By Market & Region

Burbank, Calif. – September 07, 2026 -- Sony Pictures' Spider-Man: Brand New Day has become the highest-grossing film in CJ 4DPLEX history, generating more than $104 million across its SCREENX and 4DX premium formats in just 33 days.

Film shatters prior record set by Avatar: The Way of Water

The title surpassed the previous all-time CJ 4DPLEX box office record of $103 million held by Avatar: The Way of Water, which took 228 days to reach that figure. Spider-Man: Brand New Day achieved the milestone in roughly one-seventh of the time.

Film draws 6.7 million admissions across 1,200 screens worldwide

Since its global release, the film has logged more than 115,000 shows across 1,200 screens in premium formats, reaching over 6.7 million admissions. It posted a record 40% average occupancy rate and set opening records for SCREENX in 36 countries and for 4DX in 22 countries.

Austin, Texas – – September 07, 2026 -- The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas has confirmed TPx's Plan of Reorganization, clearing the managed services provider to emerge from Chapter 11 with a lighter debt load and fresh capital access.

Court confirmation sets up new ownership structure for TPx

Under the confirmed Plan, a group of investors comprising TPx's existing lenders and its equity sponsor will become the company's new owners once regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions are satisfied. The group will also provide new financing, leaving TPx well capitalized upon emergence.

New York – September 07, 2026 -- Corgi Insurance, an AI-native, full-stack insurance carrier, has launched Corgi Re, a reinsurance platform aimed at replacing manual underwriting cycles with technology-driven risk assessment and faster capital deployment.

Corgi Re targets a reinsurance market still reliant on spreadsheets and decades-old relationships

Reinsurance allows primary insurers to transfer portions of risk to reinsurers, preserving the capital and capacity needed to pay claims. Corgi Insurance said much of the sector still depends on longstanding relationships and lengthy manual underwriting processes rather than modern data infrastructure.

Burbank, California – September 07, 2026 -- Iyuno disclosed new technical details of its CLOE artificial intelligence platform, revealing how the system combines sensory processing, cognitive integration and persistent memory to build a coherent, reusable understanding of media content.

CLOE mirrors human perception by fusing visual, audio and language signals before reasoning

The platform's foundation, called the Human Sensory System, deploys specialized AI agents that independently process visual, auditory and linguistic inputs, including appearance, action, dialogue, tone, music and subtext, rather than treating content as isolated data points.

New York – September 07, 2026 -- Three Lions Acquisition Corp. closed its initial public offering of 10,000,000 units, generating $100,000,000 in gross proceeds, the special purpose acquisition company announced. A total of $100,500,000 from the IPO and a simultaneous private placement was placed in trust.

Units priced at $10.00 begin trading on Nasdaq under ticker TLACU

Each unit consists of one ordinary share and one-half of one warrant, with each whole warrant exercisable at $11.50 per share. Once components separate, the ordinary shares and warrants are expected to list on Nasdaq under the symbols TLAC and TLACW, respectively.

Mesa, Ariz. – September 07, 2026 -- Arizona Athletic Grounds (AAG) has signed a seven-year, multimillion-dollar Founding Partnership naming PepsiCo the official soft drink partner of its 275-acre Mesa campus.

PepsiCo's beverage portfolio takes over concessions across a 275-acre campus

Under the agreement, PepsiCo brands including Gatorade, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Starry, Aquafina, LIFEWTR, Starbucks, Celsius, Alani Nu and Rockstar Energy will be served at concessions, three fieldhouses, the sports bar, food court, performance center and all outdoor competition venues at AAG. The deal also includes signage, digital and IPTV inventory, and year-round activation rights at AAG tournaments.

Fremont, Calif. – September 07, 2026 -- Leopard Imaging has introduced the LI-DragonFire-VGA-GM2B, an uncooled infrared camera module targeting thermal imaging and temperature measurement in industrial systems.

DragonFire delivers 640 x 512 thermal resolution with 40 mK sensitivity

The module uses a 12 x 12 μm pixel size and a Noise Equivalent Temperature Difference (NETD) as low as 40 mK, enabling detailed capture of fine thermal information. It supports 30/60 Hz frame rates for real-time imaging of moving objects and operating equipment.

