Major rightsholders and internet companies in Russia have signed a new memorandum of cooperation designed to make pirated movies, TV shows and other content harder to find. In addition to automatically removing reported infringing links within hours, search engines have agreed to completely deindex all domains that carry 100 or more links to infringing content.

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TOKYO, Feb 8, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited and Carnegie Mellon University researchers today announced the launch of collaborative research projects focused on the development of "Social Digital Twin" technology, with an emphasis on exploring practical applications for their joint research and technology.
A Social Digital Twin digitally reproduces the relationships and connections between people, goods, the economy and society to offer a simulation, prediction and decision making environment in which to solve diverse and complex social issues. This research is the first attempt between Fujitsu and CMU to explore future applications of Social Digital Twins in global communities.

A project through CMU's Mobility Data Analytics Center (MAC) will leverage real world data, including input of traffic regulations and the movement of vehicles, to evaluate the effectiveness of measures designed to dynamically estimate and control traffic flow.

Another project with the CMU's Computational Behavior Lab in the School of Computer Science's Robotics Institute will extend current capabilities in 3D modeling of pedestrians and forecasting their behavior over time in urban environments. This technology can be used to monitor activity on streets and determine where issues or accidents may be taking place.

CMU's efforts will be led by Laszlo A. Jeni, director of the Computational Behavior Lab, and Sean Qian, director of the MAC. Fujitsu and CMU will draw on the findings of these projects to create foundational technologies for Social Digital Twins that will simulate traffic networks and movement patterns of people in real-time. That work will build off of the deployment of the researchers' projects with CMU's transportation research institute, Traffic21.

The researchers anticipate that the Social Digital Twin technology will play an active role in improving efforts to ease congestion, positively influence travel behavior and ultimately help to realize more sustainable and safe cities in the future.

'Converging Technologies' at the Intersection of the Human and Digital Worlds

Within this project, Fujitsu and CMU leveraged so-called "converging technologies," advanced technologies that combine computer sciences and knowledge from the humanities and social sciences, aiming to solve diverse and complex issues faced by cities working toward the realization of a sustainable society. The researchers aim to develop a new platform that delivers a broad set of solutions for a variety of social issues based on highly-accurate simulations of the movements of people and vehicles and the ability to visualize and predict future actions and possible risks based on human behavioral characteristics. By using the newly developed Social Digital Twin platform to analyze and predict the behavior of people and movements of vehicles, the effects and potential risks of interventions can be reflected in advance to optimize outcomes of urban planning and policy.

Outline of the Collaborative Research

Fujitsu and CMU's research will initially focus on developing advanced sensing technology to better understand people's movements, improve behavior forecasting through artificial intelligence, and create Social Digital Twin models to simulate how people interact with goods, the economy and society.

The research will include a Social Digital Twin model based on real-time traffic data from road networks that is able to dynamically understand the daily changing traffic demand of the city. Researchers will be able to use the digital models to test urban traffic solutions to adjust traffic regulations and toll systems in accordance with the efficient traffic flow.

Future Plans

In addition to the analysis of traffic congestion and ways to deliver economic efficiency, Fujitsu and CMU will further leverage the Social Digital Twin platform to promote the verification of detailed measures to solve environmental issues, including the reduction of CO2 emissions and improving urban transportation networks.

The researchers will additionally continue their efforts to contribute to the realization of safe and sustainable next-generation Smart Cities by promoting measures to mitigate pandemics and ensure the flexible, efficient allocation of medical resources while driving economic growth.

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company offering a full range of technology products, solutions and services. Approximately 126,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 3.6 trillion yen (US$34 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021. For more information, please see www.fujitsu.com.

About Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University (www.cmu.edu) is a private, internationally ranked university with programs in areas ranging from science, technology and business to public policy, the humanities and the arts. More than 13,000 students in the university's seven schools and colleges benefit from a small faculty-to-student ratio and an education characterized by its focus on creating and implementing solutions for real world problems, interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation.


