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Joyful Reading Company Launches New Beanstack and Comics Plus Integration

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New integration syncs Comics Plus reading activity into Beanstack, automatically logging digital comics, manga, and graphic novels.

ARLINGTON, Va., June 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Joyful Reading Company today announced a new integration between Beanstack, the reading motivation platform trusted by thousands of schools and libraries, and Comics Plus, the digital comics, manga, and graphic novel service. This connection brings two powerful tools together to create an environment where reading feels meaningful, accessible, and fun.

“Reading happens everywhere — in classrooms, at home, and increasingly through digital collections,” said Felix Lloyd, CEO of Joyful Reading Company. “This integration makes sure that reading is recognized wherever it happens, so students and patrons can see their progress add up no matter how they choose to read.”

Once a library, school, or district activates the integration, readers can link their Beanstack and Comics Plus accounts. From that point, reading completed in Comics Plus automatically syncs to Beanstack.

The integration offers schools and libraries the ability to:

Offer a seamless experience: Reading in Comics Plus automatically counts in Beanstack, giving readers credit for reading they are already doing.Encourage use across both platforms: High-interest content from Comics Plus fuels participation in Beanstack challenges, while Beanstack challenges encourage readers to explore Comics Plus’ 25,000-plus titles.See impact in action: A more connected experience helps schools and libraries understand how access, participation, and engagement work together.

For Beanstack administrators, the integration adds visibility without adding work: staff can see whether a reader’s account is linked and access reporting on Comics Plus reading activity.

The announcement comes as national data points to a continued decline in voluntary reading among young people. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, only about one in three U.S. students reports reading for fun every day, a decrease from previous surveys.

By connecting access to high-interest content and motivation through proven gamification principles, Joyful Reading Company helps libraries and schools support consistent reading habits that are linked to academic growth and confidence.

About Joyful Reading Co.
The new Joyful Reading Company brings together Beanstack, the leading reading engagement platform, and Comics Plus, the premier digital comics and graphic novel service, to help libraries and schools expand access, increase reading engagement, demonstrate measurable impact, and create a world filled with joyful readers.

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Funded 100% Within One Hour: The Innovation Behind DESLOC V150 Plus

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A category-defining upgrade for the front door — much like how Tesla redefined automotive energy, the V150 Plus introduces a new era of low-maintenance, eco-conscious home access with solar power, 3D face recognition, and AI-powered curved fingerprint sensor technology

SAN FRANCISCO, June 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — DESLOC, a global smart lock brand backed by DESMAN’s 17 years of engineering experience and trusted by nearly 10 million families worldwide, today announced that the DESLOC V150 Plus, the world’s first low-light self-charging solar smart lock, is now live on Kickstarter.

Within the first one hour of launch, the campaign attracted strong early momentum and reached 100% funding from early adopters eager to support the next generation of low-maintenance smart home security, and within 48 hours, this campaign has already attracted interest from more than 300 people and raised over $200,000, exceeding its crowdfunding goal by 2,339%.

The V150 Plus brings a Tesla-like upgrade to the front door, delivering a generational leap for the smart lock category by rethinking one of its most fundamental challenges: power. While smart locks have transformed the way people access their homes, most still depend on batteries that need to be replaced, recharged, or constantly monitored.

Powered by an integrated perovskite solar panel, the V150 Plus converts light into energy to help recharge its removable 10,000 mAh battery, even in low-light and shaded entryway conditions. Combined with DESLOC’s intelligent energy management system, the lock is designed to reduce battery maintenance while supporting a lower-waste, more environmentally friendly smart home experience.

“The next major smart home upgrade may not be another app feature — it may be a new power source,” said Mark Dong, CEO at DESLOC Smart Lock. “With V150 Plus, we are bringing a Tesla-like moment to the front door: a shift toward smarter, lower-maintenance, and more sustainable home access powered by light.”

From Battery Anxiety to Solar Self-Charging

For many homeowners, the biggest concern with smart locks is not how to unlock the door — it is whether the lock has enough power when they need it most. The V150 Plus shifts the conversation from “How do I unlock my door?” to “Why does my lock still need charging?”

By integrating solar replenishment directly into the lock, DESLOC aims to give homeowners a more dependable and lower-maintenance way to secure their homes. The self-charging design can also help reduce the need for frequent battery replacement and manual charging, supporting a more environmentally friendly smart home experience and helping lower battery waste over time.

For homeowners, locksmiths, installers, and smart home professionals, the V150 Plus offers a more future-ready solution that combines renewable power, biometric access, and app-based control in a single connected lock.

The V150 Plus has already received recognition across leading technology, smart home, CES, and design award programs, including CES-related honors and the MUSE Design Award Gold Award, underscoring its position as one of the most innovative smart lock launches of the year.

