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ORANGE, Calif., May 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Soaring, a leader in autonomous aerial logistics for contested environments, today announced its participation in the U.S. Army XVIII Airborne Corps 44th Medical Brigade’s field training exercise focused on autonomous Class VIII (medical) resupply. Over several months, Soaring worked with the 44th Medical Brigade to plan and coordinate the validation effort, evaluating how unmanned aerial systems (UAS) can extend logistics in dispersed and contested environments where speed and access directly impact survivability. Conducted under realistic field conditions, the validation assessed drone-enabled resupply against traditional ground-based methods, measuring response time, manpower requirements, and…

Apple’s next iOS update could include something phone photographers have been waiting for: a lot more control over the Camera app. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the Camera app will be “fully customizable” in iOS 27 and users will be able to “pick their own set of controls — called widgets — that run along the top of the interface.”Gurman notes that the Camera app will keep the current set of default widgets, but starting with iOS 27, you will “be able to switch over to an ‘advanced’ array of options or choose their own items.” From there, you’ll reportedly…

SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAKK), a leading global manufacturer of toys and consumer products, in collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products, has unveiled an all-new collector fashion doll line inspired by DC’s Super-Villains. Featuring intricate details and bold styling, the highly collectible series will be available exclusively in Walmart stores and Walmart.com this month. This is the first of upcoming collections inspired by Warner Bros. characters/franchises by JAKKS, with more iconic collector dolls set to be released throughout the year. The collection features three fan-favorite characters – Harley Quinn,…

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., May 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII (NYSE: HII) hosted Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, at its Newport News Shipbuilding division Monday to meet with shipyard leadership and tour the company’s facilities. “We’re grateful for the time Rep. Smith invested with us to see our commitment to the mission and being held accountable for supporting it,” NNS President Kari Wilkinson said. “We understand the urgent need for submarines and aircraft carriers and are steadfast in our commitment to the nation.” During Monday’s tour, Smith saw construction progress on Columbia- and Virginia-class submarines,…

APIA, Samoa, May 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Phemex, a user-first global cryptocurrency exchange, has announced a landmark expansion of its TradFi ecosystem with the debut of Pre-IPO Perpetual Futures. This strategic vertical offers its users unprecedented on-chain exposure to technology giants, OpenAI, SpaceX, and Anthropic. To mark the launch, Phemex is introducing a 50,000 USDT campaign running from May 9 to May 23, 2026. The campaign rewards both new and active futures traders through first-time trader bonuses, daily trading rewards, referral incentives, and a volume leaderboard for qualifying participants. Access to pre-IPO assets has long been an exclusive privilege…

AUSTIN, Texas, May 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CXVERSE today launched, marking the rebrand of Froogal.ai and formally defining a new category in consumer brand technology: Customer Experience Infrastructure. The launch marks the next chapter of a platform quietly built alongside consumer brands since day one. The bar for what a brand should feel like to its customers has been reset. Amazon made every checkout feel effortless. Starbucks made every store feel personal. Chipotle made digital ordering feel native. Sephora made loyalty feel meaningful. These brands operate differently at the core. One view of every customer. One source of truth…

NEW YORK, May 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Maxi Mobility, a fleet operations and mobility services company, today announces the publication of The Human Side of Autonomous Mobility by Carlo Iacovini. The book arrives as two things happened simultaneously this week in the American robotaxi industry. Uber reported that autonomous trips on its platform grew tenfold year over year, with CEO Dara Khosrowshahi calling autonomous mobility a ‘trillion-dollar total addressable market’ on the company’s Q1 2026 earnings call. And federal safety regulators opened a new investigation into a robotaxi operator for crashes that NHTSA described as showing ‘excessive assertiveness and…

SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mojave Energy Systems, founded to change the nature of air conditioning, today announced AquaDry, an innovative hydronic liquid desiccant air handling system that delivers supply dewpoints down to 25°F using conventional chilled water temperatures. Designed specifically for commercial facilities with existing chilled water plants, AquaDry uses building chilled water and low-temperature hot water to deliver deeper dewpoint control, less chiller capacity, and lower energy consumption. “Mojave’s newest HVAC product, AquaDry, builds on the success of our flagship ArctiDry solution that uses liquid desiccant for superior humidity control,” said Phil Farese, CEO, Mojave…

The Toronto District School Board is cutting more than 200 administrative staff a little more than a month after it announced planned cuts for some teaching roles. A total of 218 central staff are being laid off, along with the elimination of 91 vacant positions, according to TDSB spokesperson Ryan Bird.“The important thing is that we are trying to minimize the impacts to the classroom to the greatest extent possible and I don’t think that there is any significant impact to classrooms by any means as a result of these central cuts,” Bird said in an interview.This week’s reductions come…

SAN FRANCISCO, May 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TASI® Bank, (www.tasi.bank) which has been working with the cannabis industry in California for more than a decade, today said that the federal process of lessening regulatory restrictions remains far from complete. According to Alan Gaul, vice president of marketing, brand and cannabis industry relationships, said, “As the industry continues to evolve amid shifting state and federal regulations, TASI Bank remains committed to providing informed, responsible banking solutions to licensed cannabis-related businesses operating within California’s regulatory framework.” Early involvement has enabled the Bank to develop deep expertise in one of the nation’s…