A roundup of the most newsworthy tech announcements from PR Newswire this week, including Starlink Wi-Fi on United flights and a flying car manufacturing deal.

NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help tech journalists and consumers stay on top of the week’s most newsworthy and popular releases, here’s a recap of some major stories from the week that shouldn’t be missed.

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 IBM and Microsoft Open Three New Experience Zones to Provide Global Clients with More Hands-on Access to Cloud and Generative AI Solutions
These Experience Zones are designed to help global clients across industries, such as financial services, government, healthcare, industrial, manufacturing and consumer packed goods (CPG), find new ways to derive value from generative AI, hybrid cloud and other Microsoft products and technologies.B-FY passwordless biometric solution: a real gamechanger in the fight against Cybercrime
The ongoing reliance on passwords as a primary authentication method has left countless organizations vulnerable to attacks, resulting in severe financial and reputational damage. B-FY offers a robust solution to this growing vulnerability by eliminating the need for passwords altogether.Lockheed Martin Awarded GeoXO Lightning Mapper Contract to Support Forecasters with Severe Weather Monitoring
The GeoXO Lightning Mapper (LMX) instrument detects and measures lightning flashes while onboard NOAA’s next-generation GeoXO weather satellites. This lightning data will provide persistent severe weather observations of the Western Hemisphere, improving storm analysis and prediction, and aiding the detection of tornado-producing storms.Zero Latency VR Enters A New Era With 100 Venues Worldwide And 4 Million Players Pushing The Limits Of Reality
Zero Latency is gearing up to launch its most ambitious experience yet: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine VR – Defenders of Avarax. This groundbreaking adventure will plunge players into the most expansive and intricately detailed VR universe ever crafted.NASA Shares Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Remarks
The awards recognized the women who contributed to the space race, including the NASA mathematicians who helped land the first astronauts on the Moon under the agency’s Apollo Program.Alef signs mass manufacturing flying car agreement
PUCARA Aero and MYC, a joint venture with experience manufacturing aviation grade parts for Boeing and Airbus, signs an agreement to manufacture parts for Alef. Alef has secured over 3,200 pre-orders and is now entering agreements for mass production of its Model A flying car.The Inflight Wi-Fi Revolution Now Arriving: United Signs Starlink Deal to Provide Industry-Leading Connectivity in the Sky – For Free
“We’re excited to team up with United Airlines to transform the inflight experience,” said Gwynne Shotwell, President and Chief Operating Officer at SpaceX. “With Starlink onboard your United flight, you’ll have access to the world’s most advanced high-speed internet from gate to gate, and all the miles in between.”Spectrum Announces Unprecedented Customer Commitment, Free Internet Speed Lifts and New Bundled Pricing
These commitments are encapsulated within Spectrum’s new brand platform, Life Unlimited, which provides customers access to a life of ‘unlimited’ opportunity and possibility when seamlessly connected through Spectrum’s Internet, Mobile and Video services.Chipotle Debuts Autocado and the Augmented Makeline by Hyphen in Restaurants
With Autocado, crew members can focus on assisting with other food prep items and delivering exceptional hospitality to guests while Autocado cuts avocados, removes their skin, and separates their fruit through an automated process. On average, it takes Autocado approximately 26 seconds to fully flesh out the fruit inside an avocado.Infinix Taps Porsche Dreamer Stories Featured Creator: Discover the ZERO 40 Series GoPro Mode
Creative photographer Allan Yegon, armed with his Infinix ZERO 40 5G and GoPro device, embarked on an East African adventure. He dove beneath the waves and captured the rare moment of swimming with a giant whale shark.TerraMaster Unveils 9 New NAS Models with TOS 6 System
TerraMaster, a leading brand in home and enterprise storage solutions, announced the launch of 9 new NAS models, including two 8-bay all-flash NAS models specifically designed for high-performance needs.Ginkgo Bioworks Launches New Protein LLM and Model API Built on Google Cloud Technology
Chris Sakalosky, vice president of Strategic Industries, Google Cloud: “Ginkgo’s new protein LLM and open API mark a major step forward in making advanced AI tools accessible for drug discovery and biological research. By leveraging Google Cloud’s infrastructure and AI capabilities, Ginkgo is empowering both enterprises and individual scientists to accelerate their work and drive innovation in the life sciences.”Behind the Scenes at Apple Event 2024: How the iPhone 16 Pro and SmallRig Phone Cage Created Cinematic Magic?
It is the third consecutive year that the SmallRig phone cage has appeared at Apple’s event and the fourth consecutive year it has been featured in an Apple spot for the new iPhone series, showcasing how to achieve professional cinematic video using an iPhone.

