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The Photo Managers, Picturli and Epson Unite to Support LA Strong – Scan Your Photos Event

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Local Event and Online Series Offers Photo Digitizing Assistance to Help Families Preserve What’s Priceless and Support Wildfire Relief Efforts 

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., March 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — In the aftermath of the Los Angeles fires, the community has been reminded of the importance of recognizing and valuing what’s truly priceless – memories. Underscoring the urgency of digitizing irreplaceable memories and photographs, The Photo Managers, Picturli and Epson have united to support LA Strong – Scan Your Photos running March 21 – 23 at the Picturli headquarters in Playa Vista. The LA Strong – Scan Your Photos is a community-focused effort to help Los Angeles-area families start the daunting project of digitizing their memories to preserve what’s priceless and prepare for unpredictable circumstances.

The Photo Managers, Picturli and Epson Host Los Angeles Scanning Drive and Virtual Series to Promote Photo Preservation

“As a member of the L.A. community, I’ve seen first-hand the devastation these fires have caused, and I’ve witnessed the countless acts of service our local firefighters have endured to save beloved photo albums from evacuated homes,” shared Haleh Shoa, CEO and founder, Picturli. “Picturli is founded on the passion of bringing joy to others through the curation and preservation of their memories. We hope to help families who lost everything with the preservation of any photos they saved, as well as inspire others to hold on to what they have and what matters most.”

With the goal of preserving up to 250,000 photos for attendees throughout the event, volunteers at the LA Strong – Scan Your Photos event will provide hands-on support to participants to scan up to 500 photos using Epson FastFoto® scanners. All participants will have a 20-minute scanning session where all photos scanned will be uploaded to a provided USB drive1 for safekeeping and sharing.

“The loss and devastation of the Los Angeles fires goes far beyond material things – it’s the memories, the moments, and the history that can never be replaced,” said Cathi Nelson, CEO, The Photo Managers. “While we can’t bring back what’s been lost, we want to help protect what remains. We are hoping to educate and inspire families both at the LA Strong event and through our Save Your Photos Week series on the best practices to safeguard cherished memories and build an organized system to future-proof family history for generations to come.” 

To support the local Los Angeles community and others worldwide preserve memories and create organized photo systems, The Photo Managers is also hosting Save Your Photos Week from March 21 – 27, offering a range of educational photo-saving tips and resources:

Webinars: Free sessions with experts sharing simple, effective ways to preserve photosStep-by-Step Guides: Organize, back-up, and safeguard digital and printed photos YouTube Live Events: Daily conversations and tips on disaster proofing, backing up, and preserving memories ahead of unforeseen circumstancesCommunity and Support: Connect with others who want to protect their family stories.

“Epson’s headquarters is in the greater Los Angeles area and the L.A. fires hit close to home; they affected our families, friends, and colleagues, some of whom lost everything,” said Dan McMillen, group product manager, retail photo scanners, Epson America Inc. “The loss is a reminder of the importance of preserving what matters – priceless photographs, important documents and beloved family recipes – many of these are shared through generations and cannot be replicated. There are resources and tools available that can help families back up these precious memories, taking one worry away during unforeseen times, and we hope the LA Strong Scan Your Photos encourages the larger community to safeguard what matters most.”

To learn more, view pricing2 and reserve a spot at the LA-Strong Scan Your Photos Event visit, https://www.picturli.com/scan-your-photos-drive.  To register The Photo Managers’ Save Your Photos Week virtual classes visit, https://thephotomanagers.com/save-your-photos-month/.

About The Photo Managers
The Photo Managers is the global leader in training and supporting professionals dedicated to helping individuals, families, and businesses organize, preserve, and share their most cherished memories. Committed to empowering its members, The Photo Managers supports member businesses by providing the tools and education to help deliver expert services customized to meet clients’ unique needs, including photo organizing, digitization, archiving, and storytelling. The Photo Manager certified members offer clients peace of mind, knowing their priceless photos and videos are securely organized, to create meaningful gifts or legacy projects, and to simplify managing digital and physical photo collections. To learn more, visit https://thephotomanagers.com.

About Picturli
Picturli is a premier photo organization, curation, and design studio based in Los Angeles, dedicated to helping families and organizations worldwide preserve their most treasured memories. With meticulous attention to detail, Picturli specializes in organizing, curating, and digitizing analog collections, transforming scattered photos and videos into beautifully preserved archives.

Beyond analog preservation, Picturli also tackles the overwhelming digital mess accumulated over the last three decades. Their expertise in digital photo and video organization ensures clients have structured, easily accessible digital libraries, streamlined collections, and foolproof backup systems to safeguard their memories for generations to come.

