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SandboxAQ Publishes Scientific and Technical Milestones for Magnetic Anomaly-Based Navigation

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– Advancing the state of the art in magnetic navigation theory across the stack
– Presented paper on Magnetic Navigation Performance at DASC
– Presented paper on AI for Generalizability at ION JNC
– Presented paper on Magnetospheric-Ionospheric Signal Interference at American Geophysical Union

PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — SandboxAQ today announced a series of scientific and technical milestone publications on magnetic anomaly-based navigation (MagNav), collectively marking a set of significant advances in the company’s core research and product development activities for its AQNav offering. Building on its breakthrough results with the U.S. Air Force (USAF), including the successful use of AQNav for real-time navigation in GPS-denied environments and the award of a TACFI contract extension to develop new configurations for a wider range of USAF aircraft, these publications provide a synthesis of SandboxAQ’s expertise. Together, they represent critical contributions to the commercial aeronautical, defense, and academic research communities over the past three years.

SandboxAQ and its MagNav partners, including the USAF, Acubed (a subsidiary of Airbus) and Boeing, have been at the forefront of scientific and engineering advancements required to commercialize the underlying quantum sensing and AI technologies that enable accurate, real-time navigation without reliance on Global Positioning Systems (GPS). These include:

More than 200 flight hours and more than 40 sorties across multiple regions on four different aircraft types, ranging in size from single-engine planes to large military transport aircraft.Successful flight tests in two USAF exercises – Exercise Golden Phoenix and Exercise Mobility Guardian in 2023Additional USAF flight tests in 2024 utilizing AQNav to demonstrate its generalizability and scalability across large aircraft fleetsSuccessful commercial flight tests on Airbus and Boeing aircraft

“Global Navigation Satellite Systems are increasingly vulnerable to denial, jamming and spoofing, creating critical challenges for accurate civilian, commercial and military navigation and positioning. The growing global scourge of GPS interference – particularly in contested geographies – underscores the critical need for accurate, alternative Positioning, Navigation, and Timing systems that can integrate with existing navigational systems yet operate independently of GNSS,” said SandboxAQ advisor Admiral John M. Richardson. “SandboxAQ’s AQNav takes a system-of-systems approach to secure, real-time positioning and navigation. Leveraging advanced Large Quantitative Models, powerful magnetometers, and Earth’s crustal magnetic field, AQNav delivers robust, redundant and reliable navigation capabilities – day or night, in all weather conditions, across a broad range of aircraft.”

“Our team has been setting the pace in advancing magnetic anomaly-based navigation, from establishing statistical rigor around performance and map quality to shaping requirements for magnetic maps,” said Luca Ferrara, SandboxAQ’s General Manager of Navigation. “We’ve also pioneered AI-driven techniques using Liquid Neural Networks for signal processing and space weather compensation, and demonstrated the generalizability of our models across aircraft types in operational settings with the USAF. These achievements highlight the strength of our AQNav engineering team and push the boundaries of what’s possible in magnetic navigation.”

Magnetic Navigation: Using state estimation theory and geophysical science to define magnetic navigation performance boundaries

SandboxAQ has made significant contributions to the scientific understanding and practical application of magnetic navigation technology through a series of recent publications. The July 2024 keynote address from Regupathi Angappan at the Breakthrough Discuss 2024 conference (“Understanding & Navigating The Magnetic World with AQ“) provided a broad overview of the technology and its potential benefits. This was followed by two research papers presented at prestigious conferences.

The paper by Aditya Gupta et al. (“Lower Bounds on Magnetic Navigation Performance as a Function of Magnetic Anomaly Map Quality“), presented at the October 2024 Digital Avionics Systems Conference, established a theoretical framework for assessing the impact of magnetic map quality on navigation performance. This work, which received a Best in Session Award, offers valuable insights for developing and optimizing magnetic navigation systems.

Additionally, the research by Jackson Bell et al. (“Determining Geophysical Map Requirements for Magnetic Navigation using Cramér Rao Lower Bound Analysis“), presented at the December 2024 American Geophysical Union conference, explored the specific requirements for geophysical maps needed for accurate magnetic navigation. This work helps define the data collection and processing strategies necessary for successful implementation of the technology.

Overall, these publications demonstrate SandboxAQ’s commitment to advancing the field of magnetic navigation and contributing to a robust scientific foundation for this innovative technology.

AI for Signal Processing: Incorporating various noise sources to design generalizing, physics-informed signal processing approaches specialized for magnetic navigation.

SandboxAQ research has focused on developing robust and reliable navigation systems that can operate in challenging environments, such as those with significant magnetic or intentional GPS interference.

One significant contribution is the development of platform-agnostic denoising models for MagNav systems, as detailed in a paper presented at the June 2024 ION Joint Navigation Conference by Kimberly Moore et al. (“Multi-Aircraft Generalizability of Platform Denoising Models for Magnetic Navigation“). These models leverage advanced machine learning techniques to effectively remove noise and interference from magnetic sensor data, enabling accurate and precise navigation.

