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World’s first graduate-level AI university set to welcome global cohort of students from more than 30 countries

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ABU DHABI, UAE, Sept. 10, 2020 — Launched as an open invitation from Abu Dhabi to the world to unleash AI’s full potential, the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), the world’s first graduate-level, research-based artificial intelligence (AI) university, will welcome an international inaugural cohort of students when the first semester begins on 10 January, 2021.

 

Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence Campus in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence Campus in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

 

MBZUAI extended admission offers to 101 students from 31 countries for the first academic year commencing in January 2021. Initial plans were to accept 50 students, however due to the impressive number of applications received, the decision was made to extend admissions offers to more students. Of these students, 82 have been offered admissions in the University’s MSc programs in Computer Vision and in Machine Learning, while 19 have been selected for MBZUAI’s PhD programs in the same fields.

Students in the first cohort come from across the world; 34 per cent of admitted students come from the Middle East, 38 per cent from Asia, 21 per cent from Africa, and nearly 10 per cent from the Americas and Europe. 

There will also be a strong female representation in MBZUAI’s first academic year with women comprising 30 per cent of admitted students. 

Admitted students have received education at some of the world’s leading universities, including prestigious institutions such as the National University of Singapore, University of Melbourne, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Purdue University, University of York, University of Minnesota, Queen’s University of Belfast, Arizona State University, and Khalifa University in the UAE.

Professor Sir Michael Brady, Interim President, MBZUAI, said: "The University received applications from some exceptionally talented graduate students from nearly 100 countries, all of whom have compelling and unique stories. This incredibly diverse first cohort will truly bring the world to MBZUAI, creating a multicultural campus that celebrates diversity and international collaboration. Our hope from the very beginning was for MBZUAI to inspire the development of AI on a global scale. With students from around the world, all of whom come from different backgrounds and industries, this is a solid start to realizing the full potential of AI for positive progress around the world."  

Kevin Michael Toner, from Ireland, will join the University’s MSc Computer Vision program. "Today artificial intelligence is redefining the future of every industry and impacting human lives in an unprecedented way. As demand for specialized AI education increases globally, joining a world-class university like MBZUAI will help expand my horizons and connect me to an international network of AI industry experts. I am looking forward to both practical experiences and research opportunities, hopefully contributing to real-life applications of this fascinating technology."

With the first admissions cycle successfully completed, the University has recently started accepting applications for the Fall 2021 cohort  for the MSc and PhD programs in Computer Vision and Machine Learning. Full admissions requirements and deadlines can be found on MBZUAI’s website, mbzuai.ac.ae.

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QTS Lauded by Frost & Sullivan for its Best-of-Breed Data Center Facilities Offering Unparalleled Reliability, Resilience, and Operational Visibility

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QTS leverages cutting-edge technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, and predictive analytics to make its data centers smarter

LONDON, Sept. 10, 2020 — Based on its recent analysis of the global data center infrastructure and operations market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes QTS Realty Trust, Inc. with the 2020 Global Visionary Innovation Leadership Award. It leverages a combination of cutting-edge technologies and industry-leading engineering best practices to offer customers both operational excellence and future-proofing. By incorporating long-range, macro-level scenarios into its innovation strategy, it enables first-to-market growth opportunity solutions. QTS expertly addresses the connectivity issues in the market with its network access points (NAPs), which bring unprecedented levels of flexibility, sophistication, enhanced economics, risk mitigation, and a healthy competitive environment.

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QTS has created multiple NAPs; which are essentially data centers serving as ubiquitous global interconnection hubs that allow services utilizing subsea cables and terrestrial networks to peer and exchange traffic in an ideal manner. It established its first NAP in Richmond, which opened up access to global markets at extremely low latencies and high capacity levels. It has set up three additional NAPs, including one in Eemshaven, Netherlands, which also serves northern Europe, the Eastern blocks, and the Nordics. The other two NAPs are strategically located in Piscataway, New Jersey and Hillsboro, Oregon. All of QTS’ NAPs are structured uniquely to offer a range of connectivity options such as software-defined networking (SDN) networks, transport networks, Internet exchanges, cloud providers, and subsea cables.

