The Growth Manifesto Podcast Wins Awards for Best Business Podcast

The Sydney-based podcast, produced by Webprofits, has been recognized for its growth-focused content and star lineup of authors, Olympians, heads of state, and billionaires.

SYDNEY, Aug. 14, 2021 — The Growth Manifesto Podcast, the only business, technology, and entrepreneurship podcast in Australia that is focused entirely on growth, has had a banner year of interviews with some of the most successful people in the world. The show’s dedication to interviewing global experts and presenting useful content has attracted accolades including dotCOMM Awards Gold Winner 2021 and Viddy Awards Gold Winner 2021 for outstanding business podcast.

The Growth Manifesto Podcast Wins Awards for Best Business Podcast
The Growth Manifesto Podcast Wins Awards for Best Business Podcast

The Growth Manifesto Podcast has also been placed on the shortlist for the Mumbrella Publish Awards 2021 for Best Podcast Series. Although this is a preliminary round, Webprofits is in good company with the other finalists, which are all media organizations including Mamamia, News Corp Australia, and The West Australian.

"It’s great to see this recognition of the great educational content we create to help businesses and entrepreneurs everywhere grow," Alex Cleanthous, Director of Strategy + Innovation at Webprofits and Host of The Growth Manifesto Podcast said. "The real credit goes to our amazing guests. We are very fortunate to have the best-of-the-best come on our show and teach our audience the most effective ways to achieve their goals and build success. In our interviews, we strive to uncover guests’ unique stories and the thinking behind their incredible growth."

The Growth Manifesto Podcast is produced by Webprofits, a leading independent digital consultancy in Sydney. 

The Growth Manifesto Podcast’s distinguished interviewees include leaders such as Jordan Belfort (The Wolf of Wall Street), Brock Pierce, Tyler Winklevoss, Tim Draper, Steve DeAngelo (Father of the Legalized Cannabis industry), and Laurent Lamothe (former PM of Haiti); the show also features prominent business authors including Seth Godin, Verne Harnish, Laura Kriska, Roger L. Martin, Bev Burgess, Greg Crabtree, Chris Dancy, Pascal Bornet, and Chris McChesney

The Growth Manifesto Podcast has become a showcase for thought leadership, process improvement, and leading-edge technology. It provides a platform to find and introduce new ideas and share them with the global business community.

The Growth Manifesto Podcast has been developed over the past 3 years by the production team at Webprofits. It is currently available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, and Spotify.

About The Growth Manifesto Podcast

The Growth Manifesto Podcast is one of the leading business, tech, and entrepreneurship podcasts in Australia and the only show focused 100% on growth. Our goal is to interview some of the most capable and successful people in business to learn their thinking and share their methodologies with our audience. Our mission is to present insights that promote growth, personally and professionally for people everywhere working in all industries. 

About The Growth Manifesto Podcast

Website
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Apple Podcasts
SoundCloud
Spotify

About Webprofits 

Webprofits provides fully-integrated, end-to-end, outsourced digital marketing teams for challenger brands looking to drive extraordinary performance in a complex and fragmented digital landscape. Webprofits is dedicated to providing solutions for growth, including a comprehensive Digital Growth Framework which addresses all parts of a brand’s business in a way that optimises growth. 

Webprofits employs the best minds in strategy, marketing, and technology throughout Australia, the US, and Singapore and delivers on a 15-year history at the frontlines of digital marketing. We are dedicated to understanding our clients’ businesses and delivering measurable results, with our team working closely with clients to tailor digital growth efforts that will reach and resonate with their specific audiences and deliver growth.

Webprofits is an award-winning consultancy and works with national and global brands like Logitech, LJ Hooker, and Aussie Broadband. Learn how Webprofits has helped clients globally improve their growth and drive revenue at webprofits.com.au

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SIGKDD Honors Groundbreaking Achievements in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining


Awards Celebrate Innovation, Service and Rising Stars Ahead of the 27th Annual Conference  

SINGAPORE, Aug. 14, 2021 — The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (SIGKDD) today announced the recipients of the 2021 ACM SIGKDD Awards for exemplary individuals and research teams in data science, machine learning, big data and artificial intelligence (AI). Ahead of the organization’s annual conference on Aug. 14-18, the awards program recognizes those who have made a lasting impact in the industry.

"The KDD conference has long served as an international platform that showcases the most innovative research in data mining and knowledge discovery," said Wei Wang, SIGKDD chair and professor in computer science at the University of California, Los Angeles. "This year’s winners reflect the rapid growth and maturation of our community over the past 27 years, and the promise data science offers to affect real change today."

Based in Singapore, KDD 2021 will take place virtually with 24-hour global access featuring workshops, tutorials, an array of speakers, and more. As the largest international data science conference, this event brings together academia and professional practitioners across the data sciences to celebrate outstanding technical and service contributions.  

ACM SIGKDD Innovation Award
Recipient of the ACM SIGKDD Innovation Award is Johannes Gehrke, a technical fellow and managing director of research at Redmond, and the chief technology officer and head of machine learning for the Intelligent Communications and Conversations Cloud, which powers Microsoft Teams. Dr. Gehrke is recognized for his research contributions in database systems, distributed systems and machine learning. The ACM SIGKDD Innovation Award is the highest honor for technical excellence in knowledge discovery and data mining. It is conferred on an individual or group of collaborators whose outstanding technical innovations have greatly influenced the direction of research and development in KDD.

"I am humbled and honored by this recognition from the community," said Dr. Gehrke. "Every year, KDD is finding new applications and systems that are changing the world for the better. I am grateful for my collaborators and the students who have helped pushed this discipline forward."

