SYDNEY, Feb. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — New research from Appian (Nasdaq: APPN) reveals AI adoption in the public sector has gained rapid traction, with 70% of public sector workers reporting AI is now integrated into their daily tasks, a significant jump from 58% just one year ago. This places the public sector close behind large private enterprises, which continue to lead the market with an 82% AI adoption rate, according to Australian Government figures.

Further indicating the Australian public sector is increasingly ready to leverage AI-driven automation, the Appian survey of 500 Australian public sector workers, found that 68% are confident in understanding the AI tools used in their roles. This compares to just 59% in 2024.

“AI has the potential to revolutionise public sector processes, connecting siloed systems and automating routine tasks,” said Luke Thomas, Area Vice President Asia Pacific and Japan at Appian. “It’s really encouraging to see public sector workers becoming increasingly engaged with AI technologies as part of their daily roles. This can free up valuable time for staff to focus on more meaningful work and engage more effectively with citizens.”

However, Thomas cautions that many organisations continue to fall into the trap of implementing AI as isolated add-ons, such as standalone chatbots or copilots. “This kind of fragmented AI adoption doesn’t deliver the widespread improvements in productivity or resilience that public sector leaders are looking for.”

Digital growth across the public sector

The Appian research shows continued acceleration of digital transformation across Australia’s public sector. A substantial 87% of public sector workers say their organisation has implemented new digital initiatives over the past five years.

These new digital tools appear to be having an increasingly positive impact on public sector workers, with 81% reporting that digital transformation projects have improved collaboration and communication within their department or agency (compared to 64% in 2024). In addition, 86% reported that digital transformation has made public services more accessible to citizens, up from just 63% in 2024.

“The public sector manages enormous volumes of information, and workers face constant pressure around data management, compliance and administration,” said Thomas. “It’s really positive to see continued investment in digital tools translating into real improvements for staff and making public services more accessible for citizens.”

Disconnected data still a challenge

Digital progress, including AI, is being undermined by one big challenge: worsening system and data fragmentation. Appian’s research found that 72% of public sector workers report struggling with separate, disconnected databases within their organisation, a sharp rise from 56% in 2024.

The downstream impact is clear, as 64% of staff acknowledge that these disconnected databases have reduced collaboration within their department or agency (up from 49% in 2024). Additionally, 53% of workers find themselves working with incomplete, inaccessible information due to data siloes.

“The rise in digital tools alongside growing system fragmentation shows that many public sector organisations are rolling out technology in isolation rather than integrating it in a way that streamlines processes and connects information,” Thomas said.

“As a result, AI is falling short, but it’s not because of the technology itself. It falls short when organisations layer new tools on top of disconnected data, legacy systems and manual handoffs — conditions that make it impossible for technology to deliver its full value.”

A path forward

For the Australian public sector to realise the full return on its digital and AI investments, departments will need to shift focus from individual tools to the broader organisational value these technologies can unlock. This means looking beyond isolated deployments and instead understanding which end-to-end processes are most critical to service delivery, workforce efficiency and citizen outcomes.

“We encourage organisations to start with their processes, not the technology,” Thomas said. “Identify where the bottlenecks, delays and pain points sit. Only then can you determine where AI and other new technologies will meaningfully improve the process and deliver lasting impact.”

Methodology:

Appian commissioned Zoho research to survey 500 Australian public sector workers in Q4 2025.

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SEATTLE, Feb. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Tineco today shared its design-led vision for modern floor care, highlighting how thoughtful engineering and human-centered thinking continue to shape more intuitive, effortless cleaning experiences. The approach reflects a broader evolution in how floor care fits naturally into everyday living.

In today’s homes, innovation is no longer judged by how advanced it sounds, but by how seamlessly it integrates into daily life. For Tineco, smart living has never been about adding complexity. Instead, it begins with thoughtful design—designed to reduce effort, remove decision-making, and create cleaning experiences that simply feel right.

Across its product portfolio, Tineco has built a reputation not only for performance, but for a design philosophy rooted in real consumer behavior. Each design choice is guided by one principle: make everyday living feel effortless.

Intelligence that works quietly in the background

One of the most defining examples of this philosophy is Tineco’s iLoop smart sensor technology. Rather than asking users to adjust modes, settings, or power levels, iLoop continuously senses real-time conditions and automatically adapts key performance elements—such as water flow, suction power, and brush movement—based on actual cleaning needs.

This intelligent balance allows products to deliver optimal performance without unnecessary resource use. By adjusting only when needed, iLoop helps extend runtime, reduce water replacement frequency, and maintain consistent cleaning results from start to finish. More importantly, it removes the mental load from the user. The product makes the decisions, so users don’t have to.

