On International Women’s Day (March 8), health experts are warning EU policymakers not to jeopardise women’s health by restricting or banning nicotine pouches that have helped drive one of the world’s most dramatic declines in female smoking. The warning accompanies the release of Empowerment in a Pouch, a report showing how access to oral, tobacco-free nicotine pouches has accelerated Sweden’s progress towards smoke-free status, particularly among women. European Commission proposals under...
Global wearable device shipments climbed past 200 million units in 2025, growing 6% year on year according to Omdia. Xiaomi has reclaimed the top spot for the first time since 2020, capturing an 18% market share to become the world’s largest wearable vendor by annual shipments. Apple followed closely in second place with 17%, while Huawei secured third with 16%. The market is also seeing increased consolidation, with the top five vendors, including Samsung (9%) and Garmin (5%), with the top thr...
IQM Finland Oy, a global leader in full-stack superconducting quantum computers (“IQM”, “IQM Quantum Computers” or the “Company”), and Real Asset Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: RAAQ), a special purpose acquisition company (“RAAQ”), announced that they will host a conference call to discuss their recently announced business combination, including certain transaction highlights. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260227472716/...
HighRadius launches Office of the CFO first Outcome Based Pricing with $0 Implementation fee and $0 Subscription until Go-Live. Customers only pay a fraction of realized gains based on P&L impact. Chapter 1: Outcome Based Pricing (OBP) Introduction of OBP: HighRadius, a provider of 190+ AI agents for Order-to-Cash, Accounts Payable, Record-to-Report, and Treasury introduces Outcome Based Pricing (OBP). Three Components of OBP: Customers pay a) $0 in Implementation fees, b) $0 in Sub...
Kioxia Holdings Corporation (TOKYO:285A), a world leader in memory solutions, today announced the appointment of Yoshihiko Kawamura as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective April 1, 2026. Mr. Kawamura brings extensive international experience to Kioxia, having held assignments at Mitsubishi Corporation’s U.S. headquarters, served as General Manager of its Chicago office, and completed a tenure at the World Bank. At Hitachi, Ltd., he held senior leadership positions, including Chief Strateg...
Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone, announced today that it has established a new Point of Presence (PoP) at Open Access Data Centres DUR1, located at 3 Oppenheimer Road, Durban 4000, South Africa. OADC DUR1 offers a secure, carrier-neutral colocation environment with access to regional and international telecommunications providers and Internet exchanges. Situated in Durban, Africa’s busiest port city and a major commercial gateway to the continent, the fac...
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP, TOKYO:7912) today announced that it has participated in Rapidus Corporation’s funding round as one of the round investors. This strategic funding initiative supports Rapidus’ plan to steadily progress from its current R&D phase to mass production of 2nm (10⁻⁹ meters) logic semiconductors by 2027. Through this initiative, DNP will advance the development and mass production of EUV lithography photomasks and support Rapidus as it establishes a mass produc...
Cowellnex Co., Ltd. (Cowellnex)—jointly established by Kirin Holdings Company, Limited (Kirin Holdings)(TOKYO:2503) and Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. (Kyowa Kirin)—and Metagen, Inc. (Metagen), which promotes end-to-end innovation from gut environment R&D to social implementation, will begin joint research in February 2026 to develop new test items based on gut microbiota data from Japanese individuals, as well as an algorithm (mechanism) that proposes foods suited to each person based on these test...
EdgeConneX®, an EQT portfolio company with an extensive Pan-European data center footprint, looks to expand its presence with a new site located in Skellefteå, Sweden. The data center site will be acquired from Lyten, a global company that specializes in lithium-sulfur batteries and energy storage. The site would support EdgeConneX broader strategy to expand digital infrastructure capacity across the Nordics. Subject to the completion of applicable administrative and regulatory processes, Edg...
SOLUM (KOSPI: 248070) and Competera announced the expansion of their strategic partnership to further connect AI-driven pricing intelligence with real-time Electronic Shelf Label (ESL) execution across European retail networks. The announcement follows strong engagement at EuroShop, where the integrated solution attracted significant interest from the local retail operators. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/2026022606505...