ACM SIGKDD Service Award
Recipient of the ACM SIGKDD Service Award is Dr. Shipeng Yu, who leads the communications AI team at LinkedIn. Dr. Yu is recognized for his contributions through dedication to ACM SIGKDD as general chair of KDD 2017 and currently as sponsorship director for SIGKDD. He oversees the sponsorship effort for the annual conferences and other data mining community activities. The ACM SIGKDD Service Award is the highest recognition of service awarded in the field. The award honors an individual or group of collaborators for outstanding contributions to professional KDD societies or society-at-large through applications of knowledge discovery and data mining.

"As sponsorship director for SIGKDD, it’s a privilege serving and promoting the data mining community," said Dr. Yu. "I strongly believe in giving back to the research field, and I am grateful for all of the volunteers and individuals who help make this conference special every year."

ACM SIGKDD Rising Star Award
Recipient of the ACM SIGKDD Rising Star Award is Dr. Xia "Ben" Hu, professor of computer science at Rice University. Dr. Hu is recognized for his contributions in human-centric data mining, including influential work developing interpretable and automated methods to make complex machine learning algorithms easily used by domain experts. In its second year, the Rising Star Award celebrates individual work done in the first five years after earning a Ph.D. The award aims to celebrate the early accomplishments of the KDD communities’ brightest new minds.

"The KDD conference has been celebrating the contributors in knowledge discovery and data mining for over two decades," said Dr. Hu. "I am thrilled to be honored among my peers."

ACM SIGKDD Dissertation Award
Recipient of the ACM SIGKDD Dissertation Award is Aditya Grover, incoming assistant professor of computer science at University of California, Los Angeles, and research scientist on the core machine learning (ML) team at Facebook AI Research. Grover earned this year’s award for his dissertation, "Learning to Represent and Reason Under Limited Supervision."

Shweta Jain, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, earned runner-up for her dissertation, "Counting Cliques in Real-World Graphs."

Leonardo Pellegrina, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Padova, received honorable mention for his dissertation, "Rigorous and Efficient Algorithms for Significant and Approximate Pattern Mining."

SIGKDD Test of Time Award for Research
The Test of Time Award recognizes outstanding KDD papers, at least ten years old, which have had a lasting impact on the data mining research community and continue to be cited as the foundation for new branches of research.

This year, the Test of Time Award for Research was given to Chong Wang and David M. Blei for their approach to collaborative topic modeling for recommending scientific articles featured from 2011.

SIGKDD Test of Time Award for Applied Science
Diane Tang, Ashish Agarwal, Deirdre O’Brien and Mike Meyer received the Test of Time Award for Applied Science in recognition of their 2010 study on overlapping experiment infrastructure that enables quicker experimentation, as detailed in "Overlapping Experiment Infrastructure: More, Better, Faster Experimentation."

For more information on this year’s event, please visit: https://kdd.org/kdd2021/.

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DeHorizon Foundation is to initiate DeVerse, Blockchain-based MMO/RPG Metaverse, making “Play for fun and to earn” into reality

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14, 2021 — DeHorizon Foundation is to initiate DeVerse which is a blockchain-based MMO/RPG Metaverse game built on Binacne Smart Chain. The long-term vision of DeHorizon Foundation is to create a Metaverse world that is open, free, and dominated by players.

DeVerse: a blockchain-based MMO/RPG Metaverse game
DeVerse: a blockchain-based MMO/RPG Metaverse game

The appearance of GameFi does make great influence on the traditional gaming and blockchain industry as play-to-earn temporarily becomes a global trend. DeHorizon Foundation thinks it is a breakthrough for the traditional gaming industry as well as an opportunity for the blockchain industry to embrace new traffic.

However, a common phenomenon in GameFi is that most blockchain games ignore the importance of playability. DeHorizon Foundation firmly believes that blockchain games should not only be "play to earn," but should also be for fun as well.

That is why DeVerse was created.

DeVerse: the next generation of Metaverse blockchain game

As the barbarous version of a high fantasy action-adventure game, DeVerse provides five playable hero characters and six striking game scenes for players.There will be epic battles, heroic quests, and opportunities to tame wild creatures along with NFT mints of monsters and more. 

DeHorizon Foundation aims to provide players with a peak gaming experience while allowing players to have the opportunity to become the grand master in the game.

Via the in-game currency $DEVT, players are able to mint monsters, start the yield farming, place bets for tournaments, buy blind boxes and much more. $DEVT can also be attributed to players as in-game rewards. For example, there will be weekly tournaments and the top 10 players can win the reward pool. 

The first game scene, DeMining will be live in November 2021.

Economic model

The total supply of $DEVT is 300 million. Out of that, 60% is used inside the Platform, 35% is for Yield Farming and 25% as Game Currency. 15% of the remaining is for token sales, 10% for Private Sales and 5% for Angel Rounds. Contributors and Partners share 5% each and the team has another 15%. 

The main utility of $DEVT is for the in-game trade.

DeHorizon X Binance NFT Marketplace

A big announcement has been issued in the Medium is that DeVerse Privilege Pre-sale will be live on Binance NFT Marketplace from 11:00 on August 16th, 2021 (UTC) — 23:59 on August 22nd, 2021 (UTC). 

It is the first time for players to get DeVerse NFT items such as limited hero batches, one of one pre-mining pass and two types of exclusive VIP pass.

Let’s take a deep dive into the DeHorizon universe.

