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VANCOUVER, BC, June 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — USA News Group – The world is changing rapidly thanks to artificial intelligence (AI), with what’s being called the Transformative AI era which comes with great benefits and also potential dangers. The economic impacts are global, with a new report from The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) urging central banks to adapt rapidly to AI advances. Now it’s become apparent how important it is for companies to understand how to harness the full potential of GenAI to secure strategic revenue growth in the coming years. The surge of AI’s usefulness is accelerating innovation in R&D, while behind the scenes tech companies are advancing the infrastructure required to keep this revolution going, including new developments from Avant Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: AVAI), Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN), Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL), and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN).

Known for pioneering advancements in AI, Avant Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: AVAI) has persistently refined and expanded its premier offering, Avant AI™. This sophisticated AI platform, celebrated for its machine learning and deep learning capabilities, is the culmination of Avant’s efforts to deliver unprecedented and cost-effective compute infrastructure that unlocks the full potential of AI and ushers in a new era of technological advancement. 

“There is a real unmet need as rapid growth across the entirety of the AI and big data industries is outpacing the necessary infrastructure for an industry that demands exponential power and capacity while remaining cost effective,” said Avant’s CEO William Hisey in a recent address of progress on AI supercomputer-driven data centers. “Avant’s ‘edge-native’ approach doesn’t rely on cloud-based services so we can offer AI and big data companies many advantages over the more familiar ‘cloud-native’ approach, including, reduced latency, improved security and privacy, increased scalability, and reduced costs.”

In a recent strategic development, Avant entered into a Binding Letter of Intent (BLOI) with Flow Wave, LLC (FW), a prominent Florida-based firm specializing in immersible computer server technology. This agreement allows Avant to acquire up to 50 cutting-edge immersible computer servers from FW, in a transaction valued at $50 million.

“By integrating proprietary machine learning algorithms with open-source innovations into these servers, Avant is developing a highly intelligent system designed to optimize resource allocation, enhance performance, and drive unprecedented levels of efficiency and automation,” said Hisey.  “This marks the beginning of a new era for Avant Technologies, positioning us at the forefront of the supercomputer-driven data center industry and setting new standards for managing and storing AI applications.”

Flow Wave Immersible AI Supercomputer Servers are engineered for demanding AI and machine learning applications, delivering powerful processing capabilities that accelerate data analysis. Their cutting-edge cooling system is both energy-efficient and cost-effective, reducing environmental impact. These servers’ compact design facilitates easy installation in space-constrained data centers, and their robust construction ensures longevity and lower maintenance requirements.

In response to digital era challenges, Avant intends to acquire up to 50 of these high-performance servers. Their superior cooling technology boosts performance while conserving energy, aligning with Avant’s goal of providing top-tier AI infrastructure and maximizing efficiency. Additional details about the acquisition will be shared once the final agreement is secured.

In Q3 2024, Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN) brought in over $900 million in new Generative AI bookings, for a total of $2 billion fiscal year-to-date. Despite missing its overall earnings targets, the market responded by sending its shares upward.

“We achieved strong new bookings of over $21 billion, up 22% over last year, and continued to accelerate our strategy to be the reinvention partner of choice, with another 23 clients with quarterly bookings of over $100 million, bringing the total of such bookings to 92 year-to-date,” said Julie Sweet, Chair and CEO of Accenture. “We also achieved two significant milestones this quarter — with $2 billion in Generative AI sales year-to-date and $500 million in revenue year-to-date — which demonstrate our early lead in this critical technology.”

Back in May, Accenture took steps to help its clients to scale their Generative AI responsibly.

“Clients are eager to embrace the potential of generative AI, and we are ready to help them build responsible AI into every use,” said Sweet. “We do this for ourselves, and we can use that example to help our clients find success faster. Our focus is to enable our clients to innovate AI safely and be ready to seize the opportunities that AI will bring in the decades ahead.”

