• Bruce Markets to usher in 24/7 U.S. stock trading, pending regulatory review
• Expansion draws on Nasdaq’s trading technology and clearing services from Apex Clearing Corporation
• New weekend session expected to go live in the coming months

CHICAGO, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bruce Markets LLC, an SEC-registered broker-dealer and operator of Bruce ATS™, today announced a landmark agreement to extend U.S. equity trading throughout the weekend, subject to regulatory review. The initiative is designed to bring continuous 24/7 stock trading to global investors.

To power this expansion, Bruce Markets will leverage new strategic investments from PEAK6 Investments, the majority shareholder, and Robinhood Markets. Apex Fintech Solutions, Fidelity Investments, Nasdaq Ventures, NH Investment & Securities, tastytrade and Webull remain investors.

Bruce Markets will expand its use of Nasdaq’s trading technology, while clearing, carrying, and custody services will be provided by Apex Clearing Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Apex Fintech Solutions, Inc.

The agreement marks a major milestone in U.S. equity market structure. By extending the weekend session to enable 24/7 market access, Bruce Markets and its partners will establish the first ever round-the-clock U.S. equity trading ecosystem for global investors. Bruce Markets expects the new weekend session to launch in the coming months.

Jason Wallach, CEO, Bruce Markets: “We are changing the way customers can access U.S. equities and finally ushering in true 24/7 trading. Market-moving news does not wait for Monday’s open, and soon, neither will investors. Together with our partners, we are breaking down the limitations of traditional market structure and redefining how the world trades.”

Jenny Just, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, PEAK6 Investments: “The world doesn’t take weekends off, and now neither will the markets. This is the end of the five-day market. For the first time, markets will keep moving with the people, and Bruce Markets is here to lead that change.”

Steve Quirk, Chief Brokerage Officer, Robinhood: “Market-moving news can break at any moment, including over the weekend. With 24/7 trading, Robinhood customers will soon be able to trade equities around the clock, seven days a week, so they can manage their portfolios in real time and trade on their own schedule.”

Magnus Haglind, Head of Capital Markets Technology, Nasdaq: “Always-on markets demand resilient, flexible and scalable infrastructure. Our trading technology gives Bruce Markets a proven foundation to extend resilient, transparent market access throughout the weekend.”

William Capuzzi, CEO, Apex Fintech Solutions: “Apex continues to modernize market infrastructure, and weekend trading is a natural next step in that work. We’re proud to support Bruce Markets, PEAK6, and Robinhood in delivering it.”

ABOUT BRUCE MARKETS

Bruce Markets operates Bruce ATS™, a U.S. equities alternative trading system enabling overnight trading from 8:00 PM to 4:00 AM ET. Underpinned by exchange grade technology and market rules, led by industry veterans and backed by leading firms from across the trading ecosystem, Bruce provides a high-performance, resilient venue that bridges the U.S. after-hours and pre-market sessions. By providing a credible source of after-hours liquidity for brokers and investors and leading the evolution of always-available markets, Bruce brings needed competition to the ecosystem and is redefining after-hours trading worldwide. To learn more, visit www.brucemarkets.com.

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bruce@forefrontcomms.com 

HONG KONG, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As the newest addition to Ruko robot toys family, the newly launched R1 Mini Robot Dog transforms interactive play for children ages 3 and up. Built into a compact form, it combines self-righting, acrobatic 4-way flips, and gesture sensing into a dynamic companion ready for action anywhere.

When most toys tip over, someone always has to bend down to pick them up. The R1 eliminates that hassle with an automatic self-righting mechanism that quickly brings the dog back onto its feet whenever it tumbles or lands upside down.

Playful variety is at the heart of every routine, the robot dog is packed with fun stunts and tricks. It performs 4-way flips—forward, backward, left, and right—alongside over 10 playful routines, including dancing, push-ups, and swimming. Through the built-in programming mode, children can sequence their favorite moves into custom combinations, naturally blending interactive play with early STEM logical thinking.

Instead of passive screen time, the R1 invites children to move through three intuitive control methods. With the wearable gesture-sensing watch, kids steer the robot and trigger flips simply by tilting their hands. For classic navigation, the 2.4GHz remote fits comfortably in smaller hands, while touch sensors along the dog’s back trigger affectionate, pet-like responses.