"To move closer to its vision of creating the ultimate data center user experience that would change the landscape of data center infrastructure and operations, QTS started to build a software-defined company internally, with the sole purpose of delivering operational savings and creating newer business innovations," said Gautham Gnanajothi Global Research Director. "It built a fully digitized service delivery platform (SDP) to empower customers to optimally manage their real-time data center environments. The SDP encompasses a suite of 3D visualization tools and digital apps, through which it offers unparalleled visibility and control over critical infrastructure data."

One of the key differentiators of SDP is its ability to provide its customers with easy data access, improved connectivity, and sustainability. One of its exciting functionalities is its ability to accurately forecast power consumption for seven days with less than 1 percent variation. It is also able to use the same neural network to forecast power consumption for 30 days and 60 days with less than 5 percent variation. By deploying VR technologies, it creates innovative virtual collaboration tools and a 3D visualization application that provides an exact replication of a customer’s IT environment in real-time.

"QTS stands out for its commitment to enriching customer value and experience. Its growth strategy involves the cloudification of its initiatives of the past two years and its action plan for the next five years," noted Gnanajothi. "This vision is underpinned by its value differentiators, namely SDP, sustainability, NPS, and connectivity. These value propositions and strong customer focus will ensure QTS’ continued growth in the global data center infrastructure and operations market."

Each year, Frost & Sullivan bestows this award upon the company that demonstrates excellence in growth and customer value. It recognizes the superiority of the product/service as well as the overall customer, purchase, ownership and service experience offered, which has resulted in the recipient company seeing above-market growth and greater share of wallet. The award lauds the growth, diversification and sustainability strategies of the company.

Frost & Sullivan Best Practices awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary research to identify best practices in the industry.

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About QTS Realty Trust, Inc.

QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: QTS) is a leading provider of data center solutions across a diverse footprint spanning more than 7 million square feet of owned mega scale data center space within North America and Europe. Through its software-defined technology platform, QTS is able to deliver secure, compliant infrastructure solutions, robust connectivity and premium customer service to leading hyperscale technology companies, enterprises, and government entities. Visit QTS at www.qtsdatacenters.com, call toll-free 877.QTS.DATA or follow on Twitter @DataCenters_QTS.

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Cyient Enters into a Manufacturing Collaboration with Agappe to Bring World-Class Diagnostic Capabilities to Rural India

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HYDERABAD, India, Sept. 10, 2020 — Cyient, a global engineering and digital technology solutions company, today announced that it has entered into a manufacturing partnership with Agappe to bring to market Count X. The Mispa Count X is an indigenously designed and developed three-part hematology analyzer by Agappe, that will make India self-reliant in hematology and enable the setup of well-equipped labs in remote and rural locations across India. Cyient will manufacture certain key components of Mispa Count X at its ISO 13485-certified, state-of-art manufacturing facilities in India.

Rajendra Velagapudi, Senior Vice President and CEO, Cyient DLM, commented, "We are proud to support the vision of an Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India) in the healthcare sector. It is a matter of immense pride that with Agappe’s new hematology product, even rural India and other remote locations of the country will have access to the best of diagnostic capabilities."

Cyient’s world-class facilities, project management, sourcing, supply chain management, production processes, buoyed by investments in the latest technologies as well as expertise in the delivery of quality products, make it a preferred manufacturing partner for aerospace, defense, medical, and industrial customers globally.

Dr. Satheesh Kumar CS, Senior Vice President, Agappe, said, "This partnership will enable Agappe to deliver high-quality, affordable, 100% made-in-India products by taking advantage of Cyient’s ultra-modern manufacturing facilities to manufacture some of the key components of Mispa Count X so as to reduce time-to-market and lower operating costs. We are eager to get started with full-scale production in our manufacturing facility at Cochin and fulfill customer orders on time."

