Day: January 17, 2022

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S’YA Concept and Caravan Studio Launch NFT Project on Award Wining Short Film Character Roborovski

Roborovski NFT Collection

SINGAPORE, Jan. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Roborovski NFT is based on the award-winning animated short film Roborovski created by Hollywood stars Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire, Lion, The Green Knight) and Tilda Cobham-Hervey (I am Woman, Hotel Mumbai) co-written by John Collee (Happy Feet) produced by Jomon Thomas (Hotel Mumbai).

Set in the backdrop of Marvin’s Pet Shop, a dejected Roborovski hamster goes off on a murderous rampage. The film comically explores the dark world of loneliness and despair. Roborovski focuses on the exploits of the ninja hamster who fails to get adopted and is rejected by the other pets.

Since its release in March 2021 at various film festival screenings, the loveable but lethal hamster has drawn a lot of attention. The latest—being immortalized as NFTs (Non-fungible tokens).

S’YA Concept—known for movies including Hotel Mumbai, Home Shopper, and Buffalo Boys—joined up with the team at Caravan Studio, a renowned digital art studio that has previously collaborated with Marvel, Lucasfilm Ltd., Blizzard, and Riot Games to create one-of-a-kind pieces of immersive art that tell the story of the iconic hamster.

A limited collection of 10,000 unique illustrations of the dwarf Robo hamster will be available on the 15th of February 2022. The Roborovski NFT collection includes stories about the dark humorous adventures of the iconic hamster. The Roborovski NFTs will give buyers exclusive access to view the short film, and the opportunity to earn royalties from the use of the artwork.

The Roborovski franchise gives the first 20 buyers (with a minimum purchase of 5 NFTs) limited-edition merchandise signed by the creative team behind the NFT artwork collection. Moreover, NFT owners will have the right to vote on the future of the Roborovski project releases, such as film, game, television series, and metaverse development. The Roborovski ecosystem will allow NFT owners to partake in the adventures of the tiny hamster villain while being part of a creative community with access to rare new content.

For more information about this highly anticipated collection or to get on the Roborovski NFT white list, go to www.roborovski.org

Roborovski projects official Discord server.

To learn more about the short film called Roborovski by Dev Patel and Tilda CobhamHervey, go to https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9855094/.

About S’YA Concept: https://www.syaconcept.com/

About Caravan Studios: http://caravanstudio.com/ 

Notes to editors: An NFT is a unique digital token in an original and non-interchangeable digital asset record stored on the blockchain network. The ownership of the NFT token is attributed to the crypto address where the token is located, and data such as price, transaction history, and ownership are forever stored and accessible on the blockchain network.

These NFTs will be available at www.roborovski.org 

Contact information: Aleksandr Shlemin

Email: aleksandr@roborovski.org

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VietinBank – ธนาคารชั้นนำด้านบริการแลกเปลี่ยนเงินตราต่างประเทศทางออนไลน์ในเวียดนาม

ฮานอย, เวียดนาม, Jan. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VietinBank เปิดตัวบริการใหม่ FX Online 24/7 โดยลูกค้าสามารถเข้าถึงบริการแลกเปลี่ยนเงินตราต่างประเทศ (FX) ได้ทุกที่ ทุกเวลา บนแพลตฟอร์มธุรกรรมต่าง ๆ เช่น VietinBank eFAST และ VietinBank iPay

ด้วยสถานะที่ได้เปรียบในแพลตฟอร์มเหล่านี้ VietinBank จัดเป็นผู้นำอุตสาหกรรมด้านการให้บริการแลกเปลี่ยนเงินตราต่างประเทศทางออนไลน์ในเวียดนาม

การร่วมเดินทางบนเส้นทางเดียวกันกับลูกค้า ยังคงเป็นสิ่งที่เรา VietinBank ยึดมั่นเสมอมา เมื่อใช้งานแพลตฟอร์ม VietinBank eFAST และ VietinBank iPay ลูกค้าจะได้รับประสบการณ์ด้านการแลกเปลี่ยนเงินตราต่างประเทศทางออนไลน์ที่เหนือกว่า และประหยัดเวลาจากการสัมผัสที่น้อยลง

