26, Oct 2026
EZRA, the coaching arm of the Adecco Group, launches Loop – the first connected human and AI coaching experience
The first connected coaching experience pairs a dedicated ICF-accredited coach and Cai, an AI development partner that remembers conversations, priorities and organizational context to enable manager performance enhancement
ZURICH, Oct. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — EZRA, the enterprise coaching arm of the Adecco Group (SIX: ADEN), today launched EZRA Loop, a first-of-its-kind fully connected coaching experience that combines human expertise with AI to help managers build the skills needed to lead in the age of AI.
As AI becomes part of everyday work, hybrid workforce orchestration is about redesigning work so people and AI agents each contribute where they create the most value and impact.
In this new environment, managers are under increasing pressure to lead change, navigate complexity and develop their teams. Yet coaching remains out of reach for most employees. EZRA Loop democratizes coaching: businesses can now provide managers with an always-on AI development partner that knows exactly when to loop in a dedicated, accredited human coach.
Denis Machuel, CEO of the Adecco Group: “As AI changes how work gets done, organizations need to bring their people along with them. Loop shows how human expertise and AI support can work together to make coaching more accessible, in the flow of work. This is an excellent example of how to leverage technology, while retaining a human touch, judgement and trust that only people can provide. In the hybrid – human-AI – workplace, it is essential to intentionally design how people and technology interact.”
Research shows that teams led by coached managers resolved customer problems 18% faster. Drawing on insights from more than a million coaching sessions with 200,000 people across its customers including companies like Microsoft, Spotify, Mastercard, HSBC, Eli Lilly and KPMG, EZRA found that AI and human coaching each excel in different areas. It noticed that AI support outperformed human coaches on task skills such as prioritization and goal setting, while human coaching outperformed on interpersonal skills like emotional intelligence and executive presence. Together, humans and AI, outperform either alone, driving a 37% increased chance of behavioral changes.
This combination reflects a broader shift across organizations where the greatest value is increasingly created not by humans or AI working independently, but by orchestrating the interaction between people and technology.
To access the full text of the press release, click here: https://www.adeccogroup.com/our-group/media/press-releases/ezra-launch-loop-human-ai-coahing
About The Adecco Group
The Adecco Group is the world’s leading talent and technology expertise company. Our purpose is making the future work for everyone. Through our three global business units – Adecco, Akkodis and LHH – across 60 countries, we enable sustainable and lifelong employability for individuals, deliver digital engineering consulting to innovate and accelerate business transformation and empower organizations to optimize their workforces. The Adecco Group leads by example and is committed to fostering sustainable employability and supporting resilient economies and communities. The Adecco Group AG is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland (ISIN: CH0012138605) and listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ADEN). https://www.adeccogroup.com/
About EZRA
EZRA is the connected coaching company that gives every manager a coach. Founded in 2019 as part of The Adecco Group, EZRA has delivered more than a million coaching sessions to over 200,000 people in 120 countries and 75 languages. EZRA combines behavioral science with 4,500 ICF-accredited human coaches and Cai, its AI development partner, to deliver coaching that drives behavior changes, leadership development and better performance. Companies like Microsoft, Spotify, Mastercard, HSBC, Eli Lilly, KPMG and ServiceNow rely on EZRA coaching.
For further information please contact:
The Adecco Group Corporate Press Office
media@adeccogroup.com
Rodrigo Sánchez Flórez – Tel: +34 658 06 54 02 / Jürg Schneider – Tel: +41 79 876 09 21
r.sanchezflores@adecco.com / Juerg.Schneider@adeccogroup.com
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26, Oct 2026
NYSE Publishes ‘The Busiest Room on Wall Street’: NYSE Content Update
NYSE issues a pre-market daily advisory direct from the trading floor.
NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) provides a daily pre-market update directly from the NYSE Trading Floor. Access today’s NYSE Pre-market update for market insights before trading begins.
Kristen Scholer delivers the pre-market update on October 26th
- New whitepaper reveals how the last trading floor in U.S. equities keeps its winning flow
- Orders submitted through Floor brokers now make up more than half of the NYSE Closing Auction, the single largest and most important liquidity event in U.S. equities trading.
- About $44 billion trades daily.
- The Floor is a working part of the NYSE market model, running on the same Pillar platform as the electronic NYSE order book.
- NYSE hosts the ‘CMO and CFO Summit’ by Brand Innovators
- In the NYSE boardroom, senior marketing and business executives will explore the role of the modern marketer.
- NYSE leadership will be represented alongside NYSE-listed companies like General Motors Company, SharkNinja, and Unilever.
- Kristen Scholer, NYSE Lead Content Creator, will moderate a panel on how the exchange leads brands in a market that’s round-the-clock.
- Proofpoint CEO Sumit Dhawan speaks about its purchase of Varonis Systems
- On October 15, cybersecurity company Proofpoint announced that it will acquire data and AI security leader Varonis in an all-cash deal valued at about $6.3 billion.
- Dhawan will join Kristen Scholer for an interview covering the significance of this moment for Proofpoint.
