SINGAPORE, July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — On July 27, 2025, POP MART successfully hosted a 5km themed run in Singapore, drawing over 3,000 enthusiastic participants. As part of the annual Lazada Run series, the event was held against the scenic backdrop of Marina Barrage, where fans crossed the finish line and engaged in photo ops, mini-games, and immersive experiences with Twinkle Twinkle, POP MART’s beloved IP character in Southeast Asia.

This partnership marks a key milestone in POP MART’s year-round collaboration with Southeast Asia’s leading e-commerce platform Lazada. Lazada Run, first launched in 2023, is one of the platform’s flagship initiatives, spanning Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. After two years of successful operation, POP MART joined Lazada Run in 2025 to bring a more dynamic, immersive IP experience to runners across the region, integrating into multiple physical and digital touchpoints.

To date, POP MART has successfully completed the Philippines leg on June 1, the Vietnam race on July 13, and now the Singapore run on July 27. Each location saw overwhelming fan enthusiasm, with the Twinkle Twinkle experience zone emerging as a major highlight and social media hotspot, significantly enhancing brand visibility and emotional resonance. At the Singapore event, POP MART further enriched the on-site experience by introducing a giant Twinkle Twinkle inflatable at the Runners’ Village, drawing crowds for photos and fan interactions. A “Best Dressed” contest also encouraged runners to showcase POP MART-inspired looks — from playful costumes to limited-edition merch — celebrating creativity and deepening fan-brand connection.

In addition to Lazada Run, POP MART and Lazada will co-launch the Super Brand Day campaign in late August across five Southeast Asian countries — Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam, which will also coincide with the opening of PTS (Pop Toy Show) events in Singapore later, combining a seamless online and offline exposure. With Lazada offering full-platform promotional support, including exclusive gifts and trending product launches, the collaboration aims to drive both engagement and sales at scale.

Looking ahead, the Lazada Run x POP MART tour will continue in Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia from October to December. Through this year-long partnership, POP MART not only strengthens its IP exposure in Southeast Asia but also builds emotional resonance with emerging audiences — laying the groundwork for its next generation of global breakout characters.

SEATTLE, July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Govee, a global leader in smart lighting innovation, today announces the launch of the Govee Outdoor UpDown Wall Light, the industry’s first all-around dynamic wall light featuring independently adjustable colors on all four sides. Built for those seeking immersive ambiance and advanced smart features, this fixture brings a vibrant, customizable glow to any outdoor space — from cozy decks to expansive patios.

All-Around Dynamic Lighting Elevate Outdoor Living

Featuring four adjustable sections, this wall light brings enriched colors and 360° dynamic lighting effects to your outdoor space. The up and down beams feature the RGBWW technology while the right and left sides feature the RGBIC technology, offering stunning 16 million colors or bright white light with endless possibilities to elevate your outdoor space. With 64 preset scenes and 19 DIY modes, users have complete control to curate the perfect lighting for any occasion. Whether you prefer a refined, effortless scene or a vibrant color in every detail, the dynamic and easy-to-use system offers flexibility for all without complexity.

1200lm Brightness for a Comfortable, Balanced Glow

Whether you’re illuminating a dinner setting or setting the mood for a quiet evening outdoors, this fixture provides ample brightness while maintaining a warm and comfortable atmosphere. The adjustable color temperature lets you tailor the light to match any occasion, while the wall-washing design eliminates harsh glares, delivering gentle illumination that enhances rather than overwhelms.

Expansive Updown Beams with Elevated Impact

With wide-coverage beams that outshine standard alternatives, illuminate your home’s architectural details to create a dramatic and visually appealing effect. Delivering wider light coverage than typical outdoor fixtures, the Govee Updown Wall covers a maximum wall-washing area of 12 square meters, making it ideal for illuminating and decorating large wall surfaces — creating a bold, eye-catching statement.

