Archive: September 1, 2026

The Royal Canadian Mint commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Library of Parliament on pure gold and silver collector coins

OTTAWA, ON, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A national symbol of knowledge, democracy, and continuity that has graced Ottawa’s Parliament Hill for 150 years is being celebrated on an outstanding new gold and silver collector coins from the Royal Canadian Mint. The only survivor of the 1916 fire that devastated the original centre block is immortalized on a pure gold coin showing a meticulous engraving of its soaring domed interior, which houses a towering statue of Queen Victoria. Its silver sibling features an ultra high-relief engraving of the library’s neo-gothic exterior, framed by coloured fall foliage. These and many other finely crafted collectibles, are available for purchase as of today.

Designed by Canadian artist John Mantha, the reverse of the 2026 $200 Pure Gold Coin – 150th Anniversary of the Library of Parliament features a stylized rendering of the Library of Parliament’s richly ornamented interior. Crowned by a lantern dome, the vaulted ceiling and clerestory are viewed from the base of the Queen Victoria statue, emphasizing the dome’s impressive height, while the circular room’s walls are lined with wood panels, pillars and bookcases.

The reverse design of the 2026 $20 Fine Silver Coin – 150th Anniversary of the Library of Parliament is the work of Canadian artist Tony Bianco. His design consists of a view of the Library of Parliament, located at the rear of the Centre Block building on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. The historic octagonal stone building is highlighted by its Ultra High Relief engraving which draws attention to its ornate High Victorian Gothic Revival architecture. Selective colour also adds a profusion of fall colours to the scene, highlighting the tree-covered bluff from which the Library of Parliament rises from the Ottawa River. Above the scroll banner, an open book displays the dates ‘1876’ and ‘2026,’ highlighting the Library’s 150th anniversary.

The obverse of both these coins feature the effigy of His Majesty King Charles III by Canadian artist Steven Rosati.

The Mint is launching several new collector coins in addition to these historic keepsakes, namely:

• The 2026 $20 Fine Silver Coin – 75th Anniversary of the National Ballet of Canada;
• The 2026 $20 Fine Silver Coin – Nature’s Delight The Spider;
• The 2026 $20 Fine Silver Coin – The Eagle;
• The 2026 $200 Pure Gold and $50 Fine Silver Coins – Allegories of Peace and Freedom;
• The 2026 $50 Fine Silver Coin – Triumphant Dragon;
• The 2026 10g 9999 Gold Bar in Proudly Canadian packaging;
• The 2027 Fine Silver Fractional Set – Autumn Leaves;
• The 2026 50-Cent Lenticular Coin – Whimsical Winter; and,
• The 2026 Holiday Gift Set.

Mintages, pricing and full background information on each product can be found on the “Shop” tab of www.mint.ca. These products can be ordered as of today by directly contacting the Royal Canadian Mint at 1-800-267-1871 in Canada, 1-800-268-6468 in the US, or at www.mint.ca. They are also available at the Royal Canadian Mint’s boutiques in Ottawa and Winnipeg, at participating Canada Post outlets, and through the Mint’s global network of dealers and distributors.

Images of the gold and silver collector coins commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Library of Parliament can be found here.

About the Royal Canadian Mint

The Royal Canadian Mint is the Crown corporation responsible for the minting and distribution of Canada’s circulation coins. The Mint is one of the largest and most versatile mints in the world, producing award-winning collector coins, market-leading bullion products, as well as Canada’s prestigious military and civilian honours. As an established London and COMEX Good Delivery refiner, the Mint also offers a full spectrum of best-in-class gold and silver refining services. As an organization that strives to take better care of the environment, to cultivate safe and inclusive workplaces and to make a positive impact on the communities where it operates, the Mint integrates environmental, social and governance practices in every aspect of its operations. 

For more information on the Mint, its products and services, visit www.mint.ca. Follow the Mint on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.

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Richardson Introduces AI Roleplay Built on Hyperbound to Strengthen Seller Readiness

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Richardson Sales Performance, a global leader in sales training and performance improvement, today announced AI Roleplay Built on Hyperbound in Accelerate Prism, giving sellers realistic, AI-powered opportunities to practice critical sales conversations and strengthen readiness before putting new skills to the test with customers.

