HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 August 2024 – “Zero-Prepayment Storage” RESTORE is coming to Chai Wan and Hung Hom this September, as part of its plan to provide innovative and carefree mini storage service to more locations in Hong Kong.
RESTORE currently operates close to 25 mini storage facilities across the territory, including Tuen Mun, Kwai Chung, Hung Hom, Sai Wan, North Point, Chai Wan, Wong Chuk Hang, Aberdeen, most with occupancies well over 90%. The company has also added more lockers in Sai Wan and Wong Chuk Hang just last month.
While demand for mini storage in Hong Kong continues to grow in recent years, concerns over prepayment risks, fire safety, facility and service quality control continue to weigh on the confidence of potential users. Combining a user-focused mindset, compliance-driven design and technology knowhow, RESTORE seeks to address these customer pain points with innovative solutions.
“Zero-Prepayment” Lowers Rental Risks
One of the distinguishing features of RESTORE is its “flexible payments for flexible service” approach. With its “Zero Prepayment” program, a commitment-free rental arrangement, the company is among one of the first local mini storage providers to introduce US-style payment flexibility to users in Hong Kong.
“Zero Prepayment” not only minimizes financial burden for storage users, it also avoids risks commonly associated with one-time prepayment schemes. Additionally, a commitment-free rental arrangement also allows customers to adjust their storage plans with convenience, enabling early move-outs or upgrade/downgrades as needed, without worrying about losses due to plan changes.
RESTORE also places great emphasis on pre- and after-sales service, with regular cleaning and maintenance regimes to ensure continuous customer enjoyment of high-quality storage service over their stay. Rare among its peers, RESTORE assigns dedicated personnel to see to the needs of each customer in a timely manner. Customer recognition for its service quality is readily felt from the multitude of positive reviews online.
Simplicity Through Tech and Design
RESTORE is dedicated to improving storage safety, facility management and service quality through tech innovations, including creative lighting solutions, smart temperature and humidity control systems. Each mini storage unit also features an independent smart electronic lock, enhancing the security of customers’ belongings, improving convenience, and elevating the overall storage experience for users.
RESTORE also boasts an in-house architectural design team to ensure close compliance with latest fire safety building codes, while creating bright and comfortable interiors for customers with a penchant for minimalist living.
Chai Wan Mini Storage Address: Unit C, 11th Floor, Man Foong Industrial Building, 7 Heung Yip Road, Chai Wan
Hung Hom Mini Storage Address: Unit C, 10th Floor, Phase 1, Triumph Industrial Centre, 37-45 Man Yue Street, Hung Hom
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 August 2024 – Value Exchange International, Inc. (OTCQB: VEII) (“VEII” or the “Company”) announced today recent efforts to achieve VEII’s strategic vision for the future and deliver value for our shareholders and business partners.
National Securities Exchange Listing Upgrade Plans VEII has initiated the process of uplisting our Common Stock from OTC QB Venture Market to listing on a national securities exchange. The Company believes an uplisting would provide greater access to capital, increased liquidity for the Common Stock and a stronger capital market platform for strategic growth and innovation.
Business Updates VEII has spearheaded the installation of Electronic Shelf Labels (“ESL”) systems in retail stores across Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Hong Kong. We have expanded our esteemed clientele base with orders for two stores set to be deployed in August in the Philippines. Looking ahead, VEII is exploring opportunities to deploy our ESL technology in the EU, reflecting our commitment to global growth.
Innovative Product and Service Developments In line with our expanding ESL business, VEII is addressing the retail industry’s need for instant paper price tag changes. Our ESL Manager App now integrates with mobile printing technology, enabling on-the-spot, instant printing of paper price tags. This innovation is set to significantly increase our service coverage across global chain stores, which are yet to be considered for ESL deployment.
Furthermore, in the month of July, VEII has introduced a new 4-color ESL that is being deployed in stores in Johor Bahru, Malaysia and has gotten maiden orders of Android TV Box placed by a renowned electronics retail chain in Hong Kong.
Hashtag: #VEII
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About Value Exchange
VEII is a U.S. holding company headquartered in Hong Kong, with offices in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Beijing China, Manila and Kuala Lumpur. The Company provides integrating, market- leading Point-of-Sale/Point-of-Interaction (POS/POI), Merchandising, CRM & Reward, Locational Based (GPS & Indoor Positioning System (IPS)) Marketing, Customer Analytics, and Business Intelligence solutions. Company’s retail POS solutions process tens of millions of transactions per year at approximately 20,000 retail outlets in Asia.