Beyond Keys: Faster, Smarter Home Access

Beyond its solar-powered design, the V150 Plus combines multiple advanced access technologies in one connected lock.

The V150 Plus features 3D face recognition with liveness detection, enabling hands-free access while helping prevent spoofing attempts. It also includes DESLOC’s curved-touch fingerprint sensor with AI fingerprint recognition algorithm, which recognizes in as fast as 0.15 seconds and adapts over time for improved recognition, even with weak or damaged fingerprints.

With built-in Wi-Fi, homeowners can monitor battery status, check lock activity, manage access, and control the lock remotely through the DESLOC App, without requiring an additional hub. The V150 Plus also supports voice assistant integration with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.

Bringing Self-Charging Smart Access to Early Adopters

The DESLOC V150 Plus Kickstarter campaign launched on June 25, 2026. During the first week, backers can secure V150 Plus for $199 (MSRP $399.99) and receive a free DESLOC C110 smart lock, limited to the first 500 backers who complete their payment.

More than another smart lock with additional access options, the V150 Plus represents a new energy logic for the front door — one where home access becomes smarter, easier to maintain, more environmentally responsible, and powered by self-charging solar technology.

Back the DESLOC V150 Plus on Kickstarter and unlock limited-time campaign offers:
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About DESLOC

DESLOC is a global smart lock brand focused on making trusted home security simpler, smarter, and more accessible. Backed by parent company DESMAN, one of Asia’s leading smart lock manufacturers with 17 years of industry experience and nearly 10 million family users worldwide, DESLOC combines proven biometric technologies, advanced security algorithms, and rigorous product testing to deliver reliable smart access solutions for modern homes.

With more than 300 industry patents, DESLOC develops smart locks designed for everyday families, homeowners, and smart home users who want strong security, keyless convenience, and long-lasting performance in an easy-to-use package.

For more information, visit desloc.com.

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TrustEvals and Accorian Warn of “Control Drift” in Enterprise AI, Launching New Real-Time Risk Framework for Financial Services

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TrustEvals and Accorian warn that traditional compliance models are failing enterprise AI, exposing financial institutions to massive fines due to silent “control drift.” Their groundbreaking real-time governance framework reveals that static security audits are dangerously obsolete for non-deterministic AI systems. To combat this vulnerability, the firms urge an immediate shift to continuous runtime detection and strict autonomy budgets.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 27, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Today, AI governance and compliance advisory firms TrustEvals and Accorian released a groundbreaking Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) framework designed to address a critical vulnerability in enterprise AI deployments. The report warns that traditional compliance models are fundamentally broken when applied to modern AI, leaving major financial institutions exposed to massive regulatory penalties and unchecked autonomous actions.

“Accorian has long been the go-to cybersecurity partner for Fortune 500s. TrustEvals complements this with robust AI governance, empowering organizations to secure both traditional and AI surfaces for complete reliability and trust through a single partnership.”

The core issue identified by the firms is “control drift”. In traditional software, a security control holds steady once it is installed.

However, AI systems are non-deterministic and constantly shift due to silent vendor updates, changing data inputs, and the evolving behaviors of autonomous agents. A system that passes a security audit today can silently fail tomorrow without a single line of code being touched by the internal team.

“Classical GRC assumes the control holds, but AI GRC has to assume the control drifts,” the authors state in the framework. This structural inversion requires organizations to abandon periodic annual audits in favor of continuous, real-time measurement substrates.

The Looming Regulatory and Security Crisis

The framework highlights several urgent threats facing enterprises that fail to adapt:

Shadow AI is Rampant: Telemetry studies indicate that 64.5 percent of activity on personal and free tier AI accounts is actually uninstrumented business use. Additionally, 75 percent of knowledge workers already use AI at work, often bypassing official IT procurement channels entirely.Massive EU AI Act Exposure: Many companies incorrectly treat AI risk classification as a one-time launch label. The new framework clarifies that the EU AI Act requires continuous, lifecycle monitoring. Treating classification as static can trigger regulatory penalties of up to 15 million Euros or 3 percent of global turnover for failing obligations attached to high-risk systems.The Threat of Safety Overfitting: The report also warns against “defensive overcorrection.” When companies test their AI too aggressively, the systems can develop “safety overfitting,” where the AI agent generalizes its refusal parameters so broadly that it refuses to perform its core job.

A New Blueprint for AI Governance

To combat these compounding risks, TrustEvals and Accorian propose a complete restructuring of the classical GRC stack. Key mandates from the framework include:

Implementing Autonomy Budgets: Organizations must match an AI agent’s autonomy to its “blast radius” rather than its technical capabilities. High-impact actions, such as moving funds, must always require explicit human approval.Shifting to Runtime Detection: Because preventive controls function only as probabilities in non-deterministic AI, continuous runtime detection must become the primary security control.Unifying the Three Lines of Defense: Internal operational, compliance, and audit teams can no longer rely on separate, periodic sampling. All three lines must read from one continuous production trace layer. 