Sales organizations invest heavily in building seller capability, but sellers often have too few opportunities to apply new skills before they are expected to use them in high-stakes customer conversations. AI Roleplay addresses this gap by bringing realistic, real-time practice directly into the Accelerate Prism learning journey, helping sellers build confidence, sharpen execution, and turn newly learned skills into repeatable behaviors.

Enablement teams can quickly customize scenarios around their organization’s buyers, offerings, and common sales challenges, then deploy relevant practice consistently across roles, regions, and teams. Sellers can rehearse conversations in a realistic environment and receive immediate, actionable feedback grounded in Richardson’s Consultative Selling and Challenger methodologies, connecting every practice experience to the behaviors required for stronger customer conversations.

“Knowing what to do and being ready to do it in a customer conversation are two very different things,” said Kate Lewis, Chief Product Officer of Richardson. “AI Roleplay gives sellers a place to practice, make adjustments, and build confidence before the stakes are real. By embedding that practice within Accelerate Prism, organizations can create a much stronger connection between what sellers learn and how they ultimately perform with customers.”

AI Roleplay sits within the broader Accelerate Prism learning journey, so practice does not happen in isolation. Each experience reinforces the skills and behaviors introduced through customized learning and gives sellers repeated opportunities to apply them in situations that reflect the conversations they face in the field. Practice becomes part of an ongoing cycle of learning, application, feedback, and coaching designed to build durable behavior change.

AI Roleplay is powered by Hyperbound’s leading AI technology and integrated with Richardson’s methodology, learning experiences, and performance approach. This combination gives organizations the flexibility to create realistic practice environments while maintaining a consistent standard for how effective selling behaviors are reinforced and evaluated.

“Practice is one of the most important and historically hardest to scale elements of building sales capability and effectiveness,” said Erin Smith, Chief Revenue Officer of Richardson. “By bringing AI-powered roleplay into Accelerate Prism, we can give every seller more opportunities to practice the conversations that matter, receive feedback tied to proven selling behaviors, and arrive at the customer conversation better prepared to execute.”

For enablement leaders, AI Roleplay provides a scalable way to reinforce priority behaviors across the organization without relying solely on instructor-led practice or manager availability. Teams can tailor scenarios to specific business priorities and seller needs, while managers gain greater clarity into where sellers need additional coaching and reinforcement.

Within Accelerate Prism, those practice experiences can also become part of a more personalized development journey. By connecting realistic AI-powered practice with targeted learning and coaching, organizations can address individual skill gaps, reinforce the behaviors most important to performance, and help managers focus coaching where it can have the greatest impact.

This provides a more scalable approach to seller readiness—one designed to reduce the risk that capability gaps surface for the first time in critical customer interactions and undermine execution, customer trust, pipeline progression, and revenue performance.

For more information, visit www.richardson.com.

About Richardson

Richardson is a global sales training and performance improvement company that helps organizations build confident sales teams and win more business in an increasingly complex buying environment. As buying groups expand, decision-making slows, and AI reshapes how sales teams work, Richardson helps sellers combine consultative skills, disruptive insights, and disciplined execution to move deals forward. Through proven methodologies, expert facilitation, customized learning, AI-enabled reinforcement, and performance analytics, Richardson helps organizations develop the behaviors that improve customer conversations, strengthen pipeline progression, and drive measurable revenue outcomes. The world’s leading sales organizations rely on Richardson to build sales teams that compel buyers to act.

Media Inquiries: Andrea Grodnitzky, andrea.grodnitzky@richardson.com

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TUMI REVEALS FALL/WINTER 2026 COLLECTION WITH CAMPAIGN FOLLOWING LANDO NORRIS’ PATH TO NEW PEAKS

This season introduces alpine green, dynamic camouflage, and earthy neutrals — capturing the spirit of the ascent.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — TUMI, the international travel, lifestyle, and accessories brand, today launches its Fall/Winter 2026 seasonal campaign and collection, inspired by the rugged terrain of an alpine terrain. The season is grounded by TUMI’s bestselling silhouettes in elemental hues, while new collection TUMI Axis introduces everyday bags for the modern minimalist. The campaign follows two travelers — long-standing TUMI Global Brand Ambassador and McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 Driver Lando Norris and a travel partner— embodying TUMI’s core belief that the pursuit never stops and there is always a new peak to reach.

Directed by Valentin Florian and photographed by Theo Gosselin, Fall/Winter 2026 immediately establishes a sense of place in the striking highlands of Scotland. Here, rugged terrain meets quiet elegance, mirroring the season’s elemental aesthetic.

