SILICON VALLEY, Calif., July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — M Social Hotel Sunnyvale, the new lifestyle hotel owned by Millennium Hotels and Resorts, set to debut in the heart of Silicon Valley in Fall 2026, is pleased to announce the appointments of Jakub Skyvara as General Manager and Tina Walters as Director of Sales & Marketing. Bringing decades of hospitality leadership experience across luxury hotels, lifestyle brands, and leading Silicon Valley properties, the duo will help lead the launch and strategic positioning of the highly anticipated hotel.

“We are delighted to welcome Jakub and Tina to our growing M Social Hotel Sunnyvale family,” said Shah Adil, Senior Vice President, Operations, Asset Management & Development- America’s. “As M Social continues to expand its presence as a lifestyle brand, Sunnyvale represents an exciting growth opportunity in one of the country’s most dynamic business and innovation markets. Jakub and Tina’s combined expertise across hotel operations, luxury hospitality, sales, and market strategy will be instrumental in driving the hotel’s successful opening, strengthening operational performance, and establishing M Social Hotel Sunnyvale as a vibrant new destination for both travelers and the local community.”

As General Manager, Jakub Skyvara will oversee all hotel operations and lead the launch of M Social Hotel Sunnyvale, bringing more than two decades of global hospitality experience spanning North America, Europe, and Asia. Most recently, Skyvara served as General Manager of The Lodge at Torrey Pines, where he upheld AAA Five Diamond standards while advancing guest satisfaction, service culture, and overall asset performance. His career also includes leadership roles with globally recognized hospitality brands including Mandarin Oriental, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, and Viceroy Hotels & Resorts, as well as Executive Assistant Manager at The Resort at Pelican Hill. At M Social Hotel Sunnyvale, Skyvara will focus on creating a hospitality experience that reflects the creativity, energy, and innovation synonymous with Silicon Valley.

“M Social Hotel Sunnyvale has the opportunity to become a true social hub for Silicon Valley,” said Jakub Skyvara. “Our focus will be on creating an energetic, well-executed hospitality experience that reflects the creativity of the destination and the spirit of the M Social brand.”

Joining as Director of Sales & Marketing, Tina Walters brings more than 30 years of experience in hospitality, travel, and account management, alongside deep-rooted connections within the Silicon Valley business community. A Silicon Valley native, Walters has held leadership positions across a number of prominent hospitality brands including Hyatt, Marriott, Hilton, Kimpton, Starwood, Hyatt Centric Santa Clara Silicon Valley, and Hyatt Place Santa Barbara. She also previously led sales and marketing efforts for The Ameswell Hotel in Mountain View.

M Social Hotel Sunnyvale will feature 263 contemporary guestrooms, globally inspired dining concepts, and approximately 24,000 square feet of flexible meeting and event space, including what will be the largest ballroom in Silicon Valley. Located near Highway 101 and San Jose Mineta International Airport, the hotel is designed to serve as a vibrant social hub for both travelers and the local community.

For more information about M Social Hotel Sunnyvale, please call 303.779.2002 or visit www.msocial.com/en/sunnyvale.

About M Social Hotel Sunnyvale
M Social Hotel Sunnyvale is Silicon Valley’s premier lifestyle destination for business and leisure travelers alike. Located in the heart of one of the world’s leading centers of innovation and situated near Highway 101 and San Jose Mineta International Airport, M Social Sunnyvale offers guests an immersive experience where contemporary hospitality meets the energy, creativity, and entrepreneurial spirit of the Bay Area. Featuring 263 rooms, signature food and beverage concepts Beast and Butterflies, and approximately 24,000 square feet of flexible meeting and event space anchored by a 6,600-square-foot ballroom, the largest hotel ballroom in Silicon Valley, M Social Sunnyvale blends the best of both worlds, seamless connectivity to major corporate campuses and key Bay Area destinations with vibrant spaces designed for social connection, business gatherings, and modern travel, positioning the hotel as a vibrant new hub in Silicon Valley and providing the ultimate Silicon Valley escape for the modern-day traveler. For more information about M Social Hotel Sunnyvale, please visit www.msocial.com/en/sunnyvale.