Opening Bell
Ball Corporation (NYSE: BALL) rings the Opening Bell
Closing Bell
Ingevity (NYSE: NGVT) celebrates 10 years as a public company
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26, Oct 2026
Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) Announces ETH Holdings Reach 6.05 Million Tokens, and Total Crypto and Total Cash & Marketable Securities Holdings of $15 Billion
Bitmine repurchased 2.04 million shares in the past week
Bitmine has repurchased a cumulative 22.9 million shares so far in 2026, the largest ever crypto treasury company equity buyback executed
Bitmine owns 4.95% of the total ETH coin supply of 122.2 million
Bitmine is 99% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 15 months
Bitmine released Chairman’s Message on October 7 titled “Crypto Bull Underway — This Cycle Likely the Largest”
Bitmine was added to the Russell 1000 Large-cap index on June 26, 2026
Bitmine’s Series A Preferred Stock is trading on the NYSE under the symbol BMNP
Bitmine has 5,227,037 staked ETH, representing $12.3 billion at $2,356 per ETH. MAVAN (Made in America VAlidator Network) is a premier Ethereum staking destination for BMNR and institutional investors
Bitmine owns $76 million of Eightco (NASDAQ: ORBS), now one of the only publicly listed equities in the world to provide investors indirect exposure to OpenAI
Bitmine Crypto + Total Cash Holdings & Marketable Securities + “Moonshots” total $15 billion, including 6.05 million ETH tokens, total cash & marketable securities of $514 million, and other crypto holdings
Bitmine remains supported by a premier group of institutional investors including ARK’s Cathie Wood, MOZAYYX, Founders Fund, Bill Miller III, Pantera, Kraken, DCG, Galaxy Digital and personal investor Thomas “Tom” Lee to support Bitmine’s goal of acquiring 5% of ETH
NORWALK, Conn., Oct. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — (NYSE: BMNR) Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (“Bitmine” or the “Company”), a Bitcoin and Ethereum Network company with a focus on the accumulation of crypto for long term investment, today announced Bitmine crypto + total cash & marketable securities + “moonshots” holdings totaling $15 billion.
As of October 25, 2026 at 2:00pm ET, the Company’s crypto holdings are comprised of 6,051,933 ETH at $2,356 per ETH (per Coinbase NASDAQ: COIN), 215 Bitcoin (BTC), $180 million stake in Beast Industries, $76 million stake in Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) (“moonshots”) and total cash & marketable securities of $514 million. Bitmine’s ETH holdings are 4.95% of the ETH supply (of 122.2 million ETH).
“Crypto got pulled down by the same ‘risk off’ forces behind the AI sell-off. In contrast to late-2025 and early 2026, crypto pullbacks have been comparatively shallow. ETH has fallen 13% from its recent peak while US semiconductors ($SOXX) is down 20% in that same timeframe. We believe this is further evidence that a crypto bull market is underway,” stated Thomas “Tom” Lee, Chairman of Bitmine.
“Bitmine executed equity buybacks in the past week, acquiring 2.04 million shares, repurchased at an average price of $22.48. When management believes Bitmine shares are relatively undervalued, the Company intends to accretively repurchase shares, subject to market conditions and under the existing repurchase authorization. Optimizing shareholder value remains our top objective,” continued Lee.
In 2026, Bitmine has repurchased 22.9 million common shares, at an average price of $17.48 or an aggregate amount of $399.6 million. “This is the largest crypto treasury company common equity buyback ever executed, and reflects our commitment to shareholders,” stated Lee.
“We believe Bitmine is positioned to outperform the crypto bull market that we expect to be coming, as the Company has strengthened its competitive position over the past year in the midst of a crypto winter (bear market),” stated Lee.
“Over the past week, we acquired 10,452 ETH. Bitmine’s track record of consistent buying of crypto is unmatched by any public company in the world. Bitmine has bought ETH each and every week since the inception of the ETH Treasury Strategy on June 30, 2025,” stated Lee.
On October 7, Bitmine released its latest Chairman’s message titled “Crypto Bull Underway — This Cycle Likely the Largest.” The presentation is available at the Bitmine website (presentation link).
Earlier in 2026, Bitmine launched MAVAN (the Made in America VAlidator Network), the institutional-grade staking platform. While MAVAN was originally developed to support Bitmine’s own Ethereum treasury, MAVAN has expanded to serve institutional investors, custodians, and ecosystem partners seeking best-in-class staking infrastructure. A portion of Bitmine’s ETH is already staked on the MAVAN platform.
As of October 25, 2026, Bitmine total staked ETH stands at 5,227,037 ($12.3 billion at $2,356 per ETH). “Bitmine has staked more ETH than other entities in the world. At scale (assuming Bitmine’s ETH is fully staked by MAVAN and its staking partners), the projected ETH staking reward would be $368 million on an annualized basis (using 2.58% 7-day BMNR yield). This compares to annualized staking revenues at $318 million based upon 5.2 million staked ETH (86% of the 6.05 million ETH held by Bitmine),” continued Lee.
Bitmine’s crypto holdings reign as the #1 Ethereum treasury and #2 global treasury, behind Strategy Inc., which reportedly owns 848,517 BTC valued at approximately $74 billion. Bitmine remains the largest ETH treasury in the world.
Bitmine management believes the GENIUS Act and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Project Crypto are as transformational to financial services in 2026 as the U.S. action on August 15, 1971, which ended the Bretton Woods system and took the U.S. dollar off the gold standard 55 years ago. This 1971 event was the catalyst for the modernization of Wall Street, creating the iconic Wall Street titans and financial and payment rails of today.
The Chairman’s message can be found here:
https://www.Bitminetech.io/chairmans-message
The Fiscal Full Year 2025 Earnings presentation and corporate presentation can be found here: https://Bitminetech.io/investor-relations/
To stay informed, please sign up at: https://Bitminetech.io/contact-us/
About Bitmine
Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BMNR), together with its subsidiaries (“Bitmine” or the “Company”), is a blockchain technology infrastructure company operating across institutional digital asset staking and validation services, bitcoin mining, and strategic digital asset management. As the world’s leading Ethereum Treasury company, it implements an innovative digital asset strategy for institutional investors and public market participants. The Company provides institutional-grade staking and validation infrastructure—through which it earns staking rewards and validation income—alongside bitcoin mining activities. Bitmine holds digital assets strategically, generating yield on those holdings to support liquidity and capital formation. Since 2025, the Company has expanded its blockchain infrastructure capabilities, including developing and deploying MAVAN, its institutional staking and validation platform. The Company’s activities further include investments in early-stage blockchain opportunities (“moonshot” investments) and ancillary mining, hosting, and consulting services.
