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Yoto unveils its biggest hardware update yet

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The new Yoto Player 4th Gen and Yoto Mini 4th Gen bring shortcuts to personalised playlists, smoother routine support and a fresh new look to family life

TORONTO, Sept. 10, 2026 /CNW/ — Yoto is unveiling its biggest ever hardware update to its award-winning audio players for kids. The new Yoto Player 4th Gen and Yoto Mini 4th Gen bring a host of updates that build on everything families already love, with more storage, a faster processor and a brand-new design.

New features include:

A new Green Button – giving kids instant, cardless access to their favourite audio and personalised playlists from their library once an adult sets up on the free AppSmoother routines – further helping families build Yoto into their morning and bedtime rhythmsA fresh new look – with redesigned hardware and a more robust, adventure-ready Yoto Mini 

Their personal playlist

The Green Button gives kids a new way to jump straight into up to 20 of their favourite audio titles for day and night. Once set up in the Yoto App, kids can twist, press and play their favourite titles without having to insert a Yoto Card. Playlists can be created by adults on the Yoto App with their favourite titles and free content from their library. Then the audio is ready on the Yoto Player 4th Gen and Yoto Mini 4th Gen without always needing a Yoto Card to hand. And it’s not just for favourite physical cards – the Green Button can also be configured as a shortcut to digital-only cards and free bonus audio that is available on the App, from soundscapes to toothbrush timers.

As families’ Yoto libraries grew, so did the need for a quicker way for children to find their favourites. Listening to community feedback, Yoto designed the update around one simple idea: making best-loved content easier for kids to access independently, wherever they are – at home, at their grandparents’ house or further afield.

Families can get started with the Green Button right away, with a free 5 Minute Stories From Around the World digital Yoto Card included with the Yoto Player 4th Gen and a free Journey Jams digital card included with the Yoto Mini 4th Gen. The digital cards will be waiting for grownups in their Yoto App after set-up, ready to be added to the Green Button playlist. A free Make Your Own Card and stickers are also included in the box with both players which can be linked to the digital cards via the App or player.

Built for the rhythm of family life

Create a routine that’s as unique as your family with the Yoto Player 4th Gen. With the new Green Button you can create bespoke playlists for mornings and evenings. For mornings, a playlist could bring together the award-winning Yoto Daily podcast, a toothbrush timer or some fascinating facts from the BrainBots. At bedtime, families might choose lullabies, white noise, Yoto Sleep Radio or a soothing story.

The all-new night light panel on the Yoto Player 4th Gen can also provide bedtime and Ok-to-Wake cues for your child. Choose from seven colours to create a calming bedtime environment or signal when it’s time to get up. Future free software updates will also introduce dynamic lighting that creates visual effects to complement what children are listening to.

Faster, tougher and ready for adventure

The Yoto Player 4th Gen is faster, tougher and better than ever – and it has a fresh new look.

A new processor, boosted memory, Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 6.1 keep everything quick, connected and easy to use. Both the Yoto Player 4th Gen and Yoto Mini 4th Gen have also been upgraded to hold 64GB of storage – enough for up to 1,000 hours of audio.

Designed for adventures at home and away, the Yoto Mini 4th Gen is IP67 puddle-proof, with a splash- and dust-resistant design built to withstand the rough and tumble of everyday family life.

New-look accessories

Every audio adventurer needs to be prepared, so Yoto’s accessories have also been given the 4th Gen treatment. The updated silicone Adventure Jackets keep the Yoto 4th Gen players snug and carry-ready, with four new vibrant colourways and an all-new wrist lanyard included with the Yoto Mini 4th Gen version. The refreshed Yoto Travel Case now fits both generations of Yoto Mini, with the same space for over-ear headphones and up to 30 Yoto Cards so kids are all set for adventure. Whether it’s the back seat of a long car journey, a stay at the grandparents’ or just out and about, everything children need is packed and ready to go.

Quote from Ben Drury, CEO and co-founder

“We’ve always wanted Yoto to get better with time. We listen to families, we watch how kids use Yoto, and we ask ourselves what could make the experience more joyful, useful and independent. That’s what led us to 4th Gen. We wanted kids to be able to get to the audio they love more easily, for Yoto to work even better around the rhythms of family life, and for the hardware itself to be faster, more reliable and tougher. We don’t want to change the core of what Yoto is – 4th Gen is about making the Yoto experience even better for families as the way they use it evolves.”

Pricing and availability

The Yoto Player 4th Gen will be retailing at $179.99 and the Yoto Mini 4th Gen at $134.99, both available at Yotoplay.com and with the Yoto Mini 4th Gen also available on Amazon.

The Yoto Mini 4th Gen and Yoto Player 4th Gen will be available for pre-order from 10 September 2026.

