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Pittsburgh – September 29, 2026 -- Viatris Inc. (Nasdaq: VTRS) has been named to Forbes' World's Best Employers list for the sixth consecutive year, based on an independent survey of more than 300,000 employees across over 50 countries.

Forbes and Statista ranked 900 companies using employee trust and workplace culture data

The 2026 ranking, compiled by Forbes and Statista, drew on respondents who rated their willingness to recommend their employer on a 1-to-10 scale. Participants evaluated current and former employers across multiple workplace factors and could also weigh in on other companies within their country and industry.

Viatris cites the recognition as validation of its global workforce strategy

Lara Ramsburg, Chief People and Corporate Affairs Officer at Viatris, said the sixth straight placement reflects the contributions of colleagues worldwide who help the company support patients while fostering a collaborative culture.

Las Vegas – September 29, 2026 -- UrVenue has won the 2027 Global Gaming Business Gaming & Technology Award for Best Consumer Service Technology, recognizing its Venue Management Software that converts hotel and casino amenities into bookable, revenue-generating inventory. The award will be presented during Global Gaming Expo (G2E), running Sept. 28 through Oct. 1 at The Venetian Expo in Las Vegas.

Dallas – – September 29, 2026 -- TrendAI, the AI security business unit of Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), has expanded its integration with Claude's Compliance API inside TrendAI Vision One, giving security teams visibility into AI agent prompts, responses and tool calls alongside existing security telemetry.

Integration now covers Claude Code and Cowork session transcripts

The expanded integration pulls in session records for Claude Code and Cowork from Claude Enterprise, each tied to a verified user. It builds on the initial TrendAI-Anthropic integration announced in June 2026, extending coverage to how engineering and knowledge-work teams use AI agents on a daily basis.

Washington – September 29, 2026 -- The National Park Foundation (NPF) has awarded $4.7 million through its Open OutDoors for Kids program to fund 83 education projects across more than 90 national parks during the 2026-27 school year, marking the program's 15th season.

NPF allocates $4.7 million to 83 grantees for park-based learning

The funding supports field trips, classroom engagements, and virtual learning tied to national parks. The program was created in 2011 with the National Park Service to complement the federal Every Kid Outdoors initiative and address barriers such as transportation costs.

Columbia, Md. – September 29, 2026 -- The Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission has awarded more than $4.8 million through the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (MSCRF) in the first funding cycle of fiscal year 2027, backing 15 investigators across the state's regenerative medicine sector.

Applications for MSCRF funding continue to exceed available resources

Requested funding significantly outstripped the capital available for this cycle, according to the Commission, reflecting both the depth of Maryland's research base and a rising number of technologies advancing past early discovery into validation, clinical development and manufacturing—stages that require substantially more capital.

Las Vegas – – September 29, 2026 -- Jack Shanahan finished third at Round Seven of the Formula DRIFT PRO Championship at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, marking his third podium of the season racing on Kumho Ecsta V730 tires.

Shanahan advances through four rounds before falling to his brother

Starting from a sixth-place qualifying position, Shanahan defeated Jhonnattan Castro in the Top 32, Ryan Tuerck in the Top 16, and Chris Forsberg in the Great 8 before losing to his brother Conor Shanahan in the Final 4 after dropping two tires off course in Zone 4.

Detroit – September 29, 2026 -- Nagase America's Mobility Solutions division has received Nissan Americas' 2026 Monozukuri Spirit Award for New Model Development and Launch Readiness, following its execution of a takeover project transitioning five Nissan vehicle programs within six weeks.

Nagase America was one of three suppliers honored at Nissan's Nashville event

The award was presented September 25 at Nissan Americas' annual Supplier Appreciation and Awards event at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee. Nissan's annual awards recognize supplier partners across quality, operational excellence, innovation, aftersales support and sustainability. Nagase America was specifically singled out for New Model Development and Launch Readiness among the three Monozukuri Spirit Award recipients.

New York – September 29, 2026 -- Brand experience studio DE-YAN has appointed Jonathan Akwue as its first President, hiring the former Translation chief and ex-Publicis Groupe executive as the firm builds on a year of double-digit headcount growth and an industry-first ROI certification.