Additionally, SandboxAQ pioneered the use of physics-informed machine learning techniques to calibrate aeromagnetic compensation, as described in a NeurIPS 2023 Workshops paper by Favour Nerrise et al. (“Physics-Informed Calibration of Aeromagnetic Compensation in Magnetic Navigation Systems using Liquid Time-Constant Networks“). By incorporating physical principles into the learning process, SandboxAQ has achieved more accurate and reliable calibration, leading to improved navigation performance.

Our most recent research, presented at the December 2024 American Geophysical Union AGU24 meeting, explores the use of AI to mitigate the impact of magnetospheric-ionospheric signals on magnetic navigation (Regupathi Angappan et al.). By leveraging the power of AI, SandboxAQ has developed innovative techniques to identify and correct for these disturbances, ensuring robust and reliable navigation even in the presence of extreme magnetic conditions. These advancements have the potential to revolutionize a wide range of applications, from autonomous vehicles to underwater exploration.

For more information about SandboxAQ’s AQNav system, please visit https://www.sandboxaq.com/solutions/aqnav

About SandboxAQ
‍SandboxAQ is a B2B company delivering AI solutions that address some of the world’s greatest challenges. The company’s Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) deliver critical advances in life science, chemical and material science, financial services, navigation, cyber and other sectors. The company emerged from Alphabet Inc. as an independent, growth-backed company in 2022, funded by leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Eric Schmidt, Breyer Capital, Guggenheim Partners, Marc Benioff, Thomas Tull, Section32, and others. For more information, visit http://www.sandboxaq.com.

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Pillsbury Notice of Data Breach

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NEW YORK, July 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (“Pillsbury”) was among many law firms targeted by sophisticated social engineering attempts in an incident last year. While the firm quickly detected and blocked the activity, an unauthorized actor was able to access some of the firm’s documents during a short window of time. Pillsbury notified any impacted clients last year and undertook a detailed process to review the accessed documents for personal information. Pillsbury then began notifying individuals whose personal information was affected. That process is now complete, and today, Pillsbury is publishing substitute notice as a final step.

For more information, please visit the substitute notice on our website at https://www.pillsburylaw.com/en/breach-notice.html

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From Remote Racing to Embodied AI: Fibocom and Intedigo Bring 5G Bidirectional Data Transmission into Real-World Applications

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SHANGHAI, July 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — From July 17 to 20, Fibocom and Intedigo will jointly present a cross-regional, beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) teleoperation demonstration at Booth H3-C408 during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2026. Visitors will be able to enter a remote driving cockpit and control a real race car located at HURA PARK in Jiading, Shanghai, steering, accelerating, and braking in real time while experiencing how 5G connectivity enables remote operation.

More than an immersive driving experience, the demonstration provides a live validation of 5G bidirectional data transmission for embodied AI teleoperation. The vehicle continuously sends live track video, vehicle status, and operating data to the remote cockpit, while control commands are transmitted back to the vehicle, creating a closed-loop teleoperation system. Stable, low-latency, and highly reliable connectivity is essential for high-dynamic maneuvers such as high-speed cornering, precision braking, and continuous lane changes.

Developed by Intedigo, the remote driving system connects a real race car with an immersive remote driving cockpit. It supports 1080p@60Hz video transmission, glass-to-glass (G2G) video latency of less than 80 ms, and control latency of less than 10 ms. The demanding racing environment magnifies differences in video continuity and control responsiveness, making communications performance directly perceptible, measurable, and verifiable.

At the joint demonstration, Fibocom’s FM160 5G module provides cellular connectivity for the system. Powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon™ X62 5G Modem-RF System, the FM160 supports SA and NSA network architectures as well as 3GPP Release 16. On the downlink, it supports NR Carrier Aggregation (NR CA) with bandwidth of up to 120 MHz, delivering peak speeds of up to 3.5 Gbps in NSA mode and 2.5 Gbps in SA mode. On the uplink, it supports UL MIMO and delivers peak speeds of up to 900 Mbps in SA mode. These capabilities support the continuous transmission of HD video and vehicle status data, along with reliable delivery of control commands.

As embodied AI moves into factories, data centers, logistics operations, and industrial parks, robots are becoming increasingly capable of performing tasks autonomously. Yet complex environments, unexpected events, and edge cases still require Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) remote intervention to help ensure safe and reliable operation.

Daniel Liu, CEO of Intedigo, said:

“5G represents the pinnacle of human communications and the starting point of machine communications. In the past, communications connected people to people; in the future, they will connect people to robots and robots to robots. Remote racing is simply the easiest entry point for people to understand this concept. What we are truly validating is a communications system capable of supporting remote collaboration for embodied AI. HURA makes low-latency remote driving a tangible experience, while RoBOX extends this capability to robots and a broader range of intelligent terminals. Together with Fibocom, we hope to enable more machines to receive remote assistance whenever needed while remaining continuously connected and operating reliably.”

