BUDAPEST, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Polkadot, one of the world's best-known cryptocurrencies, will be hosting a Metaverse Championship in Budapest from 5-7 December. The event will see some of the best minds in the blockchain space compete for a share of the $36,000 prize. After Polkadot Decoded and the success of the side events, Six/David Pethes, Darren Seah and Jonan Scheffler came together to figure out how to push web3 further through... Read More

BEIJING, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Finding ourselves surrounded by an ever-growing number of advertisements for designer brands and expensive handbags, we are often asking the question: "What is fashion, anyways?"  Ningbo in China has found different answers by redesigning the city neighborhoods and its fashion industry.  Located in southeast China's Zhejiang province, Ningbo has historically been an important hub for international trade... Read More

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MindsDB, the open-source machine learning (ML) startup bringing ML to the database, is now the fastest growing applied machine learning platform in the world with more than 11,000 GitHub Stars. Confirming the company's growth trajectory, MindsDB also announced that it now has more than 70 technology and data integrations  with many of the world's leading compute, storage, and the most scalable,... Read More

SAN FRANCISCO, LONDON and SYDNEY, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Darwinium, a pioneering new Customer Protection Platform, has today announced a seed funding round of $10 million USD led by Blackbird alongside Airtree, both Australian headquartered Venture Capitalist firms. The initial funding round, raised to elevate the global launch of the company into the security and fraud sector, will be targeted towards both product and customer... Read More

NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Trade Centers Association® Foundation (WTCAF) is proud to announce architectural shelter-tech start-up, Space Era, as the winner of its third annual "Peace Through Trade" Student Competition. The competition program is designed to identify and inspire the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders from the 300-plus cities where a World Trade Center® (WTC®)-branded business is located. Student... Read More

LONDON and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TerraPraxis is making available for the first time on Nov. 7 its new EVALUATE application, which enables coal plant owners and investors around the world to evaluate hundreds of coal plants for fast, low-cost, and repeatable conversion to emissions-free power generation sources. The non-profit seeks to accelerate solutions for hard-to-decarbonize sectors, which includes the global fleet... Read More

HONG KONG, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Harvest Capital, a Chinese Private equity capital (PE)firm focused on value investing in the consumer goods and services sectors, recently opened its Hong Kong office. The office will serve as a regional hub from which the company will explore Hong Kong and foreign capital markets as well as connect with overseas investors.... Read More

ABU DHABI, UAE, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Masdar's Women in Sustainability, Environment and Renewable Energy (WiSER) platform today called on the global community attending COP27 in Egypt next week to support its campaign, I Am WiSER. The initiative was launched to raise support for women at the forefront of efforts to tackle climate change and encourage world leaders to press forward with initiatives to build a more inclusive and... Read More

ARMONK, N.Y., Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) has announced new software designed to help enterprises break down data and analytics silos so they can make data-driven decisions quickly and navigate unpredictable disruptions. IBM Business Analytics Enterprise is a suite of business intelligence planning, budgeting, reporting, forecasting, and dashboard capabilities that provides users with a robust view of data sources across their... Read More

SINGAPORE, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fibre Path today announced a corporate rebranding to XenithIG Australia. Additionally, the corporate name of Fibre Path Pty. Ltd. will be changed to Xenith Infrastructure Group Australia Pty. Ltd., effective November 1, 2022. Read More

CHICAGO, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, and p-Chip Corporation, a company that is revolutionizing the tracking of physical products and materials with its breakthrough microtransponder technology, today announced the conclusion of a joint development agreement to develop and implement a new solution that offers never-before-seen levels of digital trust in machine-to-... Read More

HANGZHOU, China, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Timeless Elegance: Global Qipao Invitational Design Work Retrospective Exhibition" opened at the China National Silk Museum (CNSM) on September 28th, 2022. Inheriting the elements of the ancient Chinese robe, combined with the tailoring method of the western costume, the Qipao is a fusion of eastern and western clothing culture. Firstly rising in popularity in the 1920s and in recent years... Read More

SINGAPORE, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The future of reward programs is here: powered by XGEMs, the world's first multi-merchant rewards currency. Spending online? Get cashback in XGEMs. Getting bubble tea? Earn XGEM loyalty points. Playing your favourite mobile game? Win XGEM prizes. Singapore-based Game-Fi platform Ethlas has announced the launch of XGEM Rewards, a radical multi-merchant rewards program, connected by the first truly... Read More

SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wemade is starting pre-registration today for its blockbuster mobile MMORPG MIR M: Vanguard and Vagabond (MIR M).  MIR M added a modernized twist to the original IP, The Legend of Mir 2, and is a sequel to MIR4, the most popular blockchain game in the world. It launched in Korea back in June and was ranked in Top Games and Top Grossing charts on Google Play and Apple App Store. Read More

LONDON, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Malaysia Healthcare is strengthening its global proposition for preventive healthcare via strategic partnerships at the World Travel Market 2022 ("WTM") in London.  As a nation, Malaysia eagerly encourages global citizens to prioritise preventive care by taking charge of their health and well-being. Malaysia Healthcare is at the forefront of this phenomenon with a health system that has been evolving from... Read More

SINGAPORE, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascend Bit Company, a blockchain company of the CP Group, today announced a strategic partnership #dltledgers, a Multi-Party Extended Supply Chain business (MESCBN) platform at Singapore Fintech Festival. This partnership aims to bring this platform to all group companies of CP, specifically in Retail, International Trade, Automotive, Manufacturing, Financial Services, and distribution and logistics. Read More

LONDON, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A group of the world's largest and most influential agribusiness companies and organisations has today launched an action plan to scale regenerative farming globally to tackle the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss.   The SMI Agribusiness Task Force's report "Scaling Regenerative Farming: an action plan" warns that adoption rates are currently lagging far behind the rate needed to effectively... Read More

HAMBURG, Germany, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DB Schenker, one of the leading global logistics service providers, has partnered with Körber to implement automated warehouse operations for its new distribution center near Prague, CZ. The AMR installation, in particular, will be part of a highly automated logistics ecosystem and represents one of the largest AMR deployments of its kind in Eastern Europe. Read More

NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Governments are setting aggressive goals to ban sales of Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles, and there has been a growing commitment by carmakers to achieve net zero goals. However, little attention has been given to developing a smart and flexible energy system. According to global technology intelligence firm ABI Research, households with one Electric Vehicle (EV) could consume 37% more daily... Read More

ZURICH, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HIGHLIGHTS Revenues +16% reported, +6% yoy organic TDAGrowth leadership in Adecco; relative revenue growth +500 bps qoq in Q3, and +1,300 bps year-to-dateGross profit +5% organic yoy; Permanent Placement fees +23% yoyStrong gross margin of 21.0%, supported by mix and pricingRobust EBITA margin excl. one-offs of 3.6%, with conversion ratio and productivity better sequentially. Year-on-year movement reflects... Read More