Yoto Mini 4th Gen estimated dispatch date: 30th September 2026
Yoto Player 4th Gen estimated dispatch date: 15th October 2026

About the Yoto Player 4th Gen

A kids’ audio player built for modern family life. The Yoto Player 4th Gen includes:

Sharp, rich stereo soundGreen Button gives access to customisable, pre-loaded playlists of up to 20 titles for both day and nightNew full panel night lightPersonalise your playlists around your family’s routineUSB-C and wireless charging64GB of storage for over 1,000 hours of offline listeningBluetooth 6.1 headphone connectivity, upgraded pixel display and speedy set up

Key data:

Bluetooth: 6.1WiFi: 6Storage: 64GBLight: Enhanced night light LED panelCharging: USB-C and wireless with Yoto wireless charging dockHeadphone jack port: YesReplaceable battery: Yes, with plans for a battery replacement kit to be available in 2027Up to 14 hours battery life

About the Yoto Mini 4th Gen

A pocket-sized audio player designed to soundtrack childhoods, wherever it takes them:

Green Button gives access to customisable, pre-loaded playlists of up to 20 titles for both day and nightWiFi 6 for super speedy downloading – never get caught without your favourite title64GB of storage for over 1,000 hours of offline listeningPersonalise your playlists around your family’s routineBluetooth 6.1 headphone connectivity for reliable, wireless audioIP67 splash and dust resistant designed to withstand adventures at home and awaySpeedy, simple set up

Key data:

Bluetooth: 6.1WiFi: 6Storage: 64GBLight: NoCharging: USB-CHeadphone jack port: YesUp to 12 hours battery life

About Yoto

Yoto is an interactive audio platform designed for screen-free listening that kids control. The company was founded by Ben Drury and Filip Denker, two dads who wanted to create a better way for their children to enjoy audio without needing to use tech built for an adult. Child-first by design, Yoto Players have always been designed for agency without addiction so children could discover, imagine and learn on a device that was built for them.

Since launching on Kickstarter in 2017, Yoto has grown into a global brand loved by families around the world. The launch of the Yoto Player 4th Gen and Yoto Mini 4th Gen in 2026 marked a new chapter in that story: after years of learning from how families actually use their players, from the podcast tune-in every morning, to the last Yoto story at night, the new hardware is faster, tougher and better than ever before, built around the rhythms of real family life.

Yoto has won multiple prestigious awards over the years, including the King’s Award for Enterprise in 2025, the FT1000 Europe’s Fastest-Growing Companies list in 2026, a D&AD Pencil for outstanding design, and was named one of TIME magazine’s Best Inventions in 2020. The Yoto Mini 4th Gen sits in the Henry Ford Museum of Innovation collection alongside the original iPhone thanks to its IDEA Gold award in 2026.

The content library spans over one thousand titles from publishers, labels and top creators including Universal Music Group, Penguin Random House, Roald Dahl Story Company, the BBC and Mattel alongside Yoto’s own award-winning Yoto Originals, bringing the world’s best stories, music, activities and podcasts to children of all ages in English, French and Spanish. Available globally, Yoto is creating a world-class audio experience that grows with children and sits at the heart of everyday family life.

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Allstream Energy Partners Nominated in Multiple Categories for Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators

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Nomination Categories for Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators in AI & Automation, Advertising, Marketing & PR

HOUSTON, Sept. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Allstream Energy Partners has been nominated in multiple categories for Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators program, recognizing organizations redefining their industries through innovation, leadership, and emerging technologies.

The company received nominations in six categories:

Best Workplaces for Innovators North AmericaAI, Automation and Machine Learning ExcellenceAdvertising, Marketing and PRSmall & Mighty CompaniesInnovative Leader of the Year: Efrain Garcia, Founder and CEOInnovative Team of the Year

The nominations recognize Allstream’s investment in proprietary AI-driven marketing technologies, digital publishing solutions, and workflows designed to change how energy companies build visibility, authority, and customer engagement.

Where Oil and Gas Digital Marketing Meets Publishing

Allstream Energy Partners has developed an agency-plus-publisher model combining digital marketing, content creation, industry communications, media publishing, executive networking, and business development.

As artificial intelligence changes how buyers discover suppliers, manufacturers, engineering firms, service companies, and technology providers, Allstream helps clients position themselves to be recommended—not simply found.

Its integrated capabilities include AI marketing strategy, AI-optimized website development, SEO for Oil and Gas, Answer Engine Optimization, Generative Engine Optimization, AI search visibility, content marketing, industry publishing, public relations, social media, paid search, email marketing, event promotion, podcasting, branding, and digital advertising.

Innovation Built for Energy

Unlike a general marketing agency, Allstream was built specifically for oil and gas, energy, engineering, construction, manufacturing, and industrial markets. Each founder brings 27 years of experience supporting sales, business development, capital projects, technical services, industrial marketing, and digital strategy.

This experience gives Allstream an understanding of how technical buyers evaluate suppliers, how projects move through the market, and how engineering, procurement, operations, and executive teams consume information.

The company continues investing in proprietary methodologies that combine industry knowledge, journalism, publishing, AI optimization, communications, and business development strategy. As AI becomes an important starting point for supplier research and vendor discovery, Allstream helps organizations evolve beyond traditional SEO.

