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Mazda Selects Panasonic Automotive Systems’ Cockpit Domain Controller for All-New CX-5

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YOKOHAMA, Japan, July 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan; President: Masashi Nagayasu) today announced its cockpit domain controller (CDC)*1 has been adopted in Mazda Motor Corporation’s all-new MAZDA CX-5.

Following its European debut in December 2025 and Japan launch in May 2026, the new CX-5 is scheduled to roll out worldwide, including North America and Europe. Developed under the concept of “New Generation Emotional Daily Comfort,” the all-new CX-5 features evolved design and driving performance, along with enhanced cabin spaciousness, comfort, and quietness. In addition, the adoption of Mazda’s new MAZDA E/E ARCHITECTURE+ electronic platform has enabled a complete redesign of the human-machine interface (HMI), while strengthened and expanded communication functions and applications—together with evolved advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS)—have been incorporated to create a vehicle that allows all occupants to enjoy driving with confidence, safety, and comfort. The CDC adopted for the all-new CX-5 is positioned as a core cockpit system that supports these evolved HMI functions.

The CDC delivers an advanced cockpit platform designed for software-defined vehicles (SDVs), combining centralized control of key systems—such as infotainment (IVI), head-up display (HUD), and instrument cluster—with seamless, intuitive user experiences. Its updatable architecture enables continuous enhancements via over-the-air (OTA) updates, supporting evolving customer needs throughout the vehicle lifecycle.

Panasonic Automotive Systems has also integrated VirtIO*2, an open-standard virtualization technology, to support scalable software development and maximize long-term platform value.

Key Features
Updatable SDV Platform

A modular architecture supports ongoing feature upgrades and performance improvements. With OTA orchestrator functionality, updates extend across the cockpit ecosystem—including HUD and instrument cluster—ensuring a continuously improving vehicle experience.

Integrated, Multi-Display Cockpit Experience
Centralized control of three synchronized displays creates a consistent and cohesive interface across the cockpit. Coordinated visuals, lighting, and audio deliver clear, real-time feedback, enhancing driver awareness and usability. Furthermore, based on driver profiles, the platform automatically restores preferences such as the driving position (including seat and HUD adjustments) and climate control settings, contributing to the realization of a Driver Personalization System.

Connected, Intuitive User Experience
Integrated voice control further minimizes driver distraction while maximizing overall convenience. Panasonic Automotive Systems is also the first Japanese manufacturer*3 to integrate the Unity®*4 3D engine into in-vehicle systems. This enables real-time visualization of vehicle data— such as door status, turn signals, and surrounding environment information—through high-definition, responsive graphics.

Our HUD technology further enhances safety by projecting bright, low-distortion information directly within the driver’s line of sight.

To learn more about our company, please visit https://automotive.panasonic.com/en

*1 A core system that integrates and centrally processes multiple electronic control units (ECUs) across the cockpit—such as the instrument cluster—in addition to delivering vehicle information and entertainment features like video and music.
*2 A key technology for achieving device virtualization. It serves as a unified foundation that ensures identical software runs stably across diverse hardware architectures and cloud environments.
[Press Release] Panasonic Automotive Systems secures industry-wide endorsement for its initiative to standardize VirtIO device virtualization technology (February 24, 2026) https://news.panasonic.com/global/press/en260224-2
*3 Based on our research as of July 7, 2026.
*4 This material is not sponsored by or affiliated with Unity Technologies or its affiliates. Unity® is a trademark or registered trademark of Unity Technologies or its affiliates in the U.S. and elsewhere.

About Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
Headquartered in Japan, Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., (PAS) is a global company with subsidiaries in eight other countries and, as a Tier 1 company, it provides advanced proprietary technologies such as infotainment systems to automakers in Japan and overseas, helping to create comfortable, safe, and secure automobiles. PAS is committed to meeting the expectations of its customers around the world with technologies that stand by people in pursuit of its corporate vision of becoming the “Joy in Motion” design company. The PAS company name and brand are changing to Mobitera Inc., effective April 1, 2027.