About Millennium Hotels and Resorts
Millennium Hotels and Resorts (MHR) is a dynamic, global hospitality group with properties spanning four continents and 80 destinations. With a reputation for excellence, MHR owns, manages, and operates over 150 properties worldwide including in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Auckland, Beijing, and Singapore. Its diverse portfolio spans brands including The Biltmore, Grand Millennium, Millennium, M Social, Studio M, M Hotel, Copthorne, and Kingsgate—offering the perfect address for business and leisure travellers who are looking for hospitality experiences that go above and beyond. MHR is a Hong Leong Group subsidiary of Singapore-listed global real estate company City Developments Limited. For more information, visit www.millenniumhotels.com.

Cision’s new AI Visibility Dashboard integrates signals from leading AI platforms – including ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude – into a unified media intelligence ecosystem.

CHICAGO, July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Cision, a global leader in consumer and media intelligence, today announced the launch of AI Visibility Dashboard in its award-winning CisionOne platform, adding LLM monitoring to its comprehensive media intelligence offerings. Powered by data from Trajaan, the industry leader in search intelligence, the new feature enables public relations and communications teams to monitor, analyze, and benchmark how their brands appear across the world’s leading AI platforms.

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The new dashboard brings AI visibility data into CisionOne alongside media monitoring, social listening and media outreach, giving communications teams a more complete view of how brand reputation is being shaped across traditional and emerging channels.

As audiences increasingly turn to AI tools for research, product recommendations, and daily information, AI-generated responses are becoming an increasingly important part of how brands are discovered and perceived. For today’s communications teams, this creates a new visibility challenge: It is no longer enough to understand what is being said in traditional media or social platforms. Teams also need to understand how AI-generated answers represent their brand and their competitors, which sources may be influencing those answers, and which prompts or topics are driving visibility.

“AI platforms are rapidly reshaping how the world consumes information and forms opinions about brands,” said Jim Daxner, Chief Product Officer at Cision. “For modern PR and comms teams, understanding your brand’s footprint in AI-generated answers is no longer optional. It’s essential. By bringing AI visibility data into the same environment as media monitoring and social listening, we are giving professionals the first truly unified view of modern brand reputation.”

Turning Disparate Signals Into Actionable Insights

The AI Visibility Dashboard enables users to monitor brand presence across all leading LLMs, including ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Grok, DeepSeek, Google AI Overview, Google AI Mode, and Mistral.

With the AI Visibility Dashboard, communications teams can:

• Monitor how their brand, competitors, and key topics appear across major AI platforms and AI-powered search experiences
• Track visibility over time through customizable dashboards
• Benchmark visibility and share of voice against competitors
• Understand sentiment associated with their brand in AI-generated responses
• Identify the prompts and topics where their brand appears
• See which journalists, publications, and domains are cited in AI-generated answers
• Connect AI visibility with media monitoring, social listening, and outreach activity

Unlike standalone AI tracking tools that add another disconnected dashboard to the workflow, CisionOne integrates AI visibility metrics directly alongside traditional media monitoring, social listening, and media outreach in a single platform. This additional layer gives teams insights they can act on – helping them understand how media coverage, outreach activity, social conversations, and source authority may influence AI-generated responses, while giving them a more holistic way to report on brand visibility and communications impact.

“PR teams cannot protect or grow brand reputation in a vacuum; they need to see how their earned media efforts are actually feeding the algorithms consumers trust,” said Amy Jones, Chief Marketing Officer at Cision. “Introducing search intelligence into the PR workflow isn’t just about tracking another channel. It’s about helping communicators connect the signals between media outreach, traditional coverage, and AI visibility so they can move from data to strategic action more quickly.”

The launch reflects Cision’s broader strategy to help communications and marketing teams move from disconnected data to connected intelligence. By making Trajaan-powered search intelligence available across the Cision product suite, including CisionOne, Brandwatch, and PR Newswire, Cision is helping teams connect the signals that shape reputation, audience understanding, discovery, and influence. For customers, that means a clearer view of how media coverage, social conversation, search behavior, distribution, and AI generated answers work together to shape brand perception.

The AI Visibility Dashboard is available today for CisionOne users. For more information or to request a demo, visit here.