การพัฒนานวัตกรรมระบบเพื่อปรับปรุงบริการแลกเปลี่ยนเงินตราต่างประเทศเพื่อลูกค้า เป็นสิ่งที่เรา VietinBank ให้ความสำคัญเสมอ เพียงใช้สมาร์ทโฟนหรือแลปท็อปที่เชื่อมต่ออินเทอร์เน็ต กับขั้นตอนง่าย ๆ ลูกค้าก็สามารถทำธุรกรรมแลกเปลี่ยนเงินตราต่างประเทศทางออนไลน์กับ VietinBank ได้ในหลายคู่เงินต่างประเทศโดยไม่ต้องไปที่ธนาคาร

1. ลูกค้าองค์กรสามารถซื้อและโอนเงินตราต่างประเทศทางออนไลน์ (ในเวลาทำการ)

2. ลูกค้าองค์กรหรือลูกค้าบุคคลสามารถขายเงินตราต่างประเทศทางออนไลน์จากบัญชีเงินตราต่างประเทศ และรับเงินสกุล VND เข้าสู่บัญชีของลูกค้าได้ทุกที่ทุกเวลา แม้ในระหว่างวันเสาร์อาทิตย์ วันหยุดนักขัตฤกษ์ และวันหยุดปีใหม่ตามจันทรคติ

ด้วยโครงสร้างการมอบอำนาจหลายระดับ VietinBank eFAST สามารถตอบสนองความต้องการหลากหลายของลูกค้าได้ ด้วยการมอบอำนาจกับผู้ใช้ไม่จำกัดจำนวนในแต่ละระดับ: สร้าง/ควบคุม/อนุมัติ

นอกจากนี้ ระบบยังให้ความปลอดภัยโดยยึดมั่นในข้อกำหนดด้านการรักษาความปลอดภัยที่เข้มงวดของธนาคารกลางแห่งประเทศเวียดนาม: การยืนยันตัวตนด้วยรหัสผ่านแบบใช้ครั้งเดียว (VietinBank OTP) และการยืนยันตัวตนด้วย Keypass โทเค็น

VietinBank มอบสิทธิพิเศษสำหรับลูกค้าองค์กร เมื่อสมัครใช้บริการ “Customers sell Foreign Currency Online 24/7” บนแพลตฟอร์ม VietinBank eFAST ยิ่งไปกว่านั้น ลูกค้าจะได้รับ 20 คะแนนสำหรับคู่สกุลเงิน USD/VND; 50 คะแนนสำหรับคู่สกุลเงิน EUR/VND, และ 0.5 คะแนนสำหรับคู่สกุลเงิน JPY/VND, พร้อมสิทธิพิเศษมากมายสำหรับคู่สกุลเงินอื่น ๆ

หากต้องการรายละเอียดเพิ่มเติม โปรดติดต่อสาขา/สำนักธุรกรรม VietinBank ทั่วประเทศ หรือศูนย์บริการลูกค้า VietinBank: 1900 558 868; อีเมล: contact@VietinBank.vn

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Virtual Agent Sophie is the Latest Integration Available From the 4me® App Store

4me Integration Sophie

4me Integration Sophie

PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A standard 4me integration with Stefanini’s Sophie is now available from the 4me App Store. Sophie is a virtual agent with natural language capabilities for human-like user support. She provides 24/7 first-level support. Sophie can help end users navigate through voice interaction, open and consult tickets, look for relevant articles, or transfer them to human support agents. She is the latest addition to the rapidly growing 4me App Store.

Cor Winkler Prins, CEO at 4me: “As part of our endeavor to offer the best and most complete service management platform, we are very pleased to be able to add the Sophie integration to our App Store. Sophie is becoming increasingly popular, also among our customers, and it is only logical to include this sophisticated virtual agent in our offering of standard 4me integrations.”

The world’s first omnichannel virtual assistant
In the increasingly connected world, new business challenges have inspired innovative digital solutions. Omnichannel virtual assistant Sophie is one of these solutions. Sophie is based on cognitive computing and artificial intelligence, with a focus on self-adaptation and both interactive and contextual automation—enabling her to have natural conversations with users who need assistance.

The AI assistant is easy to train and implement. Sophie can achieve the same results as other AI technologies, with 5% of the training required by other chatbots. Her design allows her to assist across different business scenarios and interact with various personas. With an omnichannel approach, she can also integrate with messaging platforms such as Microsoft Teams and WhatsApp to provide a tailored customer experience.

Sophie was recognized in the “ISG Provider Lens” report, won the “100 most innovative IT” in the digital industry category, and earned the “Bank Report” award in the self-service category.