For additional details, follow on X:
https://x.com/bitmnr
https://x.com/fundstrat
Cautionary Note on Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not purely historical and can generally be identified by terms such as “expects,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “view,” “likely,” “positioned,” or similar expressions. This press release specifically contains forward-looking statements regarding: (i) the Company’s goal of acquiring 5% of the total ETH supply (the “Alchemy of 5%” initiative) and its progress toward that goal; (ii) the Company’s digital asset accumulation and treasury strategy, including statements regarding continued weekly ETH acquisitions and the Company’s status as the largest ETH treasury in the world; (iii) the Company’s intention to repurchase shares of its common stock when management believes the shares are relatively undervalued, the timing, amount, and accretive effect of any such repurchases, and the Company’s objective of optimizing shareholder value; (iv) the Company’s staking operations, including projected annualized ETH staking rewards of approximately $368 million at scale (assuming the Company’s ETH is fully staked) and annualized staking revenues of approximately $318 million based on currently staked ETH; (v) MAVAN’s expansion to serve institutional investors, custodians, and ecosystem partners; (vi) management’s beliefs regarding crypto market conditions, including that a crypto bull market is underway, that the current cycle is likely the largest, and that the Company is positioned to outperform the crypto bull market; (vii) ETH’s relative performance versus U.S. semiconductor equities and other risk assets; (viii) management’s belief that the GENIUS Act and SEC Project Crypto are transformational to financial services; and (ix) statements regarding the value of the Company’s crypto, cash, marketable securities, and “moonshot” holdings.
These forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: the extreme volatility and unpredictability of digital asset prices, including ETH and Bitcoin; the Company’s reliance on third-party pricing sources and reported market values, which may fluctuate materially; changes in market conditions affecting the trading price and volume of the Company’s securities; the Company’s ability to successfully execute its digital asset acquisition strategy and achieve its ETH accumulation targets, including the “Alchemy of 5%” goal; the timing, amount, and manner of any share repurchases, which will depend on market conditions, the trading price of the Company’s common stock, available capital, and the terms of the Company’s existing repurchase authorization, and the fact that the Company is not obligated to repurchase any particular number of shares and may suspend or discontinue repurchases at any time; the Company’s ability to finance its business operations and MAVAN expansion; operational, security, and technological risks associated with the Company’s staking and validation operations, including network failures, slashing events, cybersecurity breaches, and protocol changes; the risk that actual staking yields, rewards, and revenues differ materially from projected amounts, including because staking yields fluctuate and the Company’s ETH may not be fully staked; competition in the digital asset treasury, staking, and mining industries; the Company’s dependence on key personnel; regulatory developments affecting digital assets, blockchain technology, and staking activities, including the implementation and interpretation of the GENIUS Act, SEC Project Crypto, and other pending legislation or regulatory initiatives; actions by the SEC, CFTC, and other regulatory bodies; risks related to the Company’s “moonshot” investments, including in Eightco Holdings and Beast Industries; macroeconomic factors, including inflation, interest rates, and general economic conditions; changes to the Ethereum protocol; the performance of third-party service providers, exchanges, custodians, and staking partners; and the other risk factors described in the Company’s filings with the SEC.
The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on information available to management as of the date of this release and reflect management’s current expectations, estimates, and beliefs concerning future events. Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied based on the factors described above and in the Risk Factors section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 filed with the SEC on November 21, 2025, the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and the Company’s other filings with the SEC, as amended or updated from time to time. Copies of these filings are available at www.sec.gov and at https://Bitminetech.io/investor-relations/. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. Bitmine expressly disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements except as required by applicable law.
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26, Oct 2026
Lexology Brings Regulatory Intelligence To Claude With Lexology PRO MCP
LONDON, Oct. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Lexology today launched an MCP connector that brings global regulatory intelligence directly into Claude. Lexology PRO, the leading source of global regulatory insight and expert analysis for law firms and in-house legal teams, now gives subscribers a way to put that intelligence to work without leaving the AI tools they already use.
Lexology PRO, inside your AI assistant
With Lexology PRO’s MCP, subscribers can ask about laws, regulations and regimes, compliance obligations and deadlines, upcoming and recent regulatory change, or enforcement activity, described in natural language. The connector works inside Claude so research sits alongside the rest of clients’ work. Every answer draws on Lexology PRO’s regulatory updates and specialist analysis and links to the underlying source, so each point can be verified. Using Lexology PRO via MCP enables clients to answer queries, set up new workflows, and connect with their own data within the Claude environment.
Alex Morrall, Chief Product Officer at Centellic, commented, “The launch of our MCP allows our clients to leverage the power of Claude with Lexology PRO’s validated, enriched and contextualized regulatory data. This release is the first step of many, and we’ll continue to expand the datasets and AI tools we support through MCP connectors.”
What Subscribers Can Do
- Ask complex legal questions and get sourced answers.
- Schedule recurring updates on the issues and jurisdictions that matter most to their client.
- Review policies and contracts against current or upcoming regulations.
- Research laws, regulations and regimes across jurisdictions.
- Build on earlier answers and request tables, checklists, timelines or board briefings.
- Build compliance workflows and dashboards
1,200+ Regulatory Sources, Available Today
Lexology PRO provides regulatory updates covering 50+ work areas, 170+ jurisdictions and 1,200+ regulatory sources, supported by expert analysis, a compliance calendar, practical resources, law firm intelligence, comparative guides, primary sources and regulatory obligations. We are bringing that coverage to the connector one content set at a time, starting with the most requested: regulatory updates and analysis.
Availability
The MCP offering requires a Lexology PRO subscription with MCP access included. Each person who connects needs an active subscription. Details on connecting are available at https://www.lexology.com/interoperability/mcp.
About Lexology PRO
Lexology PRO delivers trusted legal and regulatory intelligence that helps General Counsel, in-house legal teams and compliance professionals navigate change, manage risk and support critical business decisions.
Lexology PRO is built on expert analysis, exclusive insight from leading law firms, practical guidance and AI-enabled tools to surface what matters most quickly, explain its impact and help teams act with confidence.