Renowned for its exquisite luxury photo books and captivating gallery wall installations, Picturli brings over three decades of experience, combining unparalleled craftsmanship with a deep passion for memory preservation. To learn more, visit https://www.picturli.com.

About Epson
Epson is a global technology leader whose philosophy of efficient, compact and precise innovation enriches lives and helps create a better world. The company is focused on solving societal issues through innovations in home and office printing, commercial and industrial printing, manufacturing, visual and lifestyle. Epson’s goal is to become carbon negative and eliminate use of exhaustible underground resources such as oil and metal by 2050.

Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales of more than JPY 1 trillion. global.epson.com/

Epson America, Inc., based in Los Alamitos, Calif., is Epson’s regional headquarters for the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. To learn more about Epson, please visit: epson.com. You may also connect with Epson America on Facebook (facebook.com/Epson), X (x.com/EpsonAmerica), YouTube (youtube.com/epsonamerica), and Instagram (instagram.com/EpsonAmerica).

1.FastFoto can also scan directly to an active Dropbox or Google Drive account. Internet connection and active Dropbox or Google Drive account required for this FastFoto feature. LA Strong – Scan Your Photos Event will not be leveraging this feature.
2.Event participation requires a registration fee of $20.25 to verify participant addresses and check-in identification. While registration is required, the fee will be refunded to fire victims after their photos have been scanned onsite.  All event proceeds will be donated to fire relief efforts.
EPSON and FastFoto are registered trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation. All other product and brand names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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62% of financial services professionals say an AI-generated error has reached a client

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New Macabacus report finds AI adoption has outpaced the guardrails needed to keep client-facing models and documents accurate.

NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Macabacus, the leading M365 productivity platform for finance and professional services teams, today released the report: GenAI for Financial Services: Velocity and Verification. The report finds that AI now sits at the core of model creation and client presentation development, but most firms lack the review and verification layer needed to catch AI-generated errors before they reach clients.

New Macabacus report finds AI adoption has outpaced the guardrails to keep client-facing models and documents accurate

Drawing on a survey of Macabacus’ 75,000 users and analysis of conversations with hundreds of clients and prospects, the report quantifies the gap between how fast AI is being adopted and how slowly firms are building guardrails to ensure their clients can trust their deal content.

“AI is now involved in the majority of models and documents that reach clients, with 87% of firms saying they use AI daily or weekly for this work,” said Paul Ross, Chief Marketing Officer, Macabacus. “Deal teams should not slow down their use of AI. They need guardrails that let them move faster while maintaining accuracy and their clients’ trust. That is what Macabacus is built for.”

Key findings include:

62% of respondents believe an AI-generated error has reached a client or internal decision-maker in the past 12 months, with 46% saying an error has “probably” landed in a deliverable without anyone catching it.87% use AI daily or weekly to generate financial models and client presentations, but only 23% have comprehensive guardrails (approved tools, accuracy checks, brand compliance, and review workflows) in place.AI has created a divergence in confidence at the review handoff stage for models and presentations: 43% of analysts and associates say AI has made them more confident in their work, while only 29% VPs, directors, and MDs state the same. That leadership group is also 6 points more likely to say AI has made them less confident.

Download the report here:  https://macabacus.com/lp/2026-ai-report

About Macabacus

Macabacus is the leading Microsoft-native productivity platform for finance and professional services teams. When a deal document has to be right, professionals use Macabacus. Trusted by 3,000 firms and 75,000 users across investment banking, private equity, asset management, consulting, advisory, and corporate finance, Macabacus helps users rapidly create and check financial models and deal documents. By combining powerful productivity tools with AI-powered review and automation, Macabacus enables organizations to execute with greater speed, accuracy, and confidence. Learn more at www.macabacus.com

Media Contact

Paul Ross

paul.ross@macabacus.com

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ChipMOS to Participate in UBS Taiwan Summit 2026

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HSINCHU, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (“ChipMOS” or the “Company”) (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 8150 and Nasdaq: IMOS), an industry leading provider of outsourced semiconductor assembly and test services (“OSAT”), today announced that it will present to institutional investors at UBS Taiwan Summit 2026, at the W Taipei Hotel on September 15 and 16, 2026.

Management from the Company, including Jesse Huang, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Investor Relations, will discuss the Company’s recent financial results, business trends and growth opportunities. The Company’s investor presentation is available on the investor relations’ section of its website at www.chipmos.com.

About ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.:

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (“ChipMOS” or the “Company”) (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 8150 and Nasdaq: IMOS) (www.chipmos.com) is an industry leading provider of outsourced semiconductor assembly and test services. With advanced facilities in Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu Industrial Park and Southern Taiwan Science Park in Taiwan, ChipMOS is known for its track record of excellence and history of innovation. The Company provides end-to-end assembly and test services to leading fabless semiconductor companies, integrated device manufacturers and independent semiconductor foundries serving virtually all end markets worldwide.

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This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as ‘believes,’ ‘expects,’ ‘anticipates,’ ‘projects,’ ‘intends,’ ‘should,’ ‘seeks,’ ‘estimates,’ ‘future’ or similar expressions or by discussion of, among other things, strategies, goals, plans or intentions. These statements may include financial projections and estimates and their underlying assumptions, statements regarding current macroeconomic conditions, including the impacts of high inflation, foreign exchange rates and risk of recession, on demand for our products, consumer confidence and financial markets generally; changes in trade regulations, policies, and agreements and the imposition of tariffs that affect our products or operations, including potential new tariffs that may be imposed and our ability to mitigate with respect to future operations, products and services, and statements regarding future performance. Actual results may differ materially in the future from those reflected in forward-looking statements contained in this document, based on a number of important factors and risks, which are more specifically identified in the Company’s most recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) filings. Further information regarding these risks, uncertainties and other factors are included in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC and in its other filings with the SEC.

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In Taiwan

Jesse Huang

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

+886-6-5052388 ext. 7715

IR@chipmos.com

In the U.S.

David Pasquale

Global IR Partners

+1-914-337-8801

dpasquale@globalirpartners.com

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NGP VAN Overhauls Bulk Upload, Making a Critical Campaign Workflow Faster and Easier

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New experience catches errors before imports begin and reduces the manual work required to bring data into NGP VAN

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — NGP VAN, the leading technology provider for Democratic and progressive campaigns, today announced major improvements to Bulk Upload, making one of the platform’s most frequently used workflows faster, more intuitive, and less prone to errors.

The improved Bulk Upload experience addresses longstanding pain points for campaign staff and data managers. The new workflow automatically detects the file type, identifies formatting and matching issues before an import runs, and intelligently maps spreadsheet columns to the appropriate fields in NGP VAN.

“Bulk upload is something we do constantly, and the struggle has always been real,” said Laurie Van Hall, Partner at Bee Compliance. “Smarter column mapping and catching errors up front before the import runs is the kind of upgrade that actually changes how a day goes. Really glad to see NGP VAN tackling this one.”

The improvements arrive as campaigns and organizations head into the busiest stretch of the election cycle, when the volume and urgency of critical data moving into NGP and VAN peaks. By surfacing potential issues before an import begins and reducing repetitive manual mapping, the redesigned workflow helps users spend less time troubleshooting uploads and more time acting on their data.

“The new Bulk Upload workflow lowers the learning curve for new NGP VAN users,” said Candy Emmons, Executive Director of the Democratic Party of Oregon. “With new people joining our team throughout the cycle, making these tools more intuitive helps staff become confident, independent users much more quickly.”

The updated experience includes:

Automatic file-type detection that eliminates the need for users to manually identify the data type they’re importing.Pre-validation checks that surface formatting and matching issues before an import runs.Improved column mapping that automatically matches spreadsheet columns to NGP VAN fields and reduces repetitive setup.A redesigned upload experience, with streamlined opening steps, a cleaner mapping screen, and a refreshed status page built on a modernized foundation.

“We’re hyperfocused on our users and how we can make their jobs easier every single day. Nearly every user I’ve spoken with has had something to say about Bulk Upload – and rarely was it good,” said Francis Brown, Senior Product Manager at NGP VAN. “We listened, pulled together a team, and went after the things that were creating the most frustration. This is exactly the kind of investment we want to make in the core NGP VAN experience – improving the workflows our users rely on every day. The response from beta testers has been incredibly encouraging, and I’m excited for users to get their hands on the new experience. “

The improved Bulk Upload experience does not change existing upload specifications, data models, field mappings, access permissions, or supported file formats. It will be optional at launch, and the existing Bulk Upload workflow will remain available.

About NGP VAN
NGP VAN is the winningest technology platform in the history of democratic and progressive causes, working tirelessly to innovate and advance the technology our clients rely on to bolster our democracy. A proud unionized employer, we help power the trailblazers, campaigners, and advocates fighting up and down the ticket for equality, racial justice, reproductive freedom, democracy, climate reform, and more—including the national Democratic committees and progressive organizations, thousands of Democratic campaigns, hundreds of labor unions, advocacy organizations, progressive and non-partisan PACs, and other organizations.

Press Contact:
Simone Hassan-Bey
NGP VAN
press@ngpvan.com

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