Copyright 2022 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.jcnnewswire.comFujitsu Limited and Carnegie Mellon University researchers today announced the launch of collaborative research projects focused on the development of "Social Digital Twin" technology, with an emphasis on exploring practical applications for their joint research and technology.

A key member of Scene piracy group SPARKS has been sentenced to 22 months in prison. The 52-year-old Brit George Bridi, who pleaded guilty, apologized and showed remorse for his wrongdoing at a New York federal court. The sentence is lower than the 27 to 33-month term the U.S. Attorney had asked for.

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Frontier Airlines is about to get a lot larger: Frontier Airlines has agreed to buy Spirit Airlines for $25.83 a share reflecting a cash deal that will be valued at $6.6 billion, including debt.  Spirit equity stockholders will receive 1.9126 shares of Frontier stock plus $2.13 in cash for each Spirit share they own. The […]

A 43-year-old man has been handed a three months conditional prison sentence for his involvement with the Danish torrent tracker Asgaard. The man, who is seen as one of the driving forces behind the now-defunct site, helped to set up and manage servers and also helped with coding. Several other defendants connected to the site will have their day in court later this year.

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HONG KONG, Feb 7, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - SinoMab BioScience Limited ("SinoMab" or the "Company", together with its subsidiaries, the "Group", stock code: 3681.HK), a Hong Kong-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the research, development, manufacturing and commercialization of therapeutics for the treatment of immunological diseases, is pleased to announce that, on 21 January 2022, an Investigational New Drug application ("IND", for multiple sclerosis) for SN1011 has been filed with and accepted, on 28 January 2022, by the Center for Drug Evaluation (the "CDE") of the National Medical Products Administration of China (the "NMPA"). The Company plans to initiate the Phase II clinical study in China upon approval of the present IND. The present IND submission, once granted, will enable the Company to conduct comprehensive clinical development program in China which leads to indication for treatment of multiple sclerosis.

SN1011 is the Company's third generation, covalent reversible BTK inhibitor designed for higher selectivity, superior efficacy and improved safety for the long-term treatment of systemic lupus erythematous, pemphigus vulgaris, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and other immunological diseases. SN1011 differentiates from existing BTK inhibitors currently available in the market, such as Ibrutinib, in terms of mechanism of action, affinity, selectivity and safety.

Dr. Shui On LEUNG, Chairman, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of SinoMab said that: "after the Company announced earlier the Completion of Enrollment in Phase III Clinical Trial in China for its Flagship Product, SM03, an IND application (for multiple sclerosis) for SN1011 has been filed with and accepted by the Center for the CDE of the NMPA, which will accelerate the progression of the Phase II clinical study and clinical development program related to indication for treatment of multiple sclerosis, fully reflecting the Company's efficient implementation of new drug R&D programs. We are absolutely confident in the enormous prospects of SN1011's clinical development. In the future, the Company will accelerate the program to further expand its product pipeline and strive to bring benefits to patients."

About SinoMab BioScience Limited
SinoMab BioScience Limited (stock code: 3681.HK) is dedicated to the research, development, manufacturing and commercialization of therapeutics for the treatment of immunological diseases. The Company's flagship product SM03 is a potential global first-in-target mAb against CD22 for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is currently in Phase III clinical trial for rheumatoid arthritis in China, which has been recognized as one of the significant special projects of Significant New Drugs Development of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan Period and the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan Period. In addition, the Company possesses other potential first-in-target and first-in-class drug candidates, some of which are already in clinical stage, with their indications covering rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), pemphigus vulgaris (PV), non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), asthma, and other diseases with major unmet clinical needs.