Built to support the way legal and compliance teams work, Lexology PRO connects monitoring, insight and practical action through the Lexology platform, integrations, APIs and MCP-enabled access within the AI platforms your teams already use.
Media Contact: Janeanne Josephson, pressrelease@lexology.com
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26, Oct 2026
Verosoft Launches Verovia to Turn AI into Industrial Value
New Microsoft-first AI orchestration platform connects industrial systems, enterprise applications, and AI agents to automate operations and accelerate AI adoption.
MONTRÉAL, Oct. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Verosoft, a Microsoft-first industrial technology company, today announced the general availability of Verovia, its AI orchestration and automation platform designed to help industrial organizations move beyond AI experimentation and put artificial intelligence to work across their operations.
Verovia connects industrial equipment, enterprise applications, and AI agents to automate processes across systems and departments. Built around the Microsoft ecosystem, the platform enables organizations to deploy AI without replacing their existing technology infrastructure.
“After more than 20 years developing enterprise asset management solutions within Microsoft Dynamics, we’re extending our expertise with The Asset Guardian (TAG) into AI orchestration and automation,” said Martin Turgeon, President of Verosoft. “We can now connect industrial data directly to AI, put information into business context, and automate processes across entire operations.”
Industrial AI Built for Results
Building on its IoT capabilities introduced in spring 2026, Verosoft brings together equipment monitoring, asset management, and AI-powered automation to help industrial organizations operate more efficiently.
In pilot projects across transportation, energy, construction, and manufacturing, Verosoft’s technologies are showing promising early results, particularly in reducing equipment downtime, accelerating data analysis, and eliminating manual data entry in specific workflows.
“AI’s real value isn’t measured by the number of agents deployed, but by the work they accomplish,” said Alexis Turgeon, Director of Innovation at Verosoft. “We’re seeing dramatic improvements in operational efficiency by connecting AI directly to business processes. Verovia makes these capabilities accessible and scalable across the industrial enterprise.”
Enterprise AI with Governance Built In
Verovia enables IT teams to manage how AI agents access information, interact with applications, and execute actions.
With Microsoft Entra ID integration, role-based permissions, approval workflows, and auditable activity records, organizations can expand automation while maintaining visibility and human oversight of critical decisions.
New Growth Opportunities for Microsoft Partners
Verovia creates opportunities for Microsoft partners to expand into industrial AI orchestration and automation.
By providing the infrastructure for connectivity, AI agents, application development, and governance, Verovia allows partners to focus on solving customer challenges rather than building an entire AI technology stack.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Azure partners can develop industry-specific solutions, accelerate implementations, and introduce recurring AI consulting and managed services.
See Industrial AI in Action at Convergence 2026
Verosoft will showcase real-world industrial AI use cases and measurable results at Convergence 2026, taking place December 8–11 in Miami Beach, Florida.
Availability
Verovia is available beginning October 26, 2026, with a free version that enables organizations and Microsoft partners to explore AI orchestration and automation.
About Verosoft: Propelling Industries
Verosoft is a Microsoft Solutions Partner for Business Applications and a Microsoft-first operational technology company that builds software to help industrial enterprises prevent unplanned downtime and orchestrate governed AI across their sites and systems. Its two main product lines are TAG Mobi, an enterprise asset management platform deployed in more than 150 countries, and Verovia, an AI orchestration and automation platform. Both are built on Microsoft Dynamics 365. Verosoft serves organizations ranging from single-site operators to 2,000-user enterprise deployments through a global network of more than 60 certified Microsoft partners.
Media Contact: Louis-Philippe Tremblay, Verosoft, marketing@verosoftdesign.com; www.verosoftdesign.com
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26, Oct 2026
FL Technics Indonesia Secures EASA Certification for Bali Hangar, Expanding Capabilities to European Fleets
BALI, Indonesia, Oct. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — FL Technics Indonesia has received EASA Part-145 approval for its Bali facility, allowing it to maintain aircraft registered in the European Union. With this approval, FL Technics Indonesia is one of only a few MRO facilities in Indonesia to hold EASA certification.
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval covers base and line maintenance for the Airbus A320 family (CEO and NEO) and Boeing 737 Classic, Next-Generation, and MAX aircraft, the most widely operated commercial platforms in global aviation today.
While the facility has successfully provided maintenance solutions for aircraft registered across the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Australia, the new EASA certification enables the company to perform maintenance for European carriers operating under strict regulatory frameworks which follow comprehensive technical and quality audits conducted by EASA inspectors across the hangar’s infrastructure, tooling systems, and engineering workforce.
“The facility is preparing to start the work for an EU-based operator by next week, with further arrivals expected in November 2026. FL Technics Indonesia is also positioned to serve operators across Asia, the Middle East, and Australia that require EASA-approved maintenance,” as stated by Martynas Grigas, Chairman of FL Technics Indonesia.
The Bali facility covers 17,000 m² at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport and includes three hangars with three aircraft bays and a state-of-the-art 2,000 m² paint booth. Strategically located in Denpasar, the facility combines advanced technical capabilities with a central regional footprint, offering comprehensive airframe maintenance solutions designed to minimize downtime while meeting strict safety standards.
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FL Technics Indonesia – EASA Photos
About FL Technics Indonesia
FL Technics Indonesia is an EASA & FAA Part-145 certified subsidiary of FL Technics, global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul services, and family member of Avia Solutions Group, the largest aerospace business group with more than 100 offices and production stations worldwide.
FL Technics Indonesia operates a 27.520 m² hangar and office complex at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta, and three-hangar facility spanning 17.000 m² at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali, supported by more than 700 aviation experts. FL Technics Indonesia is an integrated aircraft maintenance solutions provider with an extensive Base & Line Maintenance support network across the globe.