Recently, the cloud-based security solution provider Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET) unveiled the general availability of its AI Gateway platform. Marketed as a comprehensive interface for managing and scaling generative AI workloads, the platform has transitioned from its beta phase, which started in September 2023, to full client use after successfully handling over 500 million requests.

This launch coincides with Cloudflare’s announcement of a partnership with Hugging Face, a leading platform for AI developers. The collaboration offers a one-click global deployment for AI applications via the Workers AI platform, now also generally available. As the first serverless inference partner integrated on the Hugging Face Hub, this allows developers to deploy AI models quickly, easily, and cost-effectively on a global scale, without the need for managing infrastructure or paying for unused compute capacity.

“Workers AI is one of the most affordable and accessible solutions to run inference,” said Matthew Prince, CEO and co-founder, Cloudflare. “With Hugging Face and Cloudflare both deeply aligned in our efforts to democratize AI in a simple, affordable way, we’re giving developers the freedom and agility to choose a model and scale their AI apps from zero to global in an instant.”

In the education space, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) through Google, is bringing new AI tools to Google Workspace for teen students using their school accounts to help them learn responsibly and confidently in an AI-first future, and empowering educators with new tools to help create great learning experiences.

“In the coming months, we’re making Gemini available to teen students that meet our minimum age requirements while using their Google Workspace for Education accounts in English in over 100 countries around the world, free of charge for all education institutions,” said Google in a blog post. “To ensure schools are always in control, Gemini will be off by default for teens until admins choose to turn it on as an Additional Service in the Admin console.”

Google has also developed a number of resources and trainings to help students, parents and educators use generative AI tools responsibly and effectively, including a video on how teens can responsibly use AI while learning.

After recently hitting a $2-trillion valuation, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) continues to be a big player in the AI space. Now it’s reportedly working on its own AI chatbot that some say might be smarter than ChatGPT, named Metis, which will generate answers by grabbing info from the internet.

Metis is driven by an internal Amazon AI model known as Olympus, drawing inspiration from Greek mythology. According to sources, Olympus is a more advanced version of Amazon’s publicly available Titan model.

Amazon’s CEO Andy Jassy has noted that nearly every division within the company is engaged in some form of AI project. As a pioneer in cloud computing, Amazon has been developing machine learning, a subset of AI, for many years. Jassy recently announced that Amazon’s AI initiatives are projected to generate over $1 billion in annual revenue, with expectations of driving “tens of billions of dollars” in sales in the coming years.

However, Amazon has lagged in the realm of consumer AI assistants. An internal document from last year highlighted that Amazon “does not have a publicly or internally available product that looks and works exactly like ChatGPT.”

According to a source reported by Business Insider, the tentative launch date for Metis is September, right around the time when Amazon is set to host a big Alexa event, although the timeline could still change.

Source: https://usanewsgroup.com/2023/10/26/unlocking-the-trillion-dollar-ai-market-what-investors-need-to-know/

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Chiang Rai Times Awarded “Best South East Asia News Media Platform 2026”

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CHIANG RAI, Thailand, June 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Chiang Rai Times is proud to announce that it has been named the “Best South East Asia News Media Platform 2026” by APAC Insider. This award recognizes the independent news outlet’s ongoing commitment to delivering high-quality, accessible journalism to readers in Northern Thailand, the wider ASEAN region, and across the globe.

Since its launch in 2007, the Chiang Rai Times has grown from a local English-language news portal into a trusted regional platform. It provides daily coverage of politics, business, social events, and tourism, while remaining a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the public.

“We are incredibly honored to receive this recognition,” said Anna Wong, the Editor-in-Chief of the Chiang Rai Times. “This award is a testament to our hardworking team of journalists and contributors who strive to provide clear, reliable news every single day.

We set out to give English-speaking residents and international readers a clear window into our region, and to be recognized on a Southeast Asian stage is a huge milestone for us.”

The 2026 award highlights several of the platform’s key achievements:

Expanded Regional Coverage: Delivering timely, accurate updates on regional development, trade, and cultural shifts across Southeast Asia.Digital Reach: Adapting to modern reading habits by bringing clear, straightforward news to readers across web and social media channels.Community Focus: Continuing to champion local business, tourism, and social causes in Chiang Rai and Northern Thailand.

