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CivicPlus® Partners with Allyant® to Empower Local Governments with PDF Accessibility Remediation

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The partnership aims to deliver a comprehensive suite of PDF accessibility software and remediation solutions, supporting local governments in achieving inclusivity and compliance for their digital documents.

MANHATTAN, Kan., July 16, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — In a significant move to promote digital inclusivity, CivicPlus®, a leader in public sector SaaS technology solutions, announced a strategic partnership with Allyant®, the global leader in accessibility software and solutions. The partnership will provide CivicPlus’ local government customers with a comprehensive suite of PDF accessibility software and remediation technology, ensuring compliance with ADA standards and enhancing the accessibility of digital documents.

The CivicPlus and Allyant partnership aims to empower government entities to deliver accessible electronic documents while ensuring ongoing compliance with accessibility standards.

Earlier in 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a rule concerning criteria and technical requirements under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), including accessibility compliance requirements for digital documents hosted by government entities. CivicPlus has chosen Allyant as its premier software partner for PDF accessibility to ensure that its customers can offer inclusive digital document experiences for all community members and take steps to fulfill the requirements mandated by the DOJ.

“We are proud to support CivicPlus in its commitment to accessibility and dedication to product and solution innovation,” stated Ariel Kunar, Chief Executive Officer at Allyant. “Allyant has a long history of working with governments on comprehensive accessibility initiatives—this partnership ensures that CivicPlus’ local government customers can provide inclusive digital document experiences for all constituents.”

CivicPlus and Allyant are dedicated to supporting governments in meeting ADA compliance and fostering inclusivity for all digital users. This partnership aims to empower government entities to deliver accessible electronic documents while ensuring ongoing compliance with accessibility standards. It will provide premier benefits to local governments, including cities, counties, and special districts, such as:

The Allyant CommonLook Suite of Solutions: A comprehensive software suite that offers options for an Adobe Acrobat plugin for cost-effective and reliable compliance with WCAG, PDF/UA, and Section 508 standards, and a tool for effortlessly creating accessible PDFs from Microsoft Word and PowerPoint documents.Legacy PDF Remediation: Local governments will have access to advanced remediation services to update and fix legacy PDFs, maintaining ongoing accessibility and adherence to compliance standards.Training and Support: Government staff will receive specialized training to independently manage and produce accessible documents, promoting self-sufficiency and ongoing compliance.

“At CivicPlus, we recognize the criticality of comprehensive digital document accessibility in local government in all its facets,” said CivicPlus Chief Executive Officer, Brian Rempe. “The public sector’s heavy reliance on PDFs for agendas, meeting minutes, public records, applications, and other resident-facing communications and services means those documents must be consumable by people with visual and other impairments. Allyant shares our vision of bringing the public sector integrated, intuitive, and easily adoptable PDF document remediation solutions, and we are pleased to partner with them to add their industry-leading solution to our Web Accessibility solution suite.”

Visit CivicPlus.com for more information about the partnership and how local governments can achieve PDF document inclusivity and compliance.

About CivicPlus

CivicPlus is a trusted technology company dedicated to empowering government staff and powering exceptional digital experiences for residents. With a comprehensive suite of solutions that combine to form the Modern Civic Experience Platform, we strive to create one-stop, frictionless interactions that delight residents and help staff collaborate and work efficiently. As a result, government administrations that choose CivicPlus realize greater trust and satisfaction among their community members.

Backed by over 25 years of experience and leveraging the insights of more than 850 team members, our solutions are chosen by over 10,000 global entities and are used daily by over 340 million people in the U.S. and Canada alone. For more information, please visit www.civicplus.com.

About Allyant

Allyant is the global leader in providing comprehensive accessibility solutions. The company enables organizations of all sizes, industries, and locations to deliver fully compliant, accessible communications, support people with disabilities, and ensure equitable access to information for all. The world’s most prominent organizations, spanning financial services, government, healthcare, education, and more, trust their accessibility initiatives to Allyant.

Allyant’s software suite streamlines accessibility compliance, allowing organizations to create, manage, audit, and automate the creation of digital documents effortlessly. The company also offers digital and web accessibility services that empower organizations to achieve digital inclusivity and compliance. Furthermore, Allyant’s print services division provides secure and compliant accessible statements, educational materials, and more, ensuring inclusivity in vital enterprise documents, government communications, and learning resources. For more information, visit www.Allyant.com.

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Jessica Marabell, CivicPlus, 1 888-228-2233, marabella@civicplus.com, www.CivicPlus.com

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Trip.com Group Sincerely Accepts Administrative Penalty Decision Issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation of the People’s Republic of China

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SINGAPORE, July 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Trip.com Group Limited (Nasdaq: TCOM; HKEX: 9961) today announced that it has received the administrative penalty decision issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation of the People’s Republic of China.

Trip.com Group sincerely accepts the decision and will adopt rectification measures in accordance with applicable laws and regulations to implement the decision’s requirements. The Company will strengthen its long-term governance mechanisms and strive to contribute to the sustainable development of the travel industry.

Trip.com Group’s management team will host a conference call at 8:00 AM U.S. Eastern Time on July 27, 2026 (or 8:00 PM Hong Kong Time on July 27, 2026).

The conference call will be available on Webcast live at: http://investors.trip.com.

All participants must pre-register to join this conference call using the participant registration link below:
https://register-conf.media-server.com/register/BIb78e08d8f18340c4882a7e4ab961906b.