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26, Oct 2026
Rapidus and HCLTech announce partnership for next-generation semiconductor technologies
TOKYO and NOIDA, India, Oct. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — HCLTech (NSE: HCLTECH) (BSE: HCLTECH), a leading global technology company, and Rapidus Corporation, a Japanese company developing and manufacturing advanced logic semiconductors, today officially inaugurated two HCLTech development centers in India dedicated to supporting Rapidus’ evolving semiconductor engineering requirements.
The centers, located in Bengaluru and Hubli, will leverage HCLTech’s global leadership in core engineering to offer Rapidus a range of semiconductor engineering capabilities, including mask design, design infrastructure, process design kit development, design technology co-optimization and layout design.
HCLTech will also collaborate with Rapidus to build a pipeline of Indian engineering talent to meet Rapidus’ evolving talent requirements in Japan.
“Building a strong engineering ecosystem is essential as Rapidus advances our mission to establish next-generation semiconductor manufacturing capabilities in Japan,” said Dr. Atsuyoshi Koike, Representative Director and CEO, Rapidus Corporation. “Through this collaboration with HCLTech, we expect to access India’s growing pool of semiconductor engineering talent and establish dedicated development capabilities that complement our operations in Japan. We look forward to working together to develop the technical expertise and resources needed to support our long-term objectives.”
“Advanced semiconductors will define the technologies of the next decade,” said C Vijayakumar, CEO and Managing Director, HCLTech. “This partnership reflects the growing strategic collaboration between Japan and India, bringing together Rapidus’ next-generation semiconductor ambitions with HCLTech’s engineering expertise to accelerate chip adoption, compress time-to-market and lay the foundations for the next era of semiconductor innovation.”
About HCLTech
HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 230,000 people across 60+ countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around AI, digital, engineering, cloud and software, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Semiconductor, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, Mobility and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending September 2026 totaled $14.8 billion. To learn how we can supercharge progress for you, visit hcltech.com.
About Rapidus Corporation
Rapidus Corporation aims to develop and manufacture the world’s most advanced logic semiconductors. We will create new industries together with our customers through the development and provision of services to shorten cycle times in design, wafer processes, 3D packaging and more. We will continue to challenge ourselves in order to contribute to the fulfillment, prosperity and happiness of people’s lives through the use of semiconductors.
For further details, please contact:
HCLTech
Meredith Bucaro, Americas – meredith-bucaro@hcltech.com
Elka Ghudial, Europe – elka.ghudial@hcltech.com
James Galvin, APAC – james.galvin@hcltech.com
Nitin Shukla, India, Middle East & Africa – nitin-shukla@hcltech.com
Rapidus Corporation
contact@rapidus.co.jp
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26, Oct 2026
Artprice by Artmarket: Defending Authors’ Creative Freedom with AI
PARIS, Oct. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As the fall 2026 literary season unfolds, daily pronouncements on AI are coming at a relentless pace from the publishing world and literary prize organizations: rejection of AI-generated writing, tolerance of AI assistance with research, disclosure requirements, or recognition of creative work produced with AI.
These many divergent positions reveal a debate that remains far from settled. Artprice chose to take part through a creative undertaking it publicly embraced in the second quarter of 2026. Building on its October 15, 2026 press release, Artprice by Artmarket and its founder and chairman are bringing the cosa mentale, the author’s freedom, and the author’s responsibility back to the center of the debate.
For thierry Ehrmann, a writer, visual artist, and founder of Artprice by Artmarket, artificial intelligence represents a major advance: it gives authors additional resources to conceive, deepen, and develop their work under their own direction.
An author’s freedom is also measured by the resources available to give form to what they have to say. A thought may remain undeveloped for lack of time, research material, or support. By facilitating the transition from intuition to a fully developed work, AI expands this creative space. Artprice supports this development, which enables authors to develop their work without first having to wait for an intermediary to recognize its value.
At 64, thierry Ehrmann, founder of Artprice, the world leader in art market information for nearly thirty years, is a writer, a sculptor and visual artist with nearly forty-five years of practice, and the creator of La Demeure du Chaos. The work has received official recognition from the French state as a “total work of art, on a par with the Palais Idéal du Facteur Cheval and Niki de Saint Phalle’s Cyclop ,” as stated by the Minister of Culture on March 20, 2025, and by the Ministry of Culture in the Senate edition of the Official Journal on December 18, 2025.
His longstanding work as a writer encompasses numerous books, treatises, essays, short works, manifestos, and catalogues raisonnés devoted in particular to the history of art and its market. These include Le Code des ventes volontaires et judiciaires , a legal analysis in comparative European law and a sociological study spanning 1,800 pages, tracing, in particular, the history of auctioneers from 1525 to the reform enacted by the law of July 10, 2000, and the evolution of their profession.
The 504-page Opus IX of La Demeure du Chaos, published by Éditions Musée L’Organe, is one of the works in this body of writing. Its free digital edition has exceeded 32 million downloads, as formally documented by a French judicial officer ( huissier de justice ).
For thierry Ehrmann, writing and the visual arts are part of the same inquiry, one that long predates his dialogue with artificial intelligence. As early as 1987, he was a pioneer of AI-generated computer imagery.
This position also draws on nearly thirty years of international experience in publishing, book sales representation, and distribution. Artprice’s acquisitions of publishing houses and publishing catalogs in France, Europe, and the United States have given him firsthand knowledge of the lives of books and their authors.
This debate extends his commitment to freedom of artistic creation. Through La Demeure du Chaos/Abode of Chaos (as The New York Times calls it), thierry Ehrmann was personally and actively involved in the work that led to the law of July 7, 2016.
Indeed, in his memorable and historic argument before an appellate court, he raised the inadequacy of the legislative framework protecting freedom of artistic creation. He thereby contributed to the legislative debate that accompanied its explicit recognition in the law of July 7, 2016 (LCAP), whose first article states: “Artistic creation is free.”