To know more about DeHorizon, visit:
– Website:
http://www.dehorizon.fun 
– Twitter:
https://twitter.com/DeHorizonfun 
– Telegram:
https://t.me/joinchat/EyeEHdGuyD8zYjk5 
– Discord:
https://discord.gg/KUDsntqvzc 
– Medium:
https://medium.com/@DeHorizon

Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. I Reminds Stockholders to Vote “FOR” Business Combination with SmartRent at Special Meeting of Stockholders

Upon Closing, the Combined Company Will Trade on the NYSE under "SMRT" Ticker Symbol

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13, 2021 — Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. I (the "Company" or "FWAA"), a special purpose acquisition company, today reminded stockholders to vote "FOR" the business combination with SmartRent.com, Inc. ("SmartRent") at the special meeting of stockholders scheduled for August 23, 2021 (the "Special Meeting"). The Company also noted the pending transfer of the listing of its Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"), from the Nasdaq Capital Market ("Nasdaq") to the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") in connection with the anticipated closing of the business combination.

Trading of the Common Stock is expected to begin on the NYSE on August 25, 2021 under the new ticker symbol "SMRT". The last day of trading on the Nasdaq is expected to be on August 24, 2021, following the consummation of the Company’s pending business combination transaction with SmartRent, which is currently expected to occur on August 24, 2021, subject to final stockholder approval at the Special Meeting and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions.

As previously announced, the Company will hold the Special Meeting via live webcast at https://www.cstproxy.com/fifthwall/2021 on August 23, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time for its stockholders of record at the close of business on July 27, 2021 to vote on the proposed business combination, among other things. The definitive proxy statement/prospectus with respect to the business combination, together with a proxy card for voting, has been mailed to the Company’s stockholders. Stockholders are encouraged to attend the Special Meeting and to vote as soon as possible by signing, dating and returning the proxy card enclosed with the definitive proxy statement/prospectus. If you have any questions, please contact Innisfree M&A Incorporated, the Company’s proxy solicitor, at (877) 456-3402.

No action is required by existing Company stockholders with respect to the ticker symbol or exchange listing change.

About Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. I

Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. I is a blank check company incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.

About SmartRent

Founded in 2017, SmartRent is an enterprise smart home and smart building technology platform for property owners, managers and residents. The SmartRent solution is designed to provide property managers with seamless visibility and control over all their assets while delivering cost savings and additional revenue opportunities through all-in-one home control offerings for residents. For more information please visit smartrent.com.

Important Information for Investors and Stockholders

This document relates to the proposed merger involving Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. I ("FWAA") and SmartRent.com, Inc. ("SmartRent"). FWAA filed an amended registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on July 26, 2021, which included a preliminary proxy statement/prospectus in connection with FWAA’s solicitation for proxies for the vote by FWAA’s shareholders in connection with the proposed transactions and other matters as described in such Registration Statement, as well as the prospectus relating to the offer of the securities to be issued to SmartRent’s shareholders in connection with the completion of the proposed transaction. The definitive proxy statement/prospectus has been mailed to the stockholders of FWAA, seeking any required stockholder approvals. Investors and security holders of FWAA and SmartRent are urged to carefully read the entire definitive proxy statement/prospectus and any other relevant documents filed with the SEC, as well as any amendments or supplements to these documents, because they will contain important information about the proposed transaction. The documents filed by FWAA with the SEC may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, these documents, when available, can be obtained free of charge from FWAA upon written request to Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. I, 6060 Center Drive, 10th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90045.

FWAA, SmartRent and certain of their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in favor of the approval of the merger and related matters. Information regarding their interest in the transaction is contained in the Registration Statement and definitive proxy statement/prospectus. Free copies of these documents may be obtained as described in the preceding paragraph.

This document does not constitute a solicitation of a proxy, consent, or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the proposed transaction. This document also does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor will there be any sale of any securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such other jurisdiction. No offering of securities will be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption therefrom.

Forward-Looking Statements

This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 including, but not limited to, FWAA’s and SmartRent’s expectations or predictions of future financial or business performance or conditions, SmartRent’s product roadmap, including the expected timing of new product releases, SmartRent’s plans to expand its product availability globally, the expected composition of the management team and board of directors following the transaction, the expected use of capital following the transaction, including SmartRent’s ability to accomplish the initiatives outlined above, the expected timing of the closing of the transaction and the expected cash balance of the combined company following the closing. Any forward-looking statements herein are based solely on the expectations or predictions of FWAA or SmartRent and do not express the expectations, predictions or opinions of Fifth Wall in any way. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Generally, statements that are not historical facts, including statements concerning possible or assumed future actions, business strategies, events, or results of operations, are forward-looking statements. These statements may be preceded by, followed by, or include the words "believes," "estimates," "expects," "projects," "forecasts," "may," "will," "should," "seeks," "plans," "scheduled," "anticipates," "intends" or "continue" or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events, results or performance to differ materially from those indicated by such statements. Certain of these risks are identified and discussed in the section of FWAA’s Form S-1 titled "Risk Factors," which was filed with the SEC on February 4, 2021. These risk factors will be important to consider in determining future results and should be reviewed in their entirety. These forward-looking statements are based on FWAA’s or SmartRent’s management’s current expectations and beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions concerning future events. However, there can be no assurance that the events, results, or trends identified in these forward-looking statements will occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and neither FWAA nor SmartRent is under any obligation and expressly disclaim any obligation, to update, alter or otherwise revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law. Readers should carefully review the statements set forth in the reports, which FWAA has filed or will file from time to time with the SEC.