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Info-Tech LIVE 2024

Info-Tech Research Group’s Info-Tech LIVE 2024 took place September 17-19 at the iconic Bellagio in Las Vegas. It offered journalists and media influencers a sneak peek into the latest technology research and trends, exclusive content, and the opportunity to meet industry experts, analysts and speakers.

Here are the front row updates straight from Info-Tech Research Group:

Info-Tech LIVE 2024 Day 1 Highlights: Key Insights Shared on Exponential IT, GenAI, and Emerging IT TrendsThe CIO Playbook Revealed by Info-Tech Research Group at LIVE 2024: New Program Will Drive IT Excellence Through a Systematic 12-Month RoadmapNext-Generation Management & Governance Framework Unveiled at LIVE 2024 Conference Will Empower IT Leaders in an Era of Exponential IT

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SHANGHAI, Sept. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — On September 19, 2024, Huawei Digital Power held the Data Center Facility Summit during HUAWEI CONNECT 2024 in Shanghai. More than 300 industry leaders and experts gathered to explore new trends and technologies of the data center industry for the intelligent computing era. By accelerating industry intelligence, they aim to build a thriving industry ecosystem and create a brilliant future of intelligent computing to power the digital era forward.

Steve Kim, President of Huawei Data Center Facility & Critical Power Business, shared valuable insights in the opening speech: The intelligent computing era is coming fast, posing higher requirements for data centers. Huawei leverages its highly reliable products, global ecosystem, and professional services to develop reliable, simple, green, and smart data center facility solutions.

According to Kim, Huawei Digital Power is eager to work with industry leaders and elites to redefine data center reliability with stricter safety and quality standards, promote healthy industry development, and embrace new opportunities of intelligent transformation to power the digital era forward.

During the summit, Bob He, President of Huawei Data Center Facility & Critical Power Product Line, delivered a keynote speech on “Embrace the Intelligent Computing Era, Power the Digital Era Forward.”

Mr. He highlights that as data centers evolve from general-purpose to AI computing, they face challenges such as security, high power density, high energy consumption, and uncertainty. Huawei proposes “Reliable, Flexible, and Sustainable” and has released top 10 construction guidelines for intelligent computing center facilities to build reliable data center for intelligent computing, aiming to power the digital era forward.

Reliability is the core competitiveness of data center facilities.

1. Isolated energy storage: Deploying an energy storage system outdoors isolates it from IT services, maximizing data center safety. If deployed indoors, it must meet fire resistance, water fire extinguishing, and emergency ventilation requirements.
2. Distributed architecture: Deploy electromechanical equipment in a distributed mode to minimize fault domains. One power or cooling system can be deployed in a single container to prevent fault spreading and service impact.
3. Continuous cooling: Data centers should ensure continuous cooling for high-density equipment to prevent service interruptions during abnormalities.
4. High-reliable products: Product quality should be managed comprehensively throughout design, incoming materials, production, testing, networks, and processes, delivering high-quality products to ensure end-to-end safety.
5. Professional services: Professional and proactive services from deployment to maintenance eliminate risks and ensure that systems run reliably for a long term.
6. Smart management: AI technologies can prevent faults like power failure, fire, and overheating in data centers, making it essential for smart O&M.

Flexibility is preferred to address the uncertainties of intelligent computing centers.

7. Subsystem decoupling: To address uncertain requirements in the intelligent computing era, subsystem decoupling can be adopted to meet basic requirements for flexible evolution of data centers.
8. Flexible architecture: Standardization, modular design, and prefabricated modules enhance data center flexibility, enabling smooth expansion and quick delivery of intelligent computing centers.

Sustainability is the only choice to reduce energy consumption.

9. High density and efficiency: High-density deployment and high-efficiency design save space and energy for electromechanical equipment in intelligent computing centers.
10. Air-liquid convergence: Air-liquid convergence and an adjustable air-liquid ratio can reduce the total demand for cooling capacity, simplify delivery, and improve the energy-saving performance of systems.

Huawei will cooperate with customers and partners to embrace new changes in intelligent computing and innovate continuously to develop reliable, flexible, and sustainable data center facility solutions. Huawei will accelerate digital and intelligent transformation to unleash infinite potential and power the digital era forward.

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Packaging and Crating Technologies Presents Newest Solutions for Lithium-Ion Battery Fires

WATERTOWN, Conn., Sept. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Every October, the International Trade Administration, the U.S. government and manufacturing industry leaders join forces to celebrate National Manufacturing Month and the importance of American manufacturing innovation to our modern society. One Connecticut manufacturer of a patented fire-suppressant product line designed to extinguish lethal battery fires will illuminate the largest industry event in North America. Specifically, Packaging and Crating Technologies (PACT®) in Watertown, Conn. will present its newest solution against lithium-ion battery fires – the TR EnvelopeTM – at The Battery Show in Detroit, Michigan from October 7-10, 2024. The annual convention is the only gathering geared to both battery and EV tech businesses.

