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SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks took a bumpy path to sole possession of first place in the NFC West. featured several special teams miscues, including a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by New York. On the flip side, the Seahawks got their second pick-6 in as many weeks and just enough production by Geno Smith and the offense. The Seahawks' uneven performance was characteristic of a season in which they started 3-0, then lost five of six before winning another three in a row to take command of their underachieving division. Seattle (7-5) leads Arizona by one game, with a matchup against the Cardinals looming next weekend. Zach Charbonnet gave Seattle its first lead of the day on an 8-yard touchdown run with 5:37 to go, and the Seahawks' defense capped another strong outing with a game-sealing stop on fourth down. After a sack by Leonard Williams gave the Jets a fourth-and-15 at the 34-yard line, Aaron Rodgers threw a desperation pass to Garrett Wilson that fell incomplete, giving Seattle the ball with 33 seconds left. What’s working Williams is on a tear. After losing out on NFC defensive player of the week honors last week to teammate Coby Bryant despite 2 1/2 sacks and four quarterback hits, “Big Cat” had an even better game. Williams finished with two sacks, three tackles for loss, a 92-yard interception return for a touchdown that was the longest pick-6 in NFL history by a defensive lineman, and a blocked extra point. The touchdown was the first of Williams’ career. He became since 1982 with multiple sacks, an interception return for a touchdown and a blocked kick in a game. Maybe this week the league will agree he was the NFC's best defender. What needs help The special teams could not have been much worse in the first half. The Seahawks fumbled three kickoffs, losing two, and allowed Kene Nwangwu's 99-yard kickoff return for a TD. Dee Williams fumbled on a kickoff in the first quarter to give New York the ball at the 27-yard line, and four plays later, Rodgers hit Isaiah Davis for a touchdown to give the Jets a 14-0 lead. Laviska Shenault Jr. muffed two kicks and fumbled at the Seattle 38-yard line in the second quarter. Seattle also had an extra point blocked. Stock up Smith led his third game-winning drive of the season and his 11th since he became Seattle’s starting quarterback in 2022. Facing the team that drafted him in 2013, Smith went 20 of 31 for 206 yards and a touchdown. For the first time in five weeks, he was not intercepted. The Seahawks trailed by 14 points on two occasions, but Smith brought Seattle back while avoiding the untimely picks that dogged him recently. He threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to A.J. Barner in the second quarter, and led the Seahawks on a go-ahead nine-play, 71-yard touchdown drive late in the fourth quarter. Stock down Coach Mike Macdonald and his staff have to address the problem with their kick returners, Shenault and Dee Williams. Two lost fumbles and several muffs could have easily cost Seattle the game. Injuries WR DK Metcalf left the game briefly with a knee issue but returned. ... P Michael Dickson was unavailable in the fourth quarter because of back spasms. Key number 38 — The Seahawks decided to go for it on fourth-and-6 at their own 33-yard line with 9:34 left in the game. A primary reason was that Dickson was unavailable to punt because of back spasms. The Jets were flagged for having 12 men on the field after sending a punt returner out, which gave Seattle fourth-and-1 at the 38. The Seahawks got a first down after Jets cornerback Quantez Stiggers was flagged for pass interference on Metcalf, and eight players later, Charbonnet scored to put Seattle ahead. Without going for it on fourth down from their own 38, the Seahawks likely would’ve lost. Up next The Seahawks will seek a season sweep of the Cardinals. ___ AP NFL: Shane Lantz, The Associated PressAmir’s visit to UK celebrates wonderful relations between two countries: London Lord MayorOptiSigns to Showcase Cutting-Edge Digital Signage Solutions at the Digital Signage Experience 2024 in Las Vegas
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NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN. THIS PRESS RELEASE IS AN ADVERTISEMENT AND NOT A PROSPECTUS WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION (EU) 2017/1129 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF JUNE 14, 2017 Press Release Atos SE announces the completion of the settlement and delivery of its €233 million rights issue Paris, France – December 10, 2024 - Following the announcement on December 2, 2024 by Atos SE (Euronext Paris : ATO) (the “ Company ” or “ Atos ”) of the results of its rights issue of 233 million euros (the “ Rights Issue ”), Atos announces today that it has completed the settlement and delivery of the Rights Issue and the admission of the new shares to trading on the regulated market of Euronext Paris (“ Euronext Paris ”). As a result, the Rights Issue was subscribed for a definitive total amount of €233,332,767.7659 (including issue premium), representing an issuance of 63,062,910,207 new shares (the “ New Shares ”) at a subscription price of €0.0037 per share (including, as a reminder, €0.0001 par value per share and €0.0036 issue premium), broken-down as follows: a subscription on an irreducible and reducible basis ( à titre irréductible et à titre réductible ) of 18,476,832,229 New Shares as part of the offering, for a total subscription amount of €68,364,279.2473, comprising: 15,443,618,322 New Shares subscribed on an irreducible basis ( à titre irréductible ), for a total subscription amount (including issue premium) of €57,141,387.7914; and 3,033,213,907 New Shares subscribed on a reducible basis ( à titre réductible ), for a total subscription amount (including issue premium) of €11,222,891.4559; This includes the New Shares subscribed by Philippe Salle, Chairman of the Board of Directors and future Chief Executive Officer of the Company, who subscribed, in accordance with his subscription commitment, 2,432,432,432 New Shares, representing a total amount of €9 million. a subscription of 44,586,077,978 New Shares as a result of the exercise of the backstop commitments, for a total subscription amount of €164,968,488.5186, comprising: 20,270,270,176 New Shares subscribed in cash by the participating bondholders (in proportion of their final commitment to finance the new preferred bond financings), in accordance with their subscription