PIR increases age limit of “Rising Star” category from 25 to under 30

Winners eligible for prize donations up to $50,000 USD out of $180,000 USD total prize awards

RESTON, Va., April 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Public Interest Registry (PIR), the nonprofit stewards of the .ORG domain, today opened the nomination period for its seventh annual .ORG Impact Awards, an annual celebration that recognizes outstanding mission-driven individuals and organizations from the global .ORG Community for their positive contributions to society.

Public Interest Registry’s .ORG top-level domain has powered mission-driven organizations around the globe for 40 years. From individuals to large corporations, small community groups to multinational NGOs, .ORGs work to positively impact the communities they serve. Over the past six years, the .ORG Impact Awards have recognized 226 outstanding .ORGs from over 87 countries. Through the Awards, Public Interest Registry has awarded $685,000 USD for transformative work taking place around the world.

“We started the .ORG Impact Awards to honor and spotlight those within the .ORG Community that work tirelessly to create positive change,” said Jon Nevett, CEO of Public Interest Registry. “When you apply to the .ORG Impact Awards, you’re joining a global community of changemakers united in a shared commitment to making the world a better place. If you’re a changemaker committed to mission-driven work or know someone who is, please submit a nomination to join our growing community.”

Applications will be accepted from April 23 to June 4, 2025, and are open to any person or organization with a .ORG domain, free of charge. The entries will be evaluated by a judging panel of leaders in the Internet, nonprofit, and marketing sectors.

Categories for the 2025 awards include:

• Health and Healing
• Quality Education for All
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Environmental Stewardship
• Hunger and Poverty
• Community Building
• Rising Star

For the first time ever, PIR has increased the age limit for the “Rising Star” category from 25 to under 30, offering even more young changemakers making a difference in the world the chance to apply.

Organizations may apply for multiple categories of awards if more than one category is a good fit. The top five entries in each category will be named as finalists on August 12, 2025, and will be eligible to be named the 2025 .ORG of the Year.

All 35 finalists will be invited on a sponsored trip to Washington, D.C. with opportunities to meet with nonprofit leaders, culminating in the final award ceremony with a surprise celebrity host on October 7, 2025. Winners will be announced at the award ceremony, honoring their work to make the world a better place. Additional event details will be released in the coming months.

Each category winner will receive $10,000 USD in donation award funds, while the ultimate .ORG of the Year will be honored with a grand prize of $50,000 USD. Finalists across all categories will receive a $2,500 USD donation. These funds offer all recognized organizations the ability to drive their missions forward as they see fit. Receiving a prestigious .ORG Impact Award not only elevates an organization’s profile but also fuels donations, funding, talent acquisition, partnership development, and audience reach.

To nominate an organization or individual for a .ORG Impact Award, visit www.orgimpactawards.org.

In 2024, over 1,700 applicants from over 87 countries submitted applications. The winner of the 2024 .ORG of the Year award was Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation, a Philippines-based nonprofit organization which provides access to education for children in remote and poverty-stricken areas by providing boats to reach their schools.

“Education is a universal right, and addressing its accessibility is a shared global responsibility. Humanity will never progress if we look only after our own backyards. Accessible, quality education is key to breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty. I dedicate this award to thousands of Hope Paddlers, not just in the Philippines, but worldwide,” said Dr. Anton Mari H. Lim, President, CEO and Co-founder of Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation of the 2024 win. “With hope, the impossible becomes possible.”

Other 2024 winners include Kiva, a nonprofit working to expand financial access to underserved communities worldwide by offering crowdfunded microloans; The Center for Courageous Kids, a nonprofit providing life-changing overnight camp experiences for children with serious, chronic illnesses; Share Our Spare, a nonprofit organization supporting Chicago-area children by providing essential items such as diapers, clothing, and baby gear to families in need; Kids Operating Room, a Scottish charity that strives for a world where every child has access to safe surgery by building pediatric operating rooms, training local doctors, and improving access to essential medical care in low- and middle-income countries; Solidarités International, a French nonprofit providing emergency aid in disaster and conflict-affected areas, helping communities regain self-sufficiency and sustainable livelihoods; and Clinton Okechukwu from The R.E.T.I.N.A Initiative, a youth-led nonprofit organization which promotes primary eye care and works to combat preventable blindness in underserved African communities, was awarded the win in the “Rising Star” category.

