SHENZHEN, China, March 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As Spring Break travel surges across the United States, more drivers are preparing for longer road trips, remote stops, and unpredictable situations on the road. From nighttime charging to roadside emergencies, travel today requires a new level of readiness—especially after dark.

To explore these real-world scenarios, Olight has partnered with Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley to highlight how compact, versatile, and high-performance lighting tools like the ArkPro are becoming essential for modern travel safety.

A New Essential for Modern Travel

The ArkPro is designed not just as a flashlight, but as a compact safety and readiness tool for travelers. With four integrated light sources and seven lighting modes, a magnetic hands-free design, and a portable form factor, it supports a wide range of real-world scenarios, from roadside inspections to campsite setup, where reliable visibility is essential.

Insights from Evolving Travel Habits

Insights from the Tesla owner community reinforce a broader trend: drivers are placing greater importance on preparedness as travel becomes more flexible and unpredictable. From late-night stops to unfamiliar surroundings, dependable lighting is increasingly viewed as a necessity rather than an accessory.

The Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley vice president shared how the ArkPro Ultra has already become part of his routine: “My wife and I walk every night, and having a reliable flashlight is a must—whether spotting wildlife or crossing dark streets where drivers aren’t always paying attention. The ArkPro Ultra’s bright beam and compact design have replaced our bulkier flashlight entirely.”

His experience highlights how versatile lighting tools are evolving from optional gear into everyday essentials—whether for neighborhood walks or Spring Break road trips.

From Convenience to Preparedness

Lighting tools are no longer viewed as optional accessories, but as essential components of everyday preparedness. Whether during a planned road trip or an unexpected stop, reliable visibility can directly impact safety and decision-making. The ArkPro reflects this shift—bridging everyday carry with travel readiness and delivering dependable illumination when it matters most.

To mark the season, Olight is launching a limited-time Spring Break campaign to engage its community and highlight evolving travel needs. For more product information, please visit the official website.

About Olight

Founded in 2007, Olight is a global innovator in portable lighting, offering high-tech solutions for everyday carry, outdoor, tactical, and professional use. With over 1,200 product patents and international recognitions, including the prestigious iF Design Award and Red Dot Design Award, Olight reaches users in over 100 countries worldwide.

NYSE issues a pre-market daily advisory direct from the trading floor.

NEW YORK, March 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) provides a daily pre-market update directly from the NYSE Trading Floor. Access today’s NYSE Pre-market update for market insights before trading begins. 

Ashley Mastronardi delivers the pre-market update on March 23^rd

• Stocks jump and oil retreats after President Donald Trump postpones strikes on Iran energy targets with ceasefire talks beginning.
• Alto Neuroscience CFO Nick Smith will join NYSE Live to discuss the company’s $120 million in private placement financing to help advance its mission of matching patients with the right psychiatric medications.
• An executive from KPMG will join NYSE Live to share the results of a new survey that looks at how employees are using AI in the workplace.
• The RSAC Conference, focusing on cybersecurity innovation and AI-driven defense, kicks off today from San Francisco.

For market insights, IPO activity, and today’s opening bell, download the NYSE TV app at tv.nyse.com

Opening Bell
Copa Airlines (NYSE: CPA) celebrates 20^th listing anniversary.

Closing Bell
Jacobs (NYSE: J) hosts global executive leadership team meeting for 180 leaders in Midtown and visiting the NYSE.

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Guardian Medal Resources at the NYSE on March 20.

Accelerating Agentic Business: A proactive enterprise-grade AI Agent team built for secure global operations

NEW YORK, March 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Alibaba International unveiled Accio Work, a plug-and-play enterprise AI agent that equips businesses with an immediate, no-code taskforce. Requiring zero setup, the platform deploys specialized agents to execute complex, long-horizon operations from day one, signaling a significant shift toward “Agentic Business”—a new era where AI moves beyond passive Q&A tools to become active, autonomous executors.

First introduced in November 2024 as an AI-powered B2B sourcing engine, Accio has since rapidly evolved into a full-scale AI agent, now serving over 10 million monthly active users globally. The launch of Accio Work marks a new phase in this evolution—moving beyond sourcing to a full-scale enterprise AI agent designed to support the diverse operational needs of SMEs worldwide.

“Our vision is to democratize enterprise-grade AI,” said Kuo Zhang, President of Alibaba.com and VP of Alibaba International. “We want every entrepreneur—regardless of team size—to access an intelligent workforce that operates with the scale of a major corporation. Small businesses will find Accio Work especially useful.”

A Proactive, Ready-to-Use “Agent Team”

For non-technical entrepreneurs, building a custom AI workforce usually means navigating complex engineering and risky deployments. Accio Work removes these barriers with a pre-configured team of agents designed for the entire SME lifecycle—from initial market analysis, design, and sourcing to long-term store optimization and inventory monitoring.