Smart Control with Matter and AI-Powered Customization

Like all Govee lights, the new outdoor lighting solutions offer seamless smart control and ecosystem integration. Control your lights effortlessly using the Govee Home App, voice commands through Amazon Alexa or Google Home, or expand your setup with Matter compatibility. Whether you’re adjusting the lighting remotely, setting schedules, or integrating with other smart devices, managing your outdoor lighting is intuitive and hassle free.  Plus, the AI Lighting Bot offers AI-generated lighting suggestions to add a layer of creative inspiration — perfectly adapting scenes to match your environment and mood.

Built to Withstand the Elements

Engineered for longevity, this light is IP66 waterproof and UV resistant, ensuring reliable performance in rain, snow, or intense sunlight. It’s the perfect wall-mounted solution for year-round use — where traditional lighting might fail.

Pricing and Availability

Govee Outdoor UpDown Wall Light will be available on July 29, on the Govee website and Amazon for $129.99 (one pack) or $229.99 (two pack).

For more details about the brand, please visit govee.com.

About Govee

Govee has been revolutionizing the smart living experience since 2017, with innovative, efficient, and hassle-free ambient lighting solutions for the entire home. From living spaces and gaming setups to outdoor areas and beyond, Govee smart lighting is not just visually stunning, but transforms everyday moments into personalized and engaging lighting experiences. Embracing the idea that “Life is colorful,” Govee is committed to bringing vibrant ambient lighting to every corner of the home, to fostering connections with users on both practical and emotional levels, and to making everyday moments brighter and more enjoyable.

SHENZHEN, China, July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — As a global leader in folding bicycles, DAHON has always been driven by innovation. Following strong industry recognition after over a year of global exhibitions and media promotion, DAHON officially announces the renaming of its “D-VELO” technology to DAHON-V.

The “V” stands for “Victory,” symbolizing the evolution and triumph of DAHON’s advanced engineering.

Origins and Innovation

DAHON-V technology stems from a critical “rethinking” of traditional bicycle frame design, leading to a suite of technology and testing methods engineered to improve the speed of both folding and road bikes:

• Folding Bikes:
  Introducing the DELTECH and Super Down Tube, DAHON significantly enhanced frame stiffness, overcoming the typical weakness of single-beam folding frames. As a result, the bikes deliver faster speeds, greater safety, and enhanced durability.
• Road Bikes:
  Applying DAHON-V principles, DAHON optimized frame structures to minimize power loss, delivering greater efficiency, stiffness, and riding performance.

Product Highlights

DAHON unveiled a lineup of innovative new products at EUROBIKE 2025 in Frankfurt, Germany, drawing widespread attention with its DAHON 2.0 Campaign backed by its proprietary DAHON-V bike tech promising improved performance across all lines of products.

Taking the spotlight at the show include the following products:

Télodon C8 AXS: A folding carbon road bike combining portability with high-speed performance, featuring the internal V-lock system and enhanced frame stiffness.

Vélodon C8 Di2: DAHON’s first full carbon road bike equipped with DAHON-V technology, including SRAM electronic shifting and UDH system, built for pure speed.

Major media outlets such as Global Cycling Network (GCN) and BikeRadar also graced the occasion to report on the product showcase.

Future Outlook

Looking ahead, DAHON will continue to expand the DAHON-V through:

• Advanced material development (carbon composites and high-performance alloys)
• Smart integration (adaptive e-bike systems)
• Ecosystem building (standardizing DAHON-V technology across all categories)

Through strategic partnerships with research institutions and industry leaders, DAHON is committed to shaping the future of cycling — delivering lighter, faster, and smarter mobility solutions for riders worldwide.

For more information, please contact marketing@dahon.com

www.dahon.com

Expanding Impact of LifeSphere® NavaX™ Across the Industry, 27 Go-Lives, and New Global Pharma Adoptions

BOSTON, July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — ArisGlobal, an AI-first technology company and creator of LifeSphere®, today announced significant momentum in the first half of 2025, driven by continued product innovation via LifeSphere® NavaX™, strong new customer acquisition, and rapid global deployments.

