With 3,000Wh/60Ah capacity, Electric Fuel’s Li-Ion 48V battery supplies the highest energy density in the market  – double that of traditional LiFePO4 batteries  – alongside proven safety and maximum performance under the most extreme maritime conditions.

The newly IEC-62133 certified 48V and 24V batteries will be displayed at METS AMSTERDAM 2025

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Epsilor Electric Fuel Ltd., a world recognized developer and manufacturer of smart Li-Ion batteries and chargers, has completed the rigorous safety certification of its high energy density 24V & 48V batteries specialized for professional, luxury and racing boats. Electric Fuel’s 48V, 24V, and 12V marine grade batteries will be presented at METS AMSTERDAM 2025 (November 18–20, Booth 402, Hall 2).

Electric Fuel’s 48V Marine Grade Battery with IEC-62133 Safety Certification

“Electric Fuel’s 48V batteries provide the high energy and power we need to succeed in racing boat competitions,” said Marco Donati, founder at Donati Racing. “The lightweight, high-energy density battery saves weight and space, critical elements for boats, particularly racing boats.”

Electric Fuel’s batteries serve hundreds of racing boats in global competitions. The batteries face constant exposure to corrosive and humid environment, shock and vibrations, frequent transfers, and several fast daily charges.

“Safe Li-Ion 48V marine batteries are the future,” said Ronen Badichi, President and GM of Epsilor Electric Fuel. “Luxury yachts and racing boats are the natural early adopters, looking to preserve expensive vessels and invaluable human life while maximizing performance.”

Electric Fuel’s 48V and 24V marine batteries were tested for: free falls (drops), overcharging, mechanical vibration, mechanical shock, external short-circuiting, and stress on the battery case to qualify for IEC-62133 certification.

Electric Fuel offers a range of high-capacity Li-Ion marine batteries, optimized for harsh conditions, performance and safety:

• 12V: 120Ah / 1,584 Wh energy, size category G49
• 24V: 124Ah / 3,130 Wh energy, size category G49
• 24V: 166Ah / 4,200 Wh energy
• 48V: 60Ah / 3,000 Wh energy, size category G49

About Epsilor Electric Fuel

Epsilor Electric Fuel Ltd. is a world recognized developer and producer of smart batteries, chargers, and mobile power management systems for defense, aerospace, medical, equipment, transportation, and marine applications. Based in Israel, the company is part of the US-based Arotech Corporation (www.arotech.com).

To learn more, visit Electric Fuel (www.electric-fuel.com), or follow us on LinkedIn.

Contact Person

Merav Kolody Shubeli,
Director, International Sales & Marketing
Epsilor Electric Fuel Ltd.
merav.ks@epsilor.com
+972-52-8600364

Shoppers also have until November 14 to secure up to 15% off in Taobao Australia annual Singles’ Day sale.

SYDNEY, Nov. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Taobao, Alibaba Group’s leading e-commerce marketplace, has launched its annual Singles’ Day sales event, introducing a suite of benefits specifically for Australian shoppers, including site-wide discounts and a free shipping offer on fashion items.

This campaign – titled “Anything & Everything – Taobao it!” – is part of this world’s largest shopping festival which lasts until November 14. As part of the annual event, Taobao is offering substantial discounts across its platform. For Australian shoppers, this provides unprecedented access to the sale, presenting a more cost-effective way to seek out products.

Key offers for Australian customers include:

• Save Up to 15%: A Site-wide sale from now until November 14, shoppers can enjoy up to 15% off across the entire platform—a major early Black Friday event.
• Free Shipping to Australia on $50+ Fashion Orders: Spend a minimum of $50 on any clothing, shoes, or accessories, and enjoy the peace of mind that your shipping is completely on us. A better deal on the styles you want!
• $15 Welcome Bonus & An Exclusive Deal: Receive a $15 welcome pack including shopping vouchers and a shipping discount. As a special gift, unlock an exclusive deal to get your first item for only $0.2!

“We have been genuinely thrilled by the passionate response from Australian shoppers,” said Roy Huang, Head of Marketing and Operations of Australia Market, Taobao. “This year, we are strengthening our commitment to the Australian market with a targeted free shipping initiative and attractive discounts, making cross-border commerce more accessible than ever. We’re so excited to deepen our commitment this Singles’ Day to make the celebration even more special for our community in Australia.”

Australian shoppers will find a staggering selection of goods on Taobao during this year’s Singles’ Day sales, an event that caters to a vast range of interests. Fashion leads the way, with the platform becoming a recognised destination for well-priced apparel. Shoppers on the English-language site can browse more than 300 distinct styles of clothing and accessories. For those who can navigate the Chinese-language site, the choice expands dramatically to over 1,200 styles.