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Rapidflare Partners with DEEPX to Drive Technical Intelligence for the Physical AI Ecosystem

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– Establishes Rapidflare’s agentic AI infrastructure as the trusted product intelligence layer across DEEPX’s software and engineering systems – Unifies fragmented documentation, GitHub repositories, and DXNN® SDK resources to deliver instant, verifiable technical support for edge AI developers – Enables real-time, mission-critical operational guidance for complex robotics and industrial automation deployments

SAN JOSE, Calif. and SEOUL, South Korea, July 8, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Rapidflare, a leading agentic AI infrastructure platform specializing in developer enablement, technical support, and intelligent knowledge orchestration for the electronics industry, today announced a strategic partnership with DEEPX, a pioneer in ultra-low-power Neural Processing Units (NPUs) for Physical AI.

Rapidflare enables us to deliver fast, reliable access to the knowledge required to build, optimize, and deploy on DEEPX while maintaining the accuracy, traceability, and trust required in mission-critical technical environments. -Tim Park, Strategic Marketing Director, DEEPX.

Through this collaboration, Rapidflare is deploying its advanced intelligence platform across DEEPX’s developer ecosystem, establishing a trusted product intelligence layer that unifies GitHub repositories, DXNN® SDK documentation, developer resources, and internal engineering systems.

A Trusted Intelligence Layer for High-Tech Engineering

The integration allows developers, customers, and engineering teams to receive instant, accurate answers cited with deep links across fragmented hardware and software knowledge sources. By streamlining access to technical expertise, the platform accelerates development timelines and significantly reduces support friction.

As edge AI platforms expand globally across robotics, smart mobility, industrial automation, and intelligent infrastructure, technical knowledge must scale efficiently. Rapidflare is engineered specifically for these complex environments where accuracy and explainability are essential. The platform leverages knowledge graphs, structured reasoning with tool calling, and source-level traceability to transform disparate engineering data into reliable operational intelligence.

“Physical AI systems will increasingly depend on trusted knowledge as much as they depend on compute,” said Prush Palanichamy, Co-Founder and CRO of Rapidflare. “Our work with DEEPX demonstrates how organizations can create a reliable intelligence layer. Long term, we believe this becomes a foundational layer for how Physical AI platforms are built, supported, and continuously improved.”

Full-Stack Foundation for Physical AI Deployment

Together, the companies are delivering a full-stack solution to make physical autonomy highly maintainable. While DEEPX provides the processing backend through its edge AI silicon, including the flagship DX-M1 and the generative AI-focused DX-M2 NPUs, Rapidflare delivers the mission-critical intelligence layer.

Rapidflare’s agentic systems ingest the complete technical parameters of a physical product, including schematics, configuration guides, and maintenance logs, to provide real- time guidance. Whether debugging an industrial system in the field, configuring a newly deployed robot, or training operators on complex equipment, the platform ensures the high accuracy required for enterprise environments.

“Scaling Physical AI requires more than breakthrough silicon,” said Tim Park, Strategic Marketing Director at DEEPX. “As our ecosystem grows, developers and customers need fast, reliable access to the knowledge required to build, optimize, and deploy on DEEPX. Rapidflare enables us to deliver that experience while maintaining the accuracy, traceability, and trust required in mission-critical technical environments.”

Availability and Future Roadmaps

The Rapidflare platform is currently live and fully integrated within DEEPX’s technical support, engineering, and developer enablement systems.

Moving forward, both companies aim to expand the framework to bridge the gap between documentation and real-world operational feedback. The collaboration establishes the long-term infrastructure necessary for advanced edge devices—such as factory robots and autonomous machinery—to seamlessly utilize automated troubleshooting, self-diagnosis, and real-time configuration guidance directly at the edge.

To learn more, visit www.deepx.ai or www.rapidflare.ai.

About Rapidflare

Rapidflare is an agentic AI platform built for technical and engineering organizations across the semiconductor, electronics, OEM, and industrial technology sectors. The platform transforms fragmented documentation, engineering systems, product data, and support workflows into trusted operational intelligence. By combining structured knowledge systems, explainable AI, and engineering-aware reasoning, Rapidflare enables organizations to deliver accurate, source-cited answers across complex technical environments.

