• The US $5.9 million fund empowers small and medium sized enterprises, nonprofits, and high schools to develop sustainable solutions and transform their communities
• Across 6 key categories – Health, Food, Energy, Water, Climate Action and Global High Schools –winners will be recognised for their groundbreaking impact and receive the prestigious award
   

The UAE’s Zayed Sustainability Prize, a portfolio entity of Erth Zayed Philanthropies which has impacted 400 million lives worldwide by advancing innovative solutions to pressing global challenges, has officially announced its call for submissions for 2026. Marking 17 years of continued support and empowerment for the next generation of sustainability champions, the Prize invites small to medium enterprises (SMEs), nonprofit organisations, and high schools to submit their projects in six distinct categories: Health, Food, Energy, Water, Climate Action, and Global High School ... Read more »

PAMPLONA, Spain
(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Generative AI is fueling a new wave of identity fraud, making digital security more critical than ever. In response, Veridas, a global leader in AI-driven identity verification, has introduced an advanced injection attack detection capability to combat the growing threat of synthetic identities. This new feature strengthens fraud prevention by combining injection detection with liveness verification across face, voice, and document authentication.

Injection Attacks: The Hidden Threat in Digital Fraud

According to the Veridas Identity Fraud Report 2024, 85% of financial fraud cases now involve synthetic identities. The UK government recently declared deepfakes as the ‘greatest challenge of the online age’, highlighting these growing risks. Fraudsters inject deepfakes and synthetic data directly into identity systems—bypassing device sensors entirely. Traditional fraud detection only analyzes what’s prese ... Read more »

TOKYO & TORONTO - Monday, 10. February 2025

(BUSINESS WIRE)--PHC Corporation has signed a Master Collaboration Agreement with CCRM to work together on the development of primary T-cell(*1) expansion culture processes that will seek to accelerate the manufacturing of cell and gene therapy (CGT) products. This joint initiative will integrate “LiCellGrowTM(*2), PHC’s cell expansion system under development, with CCRM’s deep knowledge of regenerative medicine and biomanufacturing to establish new culture processes to improve cell culture efficiency and quality for CGTs.

Primary T-cells are used in process development and manufacturing for CGTs, such as in CAR-T cell therapy.(*3) However, primary T-cells derived directly from patients often exhibit significant variability in growth rates and quality, making it challenging for researchers to ensure stable cell counts and maintain quality throughout the culture process. To address these challenges and ... Read more »

TOKYO - 
Research from NTT DATA finds that as GenAI adoption rises, new pressures on return of investment are at the forefront of the challenges facing the banking industry.

(BUSINESS WIRE)--NTT DATA, a global digital business and IT services leader, has today launched a new global research report uncovering the use of generative AI (GenAI) in the banking sector worldwide. The report, titled “Intelligent banking in the Age of AI,” has found that despite the growing adoption of GenAI technology in the banking industry, banks and financial institutions are split when it comes to outcome-based strategies – only half of banks (50%) see it as a tool for improving productivity and efficiency. Similarly, half (49%) believe it can be used for reducing operational IT spend.

Transforming Banking Through GenAI

GenAI is more disruptive than any previous advance in banking technology. It is less a question of if, but when banks ... Read more »

TORONTO - Monday, 10. February 2025 AETOSWire 

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- A Settlement has been reached in the global class action (the “Class Action”) against Aphria and certain of its former officers and directors (“Individual Defendants”) announces Rochon Genova LLP. The Settlement requires Court approval at an upcoming hearing.

The Class Action alleges that, between January 29, 2018 and December 3, 2018, Aphria and the Individual Defendants made public misrepresentations to the capital markets, including in an Aphria Prospectus Offering in June 2018, in connection with two significant international business acquisitions made by Aphria during 2018, namely: (i) Aphria’s acquisition of a company called Nuuvera Inc. which was publicly announced on January 29, 2018; and (ii) Aphria’s acquisition of a company called LATAM Holdings Inc. which was publicly announced on July 17, 2018. The Class Action alleges that the substantial drop in A ... Read more »