Now available in the 4me App Store
Installing the Sophie app is easy: 4me administrators can click on the Sophie tile in the 4me App Store and specify the URI and Tenant provided by Sophie’s vendor, Stefanini, to complete the setup. This makes the customizable Sophie button available at the bottom right of the 4me Self Service page.

About 4me – The Complete Service Management Platform
4me® combines ITSM with ESM and SIAM capabilities, enabling all internal departments, such as IT, HR, and Facilities, as well as external managed service providers, to work seamlessly with each other. At the same time, 4me provides complete visibility and control of service cost and quality.

About Stefanini Group
Present in 41 countries, Stefanini Group (www.stefanini.com) is a Brazilian multinational with over 30 years of experience in the market, investing in a complete innovation ecosystem to meet the main verticals and assist customers in the process of digital transformation. With robust offerings aligned with market trends such as automation, cloud, Internet of Things (IoT) and user experience (UX), the company has been recognized with several awards in the area of innovation.

Press contact: gertje.bosma@4me.com

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VietinBank – The Leading Bank in Foreign Exchange Online Services in Vietnam

VietinBank FX-Online

VietinBank FX-Online

HANOI, Vietnam, Jan. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VietinBank has launched FX Online 24/7 service, which allows customers to access foreign exchange (FX) services anytime, anywhere on transaction platforms such as VietinBank eFAST and VietinBank iPay.

Favorably positioned with these platforms, VietinBank is viewed as an industry leader in providing FX Online services in Vietnam.

Sharing the same journey with customers has always remained our motto at VietinBank. When customers use VietinBank eFAST and VietinBank iPay, they can get advanced FX Online customer experience, and save time with less touching.

Innovating systems to improve FX services delivered to customers is always an area of focus for VietinBank. Just a smartphone or laptop with internet connection and with some simple steps without having to be physically at the Bank, customers now can perform FX Online transactions with VietinBank in many choices of foreign currency pairs.

1. Corporate customers can buy and transfer Foreign Currencies Online (during business hours).

2. Corporate customers or individual customers can sell Foreign Currencies Online from foreign currency accounts and receive VND into customer’s accounts anytime-anywhere, even during weekends, public holidays and Lunar New Year holiday (Tet).

With multi-level authorization matrix, VietinBank eFAST can meet diverse demands of customers for authorization with unlimited number of users at each level: create/control/approve.

Also, the system provides security methods in strict adherence to safety and security requirements of the State Bank of Vietnam: Soft OTP verification (VietinBank OTP application) and Keypass token verification.

VietinBank is providing preferential offers to corporate customers when they use “Customers sell Foreign Currency Online 24/7” service on VietinBank eFAST platform. Specifically, customers are offered 20 preferential points for currency pair USD/VND; 50 preferential points for currency pair EUR/VND, and 0.5 preferential point for currency pair JPY/VND, as well as special offers for other currency pairs.

For more details, please contact VietinBank branches/transaction offices nationwide or VietinBank Customer Support Call Center: 1900 558 868; Email: contact@VietinBank.vn.

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Scientists Struggle to Monitor Tonga Volcano After Massive Eruption

Scientists are struggling to monitor an active volcano that erupted off the South Pacific island of Tonga at the weekend, after the explosion destroyed its sea-level crater and drowned its mass, obscuring it from satellites.

The eruption of Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano, which sits on the seismically active Pacific Ring of Fire, sent tsunami waves across the Pacific Ocean and was heard some 2,300 kms (1,430 miles) away in New Zealand.

“The concern at the moment is how little information we have and that’s scary,” said Janine Krippner, a New Zealand-based volcanologist with the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program. “When the vent is below water, nothing can tell us what will happen next.”

Krippner said on-site instruments were likely destroyed in the eruption and the volcanology community was pooling together the best available data and expertise to review the explosion and predict anticipated future activity.

Saturday’s eruption was so powerful that space satellites captured not only huge clouds of ash but also an atmospheric shockwave that radiated out from the volcano at close to the speed of sound.

Photographs and videos showed grey ash clouds billowing over the South Pacific and meter-high waves surging onto the coast of Tonga.

There are no official reports of injuries or deaths in Tonga yet, but internet and telephone communications are extremely limited and outlying coastal areas remain cut off.