About Public Interest Registry
Public Interest Registry (PIR) is a nonprofit that operates the .ORG top-level domain—one of the world’s largest generic top-level domains with more than 11 million domain names registered worldwide. .ORG is open to everyone, providing a global platform for organizations, associations, clubs, businesses and individuals to bring their ideas to life. PIR has been a champion for a free and open Internet for more than two decades with a clear mission to be an exemplary domain name registry, provide a trusted digital identity and help educate those who dedicate themselves to improving our world. PIR was founded by the Internet Society (internetsociety.org) in 2002 and is based in Reston, Virginia, USA. Visit www.pir.org for more information.

Contact: Shane Tan, shane.tan@berlinrosen.com, (718) 883-0699

Leveraging Cutting Edge Blockchain and AI Technology, Top Finance-Experts Compete for Opportunity to Earn Money While Making Sophisticated Investing Opportunities Available To Everyone

SAN FRANCISCO, April 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Taoshi, a leader in decentralized finance housed on the Bittensor Network, is offering top financial traders the opportunity to participate in an ongoing trading competition to develop high-performing, risk-adjusted investing strategies and join Taoshi’s elite team of traders. Once traders pass the challenge period, they can compete against others for a share in a $30M+* annualized rewards pool, the largest for trading signals in the world. Taoshi seeks to attract the brightest minds in finance to solve real investing challenges by incentivizing and rewarding effective trading strategies.

Taoshi is helping create blockchain’s killer app: compensated, crowdsourced innovation. It is a decentralized financial technology company built on Bittensor, a permissionless decentralized economy that combines artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology to create an open, peer-to-peer network for building and sharing commodities.

Taoshi’s Proprietary Trading Network (PTN) Bittensor Subnet 8 aggregates top-tier investing strategies from traders who successfully complete its 60-day challenge period. Taoshi’s internal quant team analyzes these strategies to create a “super strategy” that adapts in real-time to market conditions. Traders who pass the 60-day challenge period immediately become eligible to earn a share of the $30m+ in annualized rewards.

Additionally, individual traders or teams can optionally apply for a contract program with Taoshi, where those who pass the challenge are awarded the equivalent of $100,000 in Taoshi’s Theta token, in addition to their eligibility to compete for the $30m+ in annualized rewards.

In order to pass the 60-day challenge period on PTN, traders must be in the top 75th percentile of traders on the network, have at least 60 days of trading on the network and not drawdown more than 10%. Those who reach this goal then must maintain their status in the network, and then are continually rewarded in real-time every time a new block is generated, roughly every hour, incentivizing them to further improve their trading strategies. In a period of market volatility, investors benefit from collective intelligence that no single firm could match.

“Hedge fund market opportunities and other advanced wealth management strategies have historically only been available to those who are already wealthy. That doesn’t seem right. Our subnet pits top finance-experts in an open and transparent competition to generate high-performing, risk-adjusted trading strategies across forex, crypto and other assets,” said Arrash Yasavolian, founder and CEO of Taoshi. ” These expert traders are being compensated for their ability to help us build the next generation of trading strategies, leveraging AI and blockchain to crowdsource sophisticated financial intelligence, offering everyone access to investing strategies previously only available to the wealthy.”

Taoshi’s “super strategy” will power its soon to be available wealth-building platform. With transparency, accessibility, and performance at its core, Taoshi is democratizing access to sophisticated trading tools that were once reserved for elite hedge funds and institutional investors.

“This is no ordinary trading competition,” added Yasavolian. “Other trading shops create competitions that are nearly impossible to beat. Taoshi’s competition is designed to reward top traders, drive innovation and bring advanced trading strategies to retail and institutional investors.”

Traders interested in applying to the $100k Challenge or trading on PTN can find more information on Taoshi’s website at https://www.taoshi.io/trader.

About Taoshi:

Founded in 2023, Taoshi, Inc. is a leading decentralized AI-based trading firm that democratizes access to advanced trading strategies and wealth-building tools through its decentralized infrastructure, blockchain transparency, and AI-driven ecosystem, which will empower individuals and institutions to invest with clarity and confidence. Taoshi’s network aggregates highly performant investing strategies from finance-expert miners, creating a “super strategy” that adapts in real-time to market conditions. Taoshi’s leadership team includes machine learning influencers, data scientists, and experts in developing advanced trading strategies. Together they bring years of experience to build the world’s first intelligent, decentralized trading platform, benefiting retail and institutional investors.

More information on Taoshi’s website at www.taoshi.io.

*Annualized rewards depend on market factors outside of Taoshi’s control and may fluctuate. This value is an estimate based on current market factors.

