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Texas A&M Health and BurstIQ Partner to Revolutionize Clinical Genomics Research

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo., July 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Texas A&M Health and BurstIQ, a leader in advanced data management, today announced a partnership to leverage LifeGraph®, a graph-powered, end-to-end data management platform, to transform clinical research. This collaboration aims to enhance patient and researcher interactions while ensuring the highest standards of patient privacy and data rights.

LifeGraph is set to revolutionize Texas A&M Health’s PROVENANCE clinicogenomics registry programs by empowering all data stakeholders, including researchers, institutional stewards, and patients. Through privacy-preserving techniques, dynamic consent, and federated learning approaches, LifeGraph helps Texas A&M Health mitigate the risks and challenges associated with relying solely on deidentification methods for genomic data governance. This innovative solution ensures a secure and efficient data management system for all involved parties.

Texas A&M Health is leveraging LifeGraph to create a comprehensive patient profile – a LifeGraph – that combines patient and population medical data with genomics, social determinants of health, real-world data, ambient data, and knowledge bases such as ClinGen and PharmGKB. This holistic view will empower researchers with the real-world, contextualized data they need to discover new insights and build computational models for superior clinical decision support. The next-gen collaborative research network will provide external researchers and patients alike with the ability to access research studies that benefit them and make more informed decisions about their participation in genomic research. Ultimately, **Texas A&M Health** aims to strengthen patient-researcher agency in data governance, increase access and trust for underrepresented individuals, accelerate the scale of clinicogenomic research, and enhance the implementation of precision medicine tools, thereby improving patient outcomes and offering a hopeful future for healthcare.

“LifeGraph provides a unique foundation for a modern, data-driven, and scalable approach to collaborative genomics research,” said Rick Silva, PhD, Executive Director of Clinical, Translational, and Industry Collaborations at Texas A&M Health’s Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Center for Precision and Genomic Medicine. “By securely linking clinical and non-clinical data in knowledge graphs and allowing patients to make informed decisions about participating in clinical research across time and the patient journey, we can better support patients, institutional data stewards, and enable researchers to derive more value from data. Now we can harness the power of real-world data to transform clinicogenomics research.”

“We are incredibly excited to partner with Texas A&M Health on this revolutionary initiative,” expressed Frank Ricotta, CEO at BurstIQ. “LifeGraph’s secure handling of sensitive healthcare data opens up new possibilities for transforming research and positively impacting the lives of patients.”

This project will also explore the long-term goal of developing a secure system for sharing this data with external collaborators, ultimately aiming to improve healthcare for all.

About Texas A&M Health

Texas A&M Health is a comprehensive health science center that encompasses five schools: the School of Medicine, the School of Nursing, the Rangel School of Pharmacy, the School of Public Health, and the School of Dentistry. With a mission to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities through transformational education, innovative research, and impactful service, Texas A&M Health is dedicated to advancing the future of health care and preparing the next generation of health professionals.

The Institute of Biosciences & Technology is a premier research institute within Texas A&M Health, located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston. The institute focuses on cutting-edge research in areas such as precision medicine, genomics, and biotechnology. It aims to translate scientific discoveries into real-world applications to improve health outcomes. The Institute of Biosciences & Technology fosters collaboration among scientists, clinicians, and industry partners to drive innovation and address critical health challenges.

About BurstIQ

LifeGraph® by BurstIQ revolutionizes organizational data with advanced data management, privacy-enhancing technology, and knowledge graphs. The platform transforms data into a powerful asset, eliminating silos and providing a single, secure source of truth. LifeGraph reveals hidden connections within complex data sets, enabling easier analysis, insightful collaboration, and innovative decision-making. Organizations leverage LifeGraph to modernize legacy data repositories, driving value and fostering a culture of innovation for the future.

For more information about how LifeGraph can help you make data your superpower, please connect with us here.

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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:
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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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