Operationalizing AI with LifeSphere® NavaX™
ArisGlobal now counts seven global pharmaceutical companies leveraging LifeSphere® NavaX™ across safety operations — a clear signal of growing industry confidence in GenAI-powered automation. Recent customer milestones include:

• Top 10 global pharma: Recently deployed NavaX across its safety case intake processes at global scale. Within weeks of go-live, the customer reported meaningful efficiency gains and strong early data accuracy.
• Boehringer Ingelheim: Successfully implemented NavaX for safety case intake, achieving 90% data accuracy within weeks of go-live—dramatically reducing manual effort and improving efficiency in early rollout.
• Additional Top 25 global pharma companies: Multiple companies selected NavaX in H1 2025 to modernize safety case intake processes, with implementations now underway.

NavaX is powering a growing number of real-world applications across pharmacovigilance — from advanced case intake to MedDRA coding, signal detection, and safety document generation. These AI-driven capabilities help organizations reduce manual effort, accelerate timelines, and unlock actionable insights, while ensuring regulatory compliance and audit readiness. These deployments reflect an industry-wide shift from isolated AI experimentation to full-scale, enterprise adoption.

ArisGlobal signed the EU AI Pact — a key step in the company’s ongoing commitment to responsible AI innovation. The initiative, led by the European Commission, promotes ethical, transparent, and regulation-ready AI deployment across the industry.

“We’re seeing a fundamental shift — customers are no longer experimenting with AI; they’re operationalizing it at scale,” said Jason Bryant, VP of Product Management, AI & Data at ArisGlobal. “With NavaX, we’re delivering proven, production-ready AI that’s embedded into real-world workflows, helping safety and regulatory teams work faster, reduce cost, and make smarter decisions—right now, not years from now.”

Customer Acquisition and Expansion
Demand for LifeSphere continued to rise as life sciences organizations turned to ArisGlobal for proven, AI-enabled safety and regulatory solutions that are ready to meet today’s rising case volumes and regulatory complexity. In the first half of 2025, ArisGlobal recorded:

• Four net new pharma LifeSphere customers added, including Top 50 organizations;
• 31% of existing LifeSphere customers expanded their business with ArisGlobal, reflecting continued confidence in the platform and value of NavaX-enabled capabilities.

ArisGlobal’s Shared Success Model, introduced in April 2025, has played a role in this momentum. The model guarantees automation-driven return on investment (ROI) for pharmaceutical customers and is designed to de-risk technology adoption by aligning ArisGlobal’s success directly with its customers’.

“Pharmacovigilance and regulatory teams are under more pressure than ever — from increasing global case volumes to tighter reporting timelines and complex compliance requirements,” said Steve Nuckols, Chief Customer Officer at ArisGlobal. “Organizations don’t have time to wait for innovation that’s still on the roadmap — they need proven, enterprise-ready solutions today. That’s where LifeSphere delivers. Our customers are going live on NavaX in as little as three to six months, and they’re seeing meaningful, measurable outcomes from day one.”

Global Implementations and Consulting Success
ArisGlobal experts continue to excel in planning, implementing, and deploying LifeSphere solutions worldwide. In the first half of 2025, the company delivered strong execution performance, including:

• 27 total go-lives across LifeSphere Safety and Regulatory, representing a 12.5% YoY increase;
• 10 go-lives in APAC, a 233% YoY increase;
• Implementations for three of the Top 20 global pharmaceutical companies.

“In today’s regulatory landscape, life sciences companies need implementation partners who understand the urgency — and the complexity — of modern safety and regulatory systems,” said Raj Hattarki, Chief Operating Officer at ArisGlobal. “Our consulting teams combine speed with deep domain expertise, working closely with third-party vendors to execute global go-lives with precision momentum is a testament to our ability to deliver scale, quality, and value — all at once.”

Product Innovation and AI-Powered Automation
ArisGlobal continued to deliver tangible innovation in H1 2025, expanding its AI-driven product suite to address critical pharmacovigilance and regulatory challenges with speed and precision. LifeSphere® NavaX™ has rapidly evolved into an enterprise-ready solution, with growing adoption and embedded capabilities delivering measurable gains in productivity, compliance, and decision-making.

