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EQS-News: World's largest radio telescope – Listen to the universe

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
SAM, Galaxy, Max Planck Society, African, Electronics, MPI, Radio, SKA, Astronomy, MeerKAT, OHB, Scheid, Observation, Science, Wind

Extraordinary: The radio dishes are gradually being integrated into the SKA Square Kilometre Array, an international project to build the world's largest radio telescope with sites in southern Africa and in Australia.

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  • Extraordinary: The radio dishes are gradually being integrated into the SKA Square Kilometre Array, an international project to build the world's largest radio telescope with sites in southern Africa and in Australia.
  • This is an achievement of partners from science and industry, nationally and internationally.
  • We now have our focus on series production," says Fabrice Scheid, Managing Director of OHB Digital Connect's Mainz site.
  • The individual segments of the radio dishes are delivered to Cape Town by ship, transported to the desert with heavy equipment and assembled on site.

The Life You Can Save Australia Announces Major Updates & Celebrates $100 Million in Donations Moved to Its Recommended Nonprofits

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Life, Organic, Multidimensional Poverty Index, Health, Silicon, MPI, Research, Poverty, Education

Central to its latest advancements, The Life You Can Save has updated its charity evaluation framework to focus more intensively on the complexities of poverty, utilizing the Multidimensional Poverty Index.

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  • Central to its latest advancements, The Life You Can Save has updated its charity evaluation framework to focus more intensively on the complexities of poverty, utilizing the Multidimensional Poverty Index.
  • The Multidimensional Poverty Index, or MPI, acknowledges that poverty's impact extends beyond financial scarcity to include health, education and living standards.
  • "Our enhanced evaluation method and strategic partnerships are designed to amplify our impact," said Katie Stanford, Director of Research at The Life You Can Save.
  • Former Silicon Valley executives Jessica and Andrea La Mesa will co-lead The Life You Can Save into its next decade.

MADD Canada and MPI Working Together to Protect Students From Impaired Driving

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Thursday, March 7, 2024
School, Friends, Crash, MPI, Learning, No Tomorrow, Oak Park High School, MADD, Risk, Manitoba Public Insurance, Drinking, Death, MADD Canada, Knowledge, Cannabis, Student

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, March 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Safe and sober driving is on the lesson plan for Manitoba students as MADD Canada and Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) deliver a dynamic impaired driving prevention program to schools around the province.

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  • WINNIPEG, Manitoba, March 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Safe and sober driving is on the lesson plan for Manitoba students as MADD Canada and Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) deliver a dynamic impaired driving prevention program to schools around the province.
  • As the provincial sponsor of MADD Canada’s School Program, MPI is directly sponsoring 116 presentations throughout the school year, bringing the sober driving message to thousands of Manitoba students.
  • “MPI is proud to work with MADD Canada to deliver this compelling and powerful message to students,” said Satvir Jatana, MPI’s President & CEO.
  • Following the fictional portion of the show, students see the personal stories of Holly Burton, Robin Croteau and Kylee Wallace – all young real-life victims of impaired driving.

Media Advisory: Winnipeg Students to See Dynamic Sober Driving Message From MADD Canada and Manitoba Public Insurance

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Monday, March 4, 2024
School, MB, Crash, MPI, Learning, No Tomorrow, Oak Park High School, MADD, Risk, Manitoba Public Insurance, Death, RSVP, MADD Canada, Knowledge, Cannabis, Student, Drug

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, March 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MADD Canada and Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) are bringing a powerful and dynamic message about impaired driving prevention to Manitoba students.

Key Points: 
  • WINNIPEG, Manitoba, March 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MADD Canada and Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) are bringing a powerful and dynamic message about impaired driving prevention to Manitoba students.
  • As Provincial Sponsor of MADD Canada’s School Program, MPI is directly sponsoring 116 presentations this school year.
  • March 7 at 10 a.m.
    Oak Park High School – 820 Charleswood Road, Winnipeg, MB R3R 1K6
    Young people are at increased risk for impaired driving.
  • The films are revamped School Program presentations that include new educational components to allow for more hands-on learning with students.

