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Delray Beach, Fla. – September 10, 2026 -- Advenica has been named an 'Emerging Leader' in the Secure File Transfer market by MarketsandMarkets' 360Quadrants platform, underscoring rising demand for high-assurance data exchange technology in defense and government sectors.

Advenica secured a 2 MSEK Finnish government order for malware protection

In November 2024, Advenica won a 2 MSEK (USD 0.18 million) order from a Finnish authority to deploy its File Security Screener for secure file import and malware protection. The solution combines Advenica's data diode technology with malware scanning to move files between segregated networks while preserving integrity and network separation.

Shanghai – September 10, 2026 -- China Merchants Bank has won the Cloud Native Computing Foundation's (CNCF) End User Case Study Contest after lifting average accelerator utilization from 35% to more than 60% and cutting inference cost per 1 million tokens by over 60%.

Unified control plane pools nearly 10,000 accelerator cards

The bank's AI infrastructure team built a single Kubernetes control plane combining Kueue, KEDA, Prometheus, HAMi, and Fluid, allowing training, fine-tuning, and online inference workloads to share close to 10,000 heterogeneous accelerator cards. Working with its data center and other internal teams, the bank brought 99% of its accelerator compute under this framework.

Shanghai – September 10, 2026 -- The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has added nine new Silver members, including telecommunications operator SoftBank Corp. and AI infrastructure provider Crusoe, expanding a global community that now counts nearly 800 members, over 300,000 contributors, more than 250 projects and participants in 190 countries.

SoftBank Corp. and Crusoe anchor a cohort built for AI production infrastructure

SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434), which operates telecommunications and IT businesses across Japan and internationally, is expanding its AI computing infrastructure and cloud services under its "Activate AI for Society" strategy. Crusoe, an AI factory company vertically integrated across energy, compute and cloud, contributes Crusoe Cloud, a GPU-powered managed inference and infrastructure-as-a-service platform with intelligent orchestration for AI training and high-performance computing.

Shanghai – September 10, 2026 -- Alibaba Cloud and Cambricon have joined the PyTorch Foundation as Platinum members, while Ant Group has signed on as a Gold member, the Linux Foundation-backed body announced at the first KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + OpenInfra Summit + PyTorch Conference China 2026 in Shanghai.

Three Chinese AI giants formalize ties to the open source framework governing global model deployment

The moves add Alibaba Cloud and Cambricon to the Foundation's Governing Board and Technical Advisory Council, each securing one seat on both bodies. Ant Group's Gold membership grants it a role in advancing production-grade AI infrastructure platforms. The three companies join Huawei, which has been a Foundation member since 2023 and helped launch the Accelerator Integration Working Group that brought Ascend NPU support into PyTorch as its first additional hardware platform.

Palo Alto, Calif. – September 10, 2026 -- SparkLabs Group and SparkLabs True Zero opened applications for the True Zero Global Prize, a $75,000 startup competition targeting climate, energy and planetary-health innovation ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye.

First-place winner to receive $50,000, runner-up $25,000

The grant-funded prize will award $50,000 to the top startup and $25,000 to the second-place finisher, with winners announced November 15 during COP31, which runs November 9-20 in Antalya. Applications opened September 1, 2026, close September 28, and finalists will present to judges on October 5 before the announcement.

Berlin – September 10, 2026 -- Tuya Smart (NYSE: TUYA; HKEX: 2391) is showcasing the world premiere of its AI companion robot Doova at IFA 2026, alongside the European debut of three application ecosystems designed to extend physical AI beyond screens into home care, energy management and robotics.

Doova targets independent seniors with health monitoring and emergency alerts

Doova, a household companion robot for seniors living independently, is equipped with LDS-LiDAR, sound-source localization and AI-based posture-detection algorithms. The robot can navigate to a user on voice command, assess their posture, and place a video call to family members if needed. It also delivers medication reminders, weather and appointment updates, flags potential fraud risks, and patrols the home to generate security reports when residents are away.