Homewares and electronics rank as the second most popular category for Australian shoppers, with an impressive 200 million products available on the platform to choose from.

The range strongly reflects the Australian way of life. Outdoor and sporting goods have emerged as a major growth category, catering to the national passion for an active, with the site offers more than 30 million outdoor lifestyle items.

From mainstream interests to niche hobbies, the selection is vast. Aussie pet owners, anime fans, and model kit enthusiasts can explore tens of millions of products, offering unprecedented access to global trends.

With the Singles’ Day shopping festival now a cornerstone of the global retail calendar, this year’s campaign is specifically tailored for the local market. Taobao is making its biggest global sale more accessible than ever to Australian households, featuring free shipping, significant discounts, and exclusive new-user perks.

The deals are now live, inviting shoppers to discover a world of choice. Whatever you’re after—you can literally find anything and everything. Just Taobao it!

About Taobao Australia

Taobao Australia provides Australian consumers and businesses with direct access to the global Taobao and Tmall marketplaces. Through its dedicated platform, Australian shoppers can browse an extensive range of international products, supported by integrated logistics, local payment options and bilingual customer service. The service reflects Alibaba Group’s strategic focus on connecting Australian demand with global supply through tailored e-commerce solutions.

SYDNEY, Nov. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Miroma Project Factory (MPF) has re-launched an updated and re-designed version of Avow, Australia’s first digital tool designed specifically to support individuals who use violence, helping them understand Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders (ADVOs), reflect on their behaviour, and take steps to avoid reoffending.

The Avow app, developed in partnership with the NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ), was built in response to a stark reality: more than a third of ADVO breaches occur within the first month of the order being issued. With long wait times and limited availability for behaviour change programs and low early engagement with support services, many perpetrators lack information and tools for reflection or clarity in the critical moments following  initial police or court contact.

“The Avow app puts information perpetrators need to comply with their ADVO at their fingertips”. “It’s available anytime, anywhere, for free, meaning perpetrators can more easily address their behaviour.”said Mr Speakman in 2021 as then Minister for Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence

First released in 2021 and fully redesigned in 2024 to optimise the user experience, Avow provides a personal, non-judgemental digital space where users can access plain English information to understand their legal conditions and the court process, access support, set personal goals, and develop strategies using techniques grounded in evidence-based behavioural science that aim to reduce their risk of reoffending and ultimately improve victim safety.

Its recent redevelopment into Flutter has modernised the user experience into something inclusive, accessible and optimised for scale. What was initially a static, male-oriented tool is now a dynamic, gender-neutral platform focused on engagement and impact.

MPF led the redesign and technical build, delivering:

• Chat-driven onboarding
• Goal setting and affirmation features
• Court appointment reminders and ADVO condition review
• Self-paced behaviour change planning
• Action plans linked to emotional triggers and common ADVO breach risks
• Up to date support content for self-referral, reflection and legal literacy

“Avow is proof that we can meet people at their most volatile and stressful moments with a digital solution that helps them choose a different path and make better decisions,” said Lynette Reeves, Behaviour Change Specialist for MPF and Program Lead for Avow.  “We built this app to be a quiet but powerful intervention that users can use anytime, anywhere. And now, national policy is finally catching up.”

Indeed, the 2024 Rapid Review of Prevention Approaches, commissioned by the Commonwealth, explicitly called for early, technology-enabled interventions that promote self-reflection and accountability. Avow, which has been delivering exactly that since 2018, was recently highlighted as an example of what the sector needs more of: scalable, low-barrier, trauma-informed tools for people who use violence.

Avow has been downloaded over 2,000 times, with a 39% returning user rate and strong engagement across key features such as “My ADVO”, “Court Info”, and “My Action Plan”. Frontline workers report that clients who use Avow show improved understanding of their conditions, greater openness to therapeutic referrals, and reduction in impulsive, breach-prone behaviour.

As state and federal governments look to fund the next wave of domestic violence prevention solutions, Avow is uniquely positioned – validated by frontline uptake, ready for jurisdictional localisation, and aligned with national prevention strategies. The Avow team welcomes opportunities for community engagement and partnerships to continue this work into the future.