Measuring just 6.3 × 4.1 × 3.4 inches, the R1 is thoughtfully sized for both indoor play and travel. Its compact build maneuvers effortlessly through small bedrooms, hallway rugs, and around living room furniture without cluttering the home. When heading outside, it tucks neatly into a child’s backpack for park visits, playdates, and road trips.

As day turns to night, the R1 shifts from high-energy stunts into a soothing bedtime companion. Its built-in storytelling feature adds a quieter way to play, giving children calming stories to enjoy before bedtime.

Recent reviews on tech blogs and YouTube have praised the toy’s performance. As one tester put it: “One of the first things I noticed is how agile it is without needing a huge amount of open space. The self-righting ability and stunt flips make it feel far more interactive than a basic remote-controlled toy.”

The Ruko R1 Mini Robot Dog is now available on Amazon. To celebrate the season ahead, Prime members can unlock a special 15% savings event during Amazon Prime Big Deal Days (October 6–7). Find yours by searching “Ruko R1 Robot Dog” on Amazon or clicking through to the Amazon Product Page to grab this crowd-pleaser before deals end.

About Ruko

Ruko is a consumer electronics brand dedicated to connecting family members and creating joy through accessible, thoughtfully designed technology. From smart imaging products to intelligent toys, Ruko builds thoughtfully designed products where advanced technology meets visual elegance— inspiring exploration, igniting imagination, and turning everyday moments into shared happiness. Ruko has already reached millions of families across the United States, with over 500,000 drones and more than one million AI-powered smart toys sold nationwide — bringing joy, creativity, and shared moments to everyday family life. To support every experience, Ruko provides 24/7 dedicated customer service, helping users solve problems quickly and ensuring a smooth, confident, and enjoyable product journey from day one.

For more information about Ruko’s innovative offerings, please visit https://www.ruko.net/
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Persistent Contextual Memory lets purpose-built Skills share the same understanding of content across multiple deliverables.

BURBANK, Calif., Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Iyuno today detailed the first set of 10 CLOE Skills, built around the needs of modern localization and the high-quality outputs required. These first 10 Skills include subtitles and SDH, closed captioning, dubbing and audio description scripts, localization, dialogue and spotting lists, show guides, and sensitive events lists, with additional Skills continuously being developed.

CLOE Skills leverage the persistent understanding of the content through the contextual memory rather than requiring AI to interpret the content from scratch each time.

Most AI workflows still treat each task as a new problem. Content goes in, the system interprets it, produces an output, and the process starts again.

CLOE is built around a different idea: understanding should persist.

Once CLOE builds a Contextual Memory for a title, its understanding of characters, relationships, dialogue, terminology, story events, and creative context can be applied across multiple specialized Skills.

“Subtitling, dubbing, audio description and production scripting require different expertise,” David Lee, Iyuno Founder and CEO, said. “They shouldn’t be treated as one generic AI problem. What they should share is an accurate understanding of the story. Skills let us specialize the execution without rebuilding the intelligence underneath it.”

As CLOE continues to evolve, Iyuno plans to expand its Skills ecosystem across additional creative, operational, and audience-facing applications—enabling content organizations to activate understanding in new ways throughout the content lifecycle.

Build the understanding once. Put it to work everywhere.

For more information about CLOE, visit iyuno.com/cloe.

ABOUT IYUNO

Iyuno (www.iyuno.com) is a leading provider of localization services for the media and entertainment industry. Trusted by top entertainment brands and creators worldwide, Iyuno offers comprehensive end-to-end localization services from 40 offices across 29 countries. Backed by a team of exceptional creative and technical talent, state-of-the-art facilities, and cutting-edge technologies, Iyuno proudly boasts the largest global footprint, amplifying its dubbing, subtitling, and media services offerings. The company is also the creator of CLOE, a contextual intelligence platform that transforms content into structured understanding, enabling AI-powered workflows across localization, accessibility, marketing, and emerging content experiences.

From megawatt-scale power to advanced cooling and accelerated computing, Compal demonstrates the infrastructure foundation for the next generation of AI factories.

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Compal Electronics, Inc. (Compal; TWSE: 2324), a global leader in computing and infrastructure solutions, today announced that it will showcase its next-generation AI factory infrastructure at OCP Global Summit 2026, demonstrating how power, cooling, compute and rack-scale engineering must evolve together to support the rapidly increasing demands of NVIDIA accelerated computing.

As AI factories move toward unprecedented compute density and megawatt-scale power requirements, the challenge is no longer simply adding more GPUs. The infrastructure surrounding accelerated computing—from power delivery and thermal management to rack integration—must be redesigned to support the performance, efficiency and scalability required by next-generation AI workloads.