Berlin – September 10, 2026 -- Morpho, a UV printing technology company, unveiled its first desktop UV printer at IFA 2026, booth 17-196, following a Kickstarter campaign that has surpassed $10 million in pledges from more than 2,800 backers worldwide.

Live demonstrations draw creators and manufacturers to the Berlin show floor

Attendees at the Morpho booth watched real-time printing demonstrations and, in some cases, printed on blank materials provided on site. The device prints on wood, glass, leather, metal and other substrates, producing colored, textured output aimed at customization use cases.

Jacksonville and Seattle – September 10, 2026 -- EverBank Financial Corp and WaFd, Inc. (NASDAQ: WAFD) have entered into a definitive merger agreement valuing the combination at $3.9 billion, creating a nationwide bank with more than 250 financial centers.

WaFd will absorb EverBank but adopt its name and new ticker EVBK

Under the deal structure, EverBank Financial Corp will merge into WaFd, Inc., with WaFd continuing as the surviving holding company. Despite being the legal survivor, WaFd will rename itself EverBank Financial Corp and begin trading on Nasdaq under the symbol EVBK once the transaction closes. EverBank has been designated the accounting acquirer, and its shareholders will receive WaFd common stock in exchange for their shares.

Singapore – September 10, 2026 -- Lion Group Holding Ltd. (NASDAQ: LGHL) will change the ratio of its American Depositary Shares to Class A ordinary shares, effectively executing a one-for-twenty reverse ADS split on or about September 10, 2026.

Lion resets ADS ratio from 292,500 to 5.85 million shares per ADS

The trading platform operator will move its ADS Ratio from the current one ADS representing 292,500 Class A ordinary shares to one ADS representing 5,850,000 Class A ordinary shares. Par value on the underlying shares remains US$0.0000001. The change affects only the ADS-to-share ratio; no Class A ordinary shares will be issued or cancelled as a result.

London and Dublin – September 10, 2026 -- ALP, the fastest-growing nicotine pouch brand in the United States, has been named Official Nicotine Pouch Partner of Matchroom Boxing, marking its first major commercial alliance in the UK and Ireland and a formal entry point into European expansion.

The agreement grants ALP exclusive category rights across three flagship Matchroom events this autumn, positioning the brand in front of what the company calls boxing's most engaged UK and Ireland audience.

Paris – September 10, 2026 -- The 18th Lyon Biennale – Contemporary Art will hold two professional preview days on September 17 and 18, 2026, ahead of a public opening spanning 11 venues across Lyon and its metropolitan area until December 13, 2026.

Accreditation deadline set for September 16 as biennale targets global art professionals

Artists, curators, gallerists, museum directors, collectors and professionals from production, mediation, communications and research sectors can apply for accreditation through Wednesday, September 16, 2026. Accreditation grants exclusive access to exhibition venues during the two preview days, entry to the opening reception at Les Grandes Locos on September 18, and access to all Biennale venues during the first two public days on September 19 and 20.

Hong Kong – September 10, 2026 -- Domestic philanthropic giving across participating Asian jurisdictions reached US$109 billion in 2024 and could exceed US$1 trillion within the next decade, according to an Interim Report launched today at PBC 2026 in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District.

The report was produced by the Commission on Asian Philanthropy, co-convened by the Institute of Philanthropy (IoP) and the Asian Philanthropy Congress, marking the first comprehensive research on the scale of philanthropic ecosystems across the region. It identifies everyday giving, corporate contributions and public investment as the three pillars shaping Asia's philanthropic capital flows.

Canton – September 10, 2026 -- More than 400 representatives from across the Asia-Pacific region and international organizations gathered in Shenzhen on September 5 for the Asia-Pacific Media Forum (APMF) 2026, held in China's Guangdong province ahead of the APEC 2026 economic leaders' meeting scheduled for November in China.

Forum convenes ahead of APEC leaders' meeting

The APMF 2026 opened in Shenzhen with delegations touring Guangdong province prior to the main event, examining local industrial and manufacturing operations firsthand. The visits were organized to give journalists and experts direct exposure to supply chain infrastructure and investment activity in the region.