Akwue arrives from Translation after more than 25 years across network agencies

Akwue previously served as President and Global Media Lead at Publicis Groupe, with earlier stints at Digitas UK and Lost Boys. Based in New York, he will work alongside founder and CEO Dejan Jovanovic to deepen client relationships and expand the studio's scope. He is the second senior network-agency executive to join DE-YAN in under two years, following Chief Creative Officer Jason Kreher, who arrived from Wieden+Kennedy and Maximum Effort in 2025.

Vancouver – September 29, 2026 -- Inturai Ventures Corp. (CSE: URAI) (OTC: URAIF) (FSE: 3QG0) said its recently acquired drone command-and-control platform, DomeCommand, took first and third place in the two-day team integration category at the Singapore Defense Tech Hackathon 2026, held September 25-27 and co-organised by NUS Enterprise, TUM Venture Labs and the European Defense Tech Hub.

DomeCommand pairs with two partner teams to win top category

In the winning entry, Team Echelon connected its acoustic localisation system and Team Aegis integrated its interceptor drone with DomeCommand, producing an end-to-end demonstration of detection, localisation and coordinated interception run at the edge within the two-day window. DomeCommand also placed third alongside Team Phylax, which used the platform's simulation capabilities to build a civilian defence application modelling drone attacks and generating guidance for the public during an incident.

Broomfield, Colo. – September 29, 2026 -- Horizon Family Brands has promoted Scott Wallace to Chief Customer Officer, expanding his mandate to oversee customer strategy and retail partnerships across its organic dairy portfolio, which includes Horizon Organic, Maple Hill Creamery and Wallaby Organic yogurt.

Wallace moves from senior sales leadership to a company-wide customer strategy role

Wallace joined Horizon Family Brands in November 2023 as vice president of sales and was elevated to senior vice president in 2025. In his new CCO role, he will coordinate across sales, marketing, operations and brand teams to deepen customer engagement and identify shared growth opportunities across the company's retail and commercial networks.

Oakland, Calif. – September 29, 2026 -- The PG&E Corporation Foundation is directing $1.32 million in shareholder-funded grants to more than 50 food banks, tribal food banks and senior meal programs across 45 California counties, an amount expected to provide the equivalent of approximately 3.13 million meals.

The funding, timed to Hunger Action Month, is financed entirely by PG&E shareholders and will not be recovered through customer utility rates.

One in five Californians face food insecurity despite the state's agricultural output

The California Association of Food Banks reports that roughly 8.8 million Californians experience food insecurity, even as the state produces nearly half of the nation's fruits and vegetables. Rising housing and grocery costs are pushing communities of color, seniors and working families toward food assistance for the first time, with food banks reporting record demand.

Pittsburgh – September 29, 2026 -- A California-based inventor has developed INTRACE, a security control plane designed to verify identity and generate tamper-evident records for every digital interaction rather than only at login. InventHelp, the Pittsburgh-based invention-services firm, announced the technology is now available for licensing or sale to manufacturers and marketers.

INTRACE targets unverified requests across AI, payments, and connected devices

Billions of digital requests occur every second across apps, payment systems, and AI-driven interactions, with most trusted automatically, according to the inventor. INTRACE is built to authenticate the origin of each request and flag unauthorized or disputed activity as it happens, rather than relying solely on perimeter checks.

Charleston, SC – – September 29, 2026 -- Solis Mammography has formed a joint venture with HCA Healthcare Trident Hospital, marking the company's first entry into South Carolina and its 26th major market nationwide.

Trident Hospital's breast imaging unit rebrands under the Solis name

The partnership converts Trident Hospital's existing breast imaging services into Solis Mammography, a department of HCA Healthcare Trident Hospital, located at 9313 Medical Plaza Dr., Suite 201, Charleston. The companies plan to expand the model into additional HCA Healthcare facilities across the greater Charleston area.

Miami – September 29, 2026 -- eMed, a digital healthcare company, and The Female Quotient, a global media and experiences firm reaching over 8 million leaders across 30 industries, have announced a strategic partnership targeting a $1 trillion annual opportunity in the global economy by 2040 tied to closing the women's health gap.