Its secret lies in dynamic orchestration: upon receiving a goal, the system instantly assembles a cross-functional “squad” of specialized agents – analysts, creators, logistics experts – to work in parallel.

Beyond handling long-term operations, the agent team proactively provides strategic insights and suggestions. This enables SMEs and solo founders to run end-to-end global commerce workflows with enterprise-grade precision, requiring no code or setup.

Autonomous Execution and Global Connectivity

Accio Work enables entrepreneurs to run online businesses or physical stores with a new level of automation, specifically designed to alleviate the heavy operational burden faced by SMEs. Users can deploy a customizable fleet of AI agents to handle critical tasks, including:

• Automated Compliance: Managing real-time VAT filings, tax refunds, and customs documentation across more than 100 markets.
• Autonomous Sourcing: Executing Request for Quotations (RFQs) and conducting multi-round negotiations with suppliers to secure optimal terms.
• Operational Integration: Driving marketing automation and overseeing logistics through tools like Telegram and WhatsApp.

Additionally, Accio Work allows users to encapsulate their unique processes into reusable “skills,” enabling them to standardize, share, or even monetize their expertise.

Alibaba Ecosystem-Driven Reliability and Security

Built on Alibaba Group’s proprietary ecosystem, Accio Work is structurally engineered to minimize AI hallucinations. Unlike models reliant on general knowledge prone to inaccuracies, Accio Work draws directly from real-time consumer trends and actual business transaction records across Alibaba’s e-commerce platforms. This foundation ensures every output is specific, accurate, and commercially relevant.

Recognizing the sensitivity of delegating critical tasks to AI, Accio Work employs a security-first approach featuring sandboxed environments and granular permission management. High stakes actions involving finances or file access require explicit user approval, ensuring the AI operates strictly within defined boundaries. Furthermore, the system respects data sovereignty, allowing users to choose not to save any data on servers.

Accio Work will be available on www.Accio.com by the end of March.

About Alibaba International

Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group (Alibaba International) is dedicated to supporting the development of global digital trade with AI-powered technology. It operates various platforms with distinctive business models, covering multiple countries and regions around the world.

DUBAI, UAE, March 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, is pleased to announce enhancements to its USDC trading ecosystem, significantly lowering the barrier to trading with USDC and improving market efficiency on Bybit. The updates introduce an optimized fee structure and liquidity mechanism improvements for USDC spot and futures trading pairs for eligible Bybit traders, building on Bybit’s February 2026 deployment of dedicated USDC Futures Fee Group infrastructure.

Effective March 23, 2026, the enhancement applies to USDC-denominated spot and futures pairs on Bybit . Pro user fee structures and non-USDC pairs remain unchanged.

Trading With USDC: What’s Changing on Bybit

Eligible Bybit VIP users engaging in manual trading receive up to 50% taker fee reduction on USDC-denominated spot and futures pairs:

• Spot Fee Adjustment: Taker fee across all VIP tiers will be slashed by half, with rates for Supreme VIPs at as low as 0.0225%.
• Futures Fee Adjustment: Bybit VIPs pay half for eligible Futures trading pairs, with Supreme VIP rates at 0.015%.

In addition to the new VIP benefits, trading with USDC on Bybit is intuitive, rewarding, and transparent. Under a unified grouping framework on Bybit, all USDC perpetual and futures contracts on Bybit operate within a dedicated USDC Group, enabling streamlined risk management and coordinated development across the full suite of USDC trading pairs.

To provide better visibility into USDC markets liquidity on Bybit, the exchange has also adjusted the weighting factor for the USDC group from 5x to 8x for Market Maker performance assessment.

Leading stablecoins such as USDC have become essential infrastructure in digital finance, and Bybit’s fee reductions and liquidity improvements reflect this shift.

Terms and conditions apply. Eligibility varies by region and transaction type. For details of participation requirements and implementation timetables, users may visit: Fee discounts for retail clients on USDC trading pairs and USDC group weighting enhancements

Users may review their current Market Maker level, Pro fee structure, and performance metrics on the Bybit official website.

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About Bybit

Bybit is the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, serving a global community of over 80 million users. Founded in 2018, Bybit is redefining openness in the decentralized world by creating a simpler, open and equal ecosystem for everyone. With a strong focus on Web3, Bybit partners strategically with leading blockchain protocols to provide robust infrastructure and drive on-chain innovation. Renowned for its secure custody, diverse marketplaces, intuitive user experience, and advanced blockchain tools, Bybit bridges the gap between TradFi and DeFi, empowering builders, creators, and enthusiasts to unlock the full potential of Web3. Discover the future of decentralized finance at Bybit.com.