About DEEPX

DEEPX is a leading on-device AI semiconductor company dedicated to democratizing Physical AI at the edge. Powered by its proprietary NPU architecture, DEEPX delivers high-performance, ultra-low-power solutions that enable edge devices to process sophisticated workloads—from real-time computer vision to on-device LLMs—locally. We empower industries, from robotics to smart cities, to unlock new possibilities with energy-efficient, secure, and cost-effective intelligence, visit www.deepx.ai

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Balpreet Kaur, Rapidflare, 1 2068614231, balpreet@rapidflare.ai, rapidflare.ai

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Emplifi Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Social Media Management and Listening

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NEW YORK, July 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Emplifi, a leading Autonomous CX platform, has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Social Media Management and Listening. We feel the recognition reflects Emplifi’s continued investment in unifying social marketing, commerce, and customer care as part of its broader mission to help brands deliver connected customer experiences at scale.

The 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Social Media Management and Listening evaluates vendors on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute. Emplifi’s platform is designed to help brands reduce operational fragmentation by connecting marketing, service, and commerce within a unified platform.

Recent enhancements include the introduction of Emplifi Fuel, the company’s Autonomous CX platform, powered by Fuel AI, an intelligence layer that enables brands to automate workflows, connect teams, and optimize customer experiences across the entire customer journey. The roadmap focuses on expanding agentic AI capabilities that support content creation, customer service workflows, and earlier identification of emerging reputational risks.

Emplifi has become the partner of choice for enterprise brands seeking to unify their customer experience operations, chosen for both the breadth of its platform and the way it works alongside the teams that rely on it. That reputation is grounded in three areas:

Enterprise power, without the complexity

Emplifi is built for teams that need to move fast without sacrificing capability. Powered by Fuel AI, the platform connects marketing, commerce, and customer care into a single intelligent system, one that teams can get up and running quickly across regions and use cases, and that remains intuitive as they scale.

A partnership model built around outcomes

Emplifi’s relationship with customers doesn’t end at go-live. From onboarding through long-term expansion, Emplifi teams work alongside customers to drive adoption and accelerate impact, ensuring the platform’s autonomous capabilities translate into real business results: revenue growth, customer retention, and risk mitigation.

A roadmap that earns confidence

Customers don’t just value what Emplifi does today, they trust where it’s going. With agentic AI, autonomous workflows, and deeper cross-functional integration at the centre of what’s ahead, Emplifi positions brands to stay ahead of the curve, turning their customer experience operations into a lasting competitive advantage.

“We are proud to be recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Social Media Management and Listening,” said Susan Ganeshan, CMO of Emplifi. “At Emplifi, our vision has always extended beyond social media management. We are building the foundation for connected, intelligent, Autonomous CX; helping brands unify marketing, commerce, and customer care through AI-driven orchestration. We believe this recognition reflects the momentum behind that vision and, more importantly, the results our customers are achieving every day.”

To access the complimentary 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Social Media Management and Listening report, click here.

Join Emplifi for a live webinar on July 14, where Emplifi leadership will discuss the recognition and what’s ahead on the product roadmap. Register here.

Gartner Disclaimer

Gartner, Magic Quadrant™ for Social Media Management and Listening, Claudia Ratterman, Karen Lee, Tia Zervas, 6 July 2026.

GARTNER is a trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates. Magic Quadrant is a registered trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved. 

Gartner does not endorse any company, vendor, product or service depicted in its publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s business and technology insights organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this publication, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Emplifi

Emplifi is the only Autonomous CX platform unifying social marketing, commerce, and customer care for more than 20,000 brands worldwide. Powered by Fuel AI, built on more than 5T of data, and recognized as a leader by leading industry analysts, Emplifi helps enterprise teams orchestrate connected customer journeys and deliver personalized experiences at scale, turning every customer touchpoint into a competitive advantage.

Press Contact: Jordan Lukes, Corporate Communications Director, Emplifi, jordan.lukes@emplifi.io

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New Analysis by onX Reveals Recreation and Wildlife Statistics in America’s Roadless Areas

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BOZEMAN, Mont., July 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A new analysis from onX sheds fresh light on the 44.7 million acres, or 23%, of National Forest land currently inventoried by the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. onX’s analysis and its accompanying interactive map arrive at a pivotal moment, as the Department of Agriculture actively considers proposed actions on the Roadless Rule that could remove long-standing limits on road building, logging, and mining in inventoried roadless areas in 37 states.