Camera measures temperatures from -20°C to 600°C across two modes

DragonFire offers a high-quality measurement range of -20°C to +160°C alongside a wide-range mode covering 50°C to +600°C, allowing the same module to monitor both precision heat differentials and extreme industrial temperatures.

San Marcos, Calif. – September 07, 2026 -- OnePlan has rolled out its August 2026 platform release, adding new portfolio visualization tools, deeper resource demand tracking, and a near real-time Azure DevOps integration for enterprise customers running its AI-enabled Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) and Project Portfolio Management (PPM) software.

Medford, Oregon – September 07, 2026 -- Precast manhole orders that skip site-specific engineering review risk costly field changes once installation begins, according to a HelloNation article featuring insights from Clay Prewitt, Precast Concrete Expert at Rogue Valley Precast in Medford, Oregon.

Invert elevations determine riser count and overall unit size

The article states that invert elevations for incoming and outgoing pipes set the base height of a manhole, which then dictates how many riser sections a structure requires. Pipe openings must be sized and positioned for specific connections, and manufacturers can cast these openings during production to reduce field cutting after delivery.

Las Vegas – September 07, 2026 -- UrVenue, a hospitality technology provider for venues, hotels and resorts, has opened a new corporate headquarters at 3327 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Suite 3400, directly on the Las Vegas Strip, alongside a round of senior hires and internal promotions across customer success, business development and marketing.

UrVenue relocates headquarters to the Las Vegas Strip to sit closer to core clients

The company chose the Strip location to be physically nearer to the gaming, nightlife and entertainment operators that make up much of its customer base. Interim CEO Emily Curtin said the site marks where UrVenue built its earliest and deepest customer relationships, as the firm pushes growth across both its venue and resort business lines.

Road Town, British Virgin Islands – September 07, 2026 -- USDT0, the cross-chain infrastructure for Tether's stablecoin, has gone live on Stellar, giving the payments-focused blockchain direct access to a unified dollar liquidity layer that has already moved over $100 billion in total value since its January 2025 launch across 29 blockchain ecosystems.

USDT0 anchors natively on Stellar without bridges or wrapped tokens

Built on LayerZero's OFT Standard, the deployment integrates USDT0 directly into Stellar's native asset model rather than introducing another wrapped or bridged version of USDT. This allows stablecoin balances to move into and out of Stellar without relying on custodial bridges or isolated liquidity pools, connecting the network to the same liquidity framework used across other major chains supported by USDT0.

San Francisco – September 07, 2026 -- empirik.ai emerged from stealth with $21 million in funding from Sequoia Capital, S32, Canapi Ventures and Alumni Ventures, launching what it calls the industry's first AI agent for infrastructure change.

Funding backs an AI agent built to close the gap between fast code and slow infrastructure review

The capital will expand empirik.ai's Autonomous Infrastructure Engineer, a system designed to let enterprises understand engineering intent, compute infrastructure impact deterministically, and execute complex changes without manual change-review bottlenecks. The company argues that as AI coding agents accelerate software production, infrastructure governance has remained manual and reactive, reliant on human-speed review boards and ticket queues, creating operational risk of severe production failures.

Manchester – September 07, 2026 -- RealityMine has appointed Soumya Bijjal as its first Chief Product Officer following a year in which the behavioral-data company posted 75% year-over-year revenue growth.

RealityMine scales product leadership as demand for behavioral data accelerates

The newly created CPO role will see Bijjal lead RealityMine's product strategy, tasked with evolving the company's portfolio into scalable offerings that give clients faster access to behavioral data across AI, commerce, and advertising markets. Bijjal brings more than 20 years of technical and product experience, having built platforms at Nokia, Nordea, and SSH Communications Security.

Berlin – September 07, 2026 -- The TÜV-Verband will present its "TÜV-Report Nutzfahrzeuge 2026" during an online press conference on September 9, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., drawing on an analysis of 2.4 million main vehicle inspections covering trucks, vans and other commercial vehicles.