About Avow

Avow is a behaviour change app designed to support domestic violence perpetrators better  understand and comply with their Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders (ADVOs). Developed by Miroma Project Factory in partnership with the NSW Department of Communities and Justice, Avow delivers legal literacy, risk planning, and reflective tools in a private, digital format. It is one of the only Australian tools targeting perpetrators directly, helping reduce early-stage breaches and promote safer choices. Avow has been in use since 2021 and is now undergoing further expansion to align with national prevention priorities.

Avow is promoted to users by the NSW Department of Communities and Justice, NSW police, local courts, solicitors and support agencies.

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.

For media enquiries, interviews or partnership opportunities, please contact:
Miroma Project Factory
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Lynette Reeves
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AVOW
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Open-access resource includes Registry of Antiviral Compound Libraries to help catalyze drug discovery for priority viruses of pandemic and endemic concern

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The INTREPID Alliance today announced the launch of the Antiviral Toolbox, an open-access resource to support the global research community in its efforts toward filling the gaps in antiviral R&D that is critical to global health security and the protection of communities worldwide. This curated platform provides easy access to a focused collection of tools and publications, including a Registry of Antiviral Compound Libraries, to help catalyze the identification and development of small-molecule antivirals.

Small-molecule antivirals are indispensable tools for rapid, scalable, and equitable responses to epidemic and pandemic threats.¹ INTREPID’s latest review of the global antiviral R&D landscape reveals that beyond Coronaviridae, only 27 antiviral compounds are in clinical development to tackle 12 viral families and their multiple diseases of greatest pandemic concern. Furthermore, there are no clinical development efforts underway for 4 viral families of pandemic potential (Paramyxoviridae, Hantaviridae, Peribunyaviridae, and Togaviridae).^2,3

“Without increased focus and investment in antiviral drug development, the world is at risk of facing a devastating impact from future outbreaks of new and known viruses,” said James Anderson, Executive Director of R&D Innovation at the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) and Chair of the INTREPID Alliance Board. “The Antiviral Toolbox can serve as a valuable resource to academic and industry researchers as well as other stakeholders involved in pandemic preparedness, providing essential tools to help accelerate innovation in antiviral R&D and fill the gaps in global preparedness aligned with the goals of the 100 Days Mission.”

The key components within the INTREPID Alliance Antiviral Toolbox include:

• Registry of Antiviral Compound Libraries: A curated list of accessible compound libraries for antiviral screening sourced from publicly disclosed academic institutions, corporate, and commercial vendor listings.
• Antiviral Development Landscape: INTREPID’s bi-annual landscape report and interactive pipeline, along with deep-dive topic reports, that provide a comprehensive analysis of small-molecule antiviral compounds in preclinical and clinical development globally.
• Drug Development Tools: Essential resources, including the published INTREPID Alliance Target Compound Profiles,⁴ Target Product Profiles,⁵ and cell and animal models for specific viral families, available to help drug discoverers and developers at all stages of research.
• Pro Bono Advisory Services: Opportunity for drug discoverers and developers to connect with INTREPID’s team of experts to discuss potential strategies and approaches to address challenges along their drug development journey.

“The INTREPID Alliance Antiviral Toolbox comes at a critical time, especially for small biotechnology companies that have limited resources to advance their promising antiviral research,” said John C. Pottage, Jr., M.D., Lead Scientific Consultant for the INTREPID Alliance. “Providing these scientific tools and connection points to open-access collections in one stop, along with the opportunity to access INTREPID’s advisory services could make the difference between developers advancing versus shelving their compounds at critical inflection points.”

INTREPID’s Antiviral Toolbox and landscape analysis are key contributions to the 100 Days Mission of the International Pandemic Preparedness Secretariat, whose aim is to be prepared in the future so that within the first 100 days of a new pandemic threat being identified, interventions can be made available, safe, effective, and affordable.

Information in INTREPID’s Antiviral Toolbox is regularly updated and freely available to support policymakers, funders, and the global scientific community in identifying the most urgent needs and highest-impact opportunities in antiviral R&D.

To learn more about INTREPID Alliance publications and to access the Antiviral Toolbox, visit the INTREPID website.

Disclaimer

The INTREPID Alliance is a not-for-profit consortium of innovative biopharmaceutical companies and associations committed to accelerating antiviral research, aiming to ensure that we have a stronger pipeline and are better prepared to respond to future pandemic and endemic threats.

