Weekly Recap: 15 Tech Press Releases You Need to See

A roundup of the most newsworthy tech announcements from PR Newswire this week, including the lineup for Smart City Expo USA, NASA's SpaceX Crew-9's return and headlines from NVIDIA GTC.

NEW YORK, March 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help tech journalists and consumers stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a recap of some major 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. NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Returns to Earth After Months of Engaging in Cutting-Edge Science Sponsored by the ISS National Lab
   Over the course of the mission, the crew supported a variety of investigations sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory®, including research to improve treatments for neurodegenerative conditions, studies to manufacture more effective therapeutics in space, and student-led experiments to prepare the next generation of explorers.
2. Google Announces Agreement to Acquire Wiz
   Google LLC has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wiz, Inc., a leading cloud security platform headquartered in New York, for $32 billion, subject to closing adjustments, in an all-cash transaction. This acquisition represents an investment by Google Cloud to accelerate two large and growing trends in the AI era: improved cloud security and the ability to use multiple clouds (multicloud).
3. Smart City Expo USA Announces Headline Speakers Featuring Leaders from Olympics, FIFA, Tech-Forward Cities
   "Given that major sports and cultural events provide catalytic opportunities for building smart cities, and the U.S. will soon host millions of passionate fans for the FIFA World Cup, Summer Olympic games, and F1 races, we're proud to convene top minds in AI, security, transportation, and more across the private and public sector to lead the U.S. into a globally-competitive future," Aarti Tandon, CEO, and John Paul Farmer, President, Smart City Expo USA said.
4. The Human Resource Consortium Celebrating 30 Years: Successful Client Impact, Expansion, & Leading Edge Continuity
   The HRC is expanding its footprint in the financial services, governmental, healthcare, manufacturing, and nonprofit sectors with consultants in the states of AL, AZ, CT, FL, IN, LA, MA, MD, NH, NJ, and NY. The firm has stood the test of 30 years' time and ongoing acclaim… their work is far from over.
5. MSI Showcases Cutting-Edge AI Servers and Autonomous Mobile Robots at NVIDIA GTC 2025, Leading the Future of AI-Driven Industries
   Through deep integration with NVIDIA MGX, NVIDIA Jetson, and NVIDIA Omniverse, MSI provides the essential hardware and software to power next-generation AI applications, enhance automation, and optimize industrial efficiency.
6. Huepar W04CG Laser Level: A Breakthrough in Precision, Redefining One-Person Operation
   The Huepar W04CG meets the industry's demand for smarter tools with a wider measurement range, ultra-bright green laser visibility, and an electric rotating base for real-time adjustments. Unlike conventional laser levels that require frequent manual repositioning, the W04CG minimizes human error and improves consistency.
7. MyBull Intelligent Machinery Showcases Cutting-Edge AMR Solutions at ProMAT 2025
   At the booth, MyBull's autonomous tow tractors and forklifts performed synchronized operations, replicating real-world scenarios of unmanned cargo pickup, transportation, and storage in industrial settings. Meanwhile, live demonstrations of the 3D mapping devices showcased rapid data acquisition and processing capabilities, drawing enthusiastic engagement and praise from industry professionals.
8. Pantheon Lab Introduces Enhanced Digital Human with Emotional Intelligence
   The Metahuman Interface builds on the company's expertise in creating lifelike digital humans, now enhanced with the ability to detect, interpret, and respond to human emotions in real time.
9. Onward Robotics Showcases Innovative Meet Me® Solution for Automated Order Fulfillment With Live Demonstrations at ProMat 2025
   "We're on a mission to revolutionize fulfillment, helping warehouses and distribution centers optimize their workflows, increase productivity, and minimize the physical strain on workers," said Onward Robotics CEO Lance VandenBrook.
10. ICEYE launches four new satellites and introduces its new Generation 4 satellite
    This new generation will empower customers with enhanced situational awareness, faster decision-making capabilities, and improved mission outcomes. Detection and classification of vessels, vehicles, or aircraft will be much easier, which is key in demanding defense and intelligence environments.
11. $1 Billion Financing Secured, Visionary Accelerates Its Battery Swap Layout in Hong Kong The Hong Kong government is vigorously promoting the development of new energy vehicles and plans to build 3,000 high-speed battery swap/charging stations by 2030, creating a vast space for the battery swap market. Visionary plans to invest HK$420 million to build 600 battery swap/charging stations by 2029.
12. GDIT Announces Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS
    General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) and AWS will collaborate to develop cutting-edge cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, cloud migration and modernization solutions to accelerate digital transformation for defense, intelligence and civilian agencies.
13. NASA Invites Media to View Wildland Fire Technology Flight Test
    During this inaugural flight test, researchers will use the airspace management system to coordinate the flight operations of two small drones, an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, and a remotely piloted aircraft that will have a backup pilot aboard. The drones and aircraft will execute examples of critical tasks for wildland fire management, including weather data sharing, simulated aerial ignition flights, and communications relay.
14. Cisco Paves the Way with Agentic AI Collaboration
    New agentic AI innovations include the general availability of the Webex AI Agent for enhanced customer experience. Additional solutions announced across Collaboration Devices and the Webex Suite include new workflows in AI Assistant for Webex Suite to streamline employee experiences, Webex Calling Customer Assist, and AirPlay on Cisco Devices for Microsoft Teams Rooms.
15. New power management chips from TI maximize protection, density and efficiency for modern data centers
    TI's 48V stackable integrated hot-swap eFuse with power-path protection empowers designers to tackle high-power (>6kW) processing needs with a scalable device that simplifies design and reduces solution size by half compared to existing hot-swap controllers in the market.

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NVIDIA GTC 2025

The week marked NVIDIA's GTC 2025, a conference for AI developers in San Jose from March 17-21. Throughout the week, multiple companies announced AI innovations with NVIDIA integrations. IBM announced its plans to accelerate AI at scale, Oracle is collaborating with NVIDIA to accelerate AI agentic interfaces and Cisco unveiled its AI factory infrastructure.

The automotive industry also announced developments — from Deeproute.ai's AI Spark platform to Ansys and Volvo's breakthroughs in aerodynamics simulations. We also got a peek at health technology's future with AI-based technology, including SOPHiA GENETICS reaching a milestone with its AI platform. In addition, Ansys and NVIDIA's collaboration highlighted the future of cardiovascular research through simulation and ThisWay Global unveiled how it's using AI to reshape the future of digital health.

Read all this week's NVIDIA GTC press releases.

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