“At onX, we turn land and recreation data into something people can actually use,” said onX CEO Laura Orvidas. “This report is an extension of that. These 44.7 million acres have supported hunting, fishing, off-roading, and wildlife habitat for 25 years. We want all outdoor enthusiasts to stay informed and ready to weigh in once the public comment period opens.”

onX’s analysis, entitled “The Roadless Rule: By the Numbers,” examines the recreational opportunities these landscapes provide for hunters, anglers, off-roaders, hikers, climbers, backcountry skiers, and other outdoor enthusiasts. The findings include:

Recreation opportunity: Roadless Rule Areas are home to over 17,700 miles of hiking and biking trails, nearly 1,500 miles of mapped backcountry ski routes, and nearly 3,000 climbing areas. These areas currently support significant recreation infrastructure and changes to the Rule could affect how these lands are managed going forward.Wildlife habitat: onX analyzed habitat and migration corridors for three game species, and found that the Roadless Rule Areas provide intact habitat for wildlife. For example, in Wyoming, 99% of Roadless Rule Areas serve as elk habitat; in New Hampshire, 97% serve as black bear habitat, and in Arizona, 96% serve as mule deer habitat.

The findings also provide additional context on two commonly cited reasons for rescinding the Rule: that roadless areas prohibit motorized use and that new road construction is necessary to reduce wildfire risk.

Wheels and motors are allowed in inventoried roadless areas: Nationally, inventoried “roadless” areas include: 7,201 miles of full-size motorized trails/roads, 2,494 miles of ATV and side-by-side trails, 2,167 miles of motorized singletrack trails, and 1,295 miles of snowmobile trails. Unlike Wilderness Areas, “roadless” areas remain open to many forms of motorized and mechanized use. If the Rule is revised or rescinded, new forest management plans could open these areas to road building for industrial uses such as logging and mining activities.The link between wildfire and roads: Wildfire is one of the most complex challenges facing public land managers today, and is cited in the current debate over the Roadless Rule. The onX analysis reveals that 3% of the country’s historical wildfire ignition points over the past 50 years occurred within areas inventoried by the Roadless Rule. The Rule explicitly allows for wildfire suppression and fuel reduction, including road construction in emergency situations. Studies have also shown that 90% of all wildfires start within a half-mile of a road, likely due to increased human interaction.

Be the “Public” in Public Lands

It is expected that the US Department of Agriculture will publish a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) in the near future, which will launch a public comment period. This is the public’s opportunity to influence the trajectory of 44.7 million acres of public land by submitting a substantive comment. Substantive comments include:

References to specific locations like GPS coordinates, specific place names, and road or trail numbersFirst-hand experiences, like an experience exploring or living near these areasRelevant data from your own area of expertise, or reference the figures in this analysisSpecific responses to the agency’s impact analysis in the different alternatives as outlined in the DEIS, when it becomes available.

Even if someone hasn’t been to an area inventoried by the Roadless Rule and wants to be part of this upcoming public comment period, sharing thoughts on how these landscapes and habitat matter to their outdoor experience is encouraged.

For help writing substantive comments, visit onX’s blog post here.

[Journalist Note: The comment period deadline, Docket Number, online link and mailing address–all important elements to participate in the comment period–will be outlined in the DEIS when it is published.]

For the entire report, interactive map, and background on how the Roadless Rule came to be, visit: https://www.onxmaps.com/onx-access-initiatives/roadless-rule

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About onX Founded in 2009, onX is a pioneer in digital outdoor navigation, developing software that helps inform, inspire, and empower outdoor recreationists. onX Hunt, onX Offroad, onX Backcountry, and onX Fish make up the company’s suite of apps and are built by explorers for explorers. Because off-the-beaten-path experiences are at the heart of what onX does, the company also leads initiatives to protect and expand access to public land. Since 2018, onX has worked with various partners to secure and improve public land access through direct funding and by supporting key legislation with data analysis and research. [Learn more](https://www.onxmaps.com/onx-access-initiatives).

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