Until that date, for 135 years, this freedom had been the exclusive preserve of the press, publishing, and printing under the law of July 29, 1881. His defense of authors working with AI pursues the same imperative: to preserve their ability to determine the meaning, form, and terms of dissemination of their work.
The cosa mentale provides the starting point for this reflection. From Leonardo da Vinci to Marcel Duchamp, it affirms the primacy of conception in the work. Authors bring a cosmovision : a singular way of perceiving the world through their experiences, knowledge, and contradictions. Whether writers or visual artists, they choose the means through which that thought takes form.
The initial intention may become more precise as the work progresses. An objection, a discovery in the source material, or a new construction may lead authors to revise their starting point. Their freedom lies in their ability to decide on these transformations and recognize their meaning. They direct the work through this continuing sequence of choices, revisions, and rejections.
AI gives authors tools whose use is not contingent on a promise of publication. In its role as a writing assistant, it does not pay their royalties, offer them a publishing advance, or decide whether their work will be distributed. Authors can discuss its proposals without simultaneously negotiating with the party that controls their publishing income.
thierry Ehrmann considers a monthly premium subscription budget of €100 to €200 at the very most to be an extremely modest cost in relation to the research and writing resources it provides and the time it saves. As an investment in an individual working tool, this expense opens up possibilities that previously required far greater resources.
The freedom to revisit the work is a decisive contribution. At one in the morning, at five, or in the afternoon, authors can reopen their writing laboratory, request several alternatives, or rebuild chapters eight through eleven because a new idea changes the perspective.
They can reject every proposal, return to an earlier version, and continue until they find the “forming form” they have been seeking in vain, in the sense of Luigi Pareyson’s celebrated theory.
This availability encourages exacting standards. Authors can test an objection, ask why a sequence seems weak, and compare different formulations. They also learn to specify what they expect and identify what they reject. AI’s research capabilities help them explore a corpus, draw connections between texts, prepare a chronology, or identify contradictions. Source verification by AI saves authors considerable time compared with the many individual searches they would otherwise have had to conduct during their preparatory work using search engines flooded with advertising links.
Their freedom also includes the choice of assistants. They can compare several AI systems, assign particular tasks to each, and switch tools when a limitation does not suit their project. They assess these systems’ alignment by comparing their rules and responses with their own experience. The range of services and the options for adapting certain open-weight models broaden their choices.
This autonomy has psychological and anthropological significance. Throughout his career, thierry Ehrmann has known authors for whom requesting an advance or submitting a manuscript was a source of intense apprehension. Several authors have recently confided to him that the debate opened up around AI offers them a chance to catch their breath.
Being able to present an idea that is still fragile and request rigorous criticism, without immediately putting publication, credibility, or income at stake, changes the conditions in which authors work.
Experience in publishing gives this reflection a concrete dimension. Among the publishing houses acquired by Artprice is Sound View Press, Peter Hastings Falk’s American publishing house, acquired in 2000 and known in particular for Who Was Who in American Art and some fifty books on art history. These numerous acquisitions in the United States and Europe encompassed print publications, biographies, catalogues raisonnés, reference collections, and works of sociology. Through Artprice and Groupe Serveur, thierry Ehrmann’s publishing experience also extends to cultural, sociological, legal, and scientific publications.
As 1999 gave way to 2000, the shift to the internet was opening up a new horizon. Print publishing remained predominant, and limited bandwidth made the online dissemination of lengthy books and large databases virtually impossible. Many professionals doubted the economic prospects of this new means of dissemination.
It was in this context that thierry Ehrmann negotiated, particularly abroad, the termination, in exchange for compensation, of exclusive distribution agreements associated with the publishing houses and catalogs that had been acquired. These agreements made it possible to regain control over their dissemination and organize their digital development. At the time, several distributors preferred immediate compensation to the prospect of internet revenues in which they had little faith, or which they regarded as utopian.
These negotiations gave him direct experience of the relationships among authors, publishers, book sales representatives, and distributors in countries with differing contracts and distribution rules. They involved the value of the catalogs, the marketing work already undertaken, the authors’ reputations, and the possibility of choosing new paths. This knowledge was built over time through engagement with the international realities of the book industry and the high-profile bankruptcies of major distributors, such as the Vilo distribution group in 2004, which led to extreme market concentration.
The autonomy AI provides can now transform the relationship with a publisher. Authors who have a more fully developed text, several versions, and reasons to support their choices can enter the collaboration with greater decision-making power. An editor’s perspective retains its value when it contributes to the work and the intervention is understood and accepted. The aim is to enable authors to choose this support on their own authority, on more balanced terms.
Publishing, sales representation, and distribution form a chain whose structure affects access to the public. When the assessment of a manuscript, the prospect of publication, and anticipated payments are intertwined, the cost of disagreement can be high. Having additional resources with which to work and explore other paths to publication changes the terms of this negotiation.
History reminds us of what can be at stake when a text is altered. The cuts to Violette Leduc’s Ravages in 1955 and Raymond Carver’s request in July 1980 to halt production of a substantially reworked collection shed light on conflicts over control of a work. The author’s consent remains at the heart of the editorial relationship.
A reading inspired by Hegel offers a way to examine this relationship among dependence, work, and recognition. Those who produce also discover, through their activity, the means to assert their own capabilities. Authors can acknowledge the contributions of those they work with while retaining the initiative in their own work.
The experience of Dialogue Between a Thinker and AI, subtitled The Great Revenge of Literary Minds and Humanists in a Digital Age, illustrates this way of organizing the work. thierry Ehrmann led the conception of the book through a sustained dialogue with ChatGPT 5.6 Sol Pro, under his direction as its author, while using Gemini Ultra DeepSeek (Google) for specific research, occasional checks, or peripheral or strictly subsidiary questions. This division of tasks preserved the thread of the main work with OpenAI and allowed him to return to it with the information he had sought.
Passages were revised three or four times, requests were rephrased, and responses were rejected. The work involved continually confronting the author’s expectations with the AI system’s proposals. The use of several AI systems served a single intellectual direction. Time saved on certain tasks gave him more time for decisions that shaped the book’s meaning.