About Cision

Cision is the global leader in consumer and media intelligence, engagement, and communication solutions. We equip PR and corporate communications, marketing, and social media professionals with the tools they need to excel in today’s data driven world.

Our deep expertise, exclusive data partnerships, and award-winning products, including Trajaan, Brandwatch, CisionOne, and PR Newswire, bring together signals from search, social, and media so teams can better understand what’s happening, shape the conversation, and amplify their impact.

Over 75,000 companies and organizations, including 84% of the Fortune 500, rely on Cision to make better decisions and achieve their goals.

For media inquiries, please contact: Cision Public Relations at CisionPR@cision.com

JOYROOM PODIX PR70: 240W 4-Port Power Bank with Upgraded Dual TFT Displays and Built-in Dual Cables (Flight-Ready 25K Battery Capacity)

NEW YORK, July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — JOYROOM, a global consumer electronics brand dedicated to simplifying modern lifestyles, proudly announces a new member of its PODIX flagship fast charging lineup — the PR70. Engineered as a next-generation 240W power bank with dual real-time TFT displays, it redefines multi-device charging by combining laptop-level power, intelligent monitoring, and travel-ready portability in a single device. Officially going live on Kickstarter on July 14, the new JOYROOM PODIX Power Bank (25K, 240W) is now available at an exclusive Super Early Bird price of USD 79, offering up to 47% off MSRP.

Reshape Everyday Charging: The Industry-First Dual TFT Displays
No more guessing things like traditional LED flashing indicators brought, the JOYROOM PODIX Power Bank (25K, 240W) features two innovative TFT smart displays that perfectly adapt to the way you actually charge. The main display keeps status clear in portrait mode, while the side display adds convenience in landscape use. This ensures that, whether placed in portrait or horizontal orientation, you can check charging status at a glance, even when the main screen isn’t facing you. The dual TFT displays also keep the charging information continuously visible, eliminating the hassle of repeatedly waking the screen or pressing buttons.

Users can monitor battery level, remaining charging time, input and output power, temperature, battery health, and per-port status in real time—offering full transparency of power distribution.

Excellent design is not just about stronger specs, but about making frequent charging more intuitive, seamless, and aligned with real everyday use. 

Beyond Innovation: 240W High Power Multi-Device Charging
With up to 240W total output and a Low-Current mode, the 2026 new version of JOYROOM PODIX Power Bank covers everything from drones, laptops and phones to low-power devices with both on the move or in the office. It can fast charge high-demand devices via 140W and 100W USB-C outputs, while also taking care of wearables such as smartwatches and earbuds with stable trickle charging.

The new PODIX Power Bank (25K, 240W) from JOYROOM is equipped with one USB-C port, one USB-A port, and dual built-in USB-C cables to support charging up to four devices at once. Its 70cm retractable cable delivers up to 140W output, while the 32cm carry-strap cable supports up to 100W, allowing you to charge two laptops simultaneously for a more efficient workflow. This truly defines “Power Within Reach” while eliminating the need to carry extra charging cables—making it highly convenient.

This JOYROOM’s PODIX portable power bank contains a massive 25,000 mAh capacity to help keep all of your gadgets up and running throughout the day. That’s enough to bring an iPhone 17 Pro from zero to nearly full up to four times. In terms of recharging itself, the clever JOYROOM PODIX Power Bank supports up to 100W fast input, which means you can rapidly fuel it back up in about 2 hours.

Airline Safe & Travel Friendly, Refined Built to Last
With its <100Wh lithium-ion batteries, the all-in-one JOYROOM PODIX Power Bank (25K, 240W) is approved for airline carry-on use, making it a dependable companion for business trips, travel,  and outdoor work. It is also compliant with CCC, FCC, CE, and RoHS certifications, ensuring both electrical safety and environmental responsibility for global use.

Additionally, this new PODIX Power Bank from JOYROOM is engineered for consistent, worry-free fast charging. It combines smart temperature monitoring with battery health protection and multiple safety systems to maintain stable high-power output, even under heavy use. Built with premium materials, the housing and screen cover use UL94 V-0 flame-retardant PC, offering scratch resistance and high-temperature durability for both everyday protection and a refined finish.