ArisGlobal introduced several new product innovations, including:

• LifeSphere® Unify – A next-generation R&D compliance platform that brings Safety, Regulatory, Medical Affairs, and Quality into one cohesive ecosystem, enabling unparalleled interoperability, visibility, and decision support.
• NavaX Insights – A contextual analytics engine that automatically synthesizes information from multiple structured and unstructured sources, surfacing hidden trends, emerging risks, and actionable signals across PV and Regulatory domains.
• NavaX Agent for MedDRA Coding – An agentic AI capability that mimics expert user behavior to deliver over 80% coding automation, reduce manual workloads, and ensure audit-ready traceability in the medical coding process.
• Advanced Compliance Docs – A purpose-built automation engine for safety and regulatory documentation, streamlining the creation, storage, and collaboration of complex materials like PSMFs, PVAs, and aggregate safety reports.

These additions reflect ArisGlobal’s broader commitment to delivering practical, production-ready AI use cases — with most modules able to be implemented in as little as three to six months.

“Our approach to product development is grounded in solving real problems that our customers are facing today,” said Ann-Marie Orange, CIO and Global Head of R&D at ArisGlobal. “We’re moving fast, but with purpose — applying AI where it makes the biggest difference, and doing so in a way that ensures trust, traceability, and tangible results.”

Leadership and Strategic Investment
In May 2025, ArisGlobal appointed Lucinda Smith as Chief Safety Product Officer. Formerly Global Head of Safety Operations at Roche, Smith brings a deep understanding of the challenges facing today’s pharmacovigilance teams — and how technology can help address them. Her leadership reflects ArisGlobal’s continued investment in domain expertise and customer-centric product development.

“Across the industry, regulatory pressure is intensifying, case volumes are climbing, and cost constraints are pushing teams to rethink how they work,” said Aman Wasan, Chief Executive Officer of ArisGlobal. “Organizations are looking to simplify their IT ecosystems and turn to automation not just as a future goal, but as a necessity. Our AI-first approach — and our ability to help customers operationalize AI in real, tangible ways — is exactly why we’re seeing such strong customer adoption, and why the industry’s best talent is coming to ArisGlobal.”

About ArisGlobal
ArisGlobal, an innovative life sciences technology company and creator of LifeSphere®, is transforming how today’s most successful life sciences companies develop breakthroughs and bring new products to market. Headquartered in the United States, ArisGlobal has regional offices in Europe, India, Japan, and China. For more updates, follow ArisGlobal on LinkedIn. www.arisglobal.com. 

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SINGAPORE, July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — At the prestigious World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2025, Cuber AI proudly launched AgenticX, its next-generation Agentic Digital Employee platform, while hosting a high-level roundtable exploring the role of Agentic AI in shaping autonomous supply chains.

The exclusive session brought together influential leaders from across the global logistics and AI ecosystem, including Dr. Thomas Sim, President-elect of FIATA; Ng Chee Keong (CK), Managing Director of Cuber AI; Bilal Abdallah, Principal Consultant from Saudi Arabia; Ruben Huber, Founder & Director of OceanX Network; and Marco Reichel, Managing Director & Founder of Empire Bison (Singapore).

AgenticX: Driving the Future of Autonomous Supply Chains

Designed to automate complex logistics processes end-to-end, from order execution to dynamic freight allocation ; AgenticX combines multimodal large language models (MLLMs) with advanced memory, reasoning, and autonomous decision-making capabilities.

As demonstrated live by Cuber AI’s CK, the platform can autonomously process documents, predict shipment disruptions, and negotiate freight slots, eliminating manual bottlenecks.

“We’re not replacing humans,” said CK. “We’re unlocking their potential—freeing them to focus on strategic growth, while AgenticX handles repetitive operations at scale.”

Global Industry Voices Endorse the Agentic Imperative

The roundtable participants echoed a shared urgency to adopt AI amid workforce shortages and geopolitical disruption:

• Marco Reichel (Empire Bison) shared how Agentic automation of e-commerce documentation has allowed their team to refocus on business development.
• Ruben Huber (OceanX Network) emphasized the need for autonomous quoting:
  “With over 100 algorithmic RFQs daily, AI-driven responses are no longer a luxury, they’re mission-critical.”
• Bilal Abdallah advocated for responsible AI deployment, noting:
  “Governance must evolve alongside automation. Start small, target pain points like demand forecasting.”