About Cyient:
Cyient (Estd: 1991, NSE: CYIENT) is a global engineering and digital technology solutions company. As a Design, Build, and Maintain partner for leading organizations worldwide, Cyient takes solution ownership across the value chain to help customers focus on their core, innovate, and stay ahead of the curve. The company leverages digital technologies, advanced analytics capabilities, domain knowledge, and technical expertise to solve complex business problems.

Cyient partners with customers to operate as part of their extended team in ways that best suit their organization’s culture and requirements. Cyient’s industry focus includes aerospace and defense, healthcare, telecommunications, rail transportation, semiconductor, geospatial, industrial, and energy.

For more information, please visit www.cyient.com

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Golden Globe-winning Artist and Humanitarian Amy Poehler to Speak at bbcon 2020 Virtual, the Tech Conference for a Better World

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CHARLESTON, South Carolina, Sept. 9, 2020 — Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the world’s leading cloud software company powering social good, today announced that Golden Globe-winning actress, director, producer, bestselling author and humanitarian Amy Poehler will address bbcon 2020 Virtual, the tech conference for a better world. Because of the impacts of COVID-19, this year’s conference takes place as a global virtual gathering Oct. 6-8 and is free for all attendees.

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Amy Poehler

"We couldn’t imagine a more exciting or inspiring speaker to help kick off bbcon this year," said Catherine LaCour, Blackbaud’s chief marketing officer. "Amy Poehler lives the values that help to build a better world by advocating for those who need a voice or encouragement, and she brings that work to life through humor—something we all could all use amid a challenging landscape."

Poehler charmed audiences with her unwavering sense of civic duty on Parks and Recreation, portrayed unforgettable recurring characters on Saturday Night Live, and today serves as executive producer and co-host on the hit crafting show Making It; co-creator, executive producer, and lead voice for the animated series Duncanville; and executive producer of Emmy Award-winning comedy-drama series Russian Doll and comedy series Three Busy Debras. Within and beyond her expansive creative roles, she underscores the values of individualism and kindness.

In addition to her Golden Globe win and two nominations, six consecutive Emmy nominations, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, Poehler also serves as an ambassador for the Worldwide Orphans Foundation and plays an active role in women’s issues. She co-founded and produces the award-winning online community "Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls," which features real girls changing the world by being themselves.

More than 18,000 people around the world have registered for bbcon 2020 Virtual. Poehler will speak during the opening session.

Blackbaud also announced today additional mainstage speakers:

Marc Brackett, Ph.D.
Marc Brackett is the author of Permission to Feel. Brackett is Founder and Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and a Professor in the Child Study Center of Yale University. His decades of research focus on the role of emotions in learning, decision making, creativity, relationships, health, and performance.

Dara Torres
Dara Torres is the fastest swimmer in U.S. history. A mother, author, speaker and entrepreneur, Torres became the oldest swimmer to ever make the U.S. Olympic team at age 41.

Also, Kishshana Palmer, management and leadership expert, will join Alice L. Ferris, fundraising leadership expert and founder of GoalBusters, and digital wellness and leadership coach Meico Marquette Whitlock in a panel discussion on working in a changing world as part of the mainstage lineup.

This year, bbcon attendees can look forward to over 100 breakout sessions with content curated by organization type and role, presentations from industry thought leaders, the latest Blackbaud tech innovations and the knowledge and resources to advance their missions.

For information about bbcon 2020 Virtual and to register for the tech conference for a better world happening Oct. 6-8, visit bbconference.com. 

About Blackbaud
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is the world’s leading cloud software company powering social good. Serving the entire social good community—nonprofits, higher education institutions, K–12 schools, healthcare organizations, faith communities, arts and cultural organizations, foundations, companies and individual change agents—Blackbaud connects and empowers organizations to increase their impact through cloud software, services, expertise and data intelligence. The Blackbaud portfolio is tailored to the unique needs of vertical markets, with solutions for fundraising and CRM, marketing, advocacy, peer-to-peer fundraising, corporate social responsibility, school management, ticketing, grantmaking, financial management, payment processing and analytics. Serving the industry for more than three decades, Blackbaud is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, and has operations in the United States, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit  www.blackbaud.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.

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Hyland Healthcare Commended by Frost & Sullivan for Creating a New Standard in PACS Technology by Expediting Fully Informed Care Decisions

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Leveraging previously unstructured content via integration with EMRs, Hyland delivers a complete patient view for improved clinical decision-making and higher quality care

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 9, 2020 — Based on its recent analysis of the North American enterprise imaging solutions market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Hyland Healthcare with the 2020 North America Product Leadership Award. By overcoming traditional information silos between departments and information formats, the company has set a new standard for managing, viewing, and exchanging both digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) and non-DICOM records as well as data across an enterprise. Its full suite of content services and enterprise imaging solutions brings together structured and unstructured content into a single, comprehensive, and customizable view.

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Hyland Healthcare

Hyland optimizes and streamlines data collection, transfer, and visualization, empowering healthcare enterprises to improve workflows and maximize reimbursements. Its extensive platform enables electronic medical record (EMR) integration of previously siloed information regardless of format, which is an unmatched offering within the industry. The solutions support all modalities for data and image viewing, including two-dimensional and three-dimensional visualization and tools, multi-linear reconstruction, PET-CT fusion, PET-MR fusion, computed tomography, MammoCAD, and structured reports. Furthermore, its products are vendor-neutral, which frees healthcare organizations to choose specific solutions and integrate them with existing systems.

"Hyland’s solutions leverage advanced custom application programming interfaces and context switching, incorporating them as part of an enterprise’s full solution to integrate with other vendor offerings, elegantly bridging the gap between imaging and content," said Dr. Suresh Kuppuswamy, Industry Principal at Frost & Sullivan. "Clinicians can make more informed care decisions as they have access to the patient’s complete medical record. The viewer integrates and displays both content and enterprise imaging information regardless of DICOM and non-DICOM formats within the healthcare organization’s EMR."

The company’s spectrum of solutions includes Acuo, a best-in-class universal archive to meet clinical and diagnostic viewing needs. Acuo creates a new viewing standard due to its unique interoperability, functionality, scalability, technical frameworks, and integration profiles. Meanwhile, the company’s web-based, zero-footprint, FDA-cleared enterprise and diagnostic viewer, NilRead, is built with differentiated and modern architecture for display on any device or browser platform. Other prominent solutions include ImageNext, an enterprise-wide workflow optimization tool, and PACSgear, a suite of enterprise-class connectivity solutions that allow users to capture vital encounter-based images and videos easily as well as documents and integrate them with a PACS or EMR.

"Hyland is currently investing in and working with international partners to develop a digital pathology solution that incorporates its zero-footprint NilRead enterprise and diagnostic viewer and Acuo VNA. Anticipating the future, it also designed its products to be cloud-based," noted Dr. Kuppuswamy. "As a result of its unmatched ability to enable enterprise-wide content viewing, more than 50% of the United States hospital market employs its solutions. The company is all set to expand further in the European Union, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Africa to entrench itself as a global market player."

Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to the company that develops a product with innovative features and functionality that is gaining rapid market acceptance. The award recognizes the quality of the solution and the customer value enhancements it enables.

Frost & Sullivan Best Practices awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary research to identify best practices in the industry.

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ChipMOS REPORTS AUGUST 2020 REVENUE

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HSINCHU, Sept. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. ("ChipMOS" or the "Company") (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 8150 and NASDAQ: IMOS), an industry leading provider of outsourced semiconductor assembly and test services ("OSAT"), today reported its unaudited consolidated revenue for the month of August 2020.  All U.S. dollar figures cited in this press release are based on the exchange rate of NT$29.37 to US$1.00 as of August 31, 2020.