At OCP, Compal will demonstrate how it is engineering this infrastructure around NVIDIA accelerated computing, bringing together high-density compute platforms with next-generation power and cooling technologies to create a more integrated foundation for scalable AI factories.

Rethinking Power for the AI Factory

Power architecture is becoming one of the defining challenges of large-scale AI infrastructure. To address rapidly increasing rack power density, Compal is advancing 800VDC power architecture and megawatt-class power infrastructure designed for the requirements of next-generation AI data centers.

By moving toward higher-voltage DC architectures and more efficient power delivery, Compal aims to reduce power conversion complexity and support increasingly dense AI environments. This approach establishes a scalable power foundation capable of evolving alongside future generations of accelerated computing.

Cooling Infrastructure Built for Higher Density

Greater compute density also requires a fundamental shift in thermal management. Compal is expanding its infrastructure portfolio with advanced liquid-cooling technologies and megawatt-scale cooling capabilities, enabling AI systems to operate efficiently as rack densities continue to rise.

Rather than treating compute, power and cooling as separate systems, Compal is engineering them as interconnected elements of the AI factory. By considering these technologies together at the rack and data-center level, Compal can optimize infrastructure around the requirements of high-performance accelerated computing.

Engineering from the Grid to the GPU

Together, these capabilities represent Compal’s evolution beyond individual server platforms toward a broader AI infrastructure strategy. By combining accelerated computing, power, cooling and rack-scale integration with global engineering and manufacturing resources, Compal is helping customers bridge the gap between advanced AI technology and real-world, large-scale deployment.

“Building the next generation of AI factories requires us to rethink the entire infrastructure surrounding accelerated computing,” said Alan Chang, Vice President of ISBG at Compal. “Compal is bringing together power, cooling, rack integration and NVIDIA accelerated computing to help customers build AI infrastructure that can scale efficiently from the platform level to megawatt-scale deployments.”

At OCP, Compal will demonstrate how these infrastructure technologies come together to address the growing power, thermal and deployment challenges of the AI era—engineering the critical infrastructure from the grid to the GPU.

Visit Compal at OCP Global Summit 2026, Booth #E65, to discover the infrastructure behind the next generation of NVIDIA-powered AI factories.

About Compal

Established in 1984, Compal has grown into a leading global manufacturer of computers and smart devices, partnering with top-tier brands worldwide. Compal was recognized by CommonWealth Magazine as one of Taiwan’s top 7 manufacturers and has consistently ranked among the Forbes Global 2000 companies. Compal has actively expanded into new growth areas, including cloud servers, automotive electronics, smart medical and healthcare, and advanced communication solutions. Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, Compal operates design and production facilities in the United States, Taiwan, China, Vietnam, Mexico, Brazil, and Poland. Learn more at https://www.compal.com

The 19th MINISH Course brought together 31 dentists in Seoul, including participants from New York City and Seattle, bringing the total number of graduates worldwide to 476. 

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Held Sept. 12–13 and Sept. 19–20 at MINISH Dental Hospital in Seoul, the 19th MINISH Course concluded after four days of intensive clinical education, marking another step in the development of an international community of dentists trained in the MINISH approach to tooth-preserving restorative dentistry. 

Beyond the growing number of graduates, the 19th MINISH Course also demonstrated how the program itself is evolving. Experienced MINISH Providers are taking a larger role in supporting clinical education, while the Course continues to attract dentists from a growing range of markets.

Turning a Restorative Philosophy Into Clinical Practice

At the center of the MINISH Course is a restorative philosophy built around biomimetic principles and preservation of healthy natural tooth structure. The program is designed to translate that philosophy into a structured clinical approach dentists can apply in practice.

The four-day Course combines theoretical education with hands-on training across key stages of the MINISH Protocol, including preparation, bonding, occlusal considerations, placement techniques, and clinical application.

For the 19th Course, the practical component was further strengthened. Sixteen practicing MINISH Providers joined as clinical faculty, providing one-on-one guidance during hands-on sessions and helping participants connect the Course curriculum with real-world clinical application.

Education Beyond a Single Market

The 19th MINISH Course also reflected the growing international reach of MINISH clinical education. Earlier this year, MINISH USA brought its continuing education program directly to North America through a three-day Course at the VITA North America Education Center in California, while the latest Seoul program welcomed dentists from New York and Washington alongside participants from other markets.

