This Week in Tech News: 11 Stories You Need to See

A roundup of the week's most newsworthy technology industry press releases from PR Newswire, including plans for Starlab and an AI webinar for small businesses.

NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the business technology industry stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.

The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full text) and an excerpt from each story. Click on the press release headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are available for download.

1. Voyager Space and Airbus Announce Joint Venture to Build and Operate Starlab
   "This transatlantic venture with footprints on both sides of the ocean aligns the interests of both ourselves and Voyager and our respective space agencies. This pioneers continued European and American leadership in space that takes humanity forward," said Jean-Marc Nasr, Head of Space Systems at Airbus.
2. IBM and NASA Open Source Largest Geospatial AI Foundation Model on Hugging Face
   The effort aims to widen access to NASA earth science data for geospatial intelligence and accelerate climate-related discoveries. It will be the largest geospatial foundation model on Hugging Face and the first-ever open-source AI foundation model built in collaboration with NASA.
3. Dell Technologies Expands AI Offerings to Accelerate Secure Generative AI Initiatives
   New Dell Generative AI Solutions span IT infrastructure, PCs and professional services to simplify the adoption of full-stack GenAI with large language models (LLM), meeting organizations wherever they are in their GenAI journey.
4. From Likes to Love: Dating in the Era of Social Media
   According to the findings, it's going down in the DMs, with 47% of respondents admitting that their relationship began because their partner decided to shoot their shot in a private social media message. Additionally, 55% of men reported that they believe "sending likes" is an effective tactic to make a connection online that can move into real life.
5. Lumen shakes up telecom industry with Network-as-a-Service offering
   "Lumen's Network-as-a-Service offering takes the next step to deliver on our customers' networking dreams: the ability to fire up any port, with any service, at any time. It's your network, your way," said Kate Johnson, Lumen CEO.
6. Hughes JUPITER 3 Satellite Successfully Launches, Heralds the Start of a New Era of Connectivity
   Also known as EchoStar XXIV, JUPITER 3 was built by Maxar Technologies in Palo Alto, CA, and is engineered to deliver gigabytes of connectivity to customers across North and South America. "This purpose-built satellite is engineered uniquely to meet our customers' needs and target capacity where it's needed most, such as the most rural regions of the Americas, so they can stay connected to the applications and services they depend on every day," said Hamid Akhavan, CEO, EchoStar.
7. BMW Group, Airbus and Quantinuum Collaborate to Fast-Track Sustainable Mobility Research Using Cutting-Edge Quantum Computers
   Dr. Peter Lehnert, Vice-President, Research Technologies at BMW Group stated: "Circularity and sustainable mobility are putting us on a quest for new materials, to create more efficient products and shape the future premium user experience. Being able to simulate material properties to relevant chemical accuracy with the benefits from the accelerating quantum computing hardware is giving us just the right tools for more speed in innovation for this decisive domain."
8. Built In Releases Insights on What Tech Candidates Look For in Employers
   While the perks and benefits expectations of employers don't change drastically by generation, the order in which they are prioritized do. While baby boomers are looking for more support in flexible work and retirement contributions, the next generation of tech desires a bigger focus on wellness and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
9. GoDaddy Hosting Free 'Beginner's Guide to AI for Small Business' Webinar
   Attendees will leave the webinar with a better understanding of AI and how to utilize this rapidly evolving technology to help develop social media content, automate administrative tasks, speed up correspondence with customers, develop business growth plans, and much more.
10. Flapmax Partners with Intel to Accelerate AI Innovation in Africa
    The collaboration will provide technology access, training, mentorship, and funding opportunities to entrepreneurs in emerging markets, starting with Africa, through the FAST Accelerator program. FAST is designed to help startups that are building cloud-based and AI-enabled products and services supporting communities, companies, and governments.
11. Introducing Wix Studio, the Ultimate Web Creation Platform for Agencies and Freelancers
    Wix Studio marks a significant evolution in web creation for agencies, delivering a revolutionary platform that combines AI-powered features, the latest design and development capabilities and seamless workflows for multi-site management to help agencies create projects with greater quality and velocity.

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Can't-Miss Earnings

In addition to these popular releases, several must-read earnings reports crossed the wire this week, including the quarterly results for Match Group, Cognizant, and Silicom.

Catch up on all the latest earnings reports here.

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