“There is always another peak to reach, another goal to chase.” Said Lando Norris, “that drive is something TUMI and I share and I feel it in every TUMI bag I carry.”

The latest generation of TUMI Alpha, launched this past spring, evolves with fresh takes on beloved silhouettes rooted in an atmospheric color palette. The season is carried by iconic collections in key colors: Deep Pine across 19 Degree, 19 Degree Front Access, Harrison, and Alpha. Alpine Green and Rosewood add depth to Voyageur Nylon and Leather while a dynamic camouflage print is available in Alpha’s expanded silhouette range. Alpha Bravo, Olas, Adatto, and accessory collections Belden and Nassau are further grounded in earthy neutrals.

Harrison’s signature minimalism finds new visual interest with the addition of woven leather details on key silhouettes and tactical embossed leather in a rich cognac, reinventing minimalism for the modern traveler. The collection expands this season with new color and material stories, from the warmth of Cognac Bombe to the refined texture of Taupe/Black Woven, alongside new smaller carry silhouettes that bring Harrison into everyday life.

Also debuting this season, TUMI Axis introduces a minimalist, streamlined collection built for modern everyday performance. Clean in design and lightweight in construction, Axis brings an everything-in-place organization system to four versatile silhouettes — available in Black, Navy, Cement, and Black Reflective.

Carrying forward TUMI’s women’s offering, Voyageur Leather, the newly introduced Made in Italy Adatto Tote, and new silhouettes across Olas and Agent provide the modern woman with styles crafted for her own ascent. Each piece is designed for the woman who reaches her own peaks perfect for any journey. on her own terms.

“This season is inspired by the quiet confidence of the Alps,” said Victor Sanz, TUMI Creative Director.  “Rather than chasing excess, we wanted to explore the idea of elevation through thoughtful design. The collection reflects a sense of calm, precision, and purpose, where every detail has intention and every product is engineered to perform beautifully. It’s a reminder that true luxury isn’t about being louder, it’s about being better. We wanted to translate this feeling through this fall collection.”

More than a seasonal campaign, Fall/Winter 2026 is a global brand moment. Across key markets, TUMI will bring its alpine world to life through immersive experiences, activations, and content that blur the line between aspiration and function. At TUMI, performance and luxury have never been mutually exclusive. They are the standard. This season, that standard reaches new heights.

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS

19 Degree Collection

An alpine-inspired polycarbonate collection that brings a sense of escape to modern travel. Each piece balances sculptural design with lightweight durability — maintaining TUMI’s focus on performance, function, and effortless movement.

Available On: Expandable Carry-On, Large Carry-On, Large Expandable Checked, Front Access Expandable Carry-On, Large Front Access Expandable Carry-On, Medium Front Access Expandable Checked, and Large Front Access Expandable Checked

Colors: Pine and Salt

Voyageur Q Tote

A versatile everyday tote designed to move seamlessly between travel and daily life. Now crafted in supple leather with refined hardware, the Q-Tote elevates its everyday appeal — pairing premium materials with practical organization and an effortless silhouette suited for work, weekends, and on-the-go travel.

Colors: Black/Gunmetal, Black/Gold, Rosewood, Sienna

TUMI Alpha Collection

The latest generation of Alpha, launched this past spring, arrives in an atmospheric Fall/Winter palette of Deep Pine, Forest Camo, and Grey Reflective across key silhouettes: the Dual Access Carry-On, Double Expansion Duffel, and TUMI Brief Pack™.

Colors: Deep Pine, Forest Camo, Grey Reflective

TUMI Harrison Collection

Harrison expands for Fall 2026 with new materials, colorways, and silhouettes for the modern minimalist. Cognac Bombe joins permanently, while Taupe/Black Woven brings European-inspired woven construction to the collection’s clean, architectural lines. Two new silhouettes — the Macri Small Crossbody and Thatcher Sling Backpack — expand the ways Harrison can be worn.

Colors: Cognac Bombe, Taupe/Black Woven, Deep Pine Bombe, Ink/Suede

About TUMI

Since 1975, TUMI has been creating world-class business, travel, and performance luxury essentials, designed to upgrade, uncomplicate and beautify all aspects of life on the move. Blending flawless functionality with a spirit of ingenuity, we’re committed to empowering journeys as a lifelong partner to movers and makers in pursuit of their passions. For more about TUMI, visit TUMI.com and follow on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube.