XREX Plays Key Role in Taiwan’s Fraud Combat: Scammed Crypto Assets Returned Without Known Defendant

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Base, Social media, MAS, Blockchain, AML, Money, MetaMask, Information, CIB, Financial Supervisory Commission, Fraud, MPI, Stroke, Social responsibility, Crime, Prevalence, Attention, ETH, OKX, ISO/IEC, APT, Law enforcement, JRF, Internet, Cryptocurrency

The attacker moved the stolen cryptocurrency assets into an account with OKX, an exchange that operates outside of Taiwanese jurisdiction.

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  • The attacker moved the stolen cryptocurrency assets into an account with OKX, an exchange that operates outside of Taiwanese jurisdiction.
  • Multiple parties collaborated to seize almost all of the illicit assets and return them to the victim.
  • It demonstrated that even if criminals have transferred the stolen assets to overseas exchanges, the assets can still be tracked and recovered.
  • XREX Taiwan is listed on the Financial Supervisory Commission's list of virtual assets service providers that have completed anti-money laundering compliance statements.

PPG expands SPEEDHIDE professional paint line by PPG with introduction of SPEEDHIDE MAX paint

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Retail, Architecture, Chemicals, Plastics, Manufacturing, Other Construction & Property, Home Goods, Residential Building & Real Estate, Commercial Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, Building Systems, Other Retail, Specialty, Other Manufacturing, Interior Design, MASTER, Satin, Multimedia, Marketing, PPG Industries, MPI, VOC, Certification, Creativity, Architectural coatings, House painter and decorator

PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced the expansion of its SPEEDHIDE® professional paint line by PPG with the addition of SPEEDHIDE MAX™ paint.

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  • PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced the expansion of its SPEEDHIDE® professional paint line by PPG with the addition of SPEEDHIDE MAX™ paint.
  • This zero VOC* product boasts MASTER PAINTERS INSTITUTE™ (MPI™) certification for high-performance durability for professional painters and their customers.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240305711452/en/
    SPEEDHIDE MAX paint by PPG joins the SPEEDHIDE pro painter portfolio this March.
  • We are excited to add Speedhide Max paint to a family of paint products pros already know and love.”
    Speedhide Max paint is available in three sheens: Eggshell, Satin and Lo Lustre, and is competitively priced for pro paint decision-makers looking for strong performance at a cost-effective price.

The power of live events showcased in the heart of Europe at EMEC Luxembourg, Meeting Professionals International’s 35th edition of its signature European event.

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Luxembourg Air Rescue, MPI, ECCL, MUDAM, Research, Government, Rendezvous, Culture, Tourism, Contemporary Art Museum, EMEC, Education, Parliament, Ideation, Conference

The host venue, European Convention Center Luxembourg (ECCL), will serve as the location for the majority of EMEC’s programming.

Key Points: 
  • The host venue, European Convention Center Luxembourg (ECCL), will serve as the location for the majority of EMEC’s programming.
  • “EMEC is an important event for the European events community as it provides a platform for event professionals to exchange ideas, learn from each other and build meaningful connections.
  • On day two, facilitator and entrepreneur Michael Jackson will speak about event design and attendee engagement in a new era of events.
  • The purposefully intimate and boutique-style programme carefully selects planners based on the business they source in the EMEA market.

Praxis Tech Launches New 3DS Cascading Module for Enhanced Payment Experiences

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Thursday, February 1, 2024
MPI, Risk, Praxis, Travel, SCA, 3DS, Online shopping

LIMASSOL, Cyprus, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Payment technology firm Praxis Tech announces the launch of its 3DS Cascading feature that makes online payments quicker and more user-friendly while maintaining Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) requirements. Available today, this feature enriches the company's Payment Orchestration Platform, known for linking merchants to a wide range of global payment processors and methods while providing a holistic solution for managing both front and back-end transaction flows.