Report to detail defect rates ahead of IAA Transportation trade show

The briefing precedes the IAA Transportation trade fair and will cover the technical safety condition of Germany's commercial vehicle fleet based on mandatory inspection data. The findings will address defect patterns identified during roadworthiness testing, performance of electric commercial vehicles, and barriers to electrifying freight transport.

Analysis to include first Chinese-built van in German market

The report will also assess the inspection performance of the first van imported from China to enter the German market, alongside broader fleet safety trends.

Las Vegas – September 07, 2026 -- Operata has extended its CX Observability platform to cover Agentic Virtual Agent (AVA), the AI voice agent within Genesys Cloud from Genesys, allowing interactions handled by the AI to be recorded on the same customer journey timeline as human agents and measured against identical performance standards.

Operata merges AI and human agent data into one timeline

The platform now integrates AI turns, handoffs, telephony, and human agent interactions into a single, connected record. This gives enterprise teams real-time, vendor-agnostic visibility across the full CX stack, including conversations managed entirely or partially by AVA.

Seoul – September 07, 2026 -- Airbility, a South Korean aerospace and defense startup, has raised USD 4.7 million (KRW 6.5 billion) in a Series A round led by Silicon Valley-based Sazze Partners, bringing its total funding to USD 7.6 million (KRW 10.5 billion).

Sazze Partners makes its first defense-sector bet on Airbility

Existing backer Stonebridge Ventures joined the round with a follow-on investment, and Industrial Bank of Korea came in as a new shareholder. Airbility's cap table also includes Samho Green Investment, Mashup Ventures, BASS Ventures and 500 Global. Sazze Partners, founded in 2018, has backed more than 100 companies including Korean AI firm Upstage, but this marks its first defense-sector investment.

Portland, Ore. – September 07, 2026 -- OpConnect, a turnkey EV charging solutions provider, has moved its headquarters to 115 SE Yamhill St. in Portland, marking the company's third relocation since its 2016 founding and expanding its capacity to serve customers across 36 U.S. states and three Canadian provinces.

U.S. senators and Portland's mayor attend Aug. 18 grand opening

U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, Oregon State Rep. Rob Nosse and Portland Mayor Keith Wilson joined OpConnect employees, investors, customers, partners and vendors for the ribbon-cutting ceremony, which included facility tours and technology demonstrations.

New facility adds space for advanced charging R&D

The expanded headquarters will support OpConnect's manufacturing operations alongside dedicated electrical infrastructure for research into battery-backed charging, bi-directional charging and microgrid integration.

Melbourne, Australia – September 07, 2026 -- Helfie AI has appointed John Rego as Chief Financial Officer, bringing a track record of raising more than $10 billion in capital and closing over two dozen M&A transactions across six public and private companies.

Rego joins Helfie from Wide Open West following the US broadband provider's 2026 sale

Rego served as CFO of Wide Open West (NYSE: WOW) from 2020 until the company was sold in 2026. The appointment gives Helfie AI, a Melbourne-based AI-powered preventative healthcare platform, a finance chief with direct experience managing a company through to a market exit.

Houston – – September 07, 2026 -- New Math Data has signed a multi-year strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services to accelerate enterprise deployment of production-grade agentic AI systems. The deal builds on New Math Data's status as the 2025 AWS Rising Star Partner of the Year for North America and expands its AI capabilities through deeper investment in agentic frameworks, AWS Marketplace offerings, and post-deployment services.

Agreement targets the gap between AI pilots and production deployment

Many enterprises struggle to move generative AI projects beyond pilot stage into secure, scalable production systems that deliver measurable business value. New Math Data holds AWS Competency certifications in Generative AI with Agentic Specialization, Data and Analytics, and DevOps, positions it uses to close that gap for clients in financial services, energy and utilities, and healthcare.

Amherst, Mass. – September 07, 2026 -- Baystate Health will place its logo on both 25-yard lines at McGuirk Alumni Stadium starting with the 2026 UMass football season, marking the first time a brand logo has appeared on the field's gridiron in the stadium's history since 1965. The move expands a multi-year partnership between UMass Athletics, Baystate Health and Learfield's UMass Sports Properties, deepening a sponsorship relationship that has run for more than a decade.