SHANGHAI, April 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — A News from iChongqing. ChangAn Automobile, an intelligent low-carbon mobility technology company, unveiled its Together for a Smarter World theme at Auto Shanghai 2025. At the event, the spotlight was on the Company’s three major strategies, the Mission of Shangri-La for new energy, Dubhe 2.0 Plan for intelligence, and its Vast Ocean Plan for global expansion, marking the beginning of a new chapter in advanced, green automobile technology.

ChangAn has made major technological strides through its three core strategies. For Mission of Shangri-La, the Company developed the Golden Shield solid-state battery and a full range of new energy products, including the BlueCore 3.0 powertrain and the industry’s first PREV, combining PHEV and REEV technologies. The Dubhe 2.0 Plan has advanced intelligent systems such as the Intelligent TS Drive, Intelligent TY Cockpit, and Intelligent TH Chassis. The Vast Ocean Plan has expanded ChangAn’s global footprint, particularly in Europe.

With years of investment in R&D, the company has built a strong foundation in new energy and intelligent mobility, driving the rollout of next-generation smart vehicles. At Auto Shanghai 2025, ChangAn unveiled three flagship models—CHANG-AN Q07, DEEPAL S09, and AVATR 06—a new generation of smart solutions from its three core brands that highlights the company’s leadership in advancing and popularizing smart mobility. In a global first, the company revealed a future mobility lineup that includes flying cars, humanoid robots, robot dogs, wheeled robots, and smart exoskeletons.

ChangAn also brought over 600 domestic and international media outlets and more than 500 global partners to witness the achievements of its three major brands at the auto show. Through immersive brand pavilion experiences, cutting-edge technology showcases, and a dedicated global media briefing, ChangAn delivered a compelling demonstration of innovation capabilities.

“In 2017, ChangAn fully implemented its business venture, advancing three major strategies—the Mission of Shangri-La, Dubhe 2.0 Plan, and Vast Ocean Plan—to resolutely transform into an intelligent, low-carbon mobility technology company. “said Zhu Huarong, Chairman of ChangAn Automobile. Since then, ChangAn has consistently embraced innovation and pursued a high-end, intelligent, and green development path.

As the global industrial landscape evolves at an accelerating pace, ChangAn is committed to exploring new possibilities for future mobility in collaboration with the broader industry. The Company believes the power of science and technology will drive this new era of human mobility.

ASHBURN, Va., April 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), a leading Fortune 500 global technology services provider, today announced the appointment of William Pieroni as Global Strategy and Growth Leader for Insurance Software & Business Process Services (BPS). In this role, he will focus on driving strategy, accelerating growth and delivering long-term industry impact.

DXC Appoints William Pieroni to Drive Strategy and Growth Across Global Insurance Software and Business Process Services

“Bill is a proven strategist and respected leader with deep domain expertise and a global perspective. He is a trusted partner, recognized for his strong understanding of client challenges and his collaborative approach to developing tailored solutions,” said Ray August, EVP and President, Insurance Software and Business Process Services, DXC. “His appointment reflects our commitment to industry leadership, intelligent growth and long-term value creation. I’m excited to partner with him as we continue to enhance the value we deliver to thousands of customers worldwide.” 

Pieroni brings more than 25 years of experience leading global organizations at the intersection of insurance, technology, and enterprise transformation. Most recently, he served as CEO of ACORD, the global standards-setting body for the insurance industry, where he also established ACORD Solutions Group, focused on advancing data exchange and platform innovation across the insurance value chain. 

He has also held senior executive roles at Marsh McLennan, Aon, State Farm, IBM, Accenture, and McKinsey & Company, where he led enterprise strategy, operations, distribution, and large-scale transformation initiatives across international markets. 

At DXC, he will be responsible for defining strategic priorities, guiding global growth initiatives, and strengthening the firm’s position as a trusted partner across the global insurance ecosystem. He will lead efforts to deliver competitive differentiation, operational excellence, and sustained value creation across the insurance value chain. 

“I’m honored to join DXC at such a pivotal time for the insurance industry,” said Bill Pieroni. “DXC has an unrivaled team, a comprehensive solution portfolio, and deep client relationships—supported by one of the industry’s broadest global footprints. I look forward to building on that foundation to deliver meaningful outcomes for our clients and the industry.” 

With over 40 years of innovation in the insurance sector, DXC supports more than 1,000 customers and has processed over 1 billion policies through its solutions. Today, 21 of the world’s top 25 insurers trust DXC to deliver mission-critical software and services that solve essential business challenges. 

For more information about DXC Insurance Software & BPS, visit here. 