Key Points: 
  • LIMASSOL, Cyprus, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Payment technology firm Praxis Tech announces the launch of its 3DS Cascading feature that makes online payments quicker and more user-friendly while maintaining Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) requirements.
  • The new 3DS Cascading feature builds on Praxis' Smart Routing technology which selects the optimal payment route for each transaction.
  • By reducing loading screens and repeated SCA checks, 3DS Cascading leads to faster transactions across desktop and mobile payment experiences and minimizes abandoned payment sessions as users enjoy an enhanced checkout experience.
  • "The technical elegance of our 3DS Cascading feature is that it simplifies the user experience by tackling authentication complexities behind the scenes.

Praxis Tech Launches New 3DS Cascading Module for Enhanced Payment Experiences

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Thursday, February 1, 2024
MPI, Risk, Praxis, Travel, SCA, 3DS, Online shopping

LIMASSOL, Cyprus, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Payment technology firm Praxis Tech announces the launch of its 3DS Cascading feature that makes online payments quicker and more user-friendly while maintaining Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) requirements. Available today, this feature enriches the company's Payment Orchestration Platform, known for linking merchants to a wide range of global payment processors and methods while providing a holistic solution for managing both front and back-end transaction flows.

Key Points: 
  • LIMASSOL, Cyprus, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Payment technology firm Praxis Tech announces the launch of its 3DS Cascading feature that makes online payments quicker and more user-friendly while maintaining Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) requirements.
  • The new 3DS Cascading feature builds on Praxis' Smart Routing technology which selects the optimal payment route for each transaction.
  • By reducing loading screens and repeated SCA checks, 3DS Cascading leads to faster transactions across desktop and mobile payment experiences and minimizes abandoned payment sessions as users enjoy an enhanced checkout experience.
  • "The technical elegance of our 3DS Cascading feature is that it simplifies the user experience by tackling authentication complexities behind the scenes.

o9 Announces Make a Difference (MAD) as the Recipient of Its Inaugural Digital Tomorrow Grant

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Thursday, January 25, 2024
Software, Supply Chain Management, Professional Services, Philanthropy, Consumer, Technology, DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion), Artificial Intelligence, Retail, Children, Transport, Other Philanthropy, Logistics, Entrepreneurship, Mentorship, MPI, Tech, UNDP, Make A Difference, Make, Organization, Poverty

"Almost half of the world's 1.1 billion underprivileged people are children under the age of 18, according to UNDP's 2023 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Report. MPI defines six years of schooling, but we know that's only about halfway to the Empowerment Line, which is what MAD aspires to, so that the cycle of intergenerational poverty can be broken within one generation instead of the seven generations it currently takes in countries like India," said Jithin Thadani, Co-Founder and CEO at Make A Difference. "Tech-based tools that will enable us to deliver all our educational and support interventions and monitor their outcomes for our beneficiaries from 10 years all the way up to 28 years of age are crucial for poverty to be solved at scale. Tech-enablement is also key to our mission of ending poverty in our lifetime by empowering the sector. So, receiving this grant from o9 is doubly meaningful -- apart from the funding, we've found a global knowledge partner that is unwavering in its support in helping us build the ecosystem-enabling tools we've set out to build."

Key Points: 
  • o9 , a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, today announced that it has selected Make a Difference (MAD) , a prominent nonprofit organization in India, as the recipient of its first o9 Digital Tomorrow Grant .
  • This grant will support MAD's groundbreaking project, Empowering India's Children: Tech-Enabled Progression Mentoring.
  • The o9 Digital Tomorrow Grant provides $250,000 to support initiatives that help advance digital literacy and promote technology inclusion for underserved communities.
  • The collaboration between o9 and MAD exemplifies a shared commitment to fostering technological inclusion and creating lasting positive impacts on communities.