Weekly Recap: 11 Technology Press Releases You Might Have Missed

A roundup of the most newsworthy tech announcements from PR Newswire this week, including SiriusXM becoming an independent public company and PR Newswire's very own AI solution.

NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help tech journalists and consumers stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a recap of some major stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.

The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full text) and an excerpt from each story. Click on the press release headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are available for download.

    1. Oracle and Amazon Web Services Announce Strategic Partnership Customers
       can now access Oracle Autonomous Database and Oracle Exadata Database
       Service in AWS, simplifying the migration and deployment of enterprise
       workloads to the cloud while improving agility, flexibility, and
       security.

    2. AT&T Strengthens Fiber Leadership with Plans to Bring High-Speed Internet
       to More People Through New and Expanded Third-Party RelationshipsTo bring
       fiber to more Americans, AT&T is pursuing a variety of
       economically-attractive models that complement its primary focus of
       growing its organic in-footprint fiber network, including: its Gigapower
       joint venture with BlackRock, commercial open-access agreements, and
       public-private partnerships supported by federal infrastructure funding
       through programs like BEAD.

    3. Nuro Expands Autonomous Technology Leadership with a New Business
       ModelThis expansion builds upon Nuro's proven track record of deploying
       fully self-driving vehicles. With more than one million autonomous miles
       completed across its fleet of R&D vehicles and zero autonomous at-fault
       incidents, the Nuro Driver has demonstrated its reliability and
       commitment to safety in real-world conditions.

    4. PR Newswire Launches AI Solutions for the PR and Communications Industry
       PR Newswire's revolutionary solution is the first of its kind in the
       market to leverage historical press release performance data to power its
       generative artificial intelligence suite of tools and provide predictive
       insights to supplement the work of PR and communications professionals.

    5. Redwood to be Acquired by Vista Equity Partners and Warburg Pincus "We
       are excited to partner with Redwood and Warburg Pincus to deliver even
       more customer value and efficiency as the demand for automation solutions
       capable of spanning multiple data, application and cloud environments
       continues to accelerate," said Steven White, Managing Director at Vista
       Equity Partners.

    6. Boost Mobile Delivers Unmatched Value with iPhone 16 - One FREE Year of
       Unlimited 5G Service or $1,000 Off Device - with No Trade-In
       RequiredBoost Mobile, the newest nationwide wireless carrier, will offer
       iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max for
       pre-order starting Friday, September 13, through BoostMobile.com, Amazon
       US and, beginning this year, on apple.com and in Apple Stores across the
       country.

    7. SiriusXM Kicks off New Phase as an Independent Public Company "We look
       forward to building upon SiriusXM's twenty-year history as the audio
       platform of choice for millions of North Americans in their vehicles, at
       home, and on the go, with the goal of creating long-term value for our
       stockholders," said Jennifer Witz, Chief Executive Officer of SiriusXM.

    8. tZERO Receives Landmark Approval To Custody Digital Securities and
       Support End-to-End Digital Securities Lifecycle in the United States This
       is only one of two licenses for a regulated broker-dealer digital asset
       security custodian that have been approved in the United States since the
       rules were introduced by the SEC in 2020, serving as a major milestone in
       tZERO's continued journey toward the development and adoption of
       securities that will unleash the full potential of blockchain technology
       for a range of assets.

    9. Workday Global Workforce Report: Job Market Tightens as AI Reshapes
       Hiring ProcessesMost companies (77%) plan to use AI in hiring even more
       in the coming year. The most popular ways they're using it now include
       testing candidates' skills (26%), screening resumes and applications
       (26%), and automating repetitive tasks (24%).

    10. Hyundai and GM Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Explore Collaboration
        on Vehicles, Supply Chain and Clean-Energy Technologies Potential
        collaboration projects center on co-development and production of
        passenger and commercial vehicles, internal combustion engines and
        clean-energy, electric and hydrogen technologies.

    11. For Back-to-School, Savvas Announces New AI-Enabled Scoring Engine That
        Makes Grading Easier for Teachers and Gives Students Feedback to Improve
        Their Writing SkillsSavvas developed a state-of-the-art machine learning
        model that is able to determine if the student's written responses
        actually address the questions. To help improve their writing skills
        before they submit an essay, students can easily access a summary report
        that includes helpful feedback to their responses to both the
        curriculum-embedded and teacher-generated prompts.

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