June in Review: 11 Top Technology Press Releases

A roundup of the most newsworthy tech announcements from PR Newswire, including Chainlink and Mastercard's partnership, Techno's new POVA series, and Bolt and Palantir's Checkout 2.0.

NEW YORK, July 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each month, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help tech journalists and consumers stay on top of the month's most popular releases and newsworthy trends, here's a recap of some of the past month's most read- and engaged-with stories.

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    1. Chainlink and Mastercard Partner to Enable Over 3 Billion Cardholders to
       Purchase Crypto Directly Onchain Bringing zerohash, Shift4 Payments,
       Swapper Finance, and XSwap technologies together with the Chainlink
       standard and the power of the Mastercard network allows large amounts of
       previously hard to access value to now be leveraged for executing
       transactions onchain.
    2. Big4Bio and BYTE51 Announce Partnership at 2025 BIO International
       Convention to Make Life Sciences Intelligence Accessible to All BYTE51
       provides powerful tools for exploring privately held biotech companies,
       allowing users to filter by scientific indications, mechanisms of action,
       funding stages, location, capital raised, clinical progress, investors,
       and partners. This empowers VCs, business developers, and startup
       executives alike to make faster, smarter, and more strategic decisions,
       all of which can benefit the diverse Big4Bio audience.
    3. Illumina to acquire SomaLogic, accelerating its proteomics business and
       advancing the company's multiomics strategy "Illumina and SomaLogic have
       partnered closely for more than three years, and this combination
       increases our ability to serve our customers and accelerate our
       technology roadmap towards advanced biomarker discovery and disease
       profiling,"  said Jacob Thaysen, chief executive officer of Illumina.
    4. TECNO POVA 7 Series Launches: Boasting Refreshing Trendy Design,
       AI-Driven Gaming Power and Numerous Surprising Features Designed for the
       next generation of users, the new series combines futuristic, minimalist,
       and premium aesthetics with next-level AI capabilities and
       high-performance hardware tailored for immersive gaming and all-day
       entertainment.
    5. BitMine Immersion Technologies Announces $250 Million Private Placement
       to Initiate Ethereum Treasury Strategy; Expected to Become One of the
       Largest Publicly Traded ETH Holders With the net proceeds of the
       offering, the company plans to purchase "ETH," the native cryptocurrency
       of the Ethereum blockchain, and contribute it to the company's treasury
       operations. The company's primary treasury reserve asset will be ETH.

    6. Bolt and Palantir Partner to Launch Checkout 2.0: The Smartest, Most
       Personalized Checkout Experience YetBolt will leverage Palantir's
       platform to help scale Checkout 2.0 across enterprise retailers and
       expand it within Bolt's recently launched SuperApp--an all-in-one finance
       and crypto hub that delivers real-time shopper signals. As both platforms
       evolve, Checkout 2.0 will bring deeper personalization and intelligence
       to every phase of the buying journey.
    7. Xero to acquire Melio, a leading US SMB bill pay solution, to accelerate
       global growth This acquisition solves a critical customer need in the US,
       uniting Accounting and Payments in one platform for customers.
    8. PepsiCo Leverages Salesforce's Agentforce to Advance AI Agenda Through
       this expanded collaboration with Salesforce, PepsiCo will leverage AI
       agents to manage key functions, enhancing customer support and
       operational efficiency, while empowering sales teams to focus on
       strategic growth and deeper engagement with retailers.
    9. Genpact Acquires XponentL Data to Accelerate AI-Led Innovation This
       acquisition builds on Genpact's pivot to data, AI, and other advanced
       technologies, further enhancing Genpact's ability to help clients across
       the lifecycle of AI transformation, from strategy through implementation.
    10. Ratio Therapeutics and Nusano Enter Long-Term, Multi-Isotope Supply
        Agreement to Boost Production of Cancer Radiopharmaceuticals As the need
        for diagnostic and therapeutic isotopes is increasing, the two
        businesses' common goal of accelerating innovation in the
        radiopharmaceutical industry is reflected in this supply agreement. The
        logistics of scale-up and delivery will be streamlined by Ratio's new
        manufacturing plant in Utah, which is only a few miles away from
        Nusano's activities.

    11. Honeywell Completes Acquisition of Sundyne to Expand Process Industry
        CapabilitiesNusano is a radioisotope producer with a proprietary
        platform capable of generating more than 40 different isotopes for
        medical and industrial applications. The company intends to use these
        capabilities to help stabilize the existing medical radioisotope market
        and enable oncology innovation by providing researchers and drugmakers
        with isotopes yet to be fully explored for their cancer-fighting
        properties.

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Trending Topics

Among the technology news that was distributed in June, the PR Newswire team was able spot several larger stories that highlight the trends shaping the industry.

    --  InfoComm 2025: InfoComm 2025, held in Orlando June 7-13, spotlighted the
        rapid convergences of immersive visuals, AI-driven collaborations tools
        and software-led AV innovation. Among the related press releases was an
        exciting one from SMART Technologies, which unveiled the AI-powered
        SMART Board Mini, an interactive podium and video conferencing tool.
        Optoma raised the standard for image quality and installation efficiency
        with the release of its laser projectors. And a presentation by AWS and
        Universal Destinations & Experiences focused on leveraging cloud
        computing and XR to create immersive AV experiences.
    --  Cisco Live: At Cisco Live 2025, the tech giant underscored its role in
        driving the "agentic AI" era, where autonomous AI agents are embedded
        directly into network infrastructure. Highlights included Cisco's launch
        of AgenticOps, a predictive operations platform powered by its Deep
        Network Model, and major innovations like Hybrid Mesh Firewall and
        Universal Zero Trust Network Access, which enable enterprises to scale
        securely without adding complexity to their security stack. Cisco also
        built on its partnership with NVIDIA to simplify, secure, and
        future-proof data centers. Together, these announcements underscored
        Cisco's vision to deliver secure, scalable AI infrastructure to drive
        growth.

Coming Up: Our team will keep an eye on all of the major tech news stories in July. We'll be watching for updates in the use of intelligent regulatory tools, the acceleration of global research transparency, AI's sustained impact on tech jobs, and how the tech might show up during back-to-school season.

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