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AI Platform Strategy Extends to New Partnerships and Industry Cooperation
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 August 2024 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704) continues to pioneer advancements in its cybersecurity platform to secure enterprise AI use. Aligned with this innovation focus, the company today announced its partnership with GMI Cloud, a leading venture-backed AI-native GPU cloud provider specializing in the development of a vertically integrated platform optimized for AI and ML workloads.This collaboration aims to enhance security measures for AI implementations and protect sensitive data in high-performance computing environments. Supporting the responsible use of AI, the company also announced that it has joined the Coalition for Secure AI (COSAI) alongside partners including Google, NVIDIA, Microsoft, IBM and others.
Kevin Simzer, COO at Trend: “Most AI integrations in the cybersecurity industry today arrive in the form of chat bots, alert summarizers, or other basic functions. Far fewer resources have been invested in securing actual AI implementations or leveraging the technology to help stretched security teams as they deal with escalating complexity and risk. Our AI strategy brings this need to the forefront, underpinning Trend’s platform evolution as well as working with partners and industry to better manage enterprise risk around AI use.”
Building on a long history of working with partners to help customers, Trend is working closely with innovative partners like GMI Cloud, which has standardized on the Trend Vision One™ platform to protect its customers using AI. The integration of Trend Vision One™ – Companion, an AI assistant leveraging NVIDIA NIM microservices and accelerated computing, into GMI Cloud’s Cluster Engine interface provides proactive threat detection and response, even in air-gapped environments.
Alex Yeh, Founder and CEO at GMI Cloud: “Recent incidents involving CrowdStrike have underscored the vulnerabilities in cybersecurity and data security within cloud-based systems. In response, we’re thrilled to announce our partnership with Trend Micro to develop a GPU-powered private cloud. This collaboration aims to prioritize security and enhance enterprise and government sovereign cloud solutions. Our on-demand and reserved GPU instances and storage, utilizing NVIDIA Certified data centers, combined with Trend Micro’s security solutions, enable even the most tightly controlled organizations to use AI without compromising data sovereignty.”
As an early mover in making a definitive statement on responsible use of AI, Trend is also working with the broader industry and has been advocating for policies on responsible use and regulation of AI. TheCoalition for Secure AI (COSAI) is focused on members collaborating and sharing best practices for secure AI deployment, AI security research and product development.
After joining the coalition this week, Trend’s first initiative as a COSAI member is to prepare cyber defenders for a changing cybersecurity landscape. Key to this, Trend will lead the development of a framework to help defenders to:
Identify needed investments to counter the offensive cybersecurity capabilities of current and future AI models.
Deploy appropriate mitigation techniques and maintain best practices.
The framework will also focus on how organizations can scale cybersecurity investments and expand effective mitigation strategies to address the evolution of AI models supporting threat actors’ use of offensive capabilities.Hashtag: #trendmicro #trendvisionone #visionone #cybersecurity
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Trend Micro
Trend Micro, a global cybersecurity leader, helps make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Fueled by decades of security expertise, global threat research, and continuous innovation, Trend Micro’s AI-powered cybersecurity platform protects hundreds of thousands of organizations and millions of individuals across clouds, networks, devices, and endpoints. As a leader in cloud and enterprise cybersecurity, Trend’s platform delivers a powerful range of advanced threat defense techniques optimized for environments like AWS, Microsoft, and Google, and central visibility for better, faster detection and response. With 7,000 employees across 70 countries, Trend Micro enables organizations to simplify and secure their connected world. www.TrendMicro.com.hk
(From left to right) John Edgar, Director of USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia, ASEAN Office, Teodoro Herbosa, Stop TB Partnership Board Chairman, Bounfeng Phoummalaysith, Minister of Health of Laos, and Phonepadith Xangsayarath, Director General of Department of Communicable Disease Control, Ministry of Health. (photo supplied)
The Airborne Infection Defense Platform (AIDP) was officially launched on 8 August in Vientiane Capital to strengthen ASEAN countries’ tuberculosis (TB) response, health care systems, and pandemic preparedness to address the growing issue of airborne respiratory infections.
HO CHI MINH, VIETNAM – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 August 2024 – Gene Solutions, a pioneering genetic testing company in South-East Asia, is excited to announce the publication of a new peer-reviewed study that validates the analytical capabilities of its innovative, AI-driven Tumor-Specific Methylation Atlas (TSMA). The study, published in BMC Journal of Translational Medicine: “Tissue of origin detection (TOO) for cancer tumor using low-depth cfDNA samples through combination of tumor-specific methylation atlas and genome-wide methylation density in graph convolutional neural networks”, details the robust analytical validation process which leverages advanced artificial intelligence to deliver precise and reliable tumor origin predictions in multi-cancer early detection.