Developed from a consumer-first perspective, iLoop has become a core design foundation across Tineco’s floor washers, vacuum cleaners, and carpet cleaning solutions—reflecting a brand belief that true intelligence should feel invisible, intuitive, and reassuring.

Designed around how people actually move

Effortless cleaning is not only about intelligence — it’s also about how a product feels in use. From the early S3 series, Tineco began redefining what a floor washer could be, and with each generation, the brand has continued to refine the physical interaction between user and machine through extensive user testing and long-term feedback.

Over time, Tineco re-engineered key structural elements, including repositioning water tanks from the front of the body to the rear and eventually integrating them closer to the top of the brush head. These changes were driven by real-world usage studies, aimed at improving balance, reducing wrist strain, and creating a more natural cleaning posture.

Building on this foundation, later generations introduced assisted movement technologies that respond to user motion, subtly supporting both forward and backward movement. This approach allows the product to glide smoothly with minimal effort, creating a lighter, more controlled experience—especially during extended cleaning sessions.

Rethinking everyday categories through design

Tineco’s design thinking also extends to reimagining product categories that have traditionally been associated with heavy, infrequent use. In carpet care, conventional cleaners are often bulky and physically demanding, leading many households to use them infrequently, despite the investment.

By rethinking weight distribution and integrating clean and dirty water into a single, top-mounted tank positioned closer to the ground, Tineco redesigned the carpet cleaning experience to feel more balanced and approachable. Combined with assisted movement that helps guide the product across carpets, this design reduces physical strain and encourages more frequent, practical use.

This reimagined approach to carpet care is exemplified by the Carpet One Cruiser, which was recognized by TIME as one of its Best Inventions of 2025—an acknowledgment of how thoughtful design can transform everyday categories and make powerful tools genuinely accessible.

When products belong naturally in the home

As a brand that has played a key role in shaping the modern floor washer category, Tineco also believes that performance should coexist with living spaces—not compete with them. Over time, consumer feedback revealed a shift in expectations: cleaning appliances were no longer meant to be hidden away, but to exist naturally within modern interiors.

Beginning with the S9 Series, Tineco elevated material quality, refined proportions, and simplified its visual language. The result is a new generation of floor washers designed to sit comfortably within living rooms or bedrooms, complementing different interior styles while reinforcing a sense of pride and trust in ownership.

Designing for life, not just cleaning

For Tineco, smart design is not about chasing features—it’s about understanding how people live, move, and feel in their homes. By combining intelligent sensing, ergonomic engineering, and refined aesthetics, the brand continues to shape cleaning experiences that feel intuitive, balanced, and quietly powerful.

When design works well, it doesn’t demand attention—it simply makes everyday life easier.

About Tineco

Tineco (“tin-co”) was founded in 1998 with its first product launch as a vacuum cleaner and, in 2019, pioneered the first-ever smart vacuum. Today, the brand has evolved into a global leader in intelligent appliances spanning floor care, kitchen, and personal care categories. With a growing user base of over 23 million households and availability in approximately 30 countries worldwide, Tineco remains committed to its brand vision of making life easier through smart technology and continuous innovation. For more information, visit au.tineco.com.

SYDNEY, Feb. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Miroma Project Factory (MPF) is proud to announce its appointment by Griffith University to co-develop a smart device app designed to support individuals returning home after acquired brain injury (ABI). The project – known as ROBIN: Return Home After Brain Injury – delivers a compassionate, co-designed, and clinically informed digital prototype that supports both patients and care teams through one of the most complex transitions in health: the shift from hospital to home.

Despite the efforts of rehabilitation services, many people with ABI continue to face unexpected challenges once discharged. Resourcing pressures, fragmented communication, and the overwhelming nature of recovery mean that critical supports often fall away just when patients need them most. That’s where ROBIN steps in.

A Digital Bridge Between Hospital and Home

Built in partnership with the research team from Griffith University and The Hopkins Centre, ROBIN is an AI-enhanced proof-of-concept app that allows people with ABI to track their therapy journey, set meaningful recovery goals, document their experiences, and access support resources – entirely on their own terms. With profile customisation, media-based journaling, and a visual dashboard of progress, it helps users take ownership of their recovery while staying connected to their care network.

The app was developed through a co-design approach involving survivors of brain injury, carers, and rehabilitation clinicians to ensure it responds to the real needs and realities of recovery. Each feature – whether it’s recording a milestone or mapping life goals – is purpose-built to foster self-awareness, reflection, and a shared understanding of what comes next.

“This is about giving people more than just a discharge date. It is about giving them structure, clarity and dignity at a time when those things can feel out of reach. This is at the heart of what Miroma Project Factory does best. Kat Robinson CEO MPF

A Launchpad for Innovation in Brain Injury Care

Though simple in design, the ROBIN app represents a strategic leap forward in ABI care. As a minimum viable product, it offers a clear and scalable starting point for broader innovation, including future integration with Android devices, real-time data sharing, and wider clinical trials. Early stakeholder feedback confirms its value not just as a patient companion, but as a potential tool for enhancing care coordination and visibility across multidisciplinary teams.