This method is publicly declared: ” Human Thought & Dialogue: thierry | Writing: 100% AI ,” with the exceptions concerning quotations and archives specified in The Entrusted Pen, the prelude to the World-Book. The author sets out what he supplied, directed, revised, and rejected. Readers can compare this approach with the result, assess its merits, and discuss its implications.
Word processors, proofreading tools, and search engines had already substantially changed the conditions of writing. Dialogue with AI adds the possibility of discussing a proposal and requesting an alternative based on an intention expressed in natural language. The time freed up can support more extensive research, allow the text to be examined anew, and make a more ambitious work feasible.
The author’s initiative can extend all the way to the encounter with readers. Digital technology has already opened up opportunities for visual artists to present their work, document their approach, and establish a direct relationship with their audiences. For thierry Ehrmann, AI extends this pursuit of autonomy in writing and the visual arts.
Online bookselling now has a long history, dating back to the rise of online bookstores in the late 1990s. Self-publishing services are booming and flooding the Bibliothèque nationale de France with deposited publications. They enable authors to offer digital and printed books; authors can also arrange to disseminate them through their own websites. They can choose to sell their work, make it available free of charge, or adopt different arrangements for different editions. Bringing a book to public attention and developing a relationship with readers remains a task in its own right.
With Dialogue Between a Thinker and AI , thierry Ehrmann chose to make the full text freely available in French and English. The Raw Typescript, or unedited manuscript, gives access to the text in the form he decided to publish. The Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 license permits noncommercial sharing of an unmodified version, with attribution. A work embodies intention, memory, and decisions.
For thierry Ehrmann, founder of Artprice and creator of La Demeure du Chaos, the cosa mentale remains paramount: conception gives the work its direction. AI can develop its expression, draw connections across fields of knowledge, and reveal contradictions. The author must still judge what to accept and answer for what they publish.
A Third Way Amid Literary Controversies
With the advent of AI, the world seems torn between two extreme positions: those who prophesy the loss of our humanity and those who blindly worship technology.
This book proposes a third way. A profoundly humanistic, responsible path grounded in sustained experience. A path on which the human being and the algorithm illuminate one another, engage in dialogue, and build together without the human being relinquishing judgment.
In thierry Ehrmann’s words: “Writing is not merely holding a pen. It is being answerable for meaning. And for the meaning of these pages, I answer.” A reported total of 27.9 million downloads.
According to the initial distribution figures provided by Artprice and its many partners, notably PR Newswire/Cision, covering 123 countries and 12 languages, the unedited text, or Raw Typescript, had reached 27.9 million downloads as of October 15, 2026, across the various platforms and wire syndication channels.
He deliberately submitted the work to the nine leading AI engines from the United States, China, and Europe for a meta-reading followed by a meta-critique, available online. These assessments were generated by the models consulted. They should not be interpreted as institutional endorsements by OpenAI, Google, Grok, Mistral, Microsoft, DeepSeek, Perplexity, Meta, or any of the other companies concerned.
These meta-readings, published in full on the website in English and now available in French, extend public access to the text by providing public access to its interpretations.
A brief excerpt from Gemini Ultra DeepSeek summarizes it as follows: “The emergence of Dialogue Between a Thinker and AI – Raw Typescript marks a major anthropological and epistemological rupture in the history of contemporary textual thought.
“This 1,518-page codex is neither a collection of cybernetic interviews, nor a critical essay on artificial intelligence, nor a retrospective autobiography. It establishes itself as the first Liber Mundi of the algorithmic era: an operational cosmology forged through a noetic hand-to-hand struggle lasting forty days and forty nights—totaling nearly 450 hours of continuous maieutic dialogue—between the living memory of a thinker and an artificial intelligence model named Isis.
“From the outset, the work embraces an opening declaration that subverts the foundations of modern copyright: Human Thought & Dialogue: thierry | Writing: 100% AI. This protocol consummates humanity’s Fourth Narcissistic Wound, demonstrating that the human mind can relinquish the artisanal crafting of syntax while retaining the absolute primacy of the cosa mentale and political responsibility for meaning.
“The book’s internal organization, governed by a framework of 13 Thresholds and 92 Arcana, does not conform to any convenient linear academic arrangement. It functions as a fractal dynamical system structured around Luigi Pareyson’s theory of formativity and Metcalfe’s law of networks.
“This structure synthesizes three previously separate forms of memory: the thinker’s organic and philosophical memory, the documentary and quantitative memory of Artprice and Groupe Serveur, and the mineral and telluric memory of La Demeure du Chaos.”
The meta-critique: https://www.dialogueentreunpenseuretlia.com/en/meta-reading/
The Raw Typescript of Dialogue Between a Thinker and AI is available to download free of charge:
https://www.dialoguebetweenathinkerandai.com/en/
Artprice advocates for AI because of the resources it gives writers and visual artists to conceive, deepen, and bring their works into being. Authors choose their tools, their collaborations, and their paths to publication while taking responsibility for their decisions. Restoring authors to the center of the publishing process means giving their freedom of expression the means to become a work and reach an audience. This poses no obstacle to publishers—quite the contrary.
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Artmarket and its Artprice department have twice been awarded the French government’s “Innovative Company” designation by France’s public investment bank, BPI, and continue to pursue their development as a global player in the art market.