Pricing and Availability
The JOYROOM PODIX Power Bank (25K, 240W), also known as JOYROOM PODIX PR70, will launch on Kickstarter on July 14, with a limited-time Super Early Bird price of USD 79 (up to 47% OFF MSRP). Backers will be among the first to experience this next-level intelligent charging system.

About JOYROOM 
Founded in 2009, JOYROOM is a global consumer electronics brand loved by young people in over 130 countries and regions. Guided by a belief in innovation, creativity, and a relentless pursuit of perfection, we design products that fit seamlessly into modern life. With every detail centered on your experience, we aim to deliver quality you can trust and a more joyful way to live with technology.

Stay connected with us:
Instagram: @joyroom_global
Website: www.joyroom.com

Press Contact: marketing@joyroom.com

Partnership combines Talogy’s behavioral science expertise with immersive AI-powered simulation technology

PITTSBURGH, July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Talogy, a global leader in talent management solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Symulate, an innovator in AI-powered talent simulation technology. The collaboration brings together decades of behavioral science expertise with immersive assessment experiences, strengthening Talogy’s ability to support organizations worldwide through globally scalable solutions.

As organizations continue to navigate rapid workplace transformation, the ability to understand, assess, and develop talent has never been more important. Through this partnership, Talogy and Symulate will explore new ways to enhance how organizations evaluate critical skills and behaviors, combining scientific rigor with engaging digital experiences.

For more than 75 years, Talogy has helped organizations make better talent decisions through evidence-based assessments, development solutions, and behavioral insights. Symulate complements this expertise with innovative talent simulation technology, grounded in assessment science and designed to create realistic, interactive experiences that reflect the complexity of today’s workplace.

Together, the two organizations share a vision for creating talent solutions that are both scientifically grounded and highly engaging for participants, enabling organizations to see how people demonstrate skills and behaviors in action. By combining immersive technology with Talogy’s behavioural science, the partnership aims to make simulation-based assessment more scalable without compromising the quality or validity of the assessment experience.

“Our partnership with Symulate represents an exciting step forward in helping organizations make more informed talent decisions,” said Kim Kemp, VP of Partnerships at Talogy.

“Together, we are combining Talogy’s expertise in talent science with Symulate’s immersive, AI-powered talent simulation technology to help clients gain deeper insight into potential, readiness, and capability.”

Partnership to focus on harnessing technology to enhance the quality, fairness, and effectiveness of future talent decisions at scale.

AI has a significant role to play in talent management, and this partnership will focus on enabling candidates and employers alike to optimize its use throughout the assessment process. Both parties share a deep commitment to innovation, while recognizing the enduring importance of valid, thorough, and reliable assessment practices. Talogy and Symulate are focused on helping organizations overcome the traditional barriers to simulation-based assessment and expanding access to richer behavioural insights while maintaining consistency, scalability, and scientific integrity.

“We are delighted to partner with Talogy and bring a whole new dimension to the world of talent assessment” said Alan Bournce, CEO and Founder at Symulate.  “There is a strong and natural alignment between Talogy’s deep expertise in behavioral measurement and reach in the market, combined with Symulate’s immersive talent simulation platform underpinned by assessment science.  Working together we can help organizations measure what people can actually do at scale, so they can make vital talent decisions with greater confidence.”

Through this partnership, Talogy and Symulate are redefining how organizations assess and develop talent. By bringing together complementary strengths, the partnership will help organizations worldwide to understand human potential better and drive stronger workforce outcomes.

“We are incredibly excited to partner with Symulate,” said Ali Shalfrooshan, Director of Science Strategy at Talogy. “By combining over 75 years of expertise in behavioral assessment, psychometrics, and the world’s largest portfolio of behavioral simulations with Symulate’s immersive technology, we have a unique opportunity to shape the future of talent assessment. Together, we are taking proven assessment science and creating experiences that are more engaging, more realistic, and deliver richer insights to help identify, develop, and grow talent.”

For organizations, the result is the best of both worlds: trusted behavioral science combined with innovative, immersive technology designed to enhance engagement, insight, and confidence in talent decisions.

