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TECNO Pioneers AI Imaging with Unveiling of TECNO Image Matrix and Two AI-Powered Imaging Technologies at Future Lens 2024

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The TECNO Image Matrix is a new “brain” that redesigns the AI imaging process; EVS Dynamic Snapshot lets users capture moving subjects with precisions; and Tap Any Zoom Dual Prism Telephoto ensures crystal-clear shots of far-away subjects. 

CHONGQING, China, Dec. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Today at its annual Future Lens 2024 event, innovative technology brand TECNO unveiled its three latest innovative breakthroughs: an all-new imaging matrix and two advanced imaging technologies. The innovative TECNO Image Matrix (TIM) is a new AI imaging “brain” that restructures and optimizes power to enhance imaging processes, power new and optimized imaging functions and create more exceptional images. Meanwhile, EVS Dynamic Shot technology perfects capture of subjects in motion, and Tap Any Zoom Dual Prism Telephoto enables more stable long-range shooting.

Future Lens 2024 was the fourth iteration of TECNO’s signature imaging event and showcased TECNO’s commitment to cutting-edge, user-centric innovation with a focus on AI-powered imaging. Taking place this year in Chongqing, China, attendees including smartphone and photography enthusiasts, industry leaders, and reporters from across the media reveled in the hotbed of learning, discussion, and idea sharing. Culminating with a tour of TECNO’s R&D lab and its most automated factory, the event inspired thoughts of future imaging possibilities, and highlighted TECNO’s relentless pursuit of excellence in mobile imaging technology.

TECNO Image Matrix – An All-new Imaging “Brain” for the AI Era

This year, TECNO has invested heavily to become an industry leader in the realm of mobile AI technologies. With its new AI Vision strategy, the brand’s “practical” AI is being quickly implemented in imaging, making TECNO a leader in the development and application of AI technologies in emerging markets. As it has been exploring new ways to integrate AI into the imaging experience, the brand has faced one fundamental challenge from the start: smartphone computing power, in general, is insufficient to support more numerous and more complex AI operations.

As a result, TECNO developed the new TECNO Image Matrix – a new “brain” for AI-powered imaging that reimagines the whole imaging process to optimize computational power and deliver rapid, high-quality image processing.

The new matrix is based on the optimization of the data pipeline with newly upgraded TAPS (TECNO Algorithm Process Stack) underlying architecture as the technical foundation. It builds a fully intelligent process from image capture to post-processing, aiming to significantly improve the efficiency and quality of image processing, and provide global users with an excellent shooting experience and professional-level image output.

The TECNO Image Matrix structure is based on the four stages of image creation. From bottom to top, the first layer is the Hardware Foundation Layer with the four major image processing units – camera hardware, display, SOC and sensor. The second layer, the De-construction Layer, is composed of 10 elemental imaging algorithms, such as noise reduction, stabilization and correction.

The third layer is the Engine Re-construction Layer. In this layer, TECNO built a technical core foundation called TAPS (TECNO Algorithm Process Stack) that supports the transformation of AI capabilities, allowing algorithm processing to be performed well and quickly. This crucial and unique layer features four AI-driven imaging engines: AI RAW enhances low-light and backlit scenes, while improving image clarity, sharpness and color; AI SNAP enables lightning-fast image capture without lag, ensuring that users never miss a moment; AIGC Studio empowers a suite of tools for image enhancement and generation; and AI UT (Universal Tone) automatically restores and enhances skin tones, ensuring that portrait images reflect true-to-life beauty.

The synergy of these four engines delivers an unparalleled AI-powered imaging experience for users, optimizing color, scene, and image quality, with high dynamic night view capabilities. These enhancements are realized in the top layer, the Application Layer, where users will enjoy the advantages. By restructuring the pipeline and redirecting computational power to the AI-driven engines, the TECNO Image Matrix acts as the backbone of the new and optimized functions – AI Shooting Quality++, Portrait Master, Video Master, AI Snap and AI Image Studio.

EVS Dynamic Snapshot – Capturing Subjects in Motion with Crystal Clarity

Besides the TECNO Image Matrix, TECNO has also developed a further two AI-powered imaging technologies that tackle common user pain-points. Firstly, EVS Dynamic Snapshot tackles the difficulties faced when photographing moving subjects. Often when shooting, the still parts of a captured frame are sharp, but the moving parts appear blurry because motion trajectories are difficult to capture.