Simon Tao, VP of Wireless Solutions Business Group and General Manager of MBB BU at Fibocom, said:

“As embodied AI enters real-world industrial environments, reliable connectivity will become the foundation for telemetry feedback, remote control and operational management. Fibocom’s 5G solutions, represented by FM160, provide the cellular connectivity required for continuous on-site data transmission and reliable control command delivery. Fibocom will continue collaborating with ecosystem partners such as Intedigo to bring cellular connectivity to more robots, autonomous machines and mobile intelligent terminals, enabling embodied AI systems to stay continuously connected and respond reliably in real-world applications.”

From remote race cars to robots, unmanned equipment, and mobile intelligent terminals, 5G is evolving from connecting people to connecting machines. This joint demonstration makes the capabilities of 5G bidirectional data transmission directly perceptible, experiential, and verifiable, helping pave the way for embodied AI to scale across real-world applications.
 

About Fibocom

Fibocom, founded in 1999, is China’s first wireless communication module company listed on both the A-share and H-share markets (300638.SZ, 0638.HK). As a global leading provider of wireless communication modules and AI solutions, Fibocom leverages wireless communication and artificial intelligence as its core technologies to provide integrated hardware and software solutions that empower industry applications. These solutions accelerate the transformation from “Connect Everything” to “Intelligent Connectivity” across diverse industries.

Fibocom’s one-stop solutions encompass cellular communication, AI, automotive, and GNSS modules, as well as AI toolchains, supporting industry-side and mainstream large model integration, and providing AI Agent, global connectivity, and cloud services, driving the digital intelligence upgrades in industries such as robotics, consumer electronics, low-altitude economy, intelligent transportation, smart retail, and smart energy.

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DR. PHONE FIX ANNOUNCES SECOND TRANCHE CLOSING OF NON-BROKERED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE UNIT FINANCING

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EDMONTON, AB, July 18, 2026 /CNW/ — Dr. Phone Fix Canada Corporation (“Dr. Phone Fix” or the “Company”) (TSXV: DPF) is pleased to announce that, further to its news release dated May 19, 2026 and June 24, 2026 (the “Prior News Releases”), it has closed the second tranche of its non-brokered private placement (the “Offering”) of convertible debenture units of the Company (each, a “Unit”). The Company issued 726 Units, at a price of $1,000 per Unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of $726,000. Each Unit is comprised of (i) one $1,000 principal amount unsecured convertible debenture of the Company (a “Convertible Debenture”) and (ii) 3,125 common share (“Common Share”) purchase warrants of the Company (each, a “Warrant”). Additional detail on the Offering, including terms of the Convertible Debentures and Warrants, is set out in the Prior News Releases.

In connection with the Offering, the Company paid a finder’s fee consisting of an aggregate cash fee of $50,820 and issued an aggregate of 317,625 common share purchase warrants of the Company (each, a “Finder’s Warrant”) to certain qualified arm’s length parties. Each Finder’s Warrant is exercisable to acquire one Common Share of the Company at an exercise price of $0.22 prior to the date that is 24 months from the date of issuance.

All securities issued pursuant to the Offering, including any Common Shares issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Debentures or exercise of the Warrants and Finder’s Warrants, are subject to a statutory hold period of four months and one day from the closing of the Offering, in accordance with applicable securities laws and TSX Venture Exchange (the “TSXV”) policies. 

The Offering remains subject to final acceptance of the TSXV.

This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described in this news release in the United States. Such securities have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act, or any state securities laws, and, accordingly, may not be offered or sold within the United States, or to or for the account or benefit of persons in the United States or “U.S. Persons”, as such term is defined in Regulation S promulgated under the U.S. Securities Act, unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or pursuant to an exemption from such registration requirements.

About Dr. Phone Fix

Dr. Phone Fix is a national, award-winning, eco-friendly, and customer-centric leader in Canada’s cell phone and electronics repair and certified pre-owned device industry. Founded in 2019, the Company now operates 44 retail locations nationwide through a standardized and scalable operating platform designed to support consistent execution across multiple markets, delivering fast, reliable, and environmentally conscious repair services alongside a curated selection of certified pre-owned devices and premium accessories. Dr. Phone Fix maintains strong partnerships with OEMs and certified suppliers, ensuring consistently high-quality standards across its national footprint. With a focus on responsible device lifecycle management, customer service, and operational discipline, Dr. Phone Fix continues to set the benchmark for device care and resale in Canada.

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NEITHER THE TSXV NOR ITS REGULATION SERVICES PROVIDER (AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN THE POLICIES OF THE TSXV) ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS NEWS RELEASE.

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