Copyright 2022 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.acnnewswire.comSinoMab BioScience Limited ("SinoMab" or the "Company", together with its subsidiaries, the "Group", stock code: 3681.HK), a Hong Kong-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the research, development, manufacturing and commercialization of therapeutics for the treatment of immunological diseases, is pleased to announce that, on 21 January 2022,

Toyota City, Japan, Feb 7, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Fukuoka City and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) have signed a partnership agreement aiming for the early realization of a hydrogen society. They will work closely with Commercial Partnership Technologies Corporation (CJPT), which works on commercial projects, to promote a wide range of collaborative initiatives to achieve the goal. As a first step, they have commenced discussions regarding the introduction of fuel cell vehicles.

Fukuoka City has focused on the potential of hydrogen energy from an early stage and initiated the Hydrogen Leader City Project. As part of the project, the city launched the world's first initiative to produce hydrogen from public household sewage and supply it to fuel cell vehicles. It was also the first city in Japan to undertake various verification tests for trucks and motorcycles equipped with fuel cell technologies.

Toyota views hydrogen as a promising energy form to achieve carbon neutrality. In order to become a hydrogen society, it has sought to broaden customer choice through sales of its Mirai fuel cell vehicle, development of hydrogen-engine vehicles, and promotion of commercial vehicles in collaboration with CJPT, etc. The company has also promoted wide-ranging partnerships that extend beyond the automotive industry.

Fukuoka City and Toyota have held numerous talks with regard to making hydrogen more familiar to residents, and encouraging its sustainable and practical use. In fact, their first collaboration in the field of hydrogen was implemented in November 2021 during the final round of the Super Taikyu Series. In this race, Toyota used hydrogen produced from the city's public household sewage to power its hydrogen-engine vehicles.

Under the terms of the partnership agreement, Fukuoka City and Toyota in cooperation with CJPT will discuss a range of other hydrogen-related topics as follows: developing and using vehicles that can support social infrastructure and creating logistics models for them, using hydrogen energy at resident-centered facilities and events, and revising the regulations required for realizing a hydrogen society. To begin with, discussions are being held on the use of fuel cell vehicles for school meal delivery trucks and the city's garbage trucks, as well as deploying Moving e mobile power generation and supply systems.

Going forward, Fukuoka City, Toyota and CJPT will work together to develop and verify technologies related to producing, transporting, and using hydrogen. By helping to expedite the implementation of these technologies, the aim is to build a society in which hydrogen plays a major role. They also plan to actively engage in initiatives that contribute to the realization of carbon neutrality both in Japan and around the world.


Copyright 2022 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.jcnnewswire.comFukuoka City and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) have signed a partnership agreement aiming for the early realization of a hydrogen society.

HONG KONG, Feb 7, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - Synergy Group Holdings International Limited, stock code 1539.HK ("Synergy Group" or "The Group")(1) has successfully acquired verification statements of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions granted by CMA Testing and Certification Laboratories under CMA Industrial Development Foundation Limited (CMA Testing(2)). The Group's projects were quantified to achieve emission by a total of 7,146.74 tonnes of CO2e (Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)(3). The GHG emission inventories have been verified in accordance with ISO14064-3:2019(4) as meeting the requirement of ISO14064-1:2018(4).

The Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mr. Mansfield Wong commented, "It is a global uphill battle when it comes to reaching carbon neutral targets. Our goal is to reduce GHG emissions and strive to achieve carbon neutrality in the near future. The Group is actively formulating a commercial scheme to assist other companies in neutralizing their GHG emissions."

As of today, the Group has verified 7,146.74 tonnes of CO2e in total, which is estimated to be accounted for approximately 1% of the Group's total GHG emission inventory, the remaining inventories are being certified. Current carbon credit prices(5) are quoted by different international Carbon Credit Exchanges(5) ranging from RMB56 to EUR89 per tonne. The Group expects the global carbon credit prices(5)and market-based emission trading schemes continued to grow gradually as we are approaching the targets of Hong Kong's Climate Action Plan 2050(6), China's Carbon Dioxide Peaking 2030(7) and Carbon Neutrality 2060(7). Driving GHG emission is imminent action to curb global warming effects, the Group has set out its priorities for investing in carbon markets. The Group is committed to creating environmental sustainability through its experienced GHG emission management and green technological innovations.