To learn more about Talogy’s talent management solutions, visit www.talogy.com.

Ultra-compact chip delivers trusted positioning, navigation, and timing resilience amid rising spoofing and jamming threats

MCLEAN, Va., July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM), a leading provider of global voice, data, and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) satellite services, today announced the commercial availability of the Iridium PNT ASIC, a first-to-market chip designed to help protect GPS- and GNSS-dependent devices from jamming, spoofing, and other growing threats.

Since the Iridium PNT ASIC’s unveiling in October 2025, Iridium has received unprecedented demand from more than 150 organizations worldwide, spanning maritime, unmanned and autonomous systems (UXV), aviation, telecommunications, and other critical infrastructure sectors.

“The market response to the Iridium PNT ASIC has reinforced what we’re hearing from customers around the world: assured PNT is becoming an essential capability across critical industries,” said Dr. Michael O’Connor, executive vice president, PNT, Iridium. “With commercial availability, we’re enabling manufacturers to integrate trusted timing and location capabilities into smaller, more efficient designs, making assured PNT accessible to more applications than ever before.”

Measuring just 8 by 8 millimeters and weighing less than 0.2 grams, the application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) represents a major step forward in expanding access to assured PNT technologies at scale. The chip delivers cryptographically secure timing and location data from the Iridium satellite network through one-way signal bursts that are powerful enough to work where traditional GNSS often cannot, including inside structures and in contested environments.

By continuously validating signal integrity and delivering trusted PNT data anywhere on Earth, the Iridium PNT ASIC provides a powerful new foundation not only for resilient navigation, but also timing. Financial markets, telecommunications networks, power grids, and governments all depend on precise time synchronization to coordinate operations and maintain reliable service.

As global reliance on GNSS continues to grow, so does the frequency and sophistication of signal interference such as jamming and spoofing. Recent incidents including the May 2026 in-flight jamming of United Kingdom Defence Secretary John Healey highlight increasing operational and safety risks associated with GNSS spoofing and jamming across commercial transportation, aviation, and critical infrastructure environments. According to a 2019 study sponsored by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a GPS outage was estimated to cost the U.S. economy approximately $1 billion per day. Adjusted for inflation, that figure would exceed $1.3 billion per day in 2026, underscoring the growing importance of reliable backup solutions.

Compact Assured PNT Integration Underway

Solace Communications, a provider of mission-critical communications solutions for demanding and remote environments, is one of several Iridium partners integrating the Iridium PNT ASIC. Its Vector family of assured PNT products combines Iridium PNT with multi-band GNSS and inertial sensing to deliver resilient positioning, navigation, and timing with continuous confidence scoring, while LTE and Iridium Short Burst Data^® (SBD^®) provide secure telemetry and messaging.

“The Iridium PNT ASIC supports our wider strategy of building one of the first edge-native, confidence-scored assured PNT platforms around multiple sources of positioning, timing, and motion data,” said Adam Elcock, co-founder, Solace Communications. “Future navigation systems must do more than report a position. They must continuously determine whether that position and its timing can be trusted. That is the role Vector has been designed to fulfill and is now being deployed.”

Skyband Systems, a developer of aviation-grade, PNT-resilient navigation hardware, will integrate the Iridium PNT ASIC into its M100 LRU for business and commercial aviation. The M100 combines Iridium PNT with onboard inertial sensing to alert crews to GNSS jamming and spoofing while providing aircraft location for enhanced situational awareness.

“Iridium’s secure and powerful global service is the perfect platform for Skyband’s resilient navigation product,” said Robert Wiggenhorn, co-founder, Skyband Systems. “We are excited to partner with Iridium as they launch the Iridium PNT ASIC and look forward to further strengthening their legacy of aircraft innovation and safety.”

Iridium continues to engage with developers, original equipment manufacturers, integrators, and technology providers to incorporate assured PNT capabilities into next-generation solutions. Those interested in ordering the Iridium PNT ASIC are encouraged to visit www.iridium.com/pnt/asic.