Revenue for the month of August 2020 was NT$1,902.5 million or US$64.8 million, an increase of 0.8% as compared to July 2020 and a decrease of 0.5% compared to August 2019.  The Company noted it is benefiting from increased DDIC and bumping demand driven by new HD-grade smartphone models, along with large- and mid-size panels to meet TDDI, TV, notebook tablet growth, respectively.  Wafer test capacity of high end platform for DDIC is almost fully utilized due to increased demand combined with required longer TDDI test times.

Consolidated Monthly Revenues (Unaudited)

August 2020

July 2020

August 2019

MoM Change

YoY Change

Revenues

(NT$ million)

1,902.5

1,886.6

1,912.2

0.8%

-0.5%

Revenues

(US$ million)

64.8

64.2

65.1

0.8%

-0.5%

About ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.:

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. ("ChipMOS" or the "Company") (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 8150 and NASDAQ: IMOS) (https://www.chipmos.com) is an industry leading provider of outsourced semiconductor assembly and test services. With advanced facilities in Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu Industrial Park and Southern Taiwan Science Park in Taiwan, ChipMOS provide assembly and test services to a broad range of customers, including leading fabless semiconductor companies, integrated device manufacturers and independent semiconductor foundries. 

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Tech & Tonic Episode 23 Feat. Jeff Sandhu – The Quietest Moment in Our Studio

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Samsung just launched their Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 5G device last week globally. It is coming to Malaysia soon too with the global availability. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 is probably the most anticipated and exciting devices to come out in these two years. Naturally, we are quite excited to see and review the device itself.

Before we can review the device though, we brought Jeff Sandhu in to our studio for a podcast. In this podcast we discuss all things foldable. When we say that, we mean smartphones and gadgets that are foldable, including the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2.

Jeff Sandhu was formerly from BFM. His 10 years experience in BFM includes producing his own talkshows featured on the radio channel itself. He joined BFM when the channel was only 2 years old. He recently left BFM to join a Sunway iLabs and Sunway Education Group initiative called 42 Kuala Lumpur. He is currently heading the media team in the initiative. He is an avid tech enthusiast like us though.

In this podcast we explore, with Jeff, some of the upcoming foldable devices. We discussed what we liked about the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2, and what we do not like about the Samsung Galaxy Fold.

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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 is Available in Malaysia 25th September 2020 onward for MYR 7,999!

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If you look back into 2019, the Samsung foldable smartphone series was born. It started with the Samsung Galaxy Fold that made it into Malaysia eventually. Then the blue South Korean giant brought the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, a smaller, pocket friendlier foldable smartphone boasting the same mechanism.

Of course, foldable smartphones are going to be a thing. Samsung set the stage for the most anticipated device to come out of 2020 this year too with their recent Unpacked event. Unfortunately, they had to follow up with another Unpacked 2020 event just for the sake of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2.

Weirdly, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 is only the second device in Samsung’s Galaxy Z series. The first Samsung Galaxy foldable was simply known as the Fold. To be fair though, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 5G is still utilising the same sort of butterfly folding mechanism and is based off the same concept with the Samsung Galaxy Fold, hence Fold2.

If you have missed our international coverage of the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 5G though, you can head there for more technical information on the highly anticipated device. To recap though, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 is one powerful device with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ System on a Chip (SoC). To really take advantage of all that power, the device comes packing 12GB or RAM and 512GB in memory.

It has 4,500mAh in battery capacity, which should be just about enough for a whole day of use. You have to remember that it has a 7.6-inch tablet sized display inside. The 7.6-inch display can also take full advantage of the powerful SoC and ample RAM size with multiple app windows (up to 3 apps) running at the same time. Close it up though and you get a more compact and sensible 6.2-inch display.