Experts said the volcano, which last erupted in 2014, had been puffing away for about a month before rising magma, superheated to around 1,000 degrees Celsius, met with 20-degree seawater on Saturday, causing an instantaneous and massive explosion.

The unusual “astounding” speed and force of the eruption indicated a greater force at play than simply magma meeting water, scientists said.

As the superheated magma rose quickly and met the cool seawater, so did a huge volume of volcanic gases, intensifying the explosion, said Raymond Cas, a professor of volcanology at Australia’s Monash University.

Some volcanologists are likening the eruption to the 1991 Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines, the second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, which killed around 800 people.

The Tonga Geological Services agency, which was monitoring the volcano, was unreachable on Monday. Most communications to Tonga have been cut after the main undersea communications cable lost power.

Lightning strikes

American meteorologist, Chris Vagasky, studied lightning around the volcano and found it increasing to about 30,000 strikes in the days leading up to the eruption. On the day of the eruption, he detected 400,000 lightning events in just three hours, which comes down to 100 lightning events per second.

That compared with 8,000 strikes per hour during the Anak Krakatau eruption in 2018, caused part of the crater to collapse into the Sunda Strait and send a tsunami crashing into western Java, which killed hundreds of people.

Cas said it is difficult to predict follow-up activity and that the volcano’s vents could continue to release gases and other material for weeks or months.

“It wouldn’t be unusual to get a few more eruptions, though maybe not as big as Saturday,” he said. “Once the volcano is de-gassed, it will settle down.”

Source: Voice of America

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China Drops Plans to Sell Olympic Tickets as COVID Cases Rise

China on Monday canceled plans to sell tickets to the public for the Winter Olympics in Beijing, as the number of COVID-19 cases in the country reached its highest point since March 2020.

Organizers said last year there would be no international spectators at the Games – partly due to China’s weeks-long quarantine requirements – but they had promised to allow domestic audiences.

But those plans were scrapped Monday as China reported 223 new infections just three weeks before the Winter Olympics are set to open.

“In order to protect the health and safety of Olympic-related personnel and spectators, it was decided to adjust the original plan to sell tickets to the public and (instead) organize spectators to watch the Games on-site,” the Beijing Olympic organizing committee said in a statement.

It is unclear how these spectators will be selected and whether they will have to quarantine before or after the Games.

China, where the virus first emerged in late 2019, has stuck to a strict policy of targeting zero COVID-19 cases even as the rest of the world has reopened.

But its approach has come under sustained pressure in recent weeks with multiple virus clusters in key areas, including the port of Tianjin and the southern manufacturing region of Guangdong.

Athletes and officials have already started to land in the capital ahead of the Games, immediately entering a tightly controlled bubble separating them from the rest of the population.

After a local case of the highly infectious omicron strain was detected in Beijing over the weekend, authorities also tightened regulations for arrivals from elsewhere in China.

The capital is now demanding a negative test before travel and a follow-up test after entering, with residents urged not to leave the city for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday.

Some tourist sites have also been closed.

A senior health official told residents to “avoid buying goods from overseas” after saying the local case could have been brought in by international post.

The infected woman in Beijing had not traveled or had contact with other infected people, authorities said as they tested 13,000 people living or working in the same area.

Health official Pang Xinghuo told reporters the virus had been found on the surface of a letter the infected person had received from Canada.

Dozens of letters from the same batch were tested and five showed traces of COVID-19, Pang said.

The strain was different from omicron cases in China and similar to variants identified from North America last month, she added. “We come to the conclusion that the possibility of virus infection through inbound objects cannot be ruled out.”

Therefore, residents should “try to avoid buying goods from overseas during outbreaks”, Pang said. “If you receive overseas mail, you should wear masks and disposable gloves to reduce direct contact.”

She advised people to “open the packages outdoors.”

China has linked a number of its virus clusters to products imported from overseas.

A theory from Beijing that the virus did not originate in China but was imported in frozen food was judged “possible” but very unlikely in a report last year by international experts appointed by the World Health Organization.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States says on its website it is “possible” for people to be infected through contact with contaminated surfaces or objects – but the risk is low.

Within three days, there should be a 99% reduction in any virus traces left on surfaces.

Analysts have warned that China’s zero-COVID approach – which includes targeted lockdowns and travel restrictions – will increasingly weigh on the economy.

Some 68 COVID-19 cases were reported Monday across central Henan province, where partial lockdowns and mass testing have been rolled out for millions of residents.

Source: Voice of America