TUMI and TUMI logo are registered trademarks of Tumi, Inc. © 2026 Tumi, Inc.

TUMI Media Contacts

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Bull Moose Tube Company Completes Acquisition of Hanna Steel Corporation

Transaction expands Bull Moose Tube’s manufacturing footprint and strengthens its ability to serve customers across key end markets

CHESTERFIELD, Mo., Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bull Moose Tube Company (“Bull Moose”), a leading manufacturer of steel pipe and tubing products, today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Hanna Steel Corporation (“Hanna”), a leading producer of structural and mechanical steel tubing with operations in Alabama and Illinois, a coil-coating facility in Alabama, and Hanna Truck Line, Inc.  Hanna Steel will now operate as a division of Bull Moose Tube Company.

“We are pleased to officially welcome Hanna Steel to the Bull Moose family,” said John Krupinski, Chief Executive Officer of Bull Moose Tube Company.  “I would like to thank everyone who helped make this transaction possible.  We look forward to this next chapter together.”

Jill Cunningham, Vice Chair of Hanna Steel Corporation, added, “On behalf of the Hanna family, I would like to thank our employees, customers, suppliers, and advisors for their support throughout this process.  We are proud of what Hanna has accomplished, and confident Bull Moose Tube is the right long-term home for our business and our people.”

Chairman of Bull Moose Tube Company, the Hon. Ambar Paul, said, “My father, The Rt. Hon. Lord Swraj Paul, built our businesses on integrity, partnership, and long-term stewardship.  We are honored to welcome Hanna Steel to the Bull Moose family and look forward to continuing its proud tradition of serving customers and communities.”

Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL) served as exclusive financial advisor to Bull Moose Tube Company, and Spencer Fane LLP acted as legal counsel.

Jefferies LLC served as exclusive financial advisor to Hanna Steel Corporation, and Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP acted as legal counsel.

About Bull Moose Tube Company

Bull Moose Tube Company is part of the Caparo Bull Moose Group of Companies. The company operates manufacturing facilities across the United States and offers one of the largest ranges of welded steel tubing in North America. Bull Moose Tube products serve a wide variety of applications including commercial construction, infrastructure, fire protection, heavy equipment, transportation, and engineered products.

About Hanna Steel Corporation

Hanna Steel Corporation is headquartered in Hoover, Alabama, with tubing operations in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Pekin, Illinois. The company also operates a coil-coating facility in Fairfield, Alabama, and Hanna Truck Line, its in-house transportation business.

CONTACT:

marketing@bullmooseindustries.com

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Russell Reynolds Associates launches The Leadership Lab to help organizations make better leadership decisions

New capability combines leadership science, proprietary data, advanced analytics, AI, and human expertise to strengthen decisions about leaders, teams, and organizational performance

NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Russell Reynolds Associates (RRA), a global leadership advisory firm, today announced the launch of The Leadership Lab, an integrated research and innovation capability designed to help organizations predict leadership performance and bring greater analytical rigor and clarity to their most complex leadership decisions.

The Leadership Lab combines RRA’s experience advising boards, CEOs, and senior leaders with leadership science, advanced analytics, AI, applied research, and proprietary leadership data.

It will turn research and data into practical insights, intellectual property, analytical models, diagnostics, and evidence-based solutions that can be applied directly to client challenges.

The Leadership Lab will work alongside RRA consultants and client teams to strengthen executive and team assessment, benchmark leadership capabilities and performance, and deliver custom research and analytics projects tailored to complex leadership and organizational challenges.

Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Chief Science Officer at RRA, said: “Organizations have access to more leadership data than ever before, but the real challenge is knowing how to interpret it and act on it. The Leadership Lab brings together science, data, technology, and deep leadership expertise to help clients move from complex questions to better-informed decisions and practical action.”

The Leadership Lab brings together leadership advisors, researchers, behavioral scientists, data scientists, and analytics specialists, supported by an Academic Advisory Board comprising leading scholars and experts, including:

• Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School
• Isabel Fernandez-Mateo, Adecco Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, London Business School
• Emma Harrington, Professor of Economics at the University of Virginia
• Sunny Lee, Associate Professor, UCL School of Management
• Paul McCarthy, Industry Fellow, School of Computer Science Data Science Institute, University of Technology Sydney

“The Leadership Lab is designed to connect rigorous research with the decisions clients need to make in the real world,” said Gabrielle Lieberman, Director of The Leadership Lab at RRA. “By bringing together researchers, behavioral scientists, data specialists, leadership advisors, and external academics, we can look at complex challenges from multiple perspectives while staying focused on practical client impact.”

To learn more about the Leadership Lab, visit: https://www.russellreynolds.com/en/capabilities/how-do-i-boost-the-performance-of-leaders-and-teams/predict-leadership-performance 

About Russell Reynolds Associates

Russell Reynolds Associates is a global leadership advisory firm. Our 500+ consultants in 47 offices work with public, private, and nonprofit organizations across all industries and regions. We help our clients build teams of transformational leaders who can meet today’s challenges and anticipate the digital, economic, sustainability, and political trends that are reshaping the global business environment. From helping boards with their structure, culture, and effectiveness to identifying, assessing and defining the best leadership for organizations, our teams bring their decades of expertise to help clients address their most complex leadership issues. We exist to improve the way the world is led. Find out more at www.russellreynolds.com.

Media contact

Amy Scissons

Chief Marketing Officer

amy.scissons@russellreynolds.com

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Super MOXI® by Sciton Ushers in a New Era of Head-to-Toe Skin Revitalization

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sciton Inc., a pioneer and leader in medical and aesthetic laser and light-based technologies, today announced the launch of Super MOXI® with High Density (HD) Delivery™, a major evolution of its award-winning MOXI® laser that brings new speed, versatility, and possibilities to one of Sciton’s most trusted treatments.

Super MOXI expands what’s possible with MOXI. Harnessing the power of twin beams for treatments up to twice as fast and a more powerful 16W diode to efficiently treat larger areas, Super MOXI with HD Delivery opens the door to head-to-toe skin revitalization. Available on the portable mJOULE™ and highly versatile JOULE X® platforms, it delivers expanded treatment settings and new ScitonStaX™ combinations, giving providers more ways to treat, customize, and grow.

Expanded settings support patients from prevention and maintenance to advanced skin revitalization and skin-quality correction. Quick Start presets provide a starting point, while customizable energy and density settings give providers greater clinical control based on patient goals, treatment area, and desired intensity.

New ScitonStaX combinations pair Super MOXI with BBL® HEROic™, ClearSilk®, and ProFractional™, or incorporate it into treatment plans following corrective treatments such as Contour TRL™.

“As demand for face and body treatments continues to grow, providers need technology that can keep pace,” said Robb Brindley, Sciton’s Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing. “Super MOXI delivers the speed, power, and flexibility to meet that demand while building on a treatment providers already know and trust. It’s how we approach innovation at Sciton: listening to our customers, anticipating what’s next, and ensuring our technology evolves with the needs of today’s practices.”

For providers, that versatility translates directly to the treatment room.

“Sciton’s breakthrough HD Delivery system leverages a twin-beam architecture to optimize high-density energy deposition, dramatically reducing treatment durations,” said Sherrif F. Ibrahim, MD, PhD, a board-certified dermatologist in Rochester, New York. “This rapid energy throughput allows us to effortlessly target broad anatomical sites, from the face and neck to the chest, hands, arms, and back. Speed paired with unprecedented versatility allows providers to fine-tune protocols ranging from gentle, low-energy treatments for early intervention to more advanced correction and overall skin-quality improvement. Now equipped with Super MOXI, BBL HEROic, and HALO® TRIBRID™, Sciton platforms offer high-velocity, full-body clinical transformations that were previously unimaginable.”

To learn more, visit supermoxi.com.

About Sciton

Sciton, Inc., headquartered in Palo Alto, California, is a forward-thinking, employee-owned medical device company founded in 1997 by industry visionaries James Hobart, PhD, and Daniel K. Negus, PhD. Renowned for delivering high-quality laser and light solutions, Sciton’s product portfolio spans a broad range of medical and aesthetic applications, including women’s health, skin revitalization, resurfacing, phototherapy, vascular and pigmented lesions, scar revision, acne treatment, and hair reduction. With robust direct operations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, Japan, Korea, Ireland, the Netherlands, France, and Chile, and a strategic distribution network in more than 45 countries, Sciton’s global impact continues to expand, setting new standards in medical and aesthetic excellence.