In addition to factors previously disclosed in FWAA’s reports filed with the SEC, including FWAA’s most recent reports on Form 8-K and all attachments thereto, which are available, free of charge, at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, and those identified elsewhere in this document, the following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements or historical performance: risks and uncertainties related to the inability of the parties to successfully or timely consummate the merger, including the risk that any required regulatory approvals or stockholder approvals of FWAA or SmartRent are not obtained, are delayed or are subject to unanticipated conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger is not obtained, failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the merger, risks related to SmartRent’s ability to execute on its business strategy, attract and retain users, develop new offerings, enhance existing offerings, compete effectively, and manage growth and costs, the duration and global impact of COVID-19, the possibility that FWAA or SmartRent may be adversely affected by other economic, business and/or competitive factors, the number of redemption requests made by FWAA’s public stockholders, the ability of SmartRent and the combined company to leverage Fifth Wall’s limited partner and other commercial relationships to grow SmartRent’s customer base (which is not the subject of any legally binding obligation on the part of Fifth Wall or any of its partners or representatives), the ability of SmartRent and the combined company to leverage its relationship with any other SmartRent investor (including investors in the proposed PIPE transaction) to grow SmartRent’s customer base, the ability of the combined company to meet Nasdaq’s listing standards (or the standards of any other securities exchange on which securities of the public entity are listed) following the merger, the inability to complete the private placement of common stock of FWAA to certain institutional accredited investors, the risk that the announcement and consummation of the transaction disrupts SmartRent’s current plans and operations, costs related to the transaction, changes in applicable laws or regulations, the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against FWAA, SmartRent, or any of their respective directors or officers, following the announcement of the transaction, the ability of FWAA or the combined company to issue equity or equity-linked securities in connection with the proposed merger or in the future, the failure to realize anticipated pro forma results and underlying assumptions, including with respect to estimated stockholder redemptions and purchase price and other adjustments; and those factors discussed in documents of FWAA filed, or to be filed, with the SEC.

Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in forward-looking statements can be found in FWAA’s most recent reports on Form 8-K, which are available, free of charge, at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, and will also be provided in FWAA’s proxy statement/prospectus, when available. Any financial projections in this document are forward-looking statements that are based on assumptions that are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond FWAA’s and SmartRent’s control. While all projections are necessarily speculative, FWAA and SmartRent believe that the preparation of prospective financial information involves increasingly higher levels of uncertainty the further out the projection extends from the date of preparation. The assumptions and estimates underlying the projected results are inherently uncertain and are subject to a wide variety of significant business, economic and competitive risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the projections. The inclusion of projections in this document should not be regarded as an indication that FWAA and SmartRent, or their representatives, considered or consider the projections to be a reliable prediction of future events.

Annualized, pro forma, projected and estimated numbers (including projected revenue derived from committed units) are used for illustrative purposes only, are not forecasts, and may not reflect actual results. Presentation of historical 0% customer churn (which occurs when an existing customer removes SmartRent installed units) is illustrative only, and is not intended to be predictive of future churn, particularly as business continues to grow. When used herein, the term "committed units" includes both (i) units that are subject to binding purchase orders from customers and (ii) units that existing customers who are parties to a SmartRent master services agreement have informed SmartRent that they intend to order.

This document is not intended to be all-inclusive or to contain all the information that a person may desire in considering an investment in FWAA and is not intended to form the basis of an investment decision in FWAA. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning FWAA and SmartRent, the proposed transaction, or other matters and attributable to FWAA and SmartRent or any person acting on their behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements above.

Investor Contact:
investors@smartrent.com

Media Contact:
SmartRent@Inkhouse.com

TIAN RUIXIANG Holdings Ltd Partners with Beijing Puyuan Technology Co., Ltd. to Develop Intelligent Sales and Customer Service Systems

BEIJING, Aug. 13, 2021 — TIAN RUIXIANG Holdings Ltd (Nasdaq: TIRX) (the "Company"), a China-based insurance broker, announced today it has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement (the "Agreement") with Beijing Puyuan Technology Co., Ltd.("BPTC"), an innovative financial service platform solution provider in China, on August 2, 2021, to develop its intelligent sales and customer service systems.

Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company agrees to give BPTC access to its insurance management platform, and BPTC agrees to provide the Company with customized artificial intelligence development services and assist the Company in building its intelligent customers service and sales systems. The parties may enter into separate service contracts in the future to determine the specific terms and services to be provided under the Agreement.

Mr. Zhe Wang, Chairman of the board of the directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, commented, "We are excited to partner with BPTC  as we continue to make progress in our long term strategy of upgrading and optimizing our systems to provide customers with more value-added services. We plan to build our own intelligent sales and customer service system which can help maximize profitability, increase operation efficiency, and improve customers satisfaction. Looking forward, we expect to seize the opportunity presented by the accelerating digital transformation of the insurance industry, and utilize our cooperation with BPTC to deliver more products and  services for our customers."

About Beijing Puyuan Technology Co., Ltd.

Established in February 2019, Beijing Puyuan Technology Co., Ltd. engages in exploring and deepen the practice and application of technology in financial institutions. The founding team of BPTC all graduated from top tier universities in China and aboard including Tsinghua University and Chinese Academy of Sciences. They have many years of working experience in domestic and foreign financial institutions and first-line Internet companies, and have in-depth understanding and practical experience in quantitative trading, artificial intelligence and associated fields. BPTC has built a number of products including the Caiduoyi Wealth Integrated Service Platform, Prism Investment Advising Exhibition System, Prism Smart Wealth Management Robot and Traderslink Quantitative Trading System. BPTC provides wealth institutions with a complete solution from investment research to transaction, from customer acquisition to conversion, which improves the service efficiency of investment advisory services and improves the comprehensive experience of investors. For more information, visit the company’s website at https://www.puyuan.tech/index.