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1. Synergy Group Holdings International Limited ("Synergy Group" or "The Group")

Founded in 2008, Synergy Group Holdings International Limited (Stock code: 1539.HK), as the first Energy Service Company (ESCO) to be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, is one of the leading integrated energy saving and management solutions providers based in Hong Kong. The Group together with its subsidiaries, is principally engaged in design and customisation, investment, installation and commissioning, operation and maintenance of (i) energy efficiency technology; (ii) renewable energy; and (iii) energy storage and distributed energy resources. Serving clients in over 20 countries, businesses cover large multi-million projects in Malaysia, Indonesia and South Africa.

2. CMA Testing

Established since 1979, CMA Testing, a subsidiary of The Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong, is a large-scale quality assurance center, specializes in testing, inspection and certification services. CMA Testing is also a third-party laboratory accredited by The Hong Kong Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (HOKLAS) and an inspection body accredited by The Hong Kong Inspection Agency Accreditation Scheme (HKIAS). CMA Testing's global footprint spans over 12 countries in Asia, Middle East, Europe and North America.

3. Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (CO2e)

CO2 refers to Carbon Dioxide, while CO2e stands for "Carbon Dioxide Equivalent" which includes CO2 and other greenhouse gases. For any quantity and type of greenhouse gas, CO2e signifies the amount of CO2 which would have the equivalent global warming impact.

4. ISO14064 Greenhouse Gas Calculation and Verification Management System

ISO14064-1: Specification with guidance at the organization level for quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals
ISO14064-2: Specification with guidance at the project level for quantification, monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emission reductions or removal enhancements
ISO14064-3: Specification with guidance for the verification and validation of greenhouse gas statements

5. Carbon Credit Price Index

While Hong Kong is still exploring the feasibility to have a platform for carbon trading exchange, the Company has made references to other international exchange platform or publicly available sources for the current market prices:

As of Country/Region Product(Quote) Individual exchange/ publicly available sources for reference:
27/1/2021 China CEA(RMB56.00 per tonne) Exchange: Shanghai Environmental and Energy Exchange https://www.cneeex.com/c/2022-01-27/491999.shtml

27/1/2022 Europe EUA Futures - Jan 22(EUR89.00 per contract) Exchange: Intercontinental Exchange https://www.theice.com/products/197/EUA-Futures/data?marketId=6817108

27/1/2022 California, US CBL California Carbon Allowance Vintage-Specific 2021 Feb 22(USD29.59 per contract) Exchange: New York Mercantile Exchange
https://tinyurl.com/2p97hrrf

30/9/2021 Australia Australian Carbon Credit Units(AUD26.50 per certificate) Source: Clean Energy Regulator, Australian Government
https://tinyurl.com/bddbrmyv

6. Hong Kong's Climate Action Plan 2050

The Government today (October 8) announced Hong Kong's Climate Action Plan 2050, setting out the vision of "Zero-carbon Emissions.Liveable City.Sustainable Development", and outlining the strategies and targets for combating climate change and achieving carbon neutrality.
< https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202110/08/P2021100800588.htm?fontSize=1 >

7. China's Carbon Dioxide Peaking 2030 and Carbon Neutrality 2060

The Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council on Oct 24 jointly released a document titled: Full Text: Working Guidance For Carbon Dioxide Peaking And Carbon Neutrality In Full And Faithful Implementation Of The New Development Philosophy ( www.gov.cn )
< https://tinyurl.com/yc59ycnb >


Copyright 2022 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.acnnewswire.comSynergy Group Holdings International Limited, stock code 1539.HK ("Synergy Group" or "The Group")(1) has successfully acquired verification statements of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions granted by CMA Testing and Certification Laboratories under CMA Industrial Development Foundation Limited (CMA Testing(2)).