EVS Dynamic Snapshot technology overcomes the limitations of traditional snapshot methods and the light intake constraints of compact cameras to enhance the camera’s ability to capture motion.

Whereas traditional cameras collect pixels frame-by-frame, TECNO’s solution captures the complete motion path of a subject. The technology focuses solely on moving subjects, using EVS pixels to record motion data. By combining traditional CMOS with DVS high-frequency circuits, EVS Dynamic Snapshot captures ultra-dense motion data. It uses high dynamic tracking to intelligently lock onto moving subjects, while also focusing on pixel changes at an ultra-high frequency, making it possible to take sharp, full-frame images, even of fast-moving subjects. The technology’s AI algorithms combine static objects captured by the RGB camera with moving objects detected by EVS. By utilizing motion data provided by EVS, the RGB camera’s handling of motion blur for moving subjects is optimized, resulting in a single, sharp, and complete photo.

Whether capturing a majestic bird in flight or high-speed motorsports action, this next-generation tailor-made technology allows users to take high-speed, crystal-clear dynamic snapshots better than ever.

Tap Any Zoom Dual Prism Telephoto – Super Stable Zoom to Eliminate Blurring

The other AI-powered technology unveiled by TECNO at Future Lens 2024 is Tap Any Zoom Dual Prism Telephoto technology. The technology addresses the three major challenges of telephoto shooting, namely focusing difficulties, frequent blurring and non-existent room for re-framing.

TECNO’s Tap Any Zoom technology employs a dual prism design, lens-shift optical image stabilization and intelligent AI algorithms to help users capture incredible telephoto shots.

Simply by double-tapping a subject that you want to capture (in 1x/0.6x scene mode), the camera instantly zooms to the optimal level (up to 30x) for fast and precise framing. The lens-shift optical image stabilization, together with the dual-prism wide swing angle, effectively mitigates external vibrations, ensuring shots are sharp, stable and crystal clear.

The dual prism offers an expansive shooting area, with the ability to capture images up to with 14 times the zoom of a standard 125mm focal length lens. This enables ultra-wide-angle capture with greater focal length and perspective, while a long-range scanning function and 400MP pixel auto-assembly ensure perfect high-resolution imagery. Meanwhile, the telephoto sweep function stitches full-frame shots without distortion, creating high quality shots with re-framing freedom.

Future Lens 2024: Beyond the Innovations

The Future Lens 2024 event proved to be another valuable event for all attendees, who gained behind-the-scenes insights into TECNO’s latest imaging technologies.

The day began with an insightful sharing session, involving Laury Bai, TECNO’s Chief Marketing Officer, Huang Xiao Han, Director of TECNO’s Image R&D Center, professional photographer and editor at leading photography media Amateur Photographer, Nigel Atherton, and tech industry expert Nicole Scott. This was followed by a panel discussion offering a further deep dive into TECNO’s AI-powered technologies. After enjoying the strategic release of the new TECNO Image Matrix, attendees were invited to join the discussion of AI-driven industry trends. In the afternoon, attendees enjoyed a tour of TECNO’s cutting-edge factory and research labs.

“We’re excited to share our newest technologies with industry experts and enthusiasts here at Future Lens 2024,” said Huang Xiao Han. “At this year’s event, we are showcasing technologies that reimagine the way we shoot with our smartphones. Guided by our new AI Vision strategy, TECNO is offering new ideas about how we can leverage new AI technologies alongside our advanced imaging technologies to deliver even better imaging experiences for our users.”

As its latest Future Lens event ends, TECNO is strengthening its commitment to breaking boundaries in imaging excellence, standing up as a pioneer of AI innovations while continuing to pursue enhancements in the mobile imaging experience. In line with its “Stop At Nothing” brand philosophy, TECNO aims to provide consumers, especially those in often overlooked emerging markets, with more powerful, intuitive, and creative solutions.

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LAZARD GLOBAL TOTAL RETURN AND INCOME FUND DECLARES MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION AND ISSUES ESTIMATED SOURCES OF THE DISTRIBUTION ANNOUNCED IN SEPTEMBER

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NEW YORK, Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) (NYSE:LGI) is confirming today, pursuant to its Managed Distribution Policy, as previously authorized by its Board of Directors, a monthly distribution of $0.15340 per share on the Fund’s outstanding common stock. The distribution is payable on November 24, 2026, to shareholders of record on November 10, 2026. The ex-dividend date is November 10, 2026.