MPF’s involvement in the project extended beyond UX and technical development. The team worked closely with Griffith University to align the prototype with future research and funding goals – ensuring that ROBIN can evolve into a full-scale digital health intervention, capable of supporting grant applications and informing policy conversations.

About ROBIN

ROBIN (Return Home After Brain Injury) is a smart device app developed by Griffith University in collaboration with Miroma Project Factory. Created as a MVP (minimum viable product) for research and clinical validation, the app is designed to support individuals transitioning from inpatient rehabilitation to home after an acquired brain injury. ROBIN helps users track progress, set goals, document recovery, and access critical resources in a secure, user-friendly environment.

About Miroma Project Factory (MPF)

MPF is a multi-award-winning digital strategy and product studio that delivers innovative digital solutions across web, platforms, and systems. Specialising in purposeful technology, MPF works at the intersection of strategy, design, and engineering to create impactful digital products for organisations ready to lead. With deep expertise in healthcare, MPF helps clients scale responsibly, communicate clearly, and connect meaningfully with their audiences. For more information, visit www.theprojectfactory.com.

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New capability enables commercial real estate, AECO, and government teams to remotely assess roof condition, cut inspection costs, and prioritise capital spend across thousands of buildings

SYDNEY, Feb. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Organisations that manage large building portfolios have long been forced to rely on costly, slow, and inconsistent roof inspections to understand risk and plan maintenance. Today, Nearmap, a global leader in property intelligence, announced the launch of Nearmap Roof Assessment, a new AI-powered capability that allows teams to remotely evaluate roof condition across entire portfolios using high-resolution aerial imagery and automated condition insights.

Designed for commercial property owners, AECO firms, and government facility management teams, Roof Assessment replaces fragmented site visits and subjective reports with a centralised, visual system of record for roof health – helping organisations detect issues earlier, prioritise capital investments, and standardise decision-making across distributed assets.

“When you can view all the buildings and see and prioritise where you need to spend the money, this is perfect. Instead of having to inspect 150 buildings, we’ve been able to narrow it down to just 15,” said Asset Management and Systems Manager Anu Karunaratne.

Built on the accuracy and consistency of Nearmap data, Roof Assessment provides a centralised, visual source of truth that strengthens collaboration between property managers, facility directors, GIS leaders, roof consultants, inspectors, and asset management teams. By reducing unnecessary site visits and equipping teams with objective, shareable roof condition insights, organisations can more confidently plan capital projects, respond to risk, and ensure long-term portfolio resilience.

“Too many organisations waste time and money because they’re relying on infrequent inspections, inconsistent assessments, or siloed information,” said David Tobias, Chief Product Officer at Nearmap. “Roof Assessment gives teams, whether they oversee corporate campuses, government facilities, or complex commercial portfolios, a clear, defensible, and scalable way to understand the health of their roofs. It brings true operational efficiency to asset planning by combining the repeatability of AI with the clarity of high-resolution imagery.”

Purpose-built for commercial real estate, AECO, and government organisations, Roof Assessment enables reliable, remote monitoring across thousands of sites. Objective condition ratings, high-resolution imagery, and intuitive summaries provide a shared foundation for prioritising inspections, coordinating work, and supporting preventive maintenance strategies.

Key benefits include:

• Evaluate thousands of roofs without sending inspectors onsite, reducing costs, safety risk, and operational disruption
• Replace subjective reports with standardised, AI-driven condition ratings to support defensible planning and budgeting
• Give finance, facilities, and external partners the same visual source of truth for faster, more aligned decision-making
• Detect roof issues earlier to prevent damage and extend asset life through proactive maintenance
• Improve collaboration and transparency across internal teams, contractors, consultants, and inspectors

The introduction of Roof Assessment expands the Nearmap property intelligence offering, reinforcing the company’s commitment to help organisations manage risk, optimise capital planning, and make confident, data-driven decisions with an always-current view of the built environment.

Nearmap Roof Assessment is available today via MyAccount. For more information, visit: https://www.nearmap.com/au/products/insights/roof-assessment

About Nearmap

Nearmap is the property intelligence provider customers rely on for consistent, reliable, high-resolution imagery, insights, and answers. Harnessing its own patented camera systems, imagery capture, AI, geospatial tools, and advanced SaaS platforms, Nearmap users receive tailored solutions for complex challenges. Nearmap captures wide-scale urban areas in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand several times each year, making content instantly available in the cloud via web app or API integration. Founded in Australia in 2007, Nearmap stands as the definitive source of truth that shapes the liveable world.