Guangzhou – September 7, 2026 -- More than 400 representatives from across the Asia-Pacific region and international organizations convened in Shenzhen on September 5 for the Asia-Pacific Media Forum (APMF) 2026, a gathering positioned ahead of the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting scheduled to take place in China this November.

Forum brings together 400+ delegates in Guangdong province

Journalists and industry experts touring Guangdong province examined China's manufacturing sector and industrial development firsthand before the forum's official opening. The visits were designed to give international media direct exposure to supply chains and investment activity in one of China's most export-intensive regions.

Sydney – September 10, 2026 -- Nuix has moved into general availability for generative AI features within its Nuix Discover SaaS platform, and rolled out a new AI Chat tool under an Early Adopter program, with full launch scheduled for December 2026.

Nuix Discover adds document summaries, semantic search and visual clustering to eDiscovery workflow

The generative AI suite, announced September 4, integrates document summaries, similar-document detection, semantic search, and aggregation with visualizations directly into Nuix's legal review and eDiscovery solution. Each document now receives an automatic plain-language summary upon import, allowing reviewers to quickly parse lengthy contracts, complex attachments, and long email threads.

Hyderabad – September 10, 2026 -- Jassper Shipping has announced a growth capital programme of up to US$50 million to be deployed over the next three years, subject to market conditions and regulatory approvals, positioning India as the hub for its expansion into the Gulf, Southeast Asia, Africa, the Red Sea and the Far East.

Phase 1 commits $10 million to project logistics serving power and steel sectors

Under the first phase, Jassper Shipping intends to deploy US$10 million to its B2B project logistics business, targeting sectors it already serves: power, steel, petrochemicals, heavy engineering, manufacturing and large infrastructure.

Stockholm – – September 10, 2026 -- EQT AB has completed its share buyback program after repurchasing 4,368,899 own ordinary shares for a total of SEK 1,448,620,146.93, the private equity firm confirmed.

EQT finalizes buyback authorization after hitting maximum share count

Between August 31 and September 4, 2026, EQT repurchased 707,203 ordinary shares (ISIN: SE0012853455) on Nasdaq Stockholm, closing out a program launched July 20, 2026. The initiative, announced May 12, 2026, authorized purchases of up to 4,368,899 shares for a maximum of SEK 2,500,000,000, carried out under the EU Market Abuse Regulation No 596/2014 and Commission Delegated Regulation No 2016/1052.

Gothenburg – September 10, 2026 -- AB SKF's Board of Directors has proposed the distribution and listing of SKF Vertevo, the group's Automotive business, with a shareholder vote set for an Extraordinary General Meeting on October 1, 2026.

SKF Vertevo listing targeted for December 1, 2026 on Nasdaq Stockholm

Subject to shareholder approval at the EGM and customary regulatory clearances, shares in SKF Vertevo are expected to begin trading on Nasdaq Stockholm on December 1, 2026. The move follows the completed operational separation of the Automotive business, which has been running as a standalone unit within the SKF Group ahead of the formal split.

New York – September 10, 2026 -- Gaming peripherals maker ATTACK SHARK has struck a partnership with North American esports organization Cloud9 to outfit its League of Legends roster with mice, keyboards and other hardware for daily training and competitive play.

Cloud9's League of Legends Roster Gains New Hardware Sponsor

The alliance centers on Cloud9's League of Legends team, covering player training, competitive performance and player-focused content distributed across digital channels, social media and e-commerce platforms. ATTACK SHARK will supply its latest peripheral lineup to support the team's preparation for high-level competition.

Gothenburg – September 10, 2026 -- AB SKF has called an Extraordinary General Meeting for 1 October 2026 to approve the distribution of all shares in SKF Vertevo AB, the entity housing SKF's Automotive business, to existing shareholders ahead of a planned Nasdaq Stockholm listing.

SKF sets a 5-to-1 share ratio for the Vertevo distribution

Under the Board's proposal, shareholders will receive one series A share in SKF Vertevo for every five series A shares held in SKF, and one series B share for every five series B shares. Fractional entitlements will be pooled, sold on Nasdaq Stockholm via Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, with proceeds distributed pro rata through Euroclear, free of commissions.