The Fund will pay a previously declared distribution today, October 22, 2026. The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the current distribution and the cumulative distributions paid, including today’s distribution, from the following sources: net investment income, net realized capital gains (short-term and long-term), and return of capital. All amounts are expressed per share of common stock and are based on accounting principles generally accepted in the US, which may differ from federal income tax regulations.

Current Distribution

% of the Current Distribution

Total Cumulative Distributions for the Fiscal Year to Date

% of the Total Cumulative Distributions for the Fiscal Year to Date

Net Income

$0.02003

13 %

$0.20541

13 %

Net Realized Short-Term Capital Gains

$0.00000

0 %

$0.00000

0 %

Net Realized Long-Term Capital Gains

$0.13337

87 %

$0.80950

53 %

Return of Capital

$0.00000

0 %

$0.51909

34 %

Total

$0.15340

100 %

$1.53400

100 %

Average annual total return (in relation to NAV) for the 5-year period ending on September 30, 2026

6.36 %

Annualized current distribution rate expressed as a percentage of NAV as of September 30, 2026

10.22 %

Cumulative total return (in relation to NAV) for the fiscal year through September 30, 2026

5.81 %

Cumulative fiscal year distributions as a percentage of NAV as of September 30, 2026

7.66 %

You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund’s investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund’s Managed Distribution Policy.

The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its net investment income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with “yield” or “income”.

The amounts and sources of distributions reported above are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund’s investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund provides financial intermediary firms the information necessary to produce the Form 1099-DIV, and then the relevant financial intermediary firm will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes. If you have any questions, or need additional information, please call us at 1-800-823-6300.

Portfolio data as of September 30, 2026, including performance, asset allocation, top 10 holdings, sector weightings, regional exposure, and other Fund characteristics have been posted on Lazard Asset Management’s (“LAM”) website, www.LazardAssetManagement.com.

The Fund’s investment objective is total return, consisting of capital appreciation and current income. The Fund’s net assets are invested in a portfolio of approximately 60 to 80 US and non-US equity securities, including American Depository Receipts, generally of companies with market capitalizations greater than $2 billion, and may include investments in emerging markets. The Fund also invests in emerging market currencies (primarily by entry into forward currency contracts), or instruments whose value is derived from the performance of an underlying emerging market currency, and also may invest in debt obligations, including government, government agency and corporate obligations and structured notes denominated in emerging market currencies.

An indirect subsidiary of Lazard, Inc. (NYSE: LAZ), LAM, the Fund’s investment manager, offers a range of equity, fixed-income, and alternative investment products worldwide. As of September 30, 2026, LAM and affiliated asset management companies in the Lazard Group managed $284.0 billion worth of client assets. For more information about LAM, please go to www.LazardAssetManagement.com.

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Investor contact:

Aziz Nayani, +1 212 632 6042

Ben Wulfsohn, +1 800 823 6300

aziz.nayani@lazard.com

ben.wulfsohn@lazard.com 

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Norton LifeLock Benefit Solutions Introduces Norton Money Workplace

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New offering combines financial visibility and protection with personalized guidance, planning and earned-wage access for life’s most important financial moments

TEMPE, Ariz., Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Norton LifeLock Benefit Solutions, the employee benefits division of Gen (NASDAQ: GEN), has announced the launch of Norton Money Workplace, a new financial wellness benefit employers can offer employees to help them better understand, protect and grow their financial lives through one connected experience.

As employees navigate an increasingly complex financial landscape — from managing everyday expenses and debt to planning for retirement, education, and major life events — they’re also facing growing exposure to scams, fraud and identity threats. At the same time, employers are looking for benefits that deliver meaningful everyday value while helping reduce the financial stress that impacts employee wellbeing. Norton Money Workplace is designed to meet both needs by bringing together financial visibility, protection, personalized guidance, and planning into one experience. It helps employees manage debt, plan for education expenses, prepare for retirement, and navigate major financial decisions at every stage of life.