Partnership launches at New York summit on October 14

The collaboration will officially debut at the FQ Health Summit in New York City, where executives will discuss innovation to address disparities in women's healthcare access. Chloe Ferro and Olivia Ferro, founders of sheMed, will join the discussion to share perspectives on personalized care.

Charleston, W.Va. – September 29, 2026 -- West Virginia American Water has rolled out FlowCam flow-imaging technology to rapidly detect algae and cyanobacteria in source-water samples, part of a broader push during American Water Works Association's Source Water Protection Week (September 27 to October 3) to reduce contamination risks and treatment costs across its supply network.

The utility, a subsidiary of American Water (NYSE: AWK), serves approximately 610,000 people in the state and employs around 315 people.

FlowCam imaging enables earlier detection of biological changes in water supplies

The flow-imaging system captures high-resolution images of algae and cyanobacteria, allowing faster organism classification and enumeration. This supports quicker treatment decisions before contamination escalates.

Fremont, Calif. – – September 29, 2026 -- Delta Electronics has entered a collaboration with NVIDIA to develop next-generation Level 4 autonomous driving systems, combining Delta's automotive energy management and in-vehicle high-performance computing expertise with NVIDIA's Hyperion sensor-compute platform and Halos safety system.

Delta integrates power electronics expertise with NVIDIA Hyperion platform

NVIDIA Hyperion serves as a reference sensor and compute platform for Level 4 autonomous vehicles and robotaxis, pairing dual NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor units with the NVIDIA Halos safety system to accelerate production-ready autonomy. Delta will contribute its xEV powertrain systems, energy management technology, and system integration capabilities to the joint effort, supported by NVIDIA's dedicated engineering team.

San Jose – September 29, 2026 -- Compal Electronics (TWSE: 2324) will showcase megawatt-scale power and liquid-cooling infrastructure for NVIDIA accelerated computing at OCP Global Summit 2026, positioning rack-level integration as the next bottleneck for AI data centers.

Compal advances 800VDC power architecture to cut conversion losses at scale

The company is developing 800VDC power architecture and megawatt-class power infrastructure aimed at reducing power conversion complexity in next-generation AI data centers. The shift to higher-voltage DC systems targets the rising rack power density driven by accelerated computing deployments.

Palo Alto, Calif. – – September 29, 2026 -- Salt Security has launched Salt Claude Connect, an integration that gives security teams continuous, read-only visibility into Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers connected to their Claude Enterprise organization. The tool works with Claude's Compliance API to surface organization-managed MCP servers directly in a security team's Salt inventory.

Unsecured MCP servers nearly tripled in months, according to Trend Micro research

The number of MCP servers exposed on the public internet with no authentication or encryption climbed to 1,467, a near-tripling cited by Salt Security, with most hosted on major cloud providers and offering direct read access to underlying data. As enterprises scale AI adoption, MCP servers extend what AI environments can reach, and in large organizations they can be added faster than security teams can track them.

Sunnyvale, Calif. – September 29, 2026 -- Plug and Play has selected 140 startups from 20 countries for its Silicon Valley Fall 2026 batches, with 55% of participants based outside the United States. The startups will pitch investors and corporate partners at the Silicon Valley Summit, scheduled for Nov. 3-5, 2026.

South Korea supplies nearly a third of the international cohort

South Korea accounts for approximately 30% of companies in the batches, the largest group outside the U.S. Additional startups join from markets across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and South America, spanning 13 programs including Agtech, Fintech, Insurtech, Health & Longevity, and Travel & Hospitality.

Scottsdale, Ariz. – September 29, 2026 -- Appspace unveiled Appspace Context, a new architecture that lets workplace software adapt in real time to an employee's role, location, schedule, and surrounding conditions, at its WOW26 conference.

Appspace links digital and physical workplace data into one context layer

The platform draws on signals from communications, content, spaces, visitor logs, signage, and connected systems that companies already generate but rarely unify. CEO Pete Schmied said workplace technology has historically been configured around expected scenarios, while actual conditions such as shifting schedules, filling spaces, and arriving visitors change constantly.