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UST Announces the Global Winners of D3CODE Hackathon 2024

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Global Hackathon held in five countries – India, USA, UK, Mexico, and Malaysia.Achieved an exceptional response with over 7000 registrations and 800+ idea submissions globally.Winners received $10,000, while regional hackathon winners won $5000 as prize money.

PENANG, Malaysia, Oct. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, has announced the winners of its fourth edition of D3CODE, a hackathon event for participants in five countries – India, the USA, the UK, Mexico, and Malaysia. The competition witnessed overwhelming participation, with over 7,000 registrations and 800 ideas submitted across locations.

This year’s theme, ‘Scale,’ called for scalable solutions to create a positive impact by addressing issues of social impact such as education, health, poverty, and environmental sustainability. Each country initially held the hackathons, and the winning teams from each nation advanced to compete in the Grand Finale. A rigorous judging process evaluated the entries based on their originality, potential social impact, scalability of the solution, and user experience, among other factors. Each region qualified five winning teams for the final round, from which we selected one global winner and regional winners.

The winning team received $10,000, while regional hackathon winners will win $5000. UST awarded $2400 each to the teams that received honorary mentions. UST will felicitate the global hackathon winner at its annual global technology conference, D3 (Dream, Develop, and Disrupt), in India. Additionally, the winners may qualify for seed funding to help bring their ideas to the market, backed by UST’s extensive expertise and network.

Speaking on this global initiative, Manu Gopinath, Chief Operating Officer, UST, said, “The purpose of D3CODE is to serve as a platform for innovators in technology to showcase their forward-thinking ideas in creating groundbreaking solutions to address real-world problems with scalable solutions. This year’s hackathon focused not just on the technical prowess of the participants but also on cultivating social responsibility and creating meaningful impacts on society. I congratulate all the winners for their outstanding performances. As we continue to push the boundaries of technological advancements, events like D3CODE remind us of the limitless potential of young minds and their role in shaping a better, more sustainable future.”

The following teams were declared winners of the D3CODE Hackathon 2024:

Global Winner: Leon Kipkoech from Florida National University, Miami, Florida, for ‘Dynamic ASL transcription for Video Platforms’.

India Region Winners:
First Prize: Khusbu Rai and Team from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University New Delhi for ‘Recycle Radar: Turning Waste into Opportunity’.
Second Prize: Akash Jadhav and Team from Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra for ‘AI-Driven Crop Disease Prediction and Management System’.
Third Prize: Roshin R and team from College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala for ‘Employment Portal and Marketplace for Unorganized Workers and Small-Scale Producers’.
Honorary mention: Omkar Deshpande and Team from Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, for ‘Camera-Based Navigation of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs)’.

UK Region Winners: 
First Prize: Salman Fatahillah and Sainsna Demizike from the University of Birmingham, London, UK for ‘SMS-based AI and Behavioral Science-Informed Messaging for Underserved Communities’.

Mexico Region Winners: 
First Prize: Pablo Esteban Murillo Mata and Team from Universidad Tecnológica de León, León, Guanajuato, México for ‘AquaHub’.
Second Prize: Alan Arana Carrillo and Team from Universidad La Salle Bajio for ‘QuantumSim’.
Third Prize: Uriel Mendoza Rodríguez and Team from La Salle Bajío for ‘EcoCity’.

Malaysia Region Winners:
First Prize: Muhammad Shahril Nizam Bin Abdullah and Team from Multimedia University, Kuala Lumpur, for ‘Sentinel AI: Real-Time Violence Detection for Safer Community’.
Second Prize: Muhammad Zul Iman Bin Zul Wizaratain from University Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abddullah, Tasek Gelugor, Penang, for ‘Smart Waste Sorting System with Capacity Monitoring’.
Third Prize: Nawal Izzah Binti Azhar and Team from Universiti teknikal malaysia melaka George Town, Penang for ‘Razzbotics RetroBot: A versatile retrofit kit that transforms any trolley or cart into an autonomous solution’.

D3CODE is one of many exciting events for UST’s D3, a week-long conference with a technology expo. On October 17, 2024, UST’s D3 will take place at the Travancore International Convention Centre in Thiruvananthapuram. It will include a full-day conference featuring renowned speakers and a keynote speech from Krishna Sudheendra, Chief Executive Officer, UST. Other esteemed speakers include Chris Heemskerk, CEO, The Innovation Alliance; T Koshy, MD & CEO, Open Network for Digital Commerce; Dhanniya Venkatasalapathy, Executive Director, Cloud Solutions, Microsoft India; Paul Gladigau, CTO, Equifax; Simon Lister, CIO, Capital One UK; Balaji Narayana, SVP, Technology and Innovation, Chief Technology Officer, CarynHealth; Niranjan Ram, CTO, UST; Andy Morin, Chief Solutions, Architect, UST; Sripathi Jagannathan, Head of Data Engineering, UST.