As the MINISH Course reaches more dentists internationally, graduates also have the opportunity to become MINISH Providers and join the wider professional network.

The MINISH Provider network currently spans 143 locations worldwide, including 85 in Japan, 41 in Korea, 15 in the United States, and one each in Canada and Singapore. In North America, MINISH Providers are located across major markets including Los Angeles, Orange County, the San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, Las Vegas, and Vancouver, Canada.

Building a Global Clinical Community Around MINISH

The Course is continuing to expand alongside that growing professional community. In October, approximately 100 Japanese dentists are expected to travel to Korea for a dedicated MINISH Course, representing another major cohort of overseas participants.

Clinical education is only one part of MINISH’s broader ecosystem, which also includes Provider development, standardized protocols, restorative technology, and collaboration among dental professionals. Together, these elements support the application of a shared restorative philosophy across diverse clinical settings and markets.

As the MINISH Course continues to expand, it serves not only as a platform for clinical education but also as a means of connecting dentists across markets through a shared approach to preserving and restoring natural teeth.

About MINISH USA Inc.

MINISH USA Inc. represents MINISH Technology in the North American market and supports the expansion of the MINISH ecosystem through clinical education, Provider development, advanced dental technology, and collaboration with dental professionals. MINISH is built around a biomimetic restorative philosophy focused on preserving natural tooth structure while restoring the appearance and function of teeth.

CONTACT:
Wei He
contact@minishtech.com
1899-2854 

HANGZHOU, China, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Hikvision has announced Hik-Connect 7, a major upgrade to its cloud-based security software that introduces HIKO, an AI engine, alongside a redesigned interface.

As small businesses, households, and enterprise teams connect more devices, cameras, and access points to a single account, people have always had to adapt to security software. The information needed to answer a question is usually already sitting somewhere in the system; finding it has simply taken time, experience, and manual work.

“HIKO changes that,” said Eunice Yu, Hik-Connect Product Manager, Hikvision. “Instead of asking people to learn how to operate the system, we built HIKO so the system understands what people need and finds the answer itself.” Because HIKO runs in the cloud, that shift reaches Hik-Connect’s existing Team Mode and Personal Mode users directly through a software update, with no separate HIKO hardware to buy or install.

Three AI upgrades for everyday security work

Hik-Connect 7 centers on three upgraded experiences: AI Guardian, AI Search, and AI Assistant. Security teams and operators need to know and respond quickly when something happens, find the right target and understand what went wrong, and keep their devices, people, and vehicles running smoothly. With HIKO built into monitoring, search, investigation, and deterrence, the software moves from simply recording events to understanding them, analyzing them, and responding proactively. Together, the three upgrades form one AI-powered security experience.

• AI Guardian helps users know what is happening and respond quickly
  • Focus lets users concentrate on what matters without waiting for an alarm. The security team can add a known vehicle as a target, set a time and location, and let HIKO take it from there – linking footage across cameras as the vehicle appears, building an ordered timeline, and writing a summary.
  • AI Notification replaces the fixed list of alarm types. A user can describe what they want to be notified about, in plain language – for example, “alert me if someone falls and doesn’t get back up” – and HIKO applies that rule going forward, tagging and summarizing matching events as they happen.
  • AI Deterrence escalates through tiered responses, from a standard warning to one that calls out the specific person or vehicle involved, describing their appearance and location.
  • AI Summary compiles a camera channel’s people, vehicles, and alerts from the past 24 hours into a single daily overview, so a manager can catch up on a day’s activity in minutes rather than piecing it together from separate logs and footage.
• AI Search helps users find the right target and understand what happened
  • Video Q&A answers direct questions about a scene, so staff can ask a question instead of scrubbing through hours of recordings.
  • Fusion Search combines video, access control, and license plate information together, giving a fuller picture of where someone has been without pulling records from three separate systems.
• AI Assistant helps users keep devices, people, and vehicles running smoothly

Users give a single instruction in natural language – for example, setting up visitor access for a specific vehicle – and HIKO carries out the related setup steps that would otherwise be configured one at a time.

A global rollout to all Hik-Connect users

Hik-Connect 7 is rolling out globally to both Team Mode and Personal Mode users. The update applies to the existing Hik-Connect app and portal and the devices already connected to it.

To learn more, visit the Hik-Connect page, or contact your regional Hikvision representative.