Firstly, the bioinformatics team from Gene Solutions used whole-genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) on five types of tumor tissues (breast, colorectal, gastric, liver and lung cancer) and paired white blood cells (WBC) to construct a tumor-specific methylation atlas (TSMA), where 2,945 CpG regions are discovered between tumor types and WBC. The team then implemented a Deep Learning model of Graph Convolutional Neural Network that combines deconvolution scores from the TSMA with other features to achieve an improved tumor of origin prediction accuracy in the validation dataset of 239 low-depth cfDNA samples.
By enhancing the accuracy of tumor identification through AI-driven method, the study opens up mutliple promises when applying in multi-cancer early detection tests:
Improved Data Accuracy: The combination demonstrated exceptional performance in accurately identifying the tumor of origin, notably up to 100%, 98% and 93% accuracies for breast, liver and colorectal cancer.
Reduced Sequencing Depth: By having a guiding atlas, the R&D team can optimize sequencing depth required for tumor identification, making it more efficient and cost-effective. This reduction in sequencing depth not only accelerates the time-to-result but also conserves costly next-generation sequencing resources.
Optimized Analysis Resources: The AI-driven approach optimizes the use of computational resources, reducing the overall cost and time required for tumor analysis. This optimization is a crucial step towards making advanced circulating tumor DNA analysis accessible and affordable for healthcare providers and patients alike.
Dr. Minh Duy Phan, a lead author of the study commented: “The analytical validation of the new tumor methylation atlas and deep learning algorithm marks a significant milestone in circulating tumor DNA analysis for early cancer signal detection. By harnessing the power of AI, we are enhancing the accuracy and efficiency of multi-cancer early detection technology for real-world utility.”
Future Developments:
With further development by our data team, Gene Solutions is committed to expanding the capabilities of the TSMA. The ongoing research and development efforts aim to enable better quality analysis and application in real-life practice to reduce the cost of assays, ensuring that cutting-edge cancer screening tools are within reach for recommended individuals worldwide.
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About Gene Solutions:
Gene Solutions, a pioneering genetic testing company in South-East Asia, empowers healthcare decisions by providing accessible and critical insights. Their services include next-generation sequencing (NGS) tests that support reproductive health and clinical oncology. Gene Solutions specializes in non-invasive prenatal screening (NIPT), minimal residual disease (MRD) monitoring, multi-gene panel liquid biopsy, comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP), and multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests. Leveraging clinically validated cell-free DNA analysis methods and artificial intelligence applications in bioinformatics, the company is committed to enable precision medicine. With a network of six international standard NGS Laboratories across Southeast Asia, Gene Solutions remains at the forefront of innovative genetic solutions.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 August 2024 – Alphax.com is proud to announce the upcoming launch of its decentralized exchange (DEX) functionality, furthering our commitment to innovation and user-centric solutions. This new feature enables wallet login, providing a more secure, private, and decentralized trading experience, aligning with the principles of Web3.
AlphaX DEX combines cutting-edge security, exceptional efficiency, and a diverse array of trading options to offer users a superior trading platform.
Unmatched Security Security remains paramount at AlphaX DEX. By utilizing decentralized self-custody wallets, we ensure that your assets are safeguarded at all times. AlphaX DEX supports private transactions without the requirement for KYC, preserving user anonymity and enhancing privacy. Every transaction is executed via transparent and auditable smart contracts, providing a high level of trust and reliability.
Enhanced Trading Efficiency AlphaX Decentralized Exchange delivers a trading experience that rivals centralized exchanges (CEX) in speed and smoothness. Our platform is engineered to support high-speed transactions, ensuring that users can capitalize on market opportunities with minimal latency. This ensures a seamless and responsive trading experience, allowing users to react swiftly to market changes.
Comprehensive Trading Solutions AlphaX DEX offers an extensive selection of futures trading pairs, catering to a wide range of trading strategies and preferences. With more than 100 trading pairs available, users can explore various opportunities to maximize their trading potential. The platform also features engaging activities and a robust referral system designed to enhance user experience and rewards.
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AlphaX
AlphaX Cryptocurrency Exchange is a pioneering cryptocurrency trading platform dedicated to discovering and promoting value-driven cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana.