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QC Ware and IonQ Demonstrate High-Precision Hybrid Quantum Workflow for Drug Discovery

Joint test on IonQ Forte hardware lands within 4% of benchmark, clearing the chemical-accuracy bar for enzyme active-site modeling via Amazon Braket

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — QC Ware today announced a technology demonstration of a hybrid quantum-classical chemistry workflow using its Promethium® platform and IonQ’s Forte trapped-ion quantum computer via Amazon Braket.

The demonstration modeled the heme active site of cytochrome P450nor, a nitric oxide reductase in the cytochrome P450 superfamily — the same superfamily whose monooxygenase members carry out most human drug metabolism. By pairing GPU-accelerated classical pre-processing in Promethium with quantum measurements on IonQ Forte, the workflow calculated electrostatic interaction energy within 0.5 kcal/mol (~4%) of classical benchmarks. This falls well inside the 1 kcal/mol threshold for chemical accuracy and delivers more than double the accuracy of the standard classical mean-field method. For the biopharma industry, more accurately calculating electrostatic interaction energy, a major factor in how tightly a drug candidate binds to its target, at complex metal centers such as the iron site in P450nor, could improve candidate ranking and help identify metabolic risks earlier in the drug-discovery process.

“Running the same hybrid workflow on IonQ’s trapped-ion architecture, following our recent demonstration on other quantum hardware, shows that Promethium’s approach to combining classical and quantum computing is not tied to a single type of quantum hardware,” said Dr. Kin-Joe Sham, Co-Founder and COO at QC Ware. “We believe this hardware-agnostic approach gives researchers flexibility as quantum computing continues to mature.”

“Every month spent advancing a drug candidate on flawed metabolic data is wasted time and mounting risk,” said Scott Millard, Chief Business Officer at IonQ. “QC Ware and IonQ have shown that hybrid quantum-classical workflows can predict certain binding behavior accurately enough for discovery teams to confidently rank candidates and catch toxicity risks early. We believe that’s real quantum impact on real health outcomes. I can’t wait to see what this partnership delivers.”

Technical Highlights:

• Promethium Preprocessing: Promethium built and preprocessed a complex 115-atom model of the P450nor active site containing over 1,000 molecular orbitals. It automatically isolated the strongly correlated region down to a 4-orbital active space mapped onto 8 qubits, which IonQ Forte measured in a single basis before returning results for Promethium to compute final interaction energies classically.
• Hardware Architecture: IonQ Forte’s all-to-all qubit connectivity enabled complex two-qubit entangling gates to execute as designed without the routing overhead or additional error typical of limited-connectivity architectures.
• Biopharma Impact: Accurately predicting binding energy at iron sites in enzymes like P450nor could enable pharmaceutical researchers to better rank drug candidates and identify metabolic risks earlier in the R&D pipeline.

Supported in part by Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud compute credits, the demonstration highlights how QC Ware’s cloud-native Promethium® platform can potentially allow classical GPU clusters to seamlessly connect with cloud quantum computing resources on Amazon Braket.

Available today, Promethium’s GPU-native architecture enables researchers to apply quantum chemistry across larger molecular systems and more compounds than has traditionally been practical. For selected workloads, Promethium runs demanding calculations up to 20× faster than conventional CPU-based DFT platforms, helping researchers generate molecular-level insights in hours instead of weeks and accelerating decision-making across drug discovery, catalysis, and materials science.

Media contact: kj.sham@qcware.com 

About QC Ware

QC Ware is a quantum computing software company. We are developing applications that unlock the power of quantum computing for drug discovery, material design and other industry verticals. Our Promethium platform provides GPU-accelerated quantum chemistry for molecular modeling and drug discovery, helping customers to make better discovery decisions today while exploring the hybrid quantum-classical workflows of tomorrow. QC Ware also organizes and hosts Q2B quantum computing conferences in Japan, Europe and the United States.

About IonQ

IonQ, Inc. [NYSE: IONQ] is the world’s leading quantum platform and foundry – delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security. IonQ’s newest generation of quantum computers, the IonQ Tempo, is the latest in a line of cutting-edge systems. Earlier systems have helped customers and partners including Amazon Web Services, AstraZeneca, and NVIDIA achieve a 20x performance increase over previous quantum solutions and accelerate innovation in drug discovery, materials science, financial modeling, logistics, cybersecurity, and defense. In 2025, the company achieved 99.99% two-qubit gate fidelity, setting a world record in quantum computing performance. 