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Global study of 500+ manufacturers shows shifting priorities, rapid deployment, and new expectations for next generation machine vision systems

NATICK, Mass., March 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX), the global leader in industrial machine vision, today announced the release of How AI Is Transforming Machine Vision Through Performance and Simplicity. The new report draws on firsthand insights from over 500 manufacturers, integrators, and OEMs to explore how artificial intelligence is making production lines smarter, more accurate, and easier to run.

Cognex Research Report: How AI is Transforming Machine Vision Through Performance and Simplicity

According to the report, more than half of respondents (57%) already use AI in their machine vision operations, with another 30% planning deployments in the near term. Adoption is strongest in automotive, electronics, and logistics—industries where product variability, tighter tolerances, and increasing automation are pushing vision systems to new levels of capability.

“This research confirms what we see globally: AI isn’t just improving machine vision performance—it’s reshaping how manufacturers think about quality, efficiency, and automation,” said Cognex President and CEO Matt Moschner. “The convergence of powerful AI and practical usability enables factories to deploy intelligence at the edge, adapt in real time, and accelerate toward fully autonomous operations.”

Accuracy Drives Adoption, but Usability Defines Long-Term Value
While improved accuracy is the primary driver for initial adoption, particularly AI’s strength in detecting subtle and complex defects, the study shows that usability becomes increasingly critical over time, which could potentially be due to product advancements.

Respondents with more than three years of AI vision experience were significantly more likely to report that AI systems are:

• Easy to scale across multiple sites: +10.9 points (86.1% vs. 75.3%)
• Fast to develop and deploy: +9.1 points (81.2% vs. 72.1%)

“Newer AI vision solutions include features such as intuitive visualization tools, robust audit trails, reduced data requirements, and lower dependence on specialized expertise,” said Shirin Saleem, VP of Engineering, Cognex. “These advancements have significantly narrowed the gap between perceived implementation risk and real-world user experience.”

About the Research
The research is based on a survey of 500+ manufacturers, OEMs, and system integrators in North America, Europe, and Asia, covering a range of industries including automotive, electronics, FMCG, healthcare, and logistics. Respondents ranged from mid-sized to global enterprises and shared real-world experiences with AI-based machine vision deployment, operation, and scaling. The research also explores industry‑specific adoption trends, regional differences, and key considerations for organizations evaluating AI‑driven vision systems. The full report, How AI Is Transforming Machine Vision Through Performance and Simplicity, is available for download here.

About Cognex Corporation
For over 40 years, Cognex has been making advanced machine vision easy, paving the way for manufacturing and distribution companies to become faster, smarter, and more efficient through automation. Innovative technology in our vision sensors and systems solves critical manufacturing and distribution challenges, providing unparalleled performance for industries from automotive to consumer electronics to packaged goods.

Cognex makes these tools more capable and easier to deploy thanks to a longstanding focus on AI, helping factories and warehouses improve quality and maximize efficiency without needing highly technical expertise. We are headquartered near Boston, USA, with locations in over 30 countries and more than 30,000 customers worldwide. Learn more at cognex.com.

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SAN FRANCISCO, March 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — NetWitness, a leader in threat detection and response, today announced expanded operational technology (OT) visibility through a technology partnership with DeepInspect, a cybersecurity company specializing in industrial environments (OT). The integration between NetWitness and DeepInspect enables organizations to extend the detection, investigation, and response capabilities of the NetWitness platform into industrial environments where IT and OT systems increasingly intersect.

As industrial infrastructures become more connected to enterprise networks, operational systems are exposed to many of the same cyber threats targeting traditional IT environments. This convergence creates new security challenges for organizations that must monitor activity across both enterprise and operational networks while maintaining the reliability of critical systems.

The integration allows industrial protocol telemetry captured by the DeepInspect technology to be ingested directly into the NetWitness platform. NetWitness processes this data through its log and packet analytics capabilities, enabling security teams to correlate OT activity alongside traditional IT telemetry within a unified detection and investigation environment.

By extending its visibility into OT environments, NetWitness enables security teams to detect anomalies, investigate suspicious behavior, and conduct forensic analysis using both metadata and raw network traffic. This unified approach helps organizations identify threats that move between enterprise and operational systems an increasingly common attack path in modern infrastructure.

“Organizations can no longer treat IT and operational technology as separate security domains,” said John Pirc (JP), Chief Product and Technology Officer at NetWitness. “By extending NetWitness visibility into industrial environments, security teams gain the context they need to detect and respond to threats that span enterprise and operational networks.”

The integrated architecture also simplifies security operations center (SOC) workflows by consolidating alerts, telemetry, and investigation data into a single platform. This reduces operational complexity and enables analysts to respond more quickly to incidents affecting critical infrastructure.

“Unified visibility is essential for defending modern industrial environments,” added Pirc. “This integration strengthens our ability to deliver deep network visibility and advanced threat detection across the full attack surface.”

“We are proud to launch our innovative solution to a global stage with NetWitness.” said Marco Lombardi, CEO of DeepInspect. “The integrated solution meets the growing need for unified IT and OT security and has already proven its value in real-world deployments, meeting critical market demands and securing key industrial infrastructures, including a major railway operator.”

The combined capabilities map directly to the Identify, Detect, Protect, Respond, and Recover stages of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, proving this is not theoretical compliance, but operationally enforceable practice. 

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About NetWitness

NetWitness is a leader in threat detection, investigation, and response, helping organizations defend against today’s most advanced cyber threats. The NetWitness platform delivers comprehensive visibility across networks, endpoints, logs, and cloud environments, enabling security teams to detect sophisticated attacks, investigate incidents with precision, and respond quickly to protect critical systems and data. Trusted by enterprises and government organizations worldwide, NetWitness empowers security operations teams with the context and analytics needed to secure modern, complex environments. www.netwitness.com

About DeepInspect

DeepInspect is a cybersecurity innovator, simplifying complex OT security challenges with a unified approach combining methodology, hardware, and software. Leveraging military-grade insights and deep OT expertise, the platform strengthens protection for critical industrial infrastructures while streamlining, Monitoring, Threat Detection and Asset Discovery. Its asset identification capabilities swiftly uncover threats, suspicious activities, and anomalous behaviors, and it integrates seamlessly with SOC/SIEM and risk analysis tools. Designed for versatility, DeepInspect operates effectively in air-gapped environments, ensuring maximum security and reliability without compromising performance. www.deepinspect.it

BEIJING, March 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Robotics company ROBOTERA has closed a strategic funding round of RMB 1 billion, pushing its valuation past RMB 10 billion. The round saw participation from major new investors including Gaocheng Capital, Singtel Innov8, Woori Venture Partners (subsidiary of Woori Financial Holdings), CICC Porsche Fund, China Fortune-Tech Capital, Fenghe Capital, Wuxi Capital, GF QIANHE, Horizon Investment, and a leading South Korean technology company, with existing investors CDH Venture and Growth Capital and Tsinghua Holding Tiancheng Asset Management significantly increasing their stakes.

In total, ROBOTERA has secured 16 domestic and international industrial investors, spanning sectors including technology, automotive, logistics, consumer electronics, semiconductors, new energy, new materials, and telecommunications. The investor base features domestic leaders such as Geely Capital, Alibaba, Lenovo, Haier Capital, BAIC, and Golden Resources Group, alongside global giants including Singtel Innov8, Woori Capital, and a leading South Korean technology company forming a strong and broad industrial ecosystem.

Notably, this funding round comes just two months after ROBOTERA’s previous round, with the committed investment far exceeding the initial fundraising target.

Fully In-House Hardware Expertise
ROBOTERA has long maintained fully in-house hardware development. Leveraging proprietary motors, reducers, and joint modules, the company’s full size bipedal humanoid robot L7 has achieved world records in high jump and long jump, demonstrating advanced electromechanical design and motion control capabilities. In 2024, ROBOTERA launched the world’s first direct-drive dexterous hand, achieving about 70% of human-level efficiency in logistics operations; as a standalone product, over 1,000 units were shipped in 2025, 50% to overseas markets.

Commercial Deployment and Order Growth
With fully in-house hardware and industrial partnerships, ROBOTERA’s commercial rollout shows high market adoption and repeat orders. To date, cumulative orders have exceeded RMB 500 million, 50% from international clients, including nine of the world’s top 10 publicly listed tech companies, some placing repeat orders up to six times.

In logistics, the company has deployed robotic solutions in Shenzhen, Huzhou, Hangzhou, Hefei, and Beijing, achieving operational efficiencies of up to 70% in some scenarios. Collaborating with SF Express, ROBOTERA launched a cross-border logistics inspection solution, which has been officially deployed at customs, with single orders exceeding RMB 50 million—signaling a move from pilot projects to large-scale delivery.

Looking Ahead
Beyond logistics, industrial clients include Samsung, Geely, Renault, Lenovo, Haier, TCL, and Century Golden Resources, spanning 3C, automotive, and high-end manufacturing sectors. The newly raised funds will accelerate technology iteration and product scale-up, with a focus on e-commerce logistics, industrial manufacturing, and pharmaceutical distribution. ROBOTERA aims to advance the deployment of robots in industrial applications, leveraging its technological expertise and industry partnerships to strengthen competitiveness in both domestic and international markets.