About Iridium Communications Inc.
Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) operates the world’s only truly global mobile satellite network. It serves as a platform for innovation, enabling voice, data, and messaging, positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT), and aircraft surveillance services anywhere on Earth. Through its satellite constellation and integrated capabilities like Aireon, the world’s only space-based air traffic surveillance system, Iridium delivers services that support safety-focused operations across aviation, maritime, government, industrial, and consumer markets. The company is a leader in satellite Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and is advancing direct-to-device (D2D) communications based on open standards to expand access to satellite services.

Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Iridium innovates through an ecosystem of more than 500 technology and distribution partners, serving millions of customers worldwide. For more information visit www.iridium.com.

Press Contact:
Jordan Hassin
Iridium Communications Inc.
Jordan.Hassin@Iridium.com
+1 (703) 287-7421

Investor Contact:
Kenneth Levy
Iridium Communications Inc.
Ken.Levy@Iridium.com
+1 (703) 287-7570

Blockchain.com eligible users will soon be able to use assets they already hold and manage positions, all in one place

NEW YORK, July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Blockchain.com, one of the world’s longest operating crypto companies and a leading crypto brokerage, today announced a partnership with Polymarket, the world’s largest prediction market. The partnership will bring access to prediction markets to Blockchain.com users in eligible markets around the world. Blockchain.com users can explore and trade on real-world outcomes without leaving the Blockchain.com app, creating a more seamless experience for participating in prediction markets where their digital assets already live.

The announcement lands at a historic turning point for decentralized prediction ecosystems. Timed precisely with the final, high-stakes football matches, the partnership captures a moment where global event prediction volumes have reached an absolute all-time high, highlighting massive demand for crypto-native forecasting rails.

As billions of eyes turn toward the tournament’s conclusion, prediction ecosystems have evolved from a niche crypto vertical into the world’s primary real-time consensus engine. Polymarket has experienced unprecedented, record-shattering activity during the event, generating more than $4.2 billion in volume across the global football matches alone, with total football volume on Polymarket’s global platform exceeding $5 billion over the past 365 days.

“Partnering with Polymarket allows us to instantly expand our feature set into the fastest-growing sector of crypto at the exact moment global interest is hitting its peak,” said Peter Smith, CEO, Founder, and Executive Chairman of Blockchain.com. “We are seeing all-time high engagement on real-world outcomes right now during the final matches of one of the largest sporting events in the world happening right now. By embedding these capabilities directly into our app ecosystem, we’re giving our eligible users a friction-free way to participate instantly without ever needing to jump between external platforms.”

The integration reflects growing interest in blockchain-based applications that extend beyond traditional crypto transactions and offer new ways for users to engage with information and markets online.

“Polymarket exists to help people better understand what is happening in the world and what comes next,” said Shayne Coplan, Founder and CEO of Polymarket. “Through this partnership, eligible Blockchain.com users can access the world’s largest information market inside the platform where they already manage digital assets, giving them one of the clearest real-time signals on what the world collectively believes will happen.”

By utilizing the digital assets already held in their Blockchain.com accounts, users can instantly open and manage positions, bypassing the traditional friction of multi-platform onboarding, external wallet connections, and redundant deposit fees.

Blockchain.com serves more than 43 million verified users worldwide and operates in more than 70 jurisdictions. Since 2011, the company has processed more than $1.1 trillion in crypto transactions and remains focused on building products that connect people to the future of finance.

About Blockchain.com

Blockchain.com is connecting the world to the future of finance. The global leader in crypto services helping millions across the globe access cryptocurrency. Since its inception in 2011, Blockchain.com has earned the trust of more than 95 million wallets and over 43 million verified users, and has facilitated over $1.1 trillion in crypto transactions.

About Polymarket

Polymarket is the world’s largest prediction market platform, where participants trade on the outcomes of real-world events. By harnessing the wisdom of the crowd and the efficiency of markets, Polymarket generates real-time probability estimates that have proven to be among the most accurate forecasting tools available. Polymarket’s markets span global politics, economics, science, technology, sports, culture, and more, attracting hundreds of thousands of participants worldwide. Polymarket US operates as a CFTC-regulated designated contract market under the Commodity Exchange Act. For more information, visit polymarket.com.

Media Contact: press@blockchain.com, press@polymarket.com