Headquartered in College Park, Maryland, IonQ has operations across North America, Latin America, EMEA, and APAC. Our quantum computing services have been available through all major cloud providers since 2021, while we also meet the needs of networking and sensing customers across land, sea, air, and space. IonQ is making quantum platforms more accessible and impactful than ever before. Learn more at IonQ.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes forward-looking statements relating to QC Ware’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the impact of hybrid quantum-classical chemistry workflows on the drug discovery process and the potential for Promethium to drive such impact. These statements are based on various assumptions and on the current expectations of QC Ware’s management and are not predictions of actual performance. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including changes in business, market, financial, political and legal conditions; the rapid evolution of quantum computing and flaws or errors in Promethium or flaws in or misuse of quantum computing in general; and risks related to working with quantum hardware providers.

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De Beers Group’s ‘Love, From Bestie’ Turns Friendship Day into a Lasting Ritual with Natural Diamonds

MUMBAI, India, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Not every milestone comes with a date on the calendar, some come with a best friend by your side. The people we choose to grow with, celebrate with and turn to through every version of life are increasingly becoming relationships worth marking. Recognising this shift, De Beers Group’s ‘Love, From Bestie’ brings natural diamonds into a new kind of celebration, one centred on the friendships that are rare, enduring and entirely your own.

Over the Friendship Day weekend on 1^st and 2^nd August 2026, ‘Love, From Bestie’ came to life across natural diamond retail partner stores in India through a series of thoughtful, friendship focused experiences. Besties could capture their bond through professionally shot portraits, beautifully framed to take home, while personalised nail art, custom bag charms and playful ‘BFF Contracts’ added a creative touch to the celebration.

The experiences gave friends a chance to celebrate their bond in ways that felt personal and memorable, drawing more than 2,000 visitors and a conversion rate of 15% across 60 participating natural diamond retail stores nationwide over the weekend.

At the heart of the campaign is the Bestie Bracelet Collection, created around a simple but meaningful idea: one for you, one for your bestie. Each bracelet becomes a personal expression of the friendship it represents, capturing the rare, enduring bond between two best friends.

Bringing the idea to life are some of India’s much loved celebrity bestie duos, Sara Tendulkar & Banita Sandhu, Mallika Dua & Shweta Tripathi, as well as Sanaya Irani & Drashti Dhami. Across a series of social content, the duos opened up about their friendships, sharing hilarious insider moments, personal milestones and the unwavering support that keeps their bonds strong.

Commenting on the campaign, Ms. Toranj Mehta, Country Head – Category Marketing, De Beers Group India, said, “We often think of natural diamonds in the context of traditional milestones, but the way people celebrate important relationships is changing. What makes a natural diamond special is its rarity, individuality and the fact that it is created over billions of years. There is a beautiful parallel with friendship. The strongest ones are built over time, shaped by shared memories and are unlike any other relationship. ‘Love, From Bestie’ is about recognising that connection and celebrating this ritual beyond of a single day, with something that is equally unique and lasting.”

The conversation extended beyond celebrity friendships through a candid Friendship Day podcast hosted by the new age portal, Tweak, bringing together young changemakers including Ida Ali, Anshita Mehrotra, Khanak Gupta and Suramya Jain. The panel explored how Gen Z is redefining friendship, from navigating career ambitions and major life changes to finding a support system in the people closest to them. The podcast is available on YouTube.

Through collaborations with leading lifestyle publications, the campaign explored the unique strength of ‘corporate bestie’ bonds, reframing natural diamond bracelets as the definitive modern friendship band. These features celebrated the professional allies who have transitioned from office companions to the most essential pillars of our personal lives.

The campaign found its way into homes and feeds nationwide through digital, social, television, print and out of home.

Supporting the campaign across markets was the Indian Natural Diamond Retailer Alliance (INDRA), developed by De Beers alongside the Gems & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). Through INDRA’s digital network, participating stores accessed localised digital assets, customisable event creatives and targeted outreach tools, helping bring the campaign to life across markets.

By bringing together real-life friendships, celebrity besties, conversations around modern relationships and engaging retail experiences, Love, From Bestie puts natural diamonds at the heart of a celebration that honours the friends who make life brighter, better and a lot more fun.