With a strong foundation built by industry veterans and a commitment to user security and satisfaction, AlphaX is the gateway to the future of investment. Join AlphaX as we continue to explore the frontier of the crypto market, one successful trade at a time.
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 8 August 2024 – The annual Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum (DELF) 2024, organised by Cyberport, will be held from August 16 to 18 at the Cyberport campus. This year’s theme is “Imaginary Fairground: AI-Powered Entertainment in the Web 3.0 Era”. The event will feature industry forums, experiential zones, workshops, and competitions, allowingattendees to immerse themselves in a vibrant carnival atmosphere. Together, they will explore the innovative applications of AI in the digital entertainment and smart living domains, and personally experience the seamless integration of the virtual and physical realms.
The DELF 2024 Experience Zone will feature four major themes with nearly 50 experiential activities, bringing the public interactive and personalised entertainment experiences. The “Smart Lifestyle” theme allows attendees to experience ChatsOK, an interactive AI chatbot used for education and training, IFLYTEK’s AI simultaneous interpretation technology, as well as DIGITAL MUSE, a fusion of art and technology that generates personalised “Queen” images in real-time powered by AI. The “Robotics” section will highlight Unitree Robotics’ self-walking and running humanoid robots, Unitree H1, UBTech’s Walker X that can perform Tai Chi, and the “R2C2 ARC platform” that enables users to monitor, control, and distribute automated patrol and inspection tasks. In the “Sports & Gaming” theme, the Hong Kong-based “Z Challenger” uses geospatial data to recreate Hong Kong’s actual terrain, developing an immersive racing simulation game. The “Culture & Arts” theme will present the “Van Gogh DigiVillage”, using innovative art technology (Art Tech) to raise awareness of art, culture, and nature conservation, as well as showcase the works of the world’s first AI ink wash artist, A.I. GEMINI.
The three-day event will bring together representatives from leading digital entertainment companies and distinguished speakers to explore how emerging technologies such as AI, high-performance computing (HPC), and Web 3.0 are shaping the future of digital entertainment and smart living. Over 30 experts from international and local tech giants, including Microsoft, Cisco, Alibaba, Baidu, Foxconn, Xiaohongshu, Dell, NVIDIA, BytePlus, Meta, teamLab, 9GAG & Memeland, ESRI, FATface Production, member of OneCool Group, as well as the representatives from academic institutions such as the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Baptist University, and Cornell University, will share their professional insights on leveraging AI, Web 3.0 and other technologies to drive the transformation of digital entertainment, cultural tourism, and smart living.
Dr Rocky Cheng, CEO of Cyberport, said, “AI and its applications are rapidly evolving and deeply integrating with various industries, becoming a critical driver for industrial upgrading and transformation. The AI ecosystem that Cyberport focuses on developing has become an engine for the growth of related industries. We have gathered 200 companies specialising in R&D, application, and infrastructure for AI and data science. At the same time, Cyberport, Hong Kong’s Web 3.0 hub, has been dedicated to promoting the development of related technologies. This year’s DELF 2024 will focus on the two major technology clusters of AI and Web 3.0, showcasing countless innovative ideas. Through technology, it aims to bring refreshing changes to everyday life, entertainment experiences, and operational models across various industries.”
To encourage the public to explore diverse digital entertainment experiences, DELF 2024 has prepared a “Play-to-Earn” activity that combines gaming and reward systems. Attendees can set up a “Play-to-Earn” platform account platform account prior to entering the event, and then complete tasks at the four major experiential zones to win over 300 prizes, including laptops, drones, camera gear, children’s robot, speakers, video game consoles, event tickets, dining vouchers, and leisure vouchers. In addition, the event will feature spectacular performances and competitions such as the AI Everywhere Robotics Esports Invitational 2024 (GBA), Elderly eSport Tournament & Experience Day, the From Player to Page English Writing Competition, Hong Kong Game Development – Competition, the award presentation ceremony of NEXX AI for Entertainment and more.
For detailed information about the Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum 2024 and the complete lineup of speakers, please visit: http://delf.cyberport.hk/ or refer to the attachment of this press release.
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Photo 1: The annual Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum (DELF) 2024, organised by Cyberport, will be held from August 16 to 18 at the Cyberport campus. This year’s theme is “Imaginary Fairground: AI-Powered Entertainment in the Web 3.0 Era”. (From Forth of Left to Third of Right: Georgina Chu, Chief Corporate Development Officer of Cyberport, Dr Rocky Cheng, CEO of Cyberport, and Terence Leung, Cyberport Senior Manager of Digital Entertainment with the Representatives from today media briefing showcases)
Photo 2: The briefing session showcased a video of Dr Rocky Cheng, CEO of Cyberport, generated in real time using AI technology.