For more information, please visit www.nearmap.com.

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SHENZHEN, China, Feb. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Following a highly successful Kickstarter campaign and multiple industry honors, the world’s first smart AI dual-tracking security camera is launching on Amazon. This milestone makes it easier than ever for consumers worldwide to experience Baseus’ award‑winning innovation and its vision of “Built on Security, Elevated by Intelligence, Made for Everyday Life” through the Baseus X1 Pro.

The X1 Pro has demonstrated strong market and industry validation, securing support from more than 2800 backers and raising USD 821,826 on Kickstarter. It subsequently received the Honoree Award in the Smart Home category at IFA 2025 and the Netzwelt Innovation Award at CES 2026, alongside dozens of accolades from leading technology media, underscoring its leadership in next‑generation home security.

See more, worry less

The X1 Pro has been widely recognized for its advanced industrial design and intelligent feature set. Dual independent 3K cameras deliver a 300° maximum viewing angle, enabling effective coverage of two yards simultaneously. Working in tandem, the two AI‑driven cameras seamlessly hand off tracking between each other and can follow two objects at the same time. Each camera offers 3K clarity with an 8 m detection range, 8x digital zoom, and 100 lm spotlights for clear, detailed monitoring day and night.

Say goodbye to false alarms

AI‑powered detection accurately identifies faces, people, vehicles, and pets, sending alerts only for relevant and suspicious activity when notifications are enabled. This significantly reduces false alarms caused by minor movements such as wind or passing shadows, providing users with a calmer, more trustworthy security experience. For events that matter, the X1 Pro streamlines review and management: built‑in AI tags automatically categorize each recorded clip into a searchable timeline, allowing users to enter a keyword and instantly locate the incident they need.

Always on guard, low maintenance

Equipped with a built‑in battery and a sun‑tracking solar panel, the X1 Pro delivers reliable, low‑maintenance monitoring for up to 150 days. Just 20 minutes of sunlight provides 24 hours of runtime. Engineered for durability, it features an IP65 rating, making it waterproof and resistant to extreme temperatures from -20℃ to 50℃, ensuring dependable performance in challenging outdoor environments. Footages are securely stored locally with AES + RSA dual encryption and EN 18031 privacy compliance without any cloud-related subscription fee.

Starting February 2, the Baseus X1 Pro will be available on Amazon and the official Baseus website. Experience its advanced protection capabilities, intelligent features, and seamless performance — redefining what smart security can be.

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With record-breaking attendance and the most ambitious entertainment programme yet, Ethara’s delivery of the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix stands out on the F1 calendar.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Ethara, the promoter of the Formula 1® Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, has been named Promoter of the Year at the annual F1 Promoter Awards in London, honoured for staging the best event of the 2025 season.

Ethara named F1 Promoter of the year

The Promoter of the Year award is voted for by Formula 1 management and is given to the promoter who produced the best all-round event in 2025 and embodied the F1’s mission to deliver the world’s greatest live entertainment spectacle.

Recognising Ethara’s award as Promoter of the Year, Stefano Domenicali, President and CEO of Formula 1, said: “2025 was another incredible year from start to finish for Formula 1, and at the heart of this success were our 24 promoters, who worked tirelessly to deliver the ultimate race weekend experience for our fans. As the sport enters its next generation in 2026, we have a responsibility to continue breaking barriers and setting a high standard for others to follow. I want to thank all our promoters for their hard work and innovation and encourage them to keep developing their events in 2026 and beyond. Congratulations to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, as well as to all the other winners and nominees at today’s awards.”

In 2025, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix hosted the dramatic three-way F1 Drivers’ World Championship showdown with Lando Norris claiming his first drivers’ title. The event broke attendance records with 339,000 fans across four days, including 203,000 spectators at Yas Marina Circuit, alongside 136,000 attendees across Emirates NBD After-Race Concerts and the Yasalam Official After-Parties featuring eight headline acts. Expanded access brought fans closer to the action with two public pitlane walks, new FAB Track Walks, and a Podium Party that invited fans to celebrate on the track, creating an iconic moment befitting the season finale.

The Promoter of the Year award is the latest in a series of accolades for the event, following the 2024 Best Event Spectacle award that celebrated the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for delivering outstanding off-track entertainment. These consecutive honours underline the event’s consistent performance on the international stage and its ability to evolve year-on-year in line with audience expectations and global entertainment standards.

Since its debut in 2009, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has established itself as the region’s biggest entertainment weekend, combining elite sport with large-scale entertainment, drawing thousands of international visitors each year and showcasing the emirate of Abu Dhabi to millions of viewers worldwide.

The 18th edition of the Formula 1® Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will take place from 3rd to 6th December 2026, bringing the 2026 FIA Formula One World Championship season to a close in Abu Dhabi once again.