About TIAN RUIXIANG Holdings Ltd

TIAN RUIXIANG Holdings Ltd, headquartered in Beijing, China, is an insurance broker operating in China. It distributes a wide range of insurance products, which are categorized into two major groups: (1) property and casualty insurance, such as automobile insurance, commercial property insurance, liability insurance; and (2) life insurance, such as individual and group life insurances. Additionally, the Company also provides risk management services to institutional customers. For more information, visit the company’s website at http://ir.tianrx.com/.

Forward-Looking Statements

All statements other than statements of historical fact in this announcement are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that the Company believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. Investors can identify these forward-looking statements by words or phrases such as "may," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "aim," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "potential," "continue," "is/are likely to" or other similar expressions. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that such expectations will turn out to be correct, and the Company cautions investors that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results and encourages investors to review risk factors that may affect its future results in the Company’s registration statement and in its other filings with the SEC.

For investor and media enquiries, please contact:

TIAN RUIXIANG Holdings Ltd
Investor Relations Department
Email: ir@tianrx.com 

Ascent Investor Relations LLC
Tina Xiao
Phone: +1 917-609-0333
Email: tina.xiao@ascent-ir.com 

 

 

Dot Inc. Named Winner of the XTC Global Final, a Social Innovation Startup Competition

Dot Inc. Highly recognized for its smart technology for the visually impaired at XTC Global Final, a competition between 3,700 startups from 92 countries

SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 13, 2021Dot Inc., a social startup and certified B-corporation, was recently named the winner of TechCrunch’s Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), "the world’s largest startup competition for entrepreneurs addressing the globe’s most serious challenges"—as per Forbes. Dot Inc., has been a member of the Born2Global Centre since 2020, and is a technology-based social venture that develops innovative solutions for people with disabilities, especially those who are visually impaired and mobility handicapped.

Dot Inc. -- XTC 2021 GLOBAL WINNER
Dot Inc. — XTC 2021 GLOBAL WINNER

XTC is an annually-held global competition between startups aimed at solving problems outlined in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This year, over 3,700 startups from 92 countries participated in the fierce competition for good. Dot Inc. took first in the preliminaries in "Enabling Technology", one of the seven categories of the competition, before advancing to the finals. The company eventually was named "Overall Winners" of the entire competition, along with Hillridge Technology from Australia.

As consensus winners of XTC, Dot Inc. will receive direct guidance for global expansion from the internationally-acclaimed XTC judge panel. The XTC cohort includes: Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo; Young Sohn, ex-CSO of Samsung Electronics and currently Chairman of the Board at Harman International; and Bill Tai of Charles River Ventures, an early investor of Zoom and other fast-growing startups.

Eric Ju Yoon Kim and Ki Kwang Sung, Dot Inc.’s founders, commented on the company’s win, saying, "As a startup built on people-driven innovation, it is an honor and a blessing to be highlighted through this competition where startups from around the world are all working together to achieve causeworthy goals. We hope to use this win as inspiration and as a springboard to help Dot’s accessible technology help people around the world live more fulfilled and independent lives."

Dot Inc. first shocked the world with their "Dot Watch," the world’s first Braille smartwatch, that found acclaim with global influencers like Stevie Wonder and Andrea Bocelli. Now, their impressive portfolio includes the "Dot Pad," a tactile pad aimed to help the visually impaired experience images through touch, and the "Dot Kiosk", barrier-free tech that includes a smart kiosk and an indoor navigation system for inclusive access to infrastructure for all people. All heights included, as the Kiosk boasts an auto-height adjustment function that uses camera sensors to raise and lower to the eye level of the user. They have stated that the Dot Kiosk system was designed so that Hellen Keller could access any part of the airport, museum, or building without any additional guidance.

It seems that the company’s vision has struck the right chord at the right time, especially in a post-pandemic world that begs for more accessibility innovation and contactless services. So far, the company has attracted over 13M USD in external investments and boasts over 120 technology patents through innovative research and development. In June of 2021, the company was selected in a government project, led by the U.S. Dept. of Education, to be the exclusive supplier of tactile educational pads for the entire nation. As a key partner of the project, Dot Inc. received and signed a contract worth 30M USD for the exclusive supply of Dot’s devices. Most recently, the company received international attention during a recent Korean presidential visit to Spain when President Moon Jae-in and First Lady Kim Jung-sook personally presented a Dot Watch to the ONCE Foundation, a national organization for the blind and visually-impaired in Spain.

Dot Inc.’s top priority and mission is to close the information gap for the visually impaired, and to help them live more fulfilling and independent lives. Through the advancement of enabling tech, they wish to bring in a paradigm of inclusivity in all corners of the world.

For more information about Dot Inc., visit https://www.dotincorp.com/.

Media Contact
Dot Inc.: ahrum@dotincorp.com (Korean), daniel@dotincorp.com (English)
Born2Global Centre: jlee@born2global.com

Intelligent Systems | Tech Helps GAC Jump to 176th on the Fortune 500

GUANGZHOU, China, Aug. 13, 2021 — For almost 25 years, GAC has strengthened independent innovation on the basis of joint ventures and cooperation, as well as through extensively funding of the GAC R&D Centers. This investment in technology has yielded great results: as of August 2, 2021, GAC had jumped 30 places up on the Fortune 500 list to 176th.