About DXC Technology

DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) helps global companies run their mission-critical systems and operations while modernizing IT, optimizing data architectures, and ensuring security and scalability across public, private and hybrid clouds. The world’s largest companies and public sector organizations trust DXC to deploy services to drive new levels of performance, competitiveness, and customer experience across their IT estates. Learn more about how we deliver excellence for our customers and colleagues at DXC.com.

Angelena Abate, Media Relations, +1-646-234-8060, Angelena.abate@dxc.com 

HOUSTON, April 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — HYCO1, Inc. and Malaysia LNG Sdn. Bhd. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the potential utilization and conversion of 1 Million Tons Per Annum (MTPA) of Carbon Dioxide (CO₂). The signing was between Gregory Carr, CEO of HYCO1, Inc., and Mohamed Syazwan bin Abdullah @ Laga Jenggi, Managing Director & CEO, Malaysia LNG Group of Companies. The Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) Project will be located in Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia, the home of Malaysia LNG Sdn. Bhd. (MLNG; a subsidiary of PETRONAS), which is the CO₂ supplier for the project. Bintulu is one of the oil and gas regions of Malaysia and has been recognized as the emerging global low-carbon industrial hub.

Central to this initiative is HYCO1’s breakthrough CUBE™ Technology, which uses CO₂ as a primary feedstock to displace higher cost natural gas to produce equivalent industrial-grade syngas in customizable ratios of hydrogen (H₂) and Carbon Monoxide (CO). Under the MOU, HYCO1 and MLNG will conduct a joint feasibility study to evaluate design alternatives to produce low-cost, low-carbon syngas that best meets demand from a wide range of potential downstream syngas users. By transforming CO₂ from an emissions waste gas into much-needed chemical and fuel products, this project sets a new standard for sustainability and innovation. By using lower-cost CO₂ feedgas to displace higher-cost natural gas, the HYCO1 CUBE™ process will disruptively produce lower CI, “blue”, emissions free syngas for less than the cost of today’s “gray” syngas made from using all natural gas. The MOU also states that MLNG plans to supply an initial of 1 MTPA of raw CO₂ to HYCO1 for a term of 20 years, beginning no later than 2030. The CCU plant is expected to be completed by 2029.

“This is very exciting for all stakeholders, including HYCO1, MLNG, and PETRONAS, and will benefit all Malaysians,” Gregory Carr shared. “We approached PETRONAS and MLNG in the hopes of helping them solve their decarbonization needs, and we feel honored to collaborate with MLNG to meet their Net Zero Carbon Emissions (NZCE) by 2050. Our revolutionary process and catalyst are game changers in decarbonization because not only do we prevent CO₂ from being emitted into the atmosphere, but we transform it into highly valuable and usable downstream products,” says Mr. Carr.

This landmark MOU marks the launch of work on what HYCO1 and MLNG expect to become one of the largest CO₂ utilization projects in history. Unlike traditional efforts focused solely on CO₂ capture and high-cost sequestration (Carbon Capture and Sequestration, CCS), this project pioneers a new approach by fully utilizing captured CO₂ emissions to profitably and competitively generate valuable products.

With this MOU, HYCO1 and MLNG are showing the world that profitably achieving net-zero emissions without a cost penalty is not only a realistic goal at large scale but also an opportunity to drive innovation and create economic value. By capturing and utilizing CO₂ from existing industrial processes, the collaboration will unlock a new generation of renewable products that deliver superior efficiency and profitability. This collaboration exemplifies how sustainability can simultaneously address environmental challenges and generate economic growth.

About HYCO1

HYCO1 is the only CO₂ utilization company in the world that cost-effectively captures industrial CO₂ emissions from the source and turns them into high-value, sustainable products at lower cost than today’s gray processes and without the need for government incentives. HYCO1 reformers are designed to convert 100% of the CO₂ feed gas into valuable syngas.

HYCO1 CUBE™ Technology (Carbon Utilization. Best Efficiency.) converts and utilizes nearly 100% of CO₂ feed in a single reactor pass, resulting in low-cost, low-CI, high-grade syngas (H₂ and CO) at commercial scale. Such major energy transition milestones have never been achieved before. HYCO1 provides a new way for industrial companies to repurpose their CO₂ emissions from being a costly burden to new, profitable, and sustainable products. For more information, please visit www.hyco1.com.

Press Contact: Tim Lozano, Director of Marketing at HYCO1, Inc. marketing@hyco1.com

Commercial Contact: Curtis Carmack, SVP of Strategic Development at HYCO1, Inc., ccarmack@hyco1.com

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