Addressing Barriers to Adoption

Panelists tackled adoption resistance, especially from frontline teams. CK highlighted the importance of executive sponsorship:

“We show CEOs that AI doesn’t cut jobs, it reallocates. We’ve helped clients redeploy up to 10% of operations staff to customer-facing roles, directly increasing topline revenue.”

Cuber AI’s internal studies reveal that AgenticX delivers 2–5% efficiency improvements per process cycle, with significantly higher impact in labor-intensive, high-cost markets such as Singapore.

A Vision for Human-Agentic Collaboration

Cuber AI’s presence at WAIC 2025 reinforces its mission to build not only intelligent systems but also equitable, resilient supply chains, powered by collaborative Agentic that augments human capability.

“AgenticX marks a new chapter,” CK concluded. “One where humans and AI work side-by-side to shape the future of logistics.”

For media inquiries or partnership opportunities, please contact:

ee.liu@cuberai.com | www.cuberai.com 

SEOUL, South Korea, July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — WePlay, a leading global social entertainment platform, is thrilled to announce a limited-time summer collaboration with the immensely popular character Estherbunny, adored by Gen Z worldwide, for the Korean market. Centered around the concept of a “Summer Fashion Show,” this special crossover event will run for seven days, from August 1 to August 7, offering WePlay Korea users an immersive experience brimming with summer vibes and adorable charm.

Created by artist Esther Kim, Estherbunny has garnered a massive global fanbase with her unique aesthetic. Her status as a representative IP of new-generation global culture was reaffirmed in 2025 when she received the NEW FACE Award at Japan’s JAPAN Character Award. Her design draws inspiration from her own multicultural upbringing – her large ears and characteristically tilted large eye not only form a distinctive look but also symbolize a gentle posture of always listening to others, radiating warm yet independent energy.

During this limited-time collaboration, players will encounter the cute and confident Estherbunny across various WePlay content. Unlock limited-edition in-game items featuring Estherbunny’s unique summer style, and participate in events to earn special rewards. These exclusive items incorporate Estherbunny’s signature elements – her large ears, prominent eye, and rounded, soft cotton candy-like form – blending quirky balance with captivating contours. Players will be able to enjoy their games while experiencing the distinctive design charm of Estherbunny.

The WePlay team stated:
“We are thrilled to partner with Estherbunny for this special summer collaboration. The WePlay × Esther Bunny crossover isn’t just a sweet visual feast—it’s a fusion of personality, fashion, and social interaction. Estherbunny’s unique charm and influence among Gen Z audiences align perfectly with WePlay’s commitment to delivering diverse, high-quality entertainment. We believe this ‘Summer Fashion Show’ collaboration will create unforgettable summer joy for our players.”

About WePlay

WePlay is the next-generation global social entertainment platform under Singapore-based company WeJoy. It is a comprehensive application integrating multiple games and entertainment functions. With the mission to “Bring joy and friends to young people around the world” and the vision to “Bring people together through games, lead the trend of global online social entertainment,” WePlay is dedicated to co-creating a new era of gaming and social interaction filled with possibilities and innovative vitality with its players.

CAMBRIDGE, England, July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Myrtle.ai, a recognized leader in accelerating machine learning inference, today released support for its VOLLO® inference accelerator on the AMD Alveo™ V80 compute accelerator card.

Microsecond ML inference

VOLLO achieves industry-leading ML inference compute latencies, which can be less than one microsecond, while delivering excellent throughput, power, and rack space efficiencies. This new release enables ML developers with larger models to benefit from running them on a single FPGA for the lowest latency. For example, a 22 million parameter, 3-layer LSTM model can be run with a p99 latency of under 10 microseconds. Even larger models may be sharded and run across multiple FPGAs, still achieving lower latencies than competing solutions.

VOLLO has been in demand across a wide range of applications, including financial trading, wireless telecommunications, cybersecurity, network management, and others, where running ML inference at the lowest possible latency confers advantages in security, safety, profit, efficiency, and cost.