Despite a global downturn, GAC achieved revenue growth of over 5% in 2020, and sales of over 2 million models. Figures for first half of 2021 were especially impressive, with overall sales increasing by over 25%.

At the GAC Group 2021 Investors’ Day, GAC presented some of the astounding technological achievements which will form the foundations of future growth, into a global top-tier automobile manufacturer.

Connectivity, New Energy | The Coming Years at GAC

"No technology, no GAC." This motto neatly encompasses the development strategy of GAC and its subsidiaries.

At the center of the GAC plan are the two tenets of smart connectivity and new energy.

GAC group has recently developed and upgraded multiple vehicle technologies, including the L2++ driving assistance system; experienced the Robotaxi, an L4 self-driving car; the Magic Box, a striking concept car developed by GAC; and the GIEC, one of China’s most advanced intelligent cockpits.

Over the next five years, GAC Group will focus on comprehensively improving independent innovation, and realizing high-quality development in five areas: electrification, smart connectivity, digitization, communalization and internationalization.

One aspect of this is the new GAC New Energy Vehicle Industrial Park, which will focus on EV (pure Electric Vehicle) + ICV (Intelligent Connected Vehicle) production, of key importance in the shift towards greener, low-carbon and sustainable vehicles and production. Excitingly, GAC is also working closely with tech giant Huawei on the production of a high-end autonomous car for the private market, due to enter mainstream production by 2023.

Striving for better

Placing 176th on the Fortune 500 is representative of the hard work and cohesion of the multi-faceted GAC Group workforce. It is an achievement to be proud of, but GAC is committed to striving for better, surpassing its previous limits to climb higher and higher on the world stage.

GAC is more than ready for the next five years. Let’s go!

LG Display Highlights its ESG Management in Sustainability Report for 2021

SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 13, 2021 — LG Display, the world’s leading innovator of display technologies, highlights its ESG management by outlining the company’s ESG activities and achievements in pursuit of a greener planet in its Sustainability Report for 2021.

LG Display publishes a Sustainability Report every year to share the activities and achievements it has pursued to attain sustainable management goals.
LG Display publishes a Sustainability Report every year to share the activities and achievements it has pursued to attain sustainable management goals.

To promote sustainability management and reach its goal of becoming the most sustainable display solution company in the world, LG Display has identified and implemented four key strategies: Internalization of CSR, CSR risk management, communication with stakeholders, and global engagement – all key pillars to the company’s core mission of being a sustainability company founded on stakeholder trust.

The company has also promoted eco-friendly management throughout the display industry with active investments and activities designed to heighten the supply chain’s eco-friendliness. And after setting its new "Safety, Health, Energy and Environment Policy," the company was able to adopt an integrated standard system that minimizes its products’ environmental impact from the design, production, distribution and logistics processes, to when they are being used and recycled during disposal.

LG Display is just as dedicated to implementing practices directly affecting the everyday consumer, with the company now exclusively developing and manufacturing products that emit far less volatile organic compounds (VOCs) than conventional displays. LG Display has made every effort to eliminate VOCs from the supply and manufacturing processes involved in making its panels, including developing and manufacturing OLED TV products that emit 50 percent less VOCs than LCD TV panels by using fewer plastic parts. LG Display’s OLED additionally boasts a 92.7 percent recycling rate, one that is higher than its LCD counterpart. In recognition of such efforts, the company received Eco-Product certification in 2020 from Swiss-based SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company.

In addition, LG Display is focused on the development and expansion of its eco-friendly products. To that end, the company created ‘Eco Index,’ which measures a company’s green performance from the product development stage to help them enhance their use of resources, energy, and hazardous substances. The company also recently began significantly reducing its packaging by recycling packaging materials for OLED panels.

LG Display revealed its strategy in response to the rapidly growing threat of climate change. The company has invested over KRW 37 billion to replace sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) with unregulated greenhouse gases boasting low global warming potential values, while also establishing facilities that help the company reduce more than 90 percent of its greenhouse gas emissions. As a result, LG Display successfully reduced approximately 3 million tons of CO2-eq, a 39 percent decrease from 2014.

By 2050, the company aims to have decreased company-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 75.6 percent compared to 2014 and achieved a 100 percent waste recycle rate, both through the development of low-carbon clean production technologies.

Moreover, LG Display takes part in the CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project), which is recognized as a world-renowned authority in the field of environmental information disclosure. The company has been rewarded for its Green House Gas reduction efforts by being incorporated into the Carbon Management Honors Club for the fourth consecutive year since 2017. LG Display also maintained its status as an excellent company for 3 straight years since 2018 for its excellence in environmental impact management.

Most notably, this year the company joined the influential Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) which encourages close cooperation between its members, supply chains, and stakeholders to enhance working and environmental conditions and improve business performance based on a proven Code of Conduct. Moreover, investment research firm MSCI (formerly known as Morgan Stanley Capital International) upgraded its ESG ratings for LG Display from A to AA earlier this year, evaluating LG Display most favorably in the areas of chemical safety, controversial outsourcing, and opportunities in clean tech. This puts LG Display among the highest-rated companies in South Korea and display manufacturers worldwide.

As the world’s leading display company, LG Display is focused on constantly innovating and improving the value and quality of its products. In 2020, the company expanded its R&D investment and implemented 20 company-wide initiatives through Tear Down Redesign – an organization that puts experts from various fields together on time-based projects for solving specific problems. In addition, LG Display outlined the work it is undertaking to create innovative, differentiated values and opportunities in the display market based on its strengths and competitiveness.