You can use it a variety of positions though with the new Flex mode you first see in the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip. With the larger display on the Z Fold2 though, there is plenty more flexibility and possibility in terms of application and usage.

Out the back are three 12-Megapixel sensors to shooting out of Ultra-Wide angle, Wide angle, and Telephoto lenses. There are two more cameras to be found on the device though; two 10-Megapixel cameras placed on top of the two useable displays on the device. In that sense, this is no slouch either in the camera department.

Price and Availability

Now, for the availability. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 is available in Malaysia 25th September 2020 onward, as per the title. It will be priced at MYR 7,999, just a little bit more than the international pricing (United Stated price, to be precise). The second-generation foldable flagship from Samsung comes in either Mystic Black or Mystic Bronze.

Of course, as with any other Samsung product, it is available for pre-order. Pre-order starts from the 11th September 2020 onward. If you can fork out MYR 7,999 in the pre-order period, you get a free Samsung Galaxy Buds Live and a Mont Blanc leather card holder with your purchase. You would want the Samsung Galaxy Buds Live, because there is no 3.5mm AUX jack on the device. For more information on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2, you can check out their website.

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Bring Some Pizazz to Your Home with Samsung’s New Lifestyle TVs

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In a time when values have changed and our tastes have changed, the way we decorate and design our homes and rooms has also changed. Gone are the days when we design rooms around large pieces of electronics, instead, we are now able to fit our electronics seamlessly into our rooms without needing to compromise. Noticing this trend in how we are designing our spaces, Samsung has introduced a line up of what they call “lifestyle TVs” which are intended to be more than just screens for entertainment.

The new The Serif, The Frame and The Sero QLED TVs are designed to be artistic accents in your rooms instead of cornerstone displays. These TVs aren’t just designed to be screens, they are meant to be functional additions to your room with a focus on the aesthetics and bring the added advantage of a screen that you can consume your media on. The Sero even adapts to your content going from portrait to landscape to fit your content.

Samsung’s The Frame

Having a large, blank, black screen in the middle of your living room is just a big no, no. Samsung’s “The Frame” turns the blank, black surface we’re used to into centerpieces of any given room. The new edition of The Frame comes with Samsung’s QLED 4K technology which includes Samsung’s 4K Quantum processor which intelligently upscales the content your viewing to take advantage of all the pixels of the 4K screen.

However, that’s not the je nais se quois that sets The Frame apart from other TVs. Samsung’s The Frame is designed to look like a frame containing a masterpiece; allowing it become the centerpiece on your art wall when you’re not watching that new episode of “The Witcher” on Netflix. The bold design is also personalisable with different designs for the bezels that allow you to customize the TV to fit your design style. Samsung has also built in a special gallery called “The Art Store” which allows you to get digital copies of masterpieces stored in museums for a monthly fee. However, if you’re not one to splurge, the Art Store also houses a selection of regularly updated free artwork.

The Frame is also designed with a zero gap design allowing it to lay flush against the wall. Unruly cables are also not a problem as it also uses the same invisible cable design from Samsung’s flagship 8K QLED TVs. This allows you to connect all your inputs to a single hub which can be placed further away from the TV leaving your display and wall blemish free.

Samsung’s The Serif

For The Serif , Samsung partnered up with the Bourellec Brothers to create a screen experience that is both chic and distinctive. The Serif will undoubtedly catch anyone’s eyes in any room it’s placed in. Looking at the overall design of the QLED TV, the inspiration for the name should be as bright as day. However, it’s unique design isn’t just its namesake; The Serif‘s design allows the screen to sit independently without the need to hide any cables. If you need a stand for the uniquely designed screen, it also comes with removable legs.