As part of our efforts, the INTREPID Alliance publishes and maintains the Antiviral Toolbox to be a non-promotional resource with the purpose of knowledge-sharing and to support better pandemic preparedness. The Antiviral Toolbox includes the Registry of Antiviral Compound Libraries, a registry of compound libraries designed to facilitate research. These registries are third-party resources and have been developed independently of, and at arm’s length, from INTREPID Alliance and its members. The INTREPID Alliance is not responsible for their content. The INTREPID Alliance also publishes and maintains a centralized list of promising investigational compounds. These compounds have been selected based on objective, scientific criteria, using publicly available sources, and at arm’s length from commercial influence of our member companies. See criteria listed in the report “Antiviral Clinical Development Landscape and Promising Clinical Compounds.” The designation of certain compounds as promising is based upon currently available information, and exclusively upon an assessment against these criteria. “Promising” is not a promotional claim. Candidate compounds have not been assessed by regulatory authorities to be safe and efficacious for the treatment of disease in humans. Our content is designed to be factual, informative, and non-commercial. It is not designed or intended to advertise or promote any pharmaceutical product or therapy or to advance the commercial interests of any company.

ABOUT THE INTREPID ALLIANCE

The INTREPID Alliance aims to accelerate the development of new treatments for emerging viral pandemic agents through facilitating early science and R&D, policy and advocacy, and stakeholder engagement. Led by a not-for-profit consortium of innovative biopharmaceutical companies and associations and working with the public, private and not-for-profit sectors, INTREPID works to bridge key gaps and unmet needs to ensure delivery of antiviral solutions to viral pathogens with the greatest pandemic potential.

INTREPID was launched in March 2023 at a high-level summit bringing together more than 100 thought leaders in virology and global health. For a read-out from the summit and additional information, visit www.intrepidalliance.org.

¹ Draghia-Akli, R, et al. The Indispensable Value of Small-Molecule Antivirals in Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaf476.
² INTREPID Alliance. Antiviral Clinical and Preclinical Development Landscape – 4th Edition. 30 April 2025. Accessed: 22 October 2025.
³ World Health Organization (WHO). Prioritizing diseases for researcher and development in emergency contexts. Accessed: 22 October 2025.
⁴ Demarest, J.F., Draghia-Akli, R., Cihlar, T. et al. Antiviral target compound profile for pandemic preparedness. Nat Rev Drug Discov 24, 151–152 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41573-024-01102-3.
⁵ E.g., U.S. National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. Target Product Profiles for Antivirals. Accessed 15 October 2025.

Integrating NVIDIA Technology to Power the AI Factory Era

TAIPEI, Nov. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Giga Computing, a subsidiary of GIGABYTE Group, announces the worldwide availability of its recently launched GIGABYTE XL44-SX2-AAS1, an NVIDIA RTX PRO Server that integrates NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs,NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPU, NVIDIA ConnectX-8 SuperNICs, and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software. The system unifies compute, networking, and software layers to accelerate the full data-to-AI workflow.

Unifying Compute and Networking Power
Built on the NVIDIA MGX modular reference design, the XL44-SX2-AAS1 supports up to eight NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs for a total of 768GB of GDDR7 memory, delivering exceptional throughput for generative AI, 3D rendering, and scientific workloads. Dual Intel® Xeon® 6700/6500 CPUs, 32x DDR5 DIMMs, and 3+1 redundant 3200W 80 PLUS Titanium power supplies ensure performance and reliability.

NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPU provides a total of 400Gb/s bandwidth for secure and efficient data access to storage and external networks, while four NVIDIA ConnectX-8 SuperNICs support eight GPUs with up to 800Gb/s NVIDIA InfiniBand or Ethernet bandwidth per GPU. This design enables low-latency, high-bandwidth east-west GPU-to-GPU traffic for scalable distributed AI training.

Seamless Integration with NVIDIA AI Enterprise
The XL44 Series server is integrated with NVIDIA AI Enterprise, supporting NVIDIA NIM microservices, NVIDIA Omniverse libraries and technologies for digital twins and NVIDIA Cosmos to bridge virtual simulation and real-world deployment. This unified software ecosystem allows enterprises to scale from AI model development to inference and physical AI, all within a consistent, optimized environment.

From Data Centers to AI Factories
Delivering up to 5X faster AI inference performance over the previous generation, the system supports a broad range of AI workloads, from intelligent agents and LLM inference to 3D simulation and video analytics. Its compatibility with Windows, Linux, Kubernetes, and virtualization environments ensures seamless deployment without major infrastructure changes. From robotic simulation and predictive modeling to medical research and 3D content creation, the XL44 Series server delivers scalable GPU performance and ultra-fast networking to help enterprises build next-generation AI factories and drive innovation across industries.

Availability

The GIGABYTE XL44-SX2-AAS1 is now available worldwide.
For queries or more information, please contact sales.

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