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A new update for Google Home could make it less likely your smart home cameras mistake you for someone else, just because you’re facing away from the camera. Starting June 23rd, Google’s expanding its facial recognition feature so that people you’ve tagged in your Familiar Faces library can continue to be identified when their faces aren’t clearly visible, using “additional non-biometric signals (body size, clothing color, etc.).”The Familiar Faces library will also begin automatically updating with the most recent images of everyone in your house, so you should get fewer inaccurate notifications from outdated examples.Google also says its AI-generated video…

LONDON, June 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Shell has today unveiled its Triple 10 Challenge concept car, a ground-breaking proof-of-concept vehicle designed to inspire a new design philosophy for the next generation of battery electric vehicles (EVs). This compact, mass-market EV demonstrates next-generation electric vehicle capability, and offers the industry an alternative to the current reliance on ever-larger batteries by re-imagining the fundamentals of thermal management. A New Benchmark for Efficiency The vehicle meets three ambitious goals that Shell believes can help drive the future of mass-market electric mobility: Charge Faster – a sub 10-minute charge timeGo Further – 10-km/kWh…

, June 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Press Release Comfort Keepers Adopts HomeSight to Deliver the Next Generation of Connected Home CarePartnership brings HomeSight Wellness Hub to Comfort Keepers franchise locations nationwide as part of an expanding suite of connected care services and solutions Norcross, Georgia, June 23, 2026 — HomeSight®, a division of global connectivity leader Vantiva (Euronext Paris: VANTI), announces today that it has partnered with Comfort Keepers, a leading provider of in-home care for seniors across North America, to bring HomeSight to Comfort Keepers’ franchises in the United States and Canada as part of its new Comfort360™ ecosystem…

Schaumburg, IL, June 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Automotive content creator and engineer Jimmy Oakes has established a strong following with more than 585,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel logging in to discover his latest vehicle builds, engine swaps, drifting and more. And it’s his latest project that’s really got people talking because he’s swapped a Ferrari-built Maserati F136 V8 into a 1978 Porsche 911 SC in a bold fusion of Italian performance, German engineering, and even some Japanese motorsport heritage. Enthusiasts have been able to follow the build at youtube.com/jimmyoakes, while anybody attending the Formula DRIFT Championships at Stafford Motor Speedway…

AUSTIN, TX, June 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Automox, the IT operations platform for automated endpoint management, today published The Composition Point, a point-of-view paper laying out the company’s vision for how AI agents are changing the way IT and security work gets done. The paper makes the case that the industry is preparing for the wrong shift, and that the vendors who win will be the ones who bring their capabilities to the user’s preferred AI agent rather than trapping an agent inside their own console. The paper, authored by Automox Chief Technology Officer Jason Kikta, argues that the model…

Across Fort Hood, Fort Bragg, JMRC, and Camp Atterbury, Picogrid rapidly onboarded sensors, autonomous systems, and mission software to support Army missions. Disclaimer: The appearance of the U.S. Department of War visual information does not imply or constitute DOW endorsement. EL SEGUNDO, Calif., June 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Picogrid today announced successful participation across four major U.S. Army exercises and experimentation events in less than two months, demonstrating the company’s ability to rapidly deploy and connect mission-critical systems wherever the force is training, experimenting, or deploying. With the Army moving faster than ever to evaluate and field emerging technology,…

DONOSTIA, Spain, June 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Multiverse Computing today announced the release of Pulsar 16B, a 16.15B-parameter open reasoning model built on NVIDIA Nemotron architecture. Developed using Multiverse Computing’s proprietary technology, leveraging NVIDIA Model Optimizer and Megatron Bridge libraries as part of the compression workflow, and validated on NVIDIA accelerated computing infrastructure, Pulsar 16B delivers the reasoning performance of leading 30B-class architectures at roughly half the parameter count. Available in BF16, FP8, and NVFP4 precisions, the model is available on HuggingFace under the Apache 2.0 license. Pulsar 16B preserves most of the reasoning quality, instruction-following behavior and tool-use…

MIAMI, June 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CalendarBridge, a calendar sync and AI scheduling platform for people and teams working across multiple organizations, today announced it has surpassed 100,000 users and 4 million events synced, demonstrating growing demand for secure calendar coordination across separate companies, clients, tenants, and calendar systems. More professionals are working across multiple organizations where a single tenant or calendar no longer reflects the reality of their day-to-day work. Consultants assist multiple clients. Fractional executives move across boards and portfolio companies. M&A teams coordinate before systems are integrated. Enterprise partners often work in regulated environments where calendars…

DOWNER’S GROVE, Ill., June 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants, a lifestyle brand centered around food and wine, today announced its latest seasonal wine offerings just as summer kicks off. Watermelon Paloma, Summer Berry Spritzy Sangria and Blood Orange Pineapple Spritzy Sangria are available at all Cooper’s Hawk and Piccolo Bucco locations as well as online at chwinery.com for $20.99 / bottle. “With the lazy, hazy days of summer upon us, consumers are looking for something quick and easy to pour into a glass after work or enjoy on the weekends with their friends and family.…

SALT LAKE CITY, June 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — rPlus Energies today announced the successful start of commercial operations for Green River Energy Center, a 400-megawatt (MW) solar and 400 MW/1,600 megawatt-hour battery energy storage project located in Emery County, Utah. As the largest solar and storage facility within PacifiCorp’s six-state service territory, Green River Energy Center highlights the growing role Utah continues to play in meeting the West’s increasing energy needs. In 2024, Utah Governor Spencer Cox announced Operation Gigawatt, an initiative aimed at doubling Utah’s energy production over the next 10 years. The project reflects Utah’s commitment to…