As the media landscape continues to change, the Chiang Rai Times remains dedicated to its core mission: sharing reliable, independent news using clear and simple language, so that everyone can stay informed.

For more information, or to read the latest updates, please visit www.chiangraitimes.com.

About the Chiang Rai Times:

Established in 2007, the Chiang Rai Times is an independent, non-profit English-language online newspaper based in Chiang Rai, Thailand. It shares local, national, and international news, providing expatriates, tourists, and the local community with the information they want to know in a timely, easy-to-read format.

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Rice’s Baker Institute launches Eastern Mediterranean Energy Center with US Department of Energy

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HOUSTON, June 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Watch launch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxNITPw8yJg&t=3s

Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy welcomed dignitaries from the United States, Cyprus, Greece and Israel June 11 to mark the launch of the Eastern Mediterranean Energy Center (EMEC), a new initiative focused on advancing energy security, regional stability and international collaboration.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright with the Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Cyprus Michael Damianos, Minister of Environment and Energy for Greece Stavros Papastavrou, Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter and Rice President Reginald DesRoches signed a declaration of intent to establish EMEC. The agreement establishes a framework for cooperation among the four nations and advances a key initiative envisioned in the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act of 2019.

As the Eastern Mediterranean has become increasingly important to the future of the global energy markets and energy security, basing EMEC in Houston, connects regional expertise with a global ecosystem to create new opportunities for research, dialogue and collaboration that extend far beyond national borders.

As one of the nation’s leading research universities, Rice is uniquely positioned at the intersection of academic excellence and energy leadership. Located in Houston, the energy capital of the world, the university has long approached complex global challenges through a combination of interdisciplinary research, international partnerships and practical solutions that inform policy and action, DesRoches said.

“That philosophy was reflected in our strategic plan, Momentous, which prioritizes cutting edge research and partnerships across academia, industry and government to create resilient, efficient and secure energy systems,” DesRoches said. “Today’s launch is a powerful example of that commitment, drawing on the Baker Institute’s internationally recognized expertise in energy markets and policy and its ability to convene leaders to address complex global challenges.

“For decades, the Baker Institute’s Center for Energy Studies has earned international recognition for bringing together rigorous scholarship, thoughtful policy analysis and leaders from across the energy sector to tackle some of the world’s most consequential energy challenges. Its reputation for objective, data-driven research and convening diverse perspectives makes it an ideal place for this new center to flourish.”

Through the partnership, the center will play an important role in advancing energy security, regional stability and technological cooperation among the United States, Greece, Cyprus and Israel. EMEC aims to foster innovation, research and policy analysis to enhance energy infrastructure and connectivity, which can provide not only the potential for new energy projects but stabilization of an important region.

“This is a dynamic field,” said David Satterfield, director of the Baker Institute and former U.S. ambassador to Turkey and Lebanon. “The East Med has enormous further potential, not just for development but for coordination of development. It is a positive thing for energy, it’s a positive thing for industry, for all of the three states represented here today. It’s good for the region in a geopolitical sense as well. It provides a stabilization based upon the pragmatic and integrated development and distribution of energy resources, and that is a very good thing indeed. The Center for Energy Studies, which Ken Medlock heads here, has long been a leader not just in the United States but globally in discussion of policy issues, including the East Med. We are delighted to be able to deepen our engagement on all of this.”

The partnership will support collaboration on shared priorities including natural gas development, U.S. LNG infrastructure, energy transportation networks, grid reliability, critical infrastructure resilience and emerging technologies. It will also facilitate scientific and technical exchanges, research partnerships, workforce development initiatives and engagement with industry stakeholders.

“We need to use commerce to suppress and surpass conflict — that is the way to bring nations together in geopolitical tensions between countries,” Wright said. “You think of it as zero sum, there’s a winner and a loser, and both sides want to be the winner. Ultimately, one side will be the winner, one side will be the loser. Maybe more objectively, both sides lose, but one loses more than the other. In commerce, it’s entirely different, and commerce is voluntary exchange. It only happens when there’s winners on both sides. So when you build, you develop energy and you build energy distribution infrastructure, you bring countries, you bring people together. The three founding nations here and their leadership are all friends of mine and passionate in this mission. They not only want to develop energy to bring better opportunities to their people, but they wanted to bring those three nations together, and all of their neighbors as well, and use commerce to suppress and surpass conflict. These are generational investments.”

The Center for Energy Studies provides data-driven and politically neutral insights on the role of economics, policy and regulation in the performance and evolution of energy markets across the globe. As the No. 1 university-affiliated think tank in the world, the Baker Institute conducts rigorous, data-driven research on critical foreign and domestic issues in order to offer essential data and nonpartisan analysis to inform policymaking and private sector efforts. Learn more at the institute’s website.

About Rice University

Located on a 300-acre forested campus in Houston, Texas, Rice University is consistently ranked among the nation’s top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has highly respected schools of architecture, business, continuing studies, engineering and computing, humanities and arts, music, natural sciences and social sciences and is home to the Baker Institute for Public Policy and Kinder Institute for Urban Research. Internationally, the university maintains the Rice Global Paris Center, a hub for innovative collaboration, research and inspired teaching located in the heart of Paris, and Rice Global India in Bengaluru, India. With 4,793 undergraduates and 4,185 graduate students, Rice’s undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio is just under 6-to-1. Its residential college system builds close-knit communities and lifelong friendships, just one reason why Rice is ranked in the top 10 for best quality of life by the Princeton Review.

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Blissful Essence Introduces Springfield’s First EXOMIND Treatment, Expanding Access to Innovative Wellness and Aesthetic Care

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New wellness destination combines advanced brain health technology with aesthetic and restorative therapies

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., June 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Blissful Essence Wellness Center today announced the launch of its comprehensive wellness and aesthetics center in Springfield, bringing the area’s first EXOMIND treatment to the community while offering a range of services designed to support both physical and emotional well-being.

EXOMIND by BTL is a noninvasive brain stimulation technology designed to support mental health, emotional regulation and cognitive performance. Using magnetic pulses to stimulate targeted areas of the brain, EXOMIND offers an innovative option for individuals seeking alternatives or complements to traditional treatments.

“As both a psychiatric provider and advocate for whole-person wellness, I’ve seen how closely mental and physical health are connected,” said Dr. Hitekshya Nepal, MD, psychiatrist and co-owner of Blissful Essence. “We’re excited to introduce Springfield to EXOMIND and provide our community with access to advanced therapies that help people feel better, think more clearly and improve their quality of life.”

Blissful Essence is currently the only provider of EXOMIND in Springfield. In addition to EXOMIND, the center offers technology for body contouring, fat reduction and pain treatment; red light therapy; IV hormone and vitamin therapy; injectables and fillers; and GLP-1 weight loss treatments.

“Our vision for Blissful Essence has always been to create a destination where patients can invest in every aspect of their well-being,” said Dr. Tola Danmole-Odimayo, DNP and co-owner of Blissful Essence. “Whether someone is looking to improve mental wellness, enhance their appearance or optimize their health, we’re proud to offer innovative solutions in one welcoming environment.”

Blissful Essence was established as an extension of TH Mental Health Services to address the growing demand for integrated wellness and aesthetic care. By combining evidence-based treatments with personalized attention, the practice empowers patients to look and feel their best from the inside out.

To celebrate the launch, Blissful Essence is hosting a ribbon cutting and launch event on Monday, June 29, from 2 to 7 p.m. at 2041 W Iles Ave, Springfield. Community members are invited to demo EXOMIND, tour the facility, meet the providers and take advantage of exclusive event-only pricing on select services. The event will also feature raffle prizes, giveaways and refreshments. Guests can RSVP by calling (217) 718-2910. Learn more about Blissful Essence at blissfulessencewellness.com.

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