GORICO Operationalizes Continuous AI Governance

Accorian’s AI-enabled GRC platform, GORICO, helps organizations move beyond point-in-time compliance by providing continuous visibility into controls, risks, evidence, and audit readiness. With AI-assisted workflows for risk assessments, policy management, evidence mapping, and compliance operations, GORICO enables enterprises to continuously monitor and strengthen their security posture as AI environments evolve.

About TrustEvals: TrustEvals helps financial services firms turn AI into measurable top-line value while ensuring trust and reliability. Their work spans strategy, transformation, production evaluations, governance frameworks, and audit readiness for clients including banks, hedge funds, wealth managers, manufacturing firms, startups, real estate and private equity firms.

About Accorian: Accorian is a leading global cybersecurity and compliance advisory firm and one of the 10 accredited organizations offering both audit and testing services on a unified platform. Trusted by FinTech, HealthTech, MSP, SaaS, and mid-to-large enterprises, we help businesses with compliance expertise, technical depth, and strategic advisory. Our services span vCISO advisory, compliance readiness, penetration testing, cyber risk management, and security strategy. We support organizations across leading frameworks and certifications including HITRUST, SOC 2, ISO Certifications, NIST CSF, PCI DSS, HIPAA, CMMC, GDPR, and more.

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Insta360 Big Deal Days Returns with Savings of up to US$200 on Cameras, Gimbals, Microphones, and More

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LOS ANGELES, June 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Insta360 today announced the return of its annual Big Deal Days sales event, offering savings of up to US$200 on its most popular cameras, smartphone stabilizers, webcams, audio gear, and accessories. Available for a limited time through the Insta360 Store and participating retailers, Big Deal Days allows creators, travelers, and adventurers to upgrade their gear ahead of summer’s biggest moments.

Whether capturing a once-in-a-lifetime vacation, documenting outdoor adventures, or creating content on the go, Insta360’s lineup is designed to help users tell their stories from every angle.

Leading this year’s promotion is the Insta360 X5, the brand’s flagship 8K 360 camera. With its signature “shoot first, frame later” workflow, X5 captures every angle simultaneously, allowing creators to choose the perfect perspective after filming. During Big Deal Days, customers can save US$115 on the X5 Standard Bundle.

For action and adventure enthusiasts, the Leica co-engineered Ace Pro 2 delivers premium image quality, advanced AI-powered shooting features, and exceptional low-light performance. Customers can save US$70 on the Ace Pro 2 Standard Bundle during Big Deal Days.

Those looking for a lightweight, hands-free camera can take advantage of savings on the Insta360 GO Ultra. As the world’s smallest 4K action camera, GO Ultra makes it easy to capture immersive POV content without interrupting the moment. The GO Ultra Standard Bundle will be available with savings of US$95.

Content creators seeking smoother smartphone footage can save on Insta360 Flow 2 Pro. Featuring AI-powered tracking and industry-leading stabilization, Flow 2 Pro transforms a smartphone into a powerful filmmaking tool while helping users capture cinematic shots with ease.

Beyond cameras, Big Deal Days includes savings across the Insta360 accessory ecosystem. Customers can save on Mic Pro wireless audio systems, Snap Selfie Screens, and the Link 2 Series of AI-powered 4K webcams for streaming, remote work, and online collaboration.

Insta360 is also spotlighting its newest innovation, Luna Ultra, the company’s flagship dual-lens 8K gimbal camera. While Luna Ultra is not included in this year’s promotional pricing, it represents the latest advancement in handheld imaging with exceptional low-light performance, five versatile focal lengths, and a detachable touchscreen that doubles as a wireless remote control and microphone.

Rounding out the summer savings opportunities, Insta360’s Trade-In program remains available throughout the promotion. Customers can trade in eligible devices from multiple brands and receive up to an additional US$50 in credit toward a new Insta360 purchase, making it easier than ever to upgrade old gear.

With summer travel season underway, Big Deal Days offers some of Insta360’s best pricing of the year across products designed to capture everything from everyday moments to once-in-a-lifetime adventures.

For complete pricing, regional availability, and promotion details, visit the Insta360 Store at store.insta360.com.

About Insta360

With a “Think bold” mindset, Insta360 empowers people to capture and share their lives in extraordinary ways. Recognized as a market leader and innovator, Insta360’s vast lineup includes the world’s best-selling 360 cameras in the X Series, the thumb-sized GO Series for everyday capture, as well as an extensive range of action cameras, gimbals, webcams, and professional photography solutions. With intuitive, AI-powered software, Insta360 simplifies the creative process, allowing users to focus on storytelling without technical barriers. Insta360 is dedicated to helping a new generation of athletes, creatives, travelers and professionals bring their ideas to life.

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