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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Photonic Inc., a leader in distributed quantum computing and communications technologies, has received a 2026 iF DESIGN AWARD in the Quantum Computer category for the industrial design of its quantum computer product line. One of the most prestigious design honours in the world, the iF DESIGN AWARD has served as a global benchmark for design excellence and impact for over 70 years, with this year’s competition drawing more than 10,000 entries from 68 countries, evaluated by 129 international experts. Photonic is developing a family of large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers based on optically-linked silicon spin qubits. The company’s industrial design reflects its unique Entanglement First™ architecture: modular, scalable, and distributed—by design. It…

DALLAS, April 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lone Star PACE, a leading administrator of Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing in Texas, received two prestigious industry awards recognizing its role in structuring and administering innovative financing solutions for commercial real estate. The firm was honored by nonprofit advocacy group PACENation with a 2026 PACESetter Award for Innovative Deal of the Year ($5M–$50M) for the Jefferson Ownsby project. The project also took home a win in the Most Creative Financing category at the 2026 Best Real Estate Deals Awards hosted by the Dallas Business Journal. Located in the Dallas-area suburb…

TOMBALL, Texas, April 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE:TOL), the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, today announced its newest Houston-area community,  Toll Brothers at Oakhill Reserve, is now open in Tomball, Texas. Located at 22414 Decker Prairie Rosehill Road, this highly anticipated community offers two collections of stunning single-family homes on spacious home sites with access to world-class amenities and top-rated Tomball Independent School District schools. Toll Brothers at Oakhill Reserve features an impressive selection of one- and two-story home designs with floor plans ranging from 1,884 to 3,175+ square feet. Homes offer 3 to 5…

By Jim Bronskill The Canadian Press Posted April 30, 2026 1:15 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The man who stole the “Roaring Lion” portrait of Winston Churchill from the Château Laurier in Ottawa will have a chance to appeal his sentence in the Supreme Court of Canada. The famous image was snapped by photographer Yousuf Karsh during Churchill’s wartime visit to the Canadian Parliament in December 1941. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you’ll never miss the day’s top stories. Jeffrey Wood stole the portrait in…

After building The Luxe Group into a multi-million-dollar force under a legacy brand, Orozco’s transition marks a new chapter centered on innovation, scalability, and long-term growth. BELLINGHAM, Wash., April 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — eXp Realty®, “the most agent-centric™ real estate brokerage on the planet” and the core subsidiary of eXp World Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPI), today announced that Sonia Orozco, veteran real estate leader, former RE/MAX franchise owner, and head of The Luxe Group, has officially joined eXp Realty alongside her 14 member, multi-million-dollar team. After 14 years with RE/MAX and more than $48 million in total team sales…

As the deadline to file your tax returns expires on Thursday, the surge of artificial intelligence over recent years may have Canadians wondering if the Canada Revenue Agency plans to use it to review taxes. The deadline comes as a report by tax firm H&R Block warned earlier this month that more than half (56 per cent) of Canadians would be uncomfortable using AI to file their taxes. It also found that 90 per cent of Canadians are concerned about the security implications of inputting sensitive financial information into publicly available AI tools.The U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the CRA’s counterpart…

MCLEAN, Va., April 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.30%. “The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.30% this week,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s Chief Economist. “As rates had modestly declined the last few weeks, purchase demand has accelerated with purchase applications rising to over 20 percent above a year ago. It is clear that purchase demand continues to hold up as prospective buyers react to both modestly lower rates and more inventory to choose from than the last few…

Cary, NC, April 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — INE Security, a global provider of cybersecurity and IT training and certifications, today highlighted the rising operational and financial impact of ransomware attacks across industrial sectors, where downtime can rapidly extend beyond IT disruption to halted production, supply chain delays, and safety risks. As attacks targeting manufacturing, energy, utilities, and transportation organizations continue to accelerate, INE is urging leaders to treat ransomware preparedness as a business-wide discipline—one that requires coordinated planning, cross-functional execution, and hands-on training across both IT and operational technology (OT) environments. Ransomware in OT: A Growing Operational Threat Recent…

New York, NY, April 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Spring and summer days are for backyard barbecues, school pickups, and family dinners. They are also, for millions of households, a constant exercise in coordination: who is picking up the kids, what is for dinner, did anyone see the school notice about next week’s trip? For many families, one person quietly carries the weight of it all.That is the problem Nori was built to solve.Nori, a tech company specializing in AI-powered household ecosystems, today announced that its flagship product, Nori Family AI, has been featured in Google Play’s global editorial Play…

Manus, an AI company Meta acquired for $2 billion last year is running ads promising quick, easy money with AI: Find local businesses without websites or with bad websites, have AI build them one, then call them up and sell it to them.As part of the campaign, Manus was paying content creators to build out Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok accounts that promote its AI product as an easy, lucrative gig. (The creators’ TikTok accounts were taken down after The Verge inquired about them.) Some of these videos would also appear as official ads for Manus, but the posts on the…