commitment under the first-rank subscription guarantee of the Rights Issue (the “ First-Rank Subscription Guarantee ”), corresponding to an amount (including issue premium) of approximately €75 million; and 24,315,807,802 New Shares subscribed by the participating creditors, in accordance with their subscription commitment under the second-rank subscription guarantee of the Rights Issue (the “ Second-Rank Subscription Guarantee ”), corresponding to an amount (including issue premium) of €89,968,488.8674, by equitization of an equivalent portion of the unsecured debt they held in proportion of their definitive participation in the new secured financings and the First-Rank Subscription Guarantee. The total number of New Shares issued in the context of the Rights Issue has been slightly adjusted compared to the total number of new shares mentioned in the Company’s press release of December 2, 2024, in order to take into account the existence of fractional shares in the allocation of New Shares among the participating creditors as part of the implementation of the First-Rank Subscription Guarantee and the Second-Rank Subscription Guarantee in accordance with the accelerated safeguard plan of Atos approved by the specialised Commercial Court of Nanterre on October 24, 2024 (the “ Accelerated Safeguard Plan ”). 63,062,910,207 New Shares have been issued (i.e. a reduction of 198 shares compared to the total number of 63,062,910,405 New Shares mentioned in the December 2, 2024 press release). Consequently, the final total amount (including issue premium) of the Rights Issue is €233,332,767.7659 (i.e. a reduction of €0.7326 compared to the total amount of €233,332,768.4985 mentioned in the December 2, 2024 press release). The New Shares are of the same class as the Company’s existing ordinary shares and are subject to all the provisions of the Company’s bylaws. They carry all rights attached and are entitled, as from their issue date, to all distributions decided by the Company as from that date. They are immediately assimilated with existing shares of the Company already traded on Euronext Paris and are tradable, as from this date, on the same trading line under the same ISIN code FR0000051732. Impact of the Rights Issue on the Atos’s Shareholding structure As a result of the completion of the Rights Issue, the Company’s share capital now amounts to €6,317,504.70 and is comprised of 63,175,046,985 shares with a par value of €0.0001 each. Based on public information available to date, the allocation of the share capital of the Company following the Rights Issue is set out as below: Implementation of the financial restructuring plan will result in a massive issue of new shares and a substantial dilution of Atos existing shareholders that could have a very unfavorable impact on the market price of the share As mentioned by the Company in its press release of December 2, 2024, post completion of the Rights Issue, the new shares subscribed by the creditors, as a consequence of the exercise of the backstop, represent c. 70.6% of total shares, corresponding to a substantial dilution of the existing shareholders. In light of the recent volatility on the Atos stock, it is reminded that a massive number of new shares should still be issued and the existing shareholders will suffer from a substantial dilution of their stake in the Company’s share capital as a result of the future reserved capital increases corresponding to the equitization of c. €3 billion of old debt and the exercise of the warrants, resulting in a c. 90.8% ownership by creditors. As some creditors of the Company, who have not supported or voted in favor of the Accelerated Safeguard Plan, will become holders of new shares, a significant number of shares could be traded rapidly at the moment of the completion of the financial restructuring capital increases, or such trades could be anticipated by the market, which could have an unfavorable impact on the market price of the share. Availability of the Prospectus The Rights Issue was subject to a Prospectus approved by the AMF under number 24-474 on 7 November 2024 (the “ Prospectus ”), consisting of: (i) Atos’ 2023 universal registration document filed with the AMF on May 24, 2024 under number D.24-0429, (ii) the amendment to the 2023 universal registration document filed with the AMF on 7 November 2024 under number D.24-0429-A01 (the “ Amendment ”), (iii) a securities note (including the Prospectus summary) dated November 7, 2024 (the “ Securities Note ”), and (iv) a supplement to the Prospectus approved by the AMF under number 24-501 dated 25 November 2024 (the “ Supplement ”). Copies of the Prospectus and the Supplement are available free of charge at Atos' registered office (River Ouest – 80 Quai Voltaire – 95870 Bezons) and available on the websites of Atos (www.atos.net) as well as on the website of the AMF (www.amf-france.org). Risk Factors Investors’ attention is drawn to the risk relating to Atos described in paragraph 7.2 “ Risk Factors ” of the 2023 Atos Universal Registration Document, as updated by Chapter 2 “ Risk Factors ” of the Amendment and Chapter 1.2 of the Supplement, the risk factors relating to the Rights Issue or the New Shares mentioned in section 2 “ Risk Factors ” of the Securities Note, as updated by Chapter 3.1 of the Supplement, before making any investment decision. * Atos SE confirms that information that could be qualified as inside information within the meaning of Regulation No. 596/2014 of 16 April 2014 on market abuse and that may have been given on a confidential basis to its financial creditors has been published to the market, either in the past or in the context of this press release, with the aim of reestablishing equal access to information relating to the Atos Group between the investors. * *** Disclaimer This document must not be published, released or distributed, directly or indirectly, in the United States, Canada, Japan or Australia. This press release and the information contained herein do not constitute an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of ordinary shares in any State or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The distribution of this press release may, in certain jurisdictions, be restricted by local legislations. Persons into whose possession this press release comes are required to inform themselves about and to observe any such potential local restrictions. This press release is an advertisement and not a prospectus within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017, as amