AI initiatives.***

Zymeworks Announces Participation in Upcoming Investor Conferences

Thu, 14 May 2026 15:35:00 +0700

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zymeworks Inc. (Nasdaq: ZYME), a biotechnology company managing a portfolio of licensed healthcare assets while developing a diverse pipeline of novel, multifunctional biotherapeutics, today announced that management will participate in the following upcoming investor conferences:

2026 Stifel Virtual Targeted Oncology Forum: Zymeworks' management will participate in one-on-one meetings and a fireside chat on May 20 at 9:00 am Eastern Time (ET) virtually.

TD Cowen 7th Annual Oncology Innovation Summit: Zymeworks' management will participate in a fireside chat on May 27 at 4:30 pm ET virtually.

2026 Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference: Zymeworks' management will participate in one-on-one meetings and a fireside chat on June 3 at 8:45 am ET in New York, NY.

About Zymeworks Inc.

Zymeworks is a global biotechnology company managing a portfolio of licensed healthcare assets and developing a diverse pipeline of novel, multifunctional biotherapeutics to improve the standard of care for difficult-to-treat diseases, including cancer, inflammation, and autoimmune disease. Zymeworks' asset and royalty aggregation strategy focuses on optimizing positive future cash flows from an emerging portfolio of licensed products such as Ziihera? (zanidatamab-hrii) and other licensed products and product candidates, such as pasritamig. In addition, Zymeworks is also building a portfolio of healthcare assets that can generate strong cash flows, while supporting the development of innovative medicines. Zymeworks engineered and developed Ziihera, a HER2-targeted bispecific antibody using Zymeworks' proprietary Azymetric? technology and has entered into separate agreements with BeOne Medicines Ltd. (formerly BeiGene, Ltd.) and Jazz Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited granting each exclusive rights to develop and commercialize zanidatamab in different territories. Zymeworks is rapidly advancing a robust pipeline of product candidates, leveraging its expertise in both antibody drug conjugates and multispecific antibody therapeutics targeting novel pathways in areas of significant unmet medical need. Zymeworks' complementary therapeutic platforms and fully integrated drug development engine provide the flexibility and compatibility to precisely engineer and develop highly differentiated antibody-based therapeutics. These capabilities have been further leveraged through strategic partnerships with global biopharmaceutical companies. For information about Zymeworks, visit www.zymeworks.com and follow @ZymeworksInc on X.

Contacts:

Investor Inquiries:

Shrinal Inamdar

Vice President, Investor Relations

(604) 678-1388

ir@zymeworks.com  

Media Inquiries:

Diana Papove

Vice President, Corporate Communications

(604) 678-1388

media@zymeworks.com