"We will continue to elevate our contribution to society and meet the expectations from the stakeholders, not only on the business results, but also in all areas of ESG, including environment, social responsibility and governance," said James Hoyoung Jeong, CEO of LG Display. "As a pioneer of the OLED display industry, LG Display will further strengthen its business portfolio centered around OLED and grow to become a company that can offer even unexpected values to our customers."

This year’s LG Display Sustainability Report was published in a total of four languages – Korean, Chinese, English and Vietnamese.

About LG Display

LG Display Co., Ltd. [NYSE: LPL, KRX: 034220] is the world’s leading innovator of display technologies, including thin-film transistor liquid crystal and OLED displays. The company manufactures display panels in a broad range of sizes and specifications primarily for use in TVs, notebook computers, desktop monitors, and various other applications, including tablets and mobile devices. LG Display currently operates manufacturing facilities in Korea and China, and back-end assembly facilities in Korea, China, and Vietnam. The company has approximately 63,360 employees operating worldwide. For more news and information about LG Display, please visit www.lgdisplay.com.

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Facebook Might be Forced to Sell Giphy

Today is a funny world of memes and GIFs. Pronounce ‘GIF’ however you want, but you cannot deny its popularity and its significance in modern communication. It has become a tool to quickly express yourself in certain moments with your friends, and even with the world of social media. You can even create your own GIFs these days with your smartphone or even the web. One of the most popular platforms for virtually unlimited GIFs is Giphy.

If you are not aware, Facebook currently owns Giphy (what else do they not own?). They made a bid of US$ 400 million earlier in 2020 for Giphy and now owns at least a major part of Giphy. Facebook’s acquisition of the popular GIF platform should not come as a surprise though. After all, GIF is now a large part of social media and Facebook has been relentless in their quest to be a one-stop-shop of all things social media. The acquisition of Giphy also allows Facebook to directly access Giphy’s database and develop APIs that would seamlessly integrate Facebook’s platforms to Giphy, which is a big win for WhatsApp users at least.

It seems that not everyone agrees with Facebook’s acquisition of Giphy though. The Competition and Markers Authority (CMA), an anti-competition regulator in the United Kingdom (UK), launched an investigation following the acquisition of Giphy last year. Yes, last year, not this year. They finally came to a finding that was released yesterday though that might be alarming for Facebook.

Their statement (as per The Verge and quoted below) raises concerns over how Giphy is a platform of choice for many of the other social media platforms that are currently not owned by Facebook. CMA argues that Facebook’s acquisition of Giphy might affect that access from other social media platforms; in other words, CMA thinks that Facebook will cut off access to Giphy making it a Facebook exclusive instead of the open platform that it is currently known for. CMA also cited that Facebook could also acquire more user data that was previously not available to it from other social media platforms like Snapchat and Twitter via Giphy. They also argued that Giphy was on its way to building their own ads business model that could be a possible competition to Facebook, and those plans were derailed with Facebook’s acquisition. They will be producing a final report on the issue in October 2021.

“Millions of posts every day on social media sites now include a GIF. Any reduction in the choice or quality of these GIFs could significantly affect how people use these sites and whether or not they switch to a different platform, such as Facebook. As most major social media sites that compete with Facebook use Giphy GIFs, and there is only one other large provider of GIFs – Google’s Tenor – these platforms have very little choice.

The CMA provisionally found that Facebook’s ownership of Giphy could lead it to deny other platforms access to its GIFs. Alternatively, it could change the terms of this access – for example, Facebook could require Giphy customers, such as TikTok, Twitter and Snapchat, to provide more user data in order to access Giphy GIFs. Such actions could increase Facebook’s market power, which is already significant.”

Of course, Facebook did not sit still with the investigation that was launched last year. They have since made a few submissions to CMA claiming that Giphy had “no meaningful audience of its own”. They also claimed that Giphy relies on Facebook for most of its traffic anyway. To be fair too, Giphy has not been posting any profit numbers in its 8-year history, even with some US$ 150 million raised over their course of existence. Since the acquisition too, Giphy’s employees have not been integrated into Facebook and everything has been kept at status quo at the moment.

So far then, it is still business as usual on both ends. That also means that you still can enjoy Giphy on any platform of your choosing, for now. If the deal still goes through though, CMA’s fears could come true, and your source of never-ending GIFs will be exclusive to Facebook apps sooner than later. At the same time, Giphy needs money to keep operating, and in that case, who would keep Giphy funded if Facebook is not allowed to own Giphy?

Delta Advances Towards RE100 by Signing Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with TCC Green Energy Corporation

TAIPEI, Aug. 13, 2021 — Delta, a global leader in power and thermal management solutions, today announced the signing of its first ever power purchase agreement (PPA) with TCC Green Energy Corporation for the procurement of approximately 19 million kWh of green electricity annually, a step that contributes to its RE100 commitment to reach 100% utilization of renewable energy as well as carbon neutrality in its global operations by 2030. TCC Green Energy, which currently has the largest renewable energy available transfer capacity in Taiwan, will supply the green electricity to Delta from TCC’s 7.2MW wind turbine infrastructure. With the aforementioned PPA and its status as the only RE100 member in Taiwan with a cutting-edge solar PV inverter as well as wind power converter product portfolio, Delta further cements its dedication to the development of renewable energy worldwide.