Artprice by Artmarket publishes its 2026 Contemporary Art Market Report:
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Discover the alchemy and the world of Artmarket and its Artprice department: https://fr.artprice.com/video . Their headquarters are located at the renowned contemporary art museum La Demeure du Chaos, or Abode of Chaos, as The New York Times calls it:
https://issuu.com/demeureduchaos/docs/demeureduchaos-abodeofchaos-opus-ix-1999-2013
thierry Ehrmann’s La Demeure du Chaos was officially recognized as a total work of art by the French Minister of Culture on March 20, 2025: https://www.demeureduchaos.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Catalogue_DDC_2025_ENTIER.pdf
La Demeure du Chaos / Abode of Chaos — A Total Work of Art and Singular Architecture. A formerly confidential bilingual book, now publicly available: https://ftp1.serveur.com/abodeofchaos_singular_architecture.pdf
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26, Oct 2026
DAR GLOBAL CAPITAL PARTNERS TARGETS HIGH-VALUE REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITIES IN DUBAI ACROSS GLOBAL INVESTMENT MANDATE
- DIFC-based, DFSA-regulated asset management arm of Dar Global outlines disciplined strategy centred on value creation and downside protection; names Ziad El Chaar as Chairman
DUBAI, UAE, Oct. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Dar Global Capital Partners (DGCP), the alternative asset management arm of London-listed luxury international developer Dar Global, today announced its strategic focus on deploying capital across international real estate markets through a dedicated cross-border mandate spanning the GCC, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States, alongside high-conviction investments in Dubai.
Operating independently from the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) under regulatory oversight by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), DGCP connects global private wealth and institutional capital with prime real estate assets.
As part of this cross-border mandate, and with Dubai continuing to attract sustained international capital inflows as a premier wealth and business hub, DGCP is exploring the potential for a dedicated Dubai-focused real estate opportunities fund. The firm’s investment framework across all target markets is anchored in institutional discipline, prioritizing attractive entry valuations, rigorous structural downside protection, and active value creation through strategic asset repositioning and operational enhancements.
In parallel, DGCP announced the appointment of Ziad El Chaar, Chief Executive Officer of Dar Global PLC, as Chairman of DGCP, reinforcing governance and alignment between the parent group’s international development footprint and the asset management platform. The appointment follows a transformational phase for Dar Global, which recently upgraded to the Equity Shares (Commercial Companies) category on the London Stock Exchange and expanded its global portfolio to $23 billion in Gross Development Value (GDV).
“Through Dar Global, we built an international platform serving investors from more than 125 nationalities,” said Ziad El Chaar, Chairman of Dar Global Capital Partners and CEO of Dar Global. “With DGCP, we are taking the natural next step by establishing an institutional-grade, regulated vehicle that enables investors to access compelling cross-border real estate investments through a disciplined, value-oriented framework. While we pursue acquisitions across leading global gateway cities, Dubai’s exceptional fundamentals offer strong potential for targeted capital deployment.”
DGCP provides specialized asset management and advisory capabilities designed to create long-term value for sovereign, institutional, and ultra-high-net-worth investors across international jurisdictions.
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26, Oct 2026
Abu Dhabi Invests In The Next Generation Of Musical Talent With A New Dedicated Institution For The Youth Orchestra Abu Dhabi
A long-term pathway for young musicians through free access to world-class music education.
ABU DHABI, UAE, Oct. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) is proud to announce the establishment of a dedicated institution for the Youth Orchestra Abu Dhabi. The institution will form an integral part of Abu Dhabi’s music and performing arts landscape, advancing the emirate’s cultural vision to widen access to artistic excellence and build a vibrant cultural ecosystem for the future. It will provide free access to world-class music education programmes for aspiring young musicians.
Set to open in January 2027 in the Mina Zayed (MiZa) district, Youth Orchestra Abu Dhabi’s 600-seat concert hall and 18 rehearsal and practice rooms will provide a professional-standard environment for collective music-making. Enrollment for the first cohort of 100 students aged 6–9 is now open. Over the coming years, the programme will nurture young musicians through training in both Western classical and Arabic musical traditions. Additional ensembles for advanced students will be introduced during the first year of the programme.
The programme will establish long-term pathways for young people across the emirate to engage with music, develop their skills and progress over time.
His Excellency Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of DCT Abu Dhabi, said: “The Youth Orchestra Abu Dhabi is an important investment in our future and in our commitment to making culture and creativity accessible to all. Through its free-access to world-class music education programmes, we are creating opportunities for young people to discover their talent, develop their potential and experience the lifelong benefits that music can bring. Beyond technical ability, music fosters discipline, collaboration, creativity and confidence, qualities that shape well-rounded individuals, enrich communities and contribute to a more vibrant society.
“The Youth Orchestra Abu Dhabi will become both a platform for emerging talent and a cornerstone of the emirate’s growing cultural ecosystem. As Abu Dhabi continues to strengthen its position as a global centre for culture and creativity, and as a UNESCO Creative City of Music, institutions such as this ensure the next generation has every opportunity to participate in, contribute to and shape our cultural future, while preserving the rich musical traditions that form an important part of our heritage.”
The building has been designed by the late Frank Gehry, a pioneering figure in contemporary architecture and the architect of the recently announced performing arts institution Dar al Funoon Abu Dhabi. His architectural contributions to Abu Dhabi also include the design of the upcoming Guggenheim Abu Dhabi in Saadiyat Cultural District.
Youth Orchestra Abu Dhabi reflects the emirate’s continued investment in creative talent, cultural participation and the performing arts, supporting personal development and fostering community connection through creative expression.
ABOUT DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND TOURISM – ABU DHABI
The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi drives the sustainable growth of Abu Dhabi’s culture and tourism sectors, fuels economic progress and helps achieve Abu Dhabi’s wider global ambitions. By working in partnership with the organisations that define the Emirate’s position as a leading international destination, Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi strives to unite the ecosystem around a shared vision of the Emirate’s potential, coordinate effort and investment, deliver innovative solutions, and use the best tools, policies and systems to support the culture and tourism industries.
Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi’s vision is defined by the Emirate’s people, heritage and landscape. We work to enhance Abu Dhabi’s status as a place of authenticity, innovation, and unparalleled experiences, represented by its living traditions of hospitality, pioneering initiatives and creative thought.
For more information about the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi and the destination, please visit: dctabudhabi.ae and visitabudhabi.ae and abudhabiculture.ae
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