About UST:

Since 1999, UST has worked side by side with the world’s best companies to make a powerful impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people, and led by our purpose, we partner with our clients from design to operation. Our digital solutions, proprietary platforms, engineering expertise, and innovation ecosystem turn core challenges into impactful, disruptive solutions. With deep industry knowledge and a future-ready mindset, we infuse innovation and agility into our clients’ organizations–delivering measurable value and positive lasting change for them, their customers, and communities around the world. Together, with 30,000+ employees in 30+ countries, we build for boundless impact–touching billions of lives in the process. Visit us at www.UST.com

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Gary Brecka’s The Ultimate Brew opens online orders nationwide after its Sprouts exclusive

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MIAMI, Nov. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Ultimate Brew, the organic mold-free coffee from human biologist Gary Brecka, is now available to order online nationwide at theultimatebrew.com. It follows a three-week exclusive at Sprouts Farmers Market, where the coffee led The Ultimate Human endcap in stores across the country from October 7.

Price is $27.99, with subscription, $25.19 per bag. The three roasts will remain at Sprouts until the current lot sells out.

Tested, lot by lot

A 2024 systematic review of 40 studies worldwide covered 3,256 coffee samples. Ochratoxin A, a toxin produced by mold, was found in 1,778 of them, or 54.6%.[1] It can have no smell. No taste. No visible sign.

Every lot of The Ultimate Brew goes to an independent third-party laboratory and is tested for mycotoxins, pesticides, glyphosate and heavy metals. In the launch lot, mycotoxins and heavy metals came back not detected with pesticides and glyphosate below the laboratory’s reporting limits. A QR code on every bag opens the lab report for that lot.

“Clean should be a claim you can verify. That’s why we test every lot,” said Gary Brecka, founder of The Ultimate Human.

Gary spent more than 20 years analyzing mortality data for the life insurance industry and hosts The Ultimate Human podcast. Mold is personal for him. Hurricanes flooded two homes he and his wife own in Naples, Florida, twice, and the family found mold in their home’s HVAC coils.

He built the coffee after realizing he had never tested the first thing he drinks every morning. “Eventually I realized the coffee I was looking for was the coffee I was going to have to create,” he said on the podcast.

The coffee is released in finite lots. “I’m not sacrificing the standard to keep the shelf full,” Gary said.

The coffee

Three 12 oz whole-bean roasts: Medium, Dark and Espresso. USDA Organic, 100% Arabica, single-origin from Tolima, Colombia, grown at 1,500 to 1,850 meters, washed, and roasted in Miami by La Per’la Coffee Roasters.

About The Ultimate Brew

The Ultimate Brew is organic coffee from Gary Brecka, founder of The Ultimate Human. theultimatebrew.com | @theultimatebrew

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[1] Massahi T. et al., “A worldwide systematic review of ochratoxin A in various coffee products – human exposure and health risk assessment”, Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, 2024;41(12):1594-1610. https://doi.org/10.1080/19440049.2024.2400697

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HitPaw Edimakor Launches 2026 Black Friday Sale with Up to 70% Off!

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NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — HitPaw Edimakor has announced its 2026 Black Friday Sale, running from November 10 to December 11, offering creators up to 70% off selected deals, AI Credits starting at just $14.99, and VIP plans bundled with 2,000 bonus AI Credits. The promotion also features a limited-time Pumpkin Surprise, where participants can randomly unlock either a special VIP bundle or an extra-large discount. Whether creators need AI resources for short-term projects or a long-term editing solution, the sale offers multiple ways to save while exploring Edimakor’s video editing and AI creation capabilities.

Get VIP Benefits and 2,000 AI Credits for Up to 65% Off

Edimakor VIP combines advanced video editing tools and AI creation features in one platform. During the Black Friday Sale, selected VIP bundles include 2,000 bonus AI Credits, which can be used for AI Video Generator, AI Avatar, AI Subtitle, and other supported AI features. Both bundles offer the same VIP benefits and bonus credits, with two subscription options:

Lifetime VIP + 2,000 AI Credits: $139.95 → $48.97 (65% OFF). Pay once for lifetime access, just $14 more than the yearly plan, making it a great long-term value.Yearly VIP + 2,000 AI Credits: $99.95 → $34.97 (65% OFF). Get the same VIP benefits and 2,000 AI Credits at a lower upfront cost with one full year of access.

Save Up to 67% on AI Credits, Starting at Just $14.99

For creators who need more AI generation power, Edimakor also offers discounted AI Credits packages during the Black Friday Sale. These credits support various AI creation features, helping users generate and enhance videos with greater flexibility.

4,000 AI Credits (1 Month): $39.99 → $14.99 ( 63% OFF), $0.0037/credit10,000 AI Credits (1 Month): $59.99 → $22.49 (63% OFF), $0.0022/credit100,000 AI Credits (1 Year): $585.99 → $191.99 (67% OFF), $0.0019/credit

The monthly packages are ideal for occasional AI creation and shorter projects, while the annual 100,000-credit package offers the lowest cost per credit, making it a better-value choice for creators with ongoing AI video production needs.