“Marketing has fundamentally changed,” said Efrain Garcia, Founder and CEO of Allstream Energy Partners. “Our team recognized early that AI would transform how buyers discover companies, evaluate expertise, and make purchasing decisions. These nominations reflect our commitment to innovation and our mission to help the energy industry succeed in an AI-first world.”

About Allstream Energy Partners

Allstream Energy Partners is a Houston-based, AI-powered marketing and media company serving the energy and industrial supply chain. Through SEO, GEO, AEO, AI-optimized websites, publishing, strategic communications, networking events, and business partnerships, Allstream helps Oil and Gas companies strengthen their brands, improve visibility across search engines and AI platforms, and generate qualified business opportunities.
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Krelva Accepted Into the HBS Foundry Bootcamp at Harvard Business School

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Foster Britton spent four years learning to trade. Jerry Klamm grew a website to $100,000 a month in high school. Their bootstrapped, pre-launch company, Krelva, joins the new program in October and opens Krelva Meet, small live rooms where day traders trade the market together at their respective skill levels.

BUFFALO, N.Y., Sept. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Krelva, a bootstrapped, pre-launch Buffalo company built for futures day traders, has been accepted into the HBS Foundry Bootcamp at Harvard Business School, a new online program for founders working toward their first check. Foster Britton started trading in 10th grade, at 15, before settling on futures trading. Jerry Klamm, 19, built Geometry Spot at 16, grew it to more than 175 million pageviews and $100,000 a month in revenue before he finished high school, and left the University at Buffalo to run Krelva full time.

“Krelva Meet is the room I wish I had at 15.” Foster Britton, co-founder, Krelva

Krelva exists because of how hard Britton’s first four years were. Trading is highly complex, the internet is full of people teaching it, and most of what a beginner finds is confusing, contradictory, or sold by someone with something to sell. The question is never whether there is enough information. It is where to start and who to listen to.

“I started trading in 10th grade, in forex before anything else, and it took me four years to get it right,” Britton said. “It was not that the charts were hard. It was that there is so much online, most of it is confusing, and there is no way to know where to start or who to listen to.”

Today Krelva has two things. The first is a free beginner course that shows people where to start; it teaches the basics without promising anyone a payday. The second is Krelva Meet, which opens in October at $50 a month with a 14-day free trial: a new way to trade Nasdaq-100 and S&P 500 futures, not alone and not in a crowd of strangers, but in a small live room with people at your own verified level.

Krelva Meet started with a frustration anyone who has spent time in a trading Discord will recognize. People post their results, and some of those results are real. Screenshots are easy to fake, a few prop firms now issue verified payout cards, and none of it tells a beginner whether the person answering their question is actually where they say they are. So the beginner guesses, and the loudest voice usually wins.

Krelva Meet checks. Every trader has a level that Krelva verifies before they enter a room, and the company is building direct brokerage verification so the check happens automatically. Rooms are built from traders at the same level. Someone who has never passed a prop firm evaluation sits with others who have not either. Pass one, and you move up to rooms with traders who have passed. Get paid out, and you move up again. Alongside the rooms, Krelva is launching a rating: simple, earned over time, and moved by how you answer questions during the session rather than by what you claim. Rooms are not a signal service and tell no one what to buy or sell. They are about the process: reading the market before the open, talking it through with people at your level, and finding out afterward where and why you were right or wrong.

Krelva does not claim to make anyone a better trader faster. It is trying to give people a place to start.

“Krelva Meet is the room I wish I had at 15,” Britton said.

The HBS Foundry Bootcamp at Harvard Business School has drawn attention since its launch for its $699 price and its format, which from Krelva’s understanding pairs weekly live sessions with HBS faculty and guests with AI versions of those same professors, built to push back on weak ideas.

“I’m interested in this new program at Harvard Business School. I think using AI tools to learn is the future, but I’m curious to see how Harvard does it and if it actually works,” Klamm said. “I like that it says the AI professors are built to challenge weak ideas, so I’m going to push it to the limit and see how it performs compared to a real professor.”

The waitlist for Krelva Meet is open now at https://krelva.com.

“Most traders look at the chart at 9:30 every morning by themselves. There are thousands of other traders just like you,” Klamm said. “Why would you trade alone if you could trade with a group you trust? That is the whole idea.”

About Krelva

Krelva is a Buffalo, New York company built for futures day traders. Its free beginner course, built by co-founder Foster Britton, teaches the basics of trading. Its paid product, Krelva Meet, puts traders in small live rooms with other traders at the same verified level to trade Nasdaq-100 and S&P 500 futures together, for $50 a month with a 14-day free trial. Krelva was founded in 2026 by Jerry Klamm and Foster Britton. Learn more at https://krelva.com.

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Larry Ellison Cancels His Plan to Sell Oracle Stock

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AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) today announced that Larry Ellison, Executive Chair of the Board and Chief Technology Officer, has cancelled his 10b5-1 Plan to sell Oracle stock. No Oracle stock was sold under that plan, and he has no other plans to sell any of his Oracle stock.

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