“Most financial wellness benefits solve one problem or serve one moment in an employee’s life. We saw an opportunity to do something different,” said Tim Hong, Global Head of Financial Wellness Technology at Gen. “Employees need support that’s just as relevant when they’re building financial habits as when they’re buying a home, navigating student loans or preparing for retirement. Our goal is to give employers a benefit that grows with their workforce and helps employees feel more confident navigating whatever life brings. That’s the future we’re building toward.”

Norton Money Workplace delivers that support for employees through four core capabilities. Together, they help employees understand where they stand financially, identify the steps they can take next, and build greater financial confidence over time:

Financial Visibility: Securely connect accounts to understand spending, cash flow, net worth, and credit in one place so employees have a clearer picture of their overall financial position.Financial Protection: Helps catch potential issues earlier and guides employees to take action before they become a larger issue.Guidance & Education: Employees receive personalized financial insights and expert-created education so they can better understand their options and determine appropriate next steps.Planning & Action – Employees can build personalized financial and retirement plans, navigate education costs and student debt, connect with Certified Financial Professional coaching, and receive actionable direction for important financial decisions.

Gen has spent decades helping people stay safer in an increasingly connected world through Cyber Safety, online privacy and identity protection. Today, its solutions also support people’s financial lives, from understanding spending and credit to planning for major decisions. Norton Money Workplace builds on that foundation, bringing Cyber Safety, identity protection and financial wellness together in a single benefit. Rather than employers and their payroll partners stitching together separate point solutions, they get one connected experience, and employees get support that protects their finances, identity and safety online, all in one place. 

“Employees are managing more of their financial lives online than ever before, and they need benefits that reflect that reality,” said Casey Cullinan, Head of Norton LifeLock Benefit Solutions at Gen. “By bringing together trusted cyber protection with proven financial technology, we’re helping employers deliver support that’s more relevant, more useful and built for the way people live today. It’s another example of how we’re delivering more value by connecting Gen’s strengths across our portfolio.”

Norton Money Workplace marks the next chapter in Gen’s journey to protect and empower people’s digital and financial lives. For decades, Norton and LifeLock have helped people stay safer online through Cyber Safety and identity protection — and more recently, through tools that help them understand and manage their money. Norton Money Workplace builds on that foundation, bringing these capabilities together in a single employee benefit, with more to come as Gen’s employee benefits division works toward an even more connected, all-in-one solution for employees’ digital and financial lives. Norton Money Workplace will be available beginning in December 2026. Learn more here.

About Norton LifeLock Benefit Solutions, part of Gen 

Norton LifeLock Benefit Solutions helps employers equip their employees with digital and financial protection through comprehensive benefits that combine award-winning technology with expert restoration support. Norton LifeLock Benefit Solutions is part of Gen (NASDAQ: GEN), a global company dedicated to powering Digital Freedom with a family of trusted consumer brands including Norton, LifeLock and MoneyLion. Gen empowers nearly 500 million users in more than 150 countries through its products and services that span cybersecurity, online privacy, identity protection and financial wellness. Through Norton LifeLock Benefit Solutions, Gen brings that protection into the workplace, partnering with more than 12,000 employers to help employees safeguard their identities, navigate digital risks and take greater control of their financial lives. Learn more at GenDigital.com. 

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Audra Proctor
Gen
Press@GenDigital.com 

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Quantinuum to Report Third Quarter Financial Results on November 5, 2026

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BROOMFIELD, Colo., Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Quantinuum Inc. (NASDAQ: QNT) (“Quantinuum”) today announced it will release its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2026, on November 5, 2026, after market close.

Quantinuum will host a conference call at 5:00 PM Eastern time that same day to discuss its financial results. The call will be available through a live webcast available here.

An archive replay of the webcast will be made available on the Quantinuum Investor Relations website following the call and will remain available for one year.

About Quantinuum

Quantinuum is a leading quantum computing company offering a full-stack platform designed to make quantum computing deployable in real-world environments. The company has commercially deployed multiple generations of quantum systems built on the well-established QCCD architecture, which it has implemented with novel designs and capabilities to achieve the industry’s highest accuracy levels based on average two-qubit gate fidelity as of December 31, 2025. Quantinuum has active engagements with market leaders across pharmaceuticals, material science, financial services, and government and industrial markets. Quantinuum’s headquarters is in Broomfield, Colorado, with additional facilities across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Qatar and Singapore.

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