“Demand for VOLLO has come from both sides,” remarked Peter Baldwin, CEO of Myrtle.ai. “We have customers who have a fixed latency window, and they’re delighted to be able to run larger models at the same latencies that they could only achieve with smaller models before. We also have customers who want the very lowest latency they can achieve for their specific model. Increasing the size of models that can be run on a single FPGA has really helped both.”

“We’re delighted that VOLLO is now supported on the production-ready AMD Alveo V80 compute accelerator for memory-intensive workloads,” said Girish Malipeddi, director for Data Center FPGA business, AMD. “AMD customers can now run ML inference at very low latency using VOLLO, while those wishing to purchase a compute accelerator to run VOLLO have the option to choose the Alveo V80, with the highest model capacity of any single FPGA yet supported by VOLLO.”

The Alveo V80 card is based on the AMD Versal™ Adaptive SoC with 2.6M LUT logic density, 32GB of HBM, and an additional 32GB of DDR4 and 800G network interface. It features FPGA fabric to adapt the hardware to the application, coupled with HBM2e for large data sets and memory-intensive compute.

Interested parties may now download the ML-oriented VOLLO compiler from vollo.myrtle.ai today and discover what latencies can be achieved with their models on the AMD Alveo V80 compute accelerator card.

About Myrtle.ai

Myrtle.ai is an AI/ML software company that delivers world class inference accelerators on FPGA-based platforms from all the leading FPGA suppliers. With neural network expertise across the complete spectrum of ML networks, Myrtle has delivered accelerators for FinTech, Speech Processing, and Recommendation.

AMD, the AMD logo, Alveo, Versal, and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

CAMBRIDGE, England, July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Myrtle.ai, a recognized leader in accelerating machine learning inference, today released support for its VOLLO® inference accelerator on the AMD Alveo™ V80 compute accelerator card.

VOLLO achieves industry-leading ML inference compute latencies, which can be less than one microsecond, while delivering excellent throughput, power, and rack space efficiencies. This new release enables ML developers with larger models to benefit from running them on a single FPGA for the lowest latency. For example, a 22 million parameter, 3-layer LSTM model can be run with a p99 latency of under 10 microseconds. Even larger models may be sharded and run across multiple FPGAs, still achieving lower latencies than competing solutions.

VOLLO has been in demand across a wide range of applications, including financial trading, wireless telecommunications, cybersecurity, network management, and others, where running ML inference at the lowest possible latency confers advantages in security, safety, profit, efficiency, and cost.

“Demand for VOLLO has come from both sides,” remarked Peter Baldwin, CEO of Myrtle.ai. “We have customers who have a fixed latency window, and they’re delighted to be able to run larger models at the same latencies that they could only achieve with smaller models before. We also have customers who want the very lowest latency they can achieve for their specific model. Increasing the size of models that can be run on a single FPGA has really helped both.”

“We’re delighted that VOLLO is now supported on the production-ready AMD Alveo V80 compute accelerator for memory-intensive workloads,” said Girish Malipeddi, director for Data Center FPGA business, AMD. “AMD customers can now run ML inference at very low latency using VOLLO, while those wishing to purchase a compute accelerator to run VOLLO have the option to choose the Alveo V80, with the highest model capacity of any single FPGA yet supported by VOLLO.”

The Alveo V80 card is based on the AMD Versal™ Adaptive SoC with 2.6M LUT logic density, 32GB of HBM, and an additional 32GB of DDR4 and 800G network interface. It features FPGA fabric to adapt the hardware to the application, coupled with HBM2e for large data sets and memory-intensive compute.

Interested parties may now download the ML-oriented VOLLO compiler from vollo.myrtle.ai today and discover what latencies can be achieved with their models on the AMD Alveo V80 compute accelerator card.

About Myrtle.ai

Myrtle.ai is an AI/ML software company that delivers world class inference accelerators on FPGA-based platforms from all the leading FPGA suppliers. With neural network expertise across the complete spectrum of ML networks, Myrtle has delivered accelerators for FinTech, Speech Processing, and Recommendation.

AMD, the AMD logo, Alveo, Versal, and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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