Photo 3: Georgina Chu, Chief Corporate Development Officer of Cyberport introduced the trend and insights of AI and digital entertainment in the media briefing session.
Photo 4: Terence Leung, Cyberport Senior Manager of Digital Entertainment of Cyberport shared the highlights of DELF 2024.
Photo 5 – 9: Cyberport invited five startup companies to showcase their projects during the media briefing session, including IFLYTEK’s Wonderful Question Classroom, ToyCloud’s AI Companion Robot, Laurry & Co.’s AI Training, HTC’s Exploring the Virtual Notre-Dame de Paris, MetaZ Lab’s AI Lingnan Cultural Traces.
Hashtag: #DELF
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About Cyberport:
Cyberport is Hong Kong’s digital technology flagship and incubator for entrepreneurship with over 2,000 members including over 900 onsite and over 1,100 offsite start-ups and technology companies. It is managed by Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, wholly owned by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, and committed to the vision to inject new impetus into digital economy and smart city development through innovation and technology, and to connect enterprises to Mainland China and overseas markets. Cyberport strives to nurture a vibrant tech ecosystem by cultivating talents, promoting entrepreneurship among the youth, supporting start-ups, fostering technology industry development by promoting strategic collaboration with local, Mainland Chinese and international partners, and integrating new and traditional economies by accelerating digital transformation in public and private sectors.
HARBIN, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 8 August 2024 – In the scorching summer, many parts of China are hit by high temperatures and extreme heat. Heilongjiang Province, with its cool and pleasant climate and rich tourism resources, continues the popularity of winter tourism.
Harbin Sun Island Scenic Area
To extend the “joy” of winter throughout the four seasons, Harbin Ice and Snow World has launched the Dream Ice and Snow Pavilion, using real ice and snow to build an indoor ice and snow kingdom.
Visitors have fun at an indoor ice and snow theme park in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, July 6, 2024.
Guangdong tourist Xu Xiaotong said that she was unable to visit “Erbin” in the last ice and snow season due to work reasons. When she heard that the Dream Ice and Snow Pavilion of Harbin Ice and Snow World would be open this summer, she couldn’t wait to buy a plane ticket to Harbin.
Walking into the Dream Ice and Snow Pavilion, it feels like a second’s jump into winter. The lifelike ice sculptures and snow scenes, as well as the dazzling light and shadow experience, are eye-catching. “I didn’t expect to see such beautiful ice sculptures in the summer, it’s really worth the trip!” said Xu Xiaotong.
Heilongjiang’s winter is famous for its ice and snow, and summer tourism is equally wonderful. Large farmlands, large lakes, and large wetlands all show the magnificent scenery of the north. “The North Pole of China” and “The East Pole of China” make countless backpackers yearn for the distance.
“I’m so excited to see the first ray of sunshine of the motherland!” Tourists climbed the Dongji Pavilion in Fuyuan City, Heilongjiang Province, to watch the sunrise, and the magnificent scenery of the city, river, forest, river, and fields are all in sight.
Fuyuan City is located at the easternmost end of China’s land, with the Heilongjiang and Ussuri rivers passing by, and it is the place that welcomes the sun into the motherland first, known as “The East Pole of China.”
In the summer, the Shell Beach Campsite not far from Dongji Square in Fuyuan City is lively. Tourists from all over the country enjoy their leisure time in the accommodation area, barbecue area, green space activity area, beach leisure area, and fishing exclusive area of the campsite.
Heilongjiang has China’s largest contiguous forest. In the scorching summer, walking into the Greater and Lesser Xing’an Mountains, breathing the fresh air of the natural “oxygen bar”, you can also participate in outdoor activities such as mountain climbing, hiking, and rafting to escape the heat and relax.
“Walking into the forest sea, it feels like coming to a paradise.” Fang Fang, a tourist from Fujian, and her friends came to Yichun City, Heilongjiang Province for a visit, and the local comfortable climate surprised her.
At present, Heilongjiang is committed to continuing the momentum of ice and snow tourism, expanding the “summer escape +” industrial chain, promoting the full development of characteristic cultural tourism in the whole region and all seasons, and creating a summer escape destination, ice and snow tourism destination, and an ice and snow economy highland.
Hashtag: #Heilongjiang
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