Shop the Black Friday Deals: Edimakor Black Friday Sale 2026: Save Up to 70% OFF

Unlock Up to 70% Off with the Black Friday Pumpkin Surprise

Looking for an extra surprise this Black Friday? Edimakor’s Pumpkin Surprise brings an exclusive mystery deal, giving participants the chance to unlock a special offer with discounts of up to 70% off. The reward is revealed at random, so you never know what exciting deal awaits. Join the fun and see what surprise you can uncover!

Create More with Edimakor’s Video Editing and AI Tools

Beyond the seasonal offers, Edimakor provides a versatile set of tools for different stages of video production. Users can edit footage on a timeline, add effects and stylized subtitles, generate videos from text or stories, create AI avatars, convert text into speech, and produce AI-generated music.

By bringing traditional editing and AI-powered creation into one workflow, Edimakor helps creators produce content for social media, marketing campaigns, tutorials, and personal projects. Whether users are just starting out or managing a regular content schedule, they can combine these features to bring their ideas to life more efficiently.

The HitPaw Edimakor 2026 Black Friday Sale runs from November 10 through December 11, 2026. Visit the official website to explore the offers and choose the plan that best fits your creative needs.

Explore the Black Friday Deals: Edimakor Black Friday Sale 2026: Save Up to 70% OFF

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MemryX AI Unveils MX3+, Scaling AI Inference Beyond 1 POPS

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Next-generation accelerator delivers up to 10× more peak AI compute and nearly 10× more on-chip memory within the same low-power envelope as MX3

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — MemryX AI, a fabless semiconductor company developing highly efficient and scalable AI inference solutions, today unveiled MX3+, its next-generation AI accelerator designed to support larger, more complex models across edge devices, industrial systems, and high-density inference infrastructure.

Building on the production-proven MX3 dataflow architecture, MX3+ is designed to deliver up to 10 times more peak AI compute and nearly 10 times more on-chip memory while remaining within the same low-power operating envelope as MX3. These advancements will broaden the range and complexity of AI workloads MemryX AI can address, including higher-resolution vision, transformer-based models, small language models, vision-language-action models (VLAs), hybrid architectures, and more sophisticated multi-model AI pipelines.

MX3+ will retain the scalable, multi-chip approach established with MX3, allowing multiple accelerators to operate as a unified logical device. Planned configurations will scale from a single accelerator to 16-chip systems capable of delivering more than one peta-operation per second of peak AI compute.

“MX3+ represents a major generational step for MemryX AI—not simply a faster chip, but a platform designed to bring more capable AI into real-world systems while significantly lowering total cost of ownership for high-density edge deployments,” said Ross Jatou, President and CEO of MemryX AI. “Customers will be able to use the same architectural foundation across embedded devices, industrial systems, and high-density inference infrastructure, giving them a seamless, highly scalable path to transition complex workloads from development straight to volume production.”

Designed to Scale Beyond 1 POPS

MemryX AI’s distributed dataflow architecture enables multiple accelerators to work together without requiring the host processor to manage individual chips. The MemryX Neural Compiler automatically maps neural networks across the available accelerators, allowing developers to scale performance without manually partitioning their models.

A 16-chip MX3+ configuration is designed to deliver more than 1 POPS of peak AI compute and 2.16 GB of distributed on-chip memory, supporting deployments ranging from embedded systems to high-density inference infrastructure.

Built for More Advanced AI Workloads

The expanded AI capabilities position MX3+ to address increasingly complex applications across industrial automation, robotics, intelligent transportation, smart infrastructure, video management systems, healthcare devices, retail, and consumer electronics.

Building on MemryX AI’s near-memory dataflow architecture, MX3+ combines substantially increased on-chip memory with a pipelined approach that keeps model data close to computation, minimizing data movement. This architecture is designed to support larger models and higher-resolution inputs while maintaining efficient, predictable, low-latency inference at a batch size of one.

MX3+ is also being designed to carry forward the ease of development established with MX3, providing developers with a familiar, straightforward experience for compiling and deploying AI applications, even as model complexity and system scale increase.

Beyond its performance and memory improvements, MX3+ represents an important step in MemryX AI’s long-term architecture roadmap. It preserves the modularity, scalability, and distributed dataflow principles established with MX3 while introducing new capabilities that will carry forward into MX4, the company’s future platform targeting advanced multimodal and large language model inference.

Availability

MX3+ engineering samples are targeted for late 2027, with volume production targeted for mid-2028. Additional product specifications, system configurations, and availability information will be announced as development progresses.

MemryX AI is currently accepting early-access requests from select strategic partners and enterprise customers interested in co-validating pre-production hardware and software platforms. To request access or schedule an executive briefing, contact sales@memryx.com.

About MemryX AI

MemryX AI is a fabless semiconductor company developing highly efficient and scalable AI inference solutions for edge devices, industrial systems, and data-center infrastructure. Its near-memory dataflow architecture is designed to deliver efficient, low-latency inference while allowing developers to retain their existing models, frameworks, applications, and host platforms.

MemryX AI is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

For more information, visit www.memryx.ai.

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