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Unifor applauds CRTC for supporting local news

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TORONTO, June 4, 2024 /CNW/ – Unifor applauds the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)’s announcement today of new supports for local Canadian news, in conjunction with its regulatory plan to modernize Canada’s broadcasting framework.

“Unifor has been advocating for American streamers to pay their fair share to the Canadian broadcasting system for over 15 years,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne.

“Foreign streamers have been competing directly with Canadian broadcasters, and they should have the same responsibilities and obligations to support local news and Canadian storytelling.”

In the announcement, the CRTC is requiring online streaming services to contribute 5% of their Canadian revenues to support the Canadian broadcasting system, with 1.5% of those revenues to go to the Independent Local News Fund (ILNF).

These obligations will start in the 2024-2025 broadcast year and will provide an estimated $200 million per year in new funding, which includes approximately $60 million for the ILNF.

The funding will go to areas in the Canadian broadcasting system in dire need of support, such as local news on radio and television, French-language content, Indigenous content, and content created by and for equity-deserving communities, official language minority communities, and Canadians of diverse backgrounds.

While this new funding is great news for independent television stations in Canada, Unifor is concerned that the vertically-integrated news outlets that are also struggling, will not receive adequate support from this new funding, and Unifor hopes this will be addressed in subsequent proceedings.

The Online Streaming Act (formerly Bill C-11) is a modernization of the Broadcasting Act to bring foreign internet streamers (e.g. Netflix) into Canada’s regulatory system. Canadian broadcasters have long had to support Canadian content and to support local news, and the Online Streaming Act will aim to level the playing field between Canadian broadcasters and digital streamers.

Allowing foreign digital streaming services direct access to the Canadian market has upended the traditional funding model that supported broadcast TV for decades, which has contributed to the decline of support for local news.

Meanwhile, news deserts are growing in Canada, even though local news is essential to our democracy.

Bell Media, Rogers Media, Corus Media all had layoffs in 2023, with Bell Media leading the way with 1,300 jobs eliminated last June. Many local communities are without any local news, relying on regionalized news from Canada’s major centres.

Unifor lost over 120 broadcast media members in 2023, and this year, the union has already seen 163 jobs eliminated.

“In an age of disinformation, Canadians will depend on trusted news sources more than ever. The decline of local television news is not simply a function of a change in television viewing habits, it is a result of systematic failure to regulate and properly fund and support it,” said Unifor Media Director Randy Kitt.

“There may be a reluctance from foreign streamers to cooperate with these initiatives, but they have a responsibility to Canadians to contribute to the Canadian broadcasting system in a meaningful way, since they profit from it. It is essential the Commission and the government have a strong resolve against these American streaming giants.”

Unifor represents more than 10,000 media workers, including 5,000 members in the broadcast and film industries.

Unifor is Canada’s largest union in the private sector, representing 320,000 workers in every major area of the economy. The union advocates for all working people and their rights, fights for equality and social justice in Canada and abroad and strives to create progressive change for a better future.

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INVT at DCW Asia 2026: Power and Cooling for Higher-Density Data Centers

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SINGAPORE, Oct. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — INVT showcased integrated power and liquid cooling solutions at Data Centre World Asia 2026, held September 29–30 in Singapore. The display highlighted how coordinated power distribution, thermal management and infrastructure planning can help data centers accommodate growing AI workloads.

For operators across Asia, the challenge is preparing existing facilities and new projects for greater computing demand while balancing deployment efficiency, reliability and return on investment.

Coordinating Power and Cooling

INVT presented its full modular data centerportfolio, including single-row, dual-row and containerized solutions, alongside the iTalent Liquid-Cooled Modular Data Center. The iTalent system integrates liquid-cooled cabinets, power distribution, intelligent monitoring and secondary-loop piping within a pre-engineered module to simplify on-site integration.

For new facilities and phased expansions, these solutions support coordinated planning that considers deployment requirements, initial investment and long-term operating costs.