Delta signed its first ever PPA with TCC Green Energy Corporation, a step that contributes to its RE100 commitment
Delta signed its first ever PPA with TCC Green Energy Corporation, a step that contributes to its RE100 commitment

Mr. Ping Cheng, Delta’s chief executive officer, said, "We thank TCC Green Energy Corporation not only for providing us with those 19 million kWh of green energy annually from now on, but also for adopting Delta’s solutions and services in their numerous renewable energy power plants. Cumulatively, this proposal is expected to reduce over 193,000 tons of carbon emissions*, which is equivalent to building 502 Daan Forest Parks (the largest park in Taipei City), and corresponds with Delta’s corporate mission To provide innovative, clean and energy-efficient solutions for a better tomorrow. Going forward, this PPA model may be replicated to other Delta sites worldwide for our RE100 goal. Delta has always been committed to environmental protection and actively engages in global environmental initiatives. After passing the Science-based Targets (SBT) in 2017, Delta aims to achieve a 56.6% decrease in its carbon intensity by 2025. By continuously executing three major relevant actions, including voluntary energy conservation, in-house solar power generation, and the purchase of renewable energy, Delta has already reduced its carbon intensity by over 55% in 2020. Furthermore, the Company has also far surpassed its annual goals for three consecutive years, and our global operations’ use of renewable energy has reached approximately 45.7%. These experiences have contributed significantly to our RE100 goal."

Shun-I Huang, chairman of Taiwan Cogeneration Corporation stated that, in line with the renewable energy development trends, TCC is committed to developing renewable energies including wind power, solar power, and thermal power. It is the first electricity group enterprise in Taiwan to be equipped with comprehensive services ranging from renewable energy investment and development, engineering contracting, operation and maintenance, to green energy sales capabilities. Synergies are to be expected from this collaboration with Delta. The transfer load will come from the latest onshore wind turbines built by Xingbao Wind Farm Group; with a device capacity of 3.6MW per unit, these onshore wind power generators currently have the largest device capacity in Taiwan. Delta will be provided with the cleanest and efficient green energy with additionality. Going forward, the two enterprises will continue to collaborate and TCC Green Energy will surely provide strong backend support to companies pursuing for sustainable development. We aspire to co-create environmental sustainability and to work toward zero emissions.

Upon announcing its membership in the global renewable energy initiative RE100 in March 2021, Delta promised to achieve 100% renewable energy consumption and carbon neutrality throughout its global operations by 2030. Delta is also the first Taiwanese high tech manufacturer to commit to RE100 goal by 2030. Delta’s operations are located throughout five continents. To achieve RE100 goal, Delta will focus on voluntary energy conservation, in-house solar power generation and consumption, and voluntary investment toward renewable power plants. Concurrently, Delta will also assess the maturity of local green energy markets to carry out PPAs or the purchase Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) to fulfill its commitment. The solar power generated from Delta’s major production sites amounted to approximately 25.3 million kWh in 2020, while 285 million kWh was purchased through RECs. The renewable energy consumption at major production sites accounted for approximately 55.1% of total energy consumption, and reaches approximately 45.7% of total energy consumption throughout all global operations. To accelerate green energy PPA procurement, Delta has also formed an inter-departmental "Delta Green Energy Team" at the beginning of 2021. To sign long-term PPA agreements, the team selects sustainable power generation projects with smaller environmental impacts and conducts onsite inspection and assessment.

In response to the enactment of the major electricity consumer regulation pursuant to the Renewable Energy Development Act, coupled with the formal request for supply chains to use green energy in production from major international customers, the demand for renewable energy generation continues to rise. Nevertheless, the renewable energy market is still in its infantry, leading to a shortage of green energy supply in the short-run. To respond to this challenge, on top of actively evaluating green energy PPAs, Delta is also committed to developing various renewable energy application solutions to assist power generation businesses to utilize renewable energy with more efficiency. By implementing smart control over discharge and charging times, energy storage systems developed using Delta’s core technologies can enhance the compatibility between power consumption and renewable energy generation. Delta’s renewable energy solutions have been widely used in green power plants throughout the world, including TCC. To stabilize the output of solar power generation, TCC has adopted Delta’s centralized three-phase solar PV inverters in power plants including TaiPower’s largest 150MW station in Tainan, south of Taiwan. Additionally, the two enterprises have also planned to further collaborate to create synergies for sustainable development.

*Based on estimates from the Council of Agriculture, in which one hectare of the forest may absorb up to 15 MTs of carbon emissions in each year. Therefore, one Daan Forest Park (25.8 hectares) would have an annual carbon reduction of 384.6 MTs.

About Delta

Delta, founded in 1971, is a global leader in switching power supplies and thermal management products with a thriving portfolio of smart energy-saving systems and solutions in the fields of industrial automation, building automation, telecom power, data center infrastructure, EV charging, renewable energy, energy storage and display, to nurture the development of smart manufacturing and sustainable cities. As a world-class corporate citizen guided by its mission statement, "To provide innovative, clean and energy-efficient solutions for a better tomorrow," Delta leverages its core competence in high-efficiency power electronics and its CSR-embedded business model to address key environmental issues, such as climate change. Delta serves customers through its sales offices, R&D centers and manufacturing facilities spread over close to 200 locations across 5 continents.

Throughout its history, Delta has received various global awards and recognition for its business achievements, innovative technologies and dedication to CSR. Since 2011, Delta has been listed on the DJSI World Index of Dow Jones Sustainability™ Indices for 10 consecutive years. In 2020, Delta was also recognized by CDP with two "A" leadership level ratings for its substantial contribution to climate change and water security issues and named Supplier Engagement Leader for its continuous development of a sustainable value chain

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