The Serif comes with Samsung’s 4K QLED panels and is available in 43-, 55- and 75-inch in white or black internationally. It also has the company’s 4K Quantum processor which allows you to get the most out of the pixels on your screen even from lower resolution content. It also comes with built-in stereo speakers for immersive sound and a removable back panel and built-in cable management for a seamless facade. The Serif is also able to take advantage of Ambient mode to blend seamlessly into its settings while display pertinent information such as the time and weather in an elegant way befitting the screen. It is also able to take advantage of “tap and connect” which will allow your phone to connect without the hassle of manually plugging in the connection via the settings. However, this only works with Bluetooth Audio on The Serif.

Samsung’s The Sero

The Sero is one of the most unique lifestyle TV offerings that Samsung has in its arsenal right now. The new approach to a TV allows the screen to seamlessly adapt to your content. It has a rotating 43-inch screen which is able to change from portrait to landscape according to the orientation of the content you’re looking at. If you’re on Instagram or TikTok, the screen will be in portrait mode, switch to Netflix and it’ll go into landscape. In apps like YouTube, the screen is able to adapt seamlessly between orientations according to the screen. If you’re minimised, it’ll stay in portrait mode and it’ll kick into landscape when you go full screen. The rotation is made possible thanks to Samsung’s new rotating hinge which allows it to rotate unrestricted.

The Sero comes equipped with its own easel stand which also has detachable wheels for added portability. In addition to portability, The Sero is the only TV in Samsung’s line up which comes with a built-in 4.1 channel speaker system that is integrated into the easel stand. It also comes with Tap to Connect which is compatible with any Samsung smartphone. A simple tap on the top or right border of the TV will trigger quick connect which allows you to connect to your phone for wireless screen sharing and audio connectivity with the TV.

Pricing & Availability

Samsung’s lifestyle TVs are rolling out to selected markets worldwide. In Malaysia the pricing is as below:

ModelPricing
The Sero MYR6,999 (43-inch)
The Serif MYR6,499 (55-inch)
The FrameMYR6,499 (55-inch)
MYR10,999 (65-inch)
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Cambridge Quantum Computing Welcomes Mehdi Bozzo-Rey

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Experienced quantum computing executive joins fast growing team at one of the world’s leading quantum computing software companies

CAMBRIDGE, England, Sept. 9, 2020 — Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) is pleased to announce the addition of an experienced quantum computing executive to its Business Development team. Reporting to the firm’s Chief Business Officer, Denise Ruffner, Mehdi Bozzo-Rey (Mehdi) will take responsibility for a variety of key markets and clients in the USA, Canada and France and further expand CQC’s leadership in business areas where corporations are rapidly adopting quantum computing solutions in order to address critical challenges now and in the future.

With over 20 years of experience in the High-Performance Computing (HPC) industry, Mehdi’s contributions span infrastructure management and reproducible HPC, as well as customer and partner enablement. A physicist by training and driven by passion for disruptive technologies, Mehdi leveraged his background in quantum mechanics to explore quantum computing. Mehdi became the first IBM Quantum Ambassador in Canada, and subsequently joined the IBM Q team to lead its business development activities in Canada which resulted in scalable and sustainable ecosystem growth and enablement.

Outside of quantum computing, Mehdi is an accomplished amateur astronomer and is a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.

Denise Ruffner, CQC’s Chief Business Officer, stated "CQC is thrilled to welcome Mehdi to our fast-growing team. As global leaders in quantum software, we are collaborating with some of the world’s leading companies. Mehdi’s experience will add a new and exciting dimension to CQC’s client facing capabilities."

Mehdi said "CQC is at the forefront of innovation and advances in quantum computing software which enable the power of quantum computing to be realised. I look forward to contributing to our clients’ efforts to transform their businesses with our leading quantum computing software products and solutions."   

About Cambridge Quantum Computing:

Founded in 2014 and backed by some of the world’s leading quantum computing companies, CQC is a global leader in quantum software and quantum algorithms that help clients get the best out of rapidly evolving quantum computing hardware. For more information, visit CQC at http://www.cambridgequantum.com