The iTalent system incorporates INVT’s coolant distribution unit (CDU) technology, featuring redundant pumps, leak detection, and real-time temperature and pressure monitoring. Standalone CDU options support gradual liquid cooling adoption, enabling upgrades around existing heat-rejection capacity, piping conditions and IT requirements.

Megawatt-Class Power Per Cabinet

INVT also presented its RM modular UPS, with capacities from 100 to 1200 kVA, and a 150 kW power module in a compact 3U form factor, with double-conversion efficiency of up to 98.3%.

The compact design helps optimize space utilization, while modular architecture supports capacity additions as IT demand grows, helping operators align investment with deployment stages and reduce initial over-provisioning.

The exhibition connected these product capabilities with practical project decisions: how to introduce liquid cooling, allocate space for power equipment and expand infrastructure as demand develops. This approach supports discussions between operators, consultants and engineering teams before equipment selection and site integration.

Connecting Manufacturing with Project Delivery

“Operators upgrading existing facilities or building new capacity need to consider equipment compatibility, delivery schedules and long-term support,” said Real, INVT’s ASEAN Director. “Our in-house engineering and manufacturing capabilities give project teams direct access to discussions on configurations, interfaces and factory testing, helping address integration requirements early.”

About INVT

Founded in 2002, Shenzhen INVT Electric Co., Ltd. is listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (stock code: 002334). Its data center infrastructure portfolio includes UPS, precision cooling and integrated modular solutions for telecommunications, finance, education and other sectors. INVT’s data center equipment serves customers in more than 120 overseas countries and regions.

Contact:upssales@invt.com

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Hyundai Motor Unveils the All-New TUCSON, Its Boldest SUV

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The all-new TUCSON embodies the “Boldest SUV” vision through its “Art of Steel” design, enhanced hybrid performance and intelligent efficiency, and advanced Pleos Connect infotainment systemA refined, spacious cabin enhances everyday comfort with intuitive controls, flexible storage and available relaxation featuresNext-generation Hybrid System delivers intelligent efficiency, targeting up to 42 mpg while harmonizing fuel economy with dynamic driving performancePleos Connect drives everyday progress with an ever-evolving digital experience, enabled by Gleo AI, an expanding app marketplace, and intuitive UI/UXTUCSON XRT PRO expands adventure capability with Smart Terrain Assist and advanced off-road technologiesHyundai premieres the all-new TUCSON globally against the Manhattan skyline, showcasing the vehicle’s progressive spirit and reinforcing its position as a global SUV icon.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Hyundai Motor Company today unveiled the all-new TUCSON, introducing its boldest SUV ever, which combines the “Art of Steel” design philosophy, hybrid performance enhanced by intelligent efficiency, and the advanced Pleos Connect next-generation infotainment system.

The all-new TUCSON made its world premiere against the iconic backdrop of the Manhattan skyline in New York City, underscoring Hyundai Motor’s confidence in its best-selling global SUV. The dynamic urban venue reflected the vehicle’s progressive spirit, celebrating TUCSON’s rich heritage as a global market leader while signaling a new era of versatile mobility.

Designed for ultimate versatility, the all-new TUCSON seamlessly transitions from sophisticated daily commutes to rugged weekend getaways. Guided by the “Art of Steel” design philosophy, it combines muscular exterior styling with a purposeful, tech-forward interior. Alongside the standard model, the debut of the rugged TUCSON XRT PRO further elevates its off-road capability. Integrated with Pleos Connect featuring Gleo AI, an advanced Next-generation Hybrid System, and Hyundai’s first Smart Terrain Assist (STA), the all-new TUCSON lineup empowers customers with confidence and elevated convenience across diverse lifestyles and life stages.

“Millions of families around the world count on the Hyundai TUCSON, and this is the best one we have ever built,” said José Muñoz, President and CEO, Hyundai Motor Company. “Its combination of bold design, generous cabin space, seamless infotainment, and available hybrid efficiency sets a new standard for what customers should expect in this segment. TUCSON opens the most ambitious product offensive in our history, including more than 100 new and refreshed vehicles globally by 2030 — 58 in North America alone.”