“We are honored to be invited to this highly-advanced, high-tech forum to showcase our critical, life-saving solutions for lithium battery fires – a problem that continues to increase exponentially every day as more electronic-powered devices enter the marketplace,” said Rodger Mort, President of PACT, LLC. “We are uniquely positioned to discuss and display how to safely ship and recycle these dangerous batteries that are used to power e-bikes, scooters and hand-held electronics, while unveiling our latest safety solutions.”

Mort notes that besides hand-held devices, like cell phones, laptop computers, tablets, Bluetooth headsets and headphones, computer accessories, digital cameras, e-readers, game controllers, smartwatches, baby monitors and smoke/fire/carbon monoxide detectors, the most hazardous items containing lithium batteries today are electric bikes, scooters, hoverboards, unicycles and electric cars, especially when left charging unattended.

“What makes these volatile batteries so dangerous is a process called thermal runaway in which the lithium-ion battery cell enters an uncontrollable, self-heating state caused by high temperatures, shaking or puncturing,” adds Mort. “Thermal runaway can result in the ejection of toxic gas, shrapnel and particulates, as well as smoke and fire, which can cause death to humans and destruction to the environment.”

Mort explains that the 19,000+ engineers, business leaders, and innovative thinkers across the automotive, medical and aerospace industries attending The National Battery Show will learn about the company’s extensive line of products, including:

PACT Thermo ShieldTM, a thin, lightweight, paper packaging material consisting of moisture-enhancing ink that controls thermal runaway (TR) by creating a vapor cloud when a lithium battery cell begins to burn and emit gas. The Thermo Shield wrap immediately cools the internal environment of the package below 780ºC, while limiting oxygen around the package to prevent the battery temperature from hitting 820°C, at which point, lethal and explosive chlorine carbides and acids can form. TR SleeveTM , a crucial safety solution for E-mobility equipment, like EVs, E-buses, E-bikes, E-scooters, and other modern devices in which a layer of Thermo Shield is wrapped around each battery cell to mitigate TR between them, thus serving as a heat and flame barrier. TR Sleeve stands at the forefront of safety, sustainability, and efficiency in battery technology and produces a greener and more cost-effective future for the increasing use of lithium-ion batteries. TR EnvelopeTM, is the newest, customizable format of Thermo Shield, which safely transports and stores recyclable smaller devices such as cell phones, pagers, smartwatches and A-D batteries.

Mort also notes that the company’s newest product in development – the PACT Lion-X TM Fire Extinguisher, is still undergoing testing requirements but is targeted to be available by end of the year. The pre-mixed, water-based solution quenches lithium-ion fires upwards of 1,600 F degrees within 30 seconds, while eliminating the release of toxic gases into the environment and is the first of its kind on a global scale.

In honor of National Manufacturing Month, PACT will be hosting a Public Open House on Thursday, October 3, 2024 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at its company headquarters, located at 1100 Buckingham Street in Watertown, CT, to get a sneak peek on how its innovative products are made.

“We’re so excited to introduce our latest inventions that reduce lithium battery fires on both the national stage, as well as locally in our own state,” concludes Mort. “If we can save even one life, while preventing property damage and personal injury, we’ve done our job”

For more information about PACT® visit: https://www.pactthermoshield.com/ or stop by booth #2323 at The National Battery Show.

ABOUT PACT®, LLC
PACT®, LLC is a global leader in manufacturing sustainable, packaging products for the commercial, industrial and military industries. With more than 25 years of experience, the family business was founded by three green packaging professionals and continues to embrace a green future by designing cost-effective, patented, crating solutions like LiftVans and PleatWrap, as well as custom packaging for the aerospace, medical, electronics, tooling, machinery, furniture, fine art and automotive sectors. The company’s newest innovation is PACT® Thermo Shield TM, a sustainable, paper-based packaging material that suppresses and controls lithium-ion battery fires by mitigating thermal runaway.

The company is a member of the Commercial Relocation Network, the Council on Safe Transportation of Hazardous Materials and the International Association of Movers. It is also a preferred vendor for the US Department of Defense and has been awarded a special permit from the US Department of Transportation for the shipping of lithium-ion batteries, as well as passed the proposed SAE-G-27 test standard. For a full list PACT®’s sustainable packaging solutions, visit http://www.pactww.com.

Media Contact

Alisa Picerno, PACT, LLC, 8608691509, alisa@alliancesbyalisa.com, www.pactthermoshield.com

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