For more information visit Heera Hai Sada Ke Liye or www.adiamondisforever.com

About De Beers Group

Established in 1888, De Beers Group is the world’s leading diamond company with expertise in the exploration, mining, marketing and retailing of diamonds. Together with its joint venture partners, De Beers Group employs more than 20,000 people across the diamond pipeline and is the world’s largest diamond producer by value, with diamond mining operations in Botswana, Canada, Namibia and South Africa. Innovation sits at the heart of De Beers Group’s strategy as it develops a portfolio of offers that span the diamond value chain, including its jewellery houses, De Beers Jewellers and Forevermark, and other pioneering solutions such as diamond sourcing and traceability initiatives Tracr and GemFair. De Beers Group also provides leading services and technology to the diamond industry in the form of education and laboratory services and a wide range of diamond sorting, detection and classification technology services. De Beers Group is committed to ‘Building Forever,’ a holistic and integrated approach for creating a better future – where safety, human rights and ethical integrity continue to be paramount; where communities thrive and the environment is protected; and where there are equal opportunities for all. De Beers Group is a member of the Anglo American plc group. For further information, visit www.debeersgroup.com.

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Cellebrite Federal Solutions, Inc. (CFSI) Achieves U.S. Department of War’s Advanced Cybersecurity Standard, Reinforcing Commitment to Secure Federal Operations

TYSONS CORNER, Va., Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Cellebrite (Nasdaq: CLBT), a global leader in AI-powered Digital Investigative and Intelligence solutions for the public and private sectors, today announced its subsidiary, Cellebrite Federal Solutions, Inc. (CFSI), achieved the advanced Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2 accreditation, an independent assessment conducted by a Certified Third-Party Assessment Organization (C3PAO).

CMMC Level 2 is an advanced cybersecurity tier under the Department of War (DoW) framework, established for contractors that handle DoW Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). Meeting the CMMC Level 2 standard encompasses both the necessary technical safeguards and the policies, procedures, documentation and demonstrable operational maturity as verified by an independent third-party assessor. CFSI earned the certification by implementing and documenting 110 security practices across 14 control families, including access control, incident response, risk management, system and communications protection and auditing and accountability.

“Achieving CMMC Level 2 certification is a significant milestone for CFSI and another clear signal to our federal customers and partners that the protection of their most sensitive information is paramount,” said Philip O’Reilly, senior vice president, chief operating officer and head of federal strategy for Cellebrite Federal Solutions. “This independent, third-party validation — alongside our recent FedRAMP High authorization— reflects our ongoing commitment to conducting business with the federal government in a trusted, secure and responsible manner. As the Department of War moves the entire industry toward mandatory third-party assessment, CFSI is proud to be ahead of the curve, putting us in the top 3% of organizations that have met the standard.”

CMMC Level 2 has shifted from being a self-attested standard to a mandatory, third-party assessed requirement across the DoW supply chain. CFSI’s early certification removes a barrier to entry to provide services to federal agencies. The certification builds on CFSI’s continued momentum with federal customers, including this year’s FedRAMP High Authorization achieved by Cellebrite Government Cloud. Together, these milestones reinforce CFSI’s standing as a trusted, security-first partner to help federal agencies achieve their missions.

About Cellebrite Federal Solutions

Cellebrite Federal Solutions, Inc. (CFSI) is a U.S.-based, FOCI-mitigated subsidiary of Cellebrite DI Ltd. established to serve U.S. justice, defense, intelligence and federal civilian agencies dedicated to supporting federal government customers with secure, mission-ready digital intelligence and investigative solutions. Headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia, CFSI combines Cellebrite’s global technology portfolio with deep federal domain expertise to support the missions of the United States government.

About Cellebrite

Cellebrite’s (Nasdaq: CLBT) mission is to protect communities, nations and businesses as a global leader in digital investigative and intelligence solutions. More than 7,000 global law enforcement agencies, defense and intelligence organizations and enterprises trust Cellebrite’s AI-powered software portfolio to make forensically sound digital data more accessible and actionable. Cellebrite technology allows customers to accelerate nearly 3 million legally sanctioned investigations annually, enhance sovereign security, elevate operational efficacy and efficiency and enable advanced mobile research and application security. Available via cloud, on-premises and hybrid deployments, Cellebrite’s technology enables its customers around the globe to advance their missions, elevate public safety and safeguard data privacy. To learn more, visit us at www.cellebrite.com, https://investors.cellebrite.com/investors and find us on social media @Cellebrite.

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Jackie Labrecque  

Director, PR and Executive Communications  

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+1 771.241.7010

Investor Relations  

Andrew Kramer  

Vice President, Investor Relations & Treasury  

investors@cellebrite.com   

+1 973.206.7760

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