[Explore The all-new TUCSON in Detail]

Watch the official all-new TUCSON launch film on Hyundai Worldwide’s YouTube channel. Discover key highlights about the all-new TUCSON [Link].

More information about Hyundai Motor and its products can be found at:
https://www.hyundai.com/worldwide/en/ or Newsroom: Media Hub by Hyundai

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Nuix Takes to Sibos 2026 to help Financial Institutions Turn Complex Data into Financial Crime Intelligence

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MIAMI, Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Nuix, a global leader in investigative analytics and intelligence software, was at Sibos 2026 in Miami, where the company showcased how its Nuix Neo platform helps financial institutions uncover financial crime, build evidence, defensibly support prosecution and enable justice from within complex, unstructured data.

Up to 90% of enterprise data is unstructured, including emails, documents, chat, counterparty data, transaction records, case files, and voice, that conventional systems cannot read, meaning critical risk signals could be missed. While the financial services industry continues to invest heavily in artificial intelligence (AI), Nuix is drawing attention to a more fundamental challenge: ensuring the data underpinning those investments is complete, accessible, reliable and connected.

“AI is only as good as the data beneath it, and in complex financial crime investigations seeing and connecting all evidence is critical,” said Chris Stephenson, Head of Industry Advocacy at Nuix.

Nuix Neo is an integrated, AI-enabled, unstructured data intelligence platform with a patented data processing engine that can extract information from complex data, processing over 1,000 file types with forensic precision, at a binary level. Deterministic natural language processing classifies and risk scores the data, while the platform’s semantic search capabilities surface relevant documents based on meaning and context, across languages. Each step in the workflow seamlessly filters, minimizes, curates and prioritizes the data to reduce manual data review and optimize investigative outcomes. Every action is recorded at the point of processing rather than reconstructed afterwards, so an institution can show a regulator, a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) or a court how a conclusion was reached.

Nuix has integrated decision intelligence and graph analytics capabilities from its acquisition of Linkurious, into Nuix Neo to help financial crime teams visualize relationships across accounts, people, organizations and transactions. This allows analysts to explore how those entities are connected and identify sophisticated patterns across complex networks at scale.

“Financial crime teams are not short of alerts; they are short of certainty. When data is fragmented, unstructured, and complex, the work becomes piecing it together with the wider context to build a full picture. We do that part, so the team’s hours go to the risk that matters and the decision is explainable and defensible end to end,” said Stephenson.

“Once you can see the network, you can investigate the risk in context,” said Stephenson. “With Nuix Neo analysts can follow a counterparty across accounts, jurisdictions and years of transaction history, and then show a regulator exactly how they got there.”

Financial crime compliance teams can investigate the counterparty relationships, transaction patterns and connections that can be difficult to identify through traditional tabular analysis. They can analyze multi-hop relationships, overlay external enrichment sources and corporate registries to uncover sophisticated criminal schemes. Analysts can triage with confidence, and years of historical transaction data can be reprocessed to surface patterns earlier models missed.

Explainable, Defensible AI

Nuix Neo’s responsible AI architecture incorporates deterministic scoring to drive explainable, auditable, and defensible outcomes. Organizations can also connect their own approved large language models with Nuix Neo’s BYO-AI capability, maintaining data sovereignty and audit trails. As with any Gen AI capability, outputs remain probabilistic and must be verified against source material and are intended to support, not replace, the judgment of qualified investigators, analysts, reviewers, and legal professionals.

About Nuix
Nuix is a leading provider of investigative analytics and intelligence software, that empowers customers to be a force for good by finding truth in the digital world. We help customers collect, process and review large amounts of structured and unstructured data, making it searchable and actionable at scale and speed, with forensic accuracy.
For further information, please visit nuix.com

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