Upon registration, each participant will receive details for this conference call, including dial-in numbers and a unique access PIN. To join the conference, please dial the number provided, enter your PIN, and you will join the conference instantly.

For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations
Trip.com Group Limited
Email: iremail@trip.com

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NAVER Partners with Brookfield and NVIDIA to Expand Korea’s National AI Factory Infrastructure Buildout

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SAN FRANCISCO, July 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — NAVER, Brookfield and NVIDIA announced an expansion of Korea’s sovereign AI factory infrastructure. New investments will increase the initial NVIDIA DSX™ AI factory deployment from 55 megawatts to 200 megawatts.

Announced during Korea President Jae Myung Lee’s AI Summit visit to San Francisco, the planned 200-megawatt expansion will be built with the NVIDIA DSX platform at NAVER’s GAK Sejong hyperscale data center in Sejong, South Korea. The expanded infrastructure will provide Korea- and U.S.- based AI innovators with access to production-scale AI compute for building next-generation models, agents and AI-powered services.

Under the terms of the agreements, Brookfield will fund up to $9 billion as the exclusive capital partner, NVIDIA will invest $1 billion and NAVER will fund the remaining amount to finance the $10 billion project.

This builds on NAVER’s June announcement to extend its GAK Sejong data center with NVIDIA DSX, with a long-term path to gigawatt-scale sovereign AI infrastructure serving Korea’s enterprises, industries, government organizations and global AI cloud customers. Combining Brookfield’s capital with NVIDIA’s computing platform, the investment supports NAVER’s AI factory deployment.

“NVIDIA’s strategic investment and our infrastructure supply agreement with Brookfield have propelled NAVER’s vision for the AI Factory business into a robust execution phase,” said Haejin Lee, Founder and Chairman of NAVER. “Leveraging the solid partnerships with our global partners, we will drive technological innovation, foster a sovereign AI ecosystem, and spearhead efforts to strengthen South Korea’s AI competitiveness.” 

AI Factory Expansion and Open Model Collaboration to Fuel AI Innovators

NAVER, as an NVIDIA Cloud Partner, provides deep expertise in operating hyperscale infrastructure powered by the full-stack NVIDIA AI platform. The 200-megawatt AI factory, featuring NVIDIA Vera Rubin and Blackwell platforms, will establish a dedicated resource pool for emerging AI companies, providing the compute, software and support needed to develop and deploy competitive AI models and applications at scale.

This expanded infrastructure also builds on NAVER and NVIDIA’s collaboration on open model development for agentic and physical AI. NAVER is advancing its HyperCLOVA X models to be based on NVIDIA Nemotron™ 3 Ultra open models with its proprietary data and training expertise. NAVER is also the first Korean company to join the NVIDIA Nemotron Coalition, contributing to open model development across pretraining, post-training and reinforcement learning.

NAVER plans to launch an AI agent platform in Korea in the second half of the year, powered by NVIDIA Agent Toolkit software including NVIDIA NemoClaw™ blueprints. NAVER is also developing a Seoul World Model using proprietary urban street-view and spatial modeling data, built on NVIDIA Cosmos™ world foundation models.

About NAVER

Founded in 1999, NAVER is Korea’s largest Internet company and one of the world’s top tech companies. Leading cutting-edge technologies, NAVER operates the No.1 search engine in Korea and holds various business portfolios encompassing commerce, fintech, cloud, AI and robotics.

NAVER recorded sales of KRW 12.04 trillion (USD 8.18 billion) in 2025. TEAM NAVER continues to enhance its business portfolio and expand its global presence across Japan, North America, and Europe, while pursuing innovation through continuous research and development in future technologies.

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Beijing Review: Walking Through Time: China and U.S. Youths Explore Dali’s Past and Future

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BEIJING, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On July 17, a China-U.S. youth delegation came to Dali of Yunnan Province. By examining how Dali’s rich history intersects with modern development, the delegates explored new pathways for rural development.

They visited Dali Old Town, tried their hand at making the Bai people’s Three-Course Tea and also explored the ancient town of Xizhou, where they learned how modern tourism and indigenous life coexist.

In Yunnanyi Village, they explored its history as a stop along the Tea Horse Road and learned about the role it played during the Second World War (WWII).

Tyler James Smith

“I think it’s a very underappreciated part of World War II history. Hearing these stories of different countries working together despite cultural differences is incredibly inspiring.

I also think there are many stories like these that haven’t been widely told, simply because World War II is such a complex period in history. That’s why I think it’s so meaningful to visit museums like this and experience these stories firsthand.”

At Xiangyun Economic and Technological Development Zone, they visited a local new energy company to see how green, low-carbon development is driving regional growth.

Valerie Marie

“I recently started studying energy transitions. I know China has been really big in the renewable energy sector. So actually getting to hear more about [China’s] 2060 [pledge], learning more about carbon neutrality [goals], as well as other zero-carbon goals, was cool.”

During their stay in Dali, they also strolled along the Erhai Lake Ecological Corridor.

Bai Yiwen

“I’d describe this journey as “to be continued,” because my own connection with Yunnan is far from over. For the U.S. delegates, this was only their first visit, so they’ve only had a glimpse of what Yunnan has to offer. I hope they will have more opportunities to come back to China, explore other cities in Yunnan, and discover even more of its people, culture and traditions.”

After Dali, the delegates will visit Beijing for more tours and exchanges. The event was co-hosted by China International Communications Group (CICG) Center for the Americas and the U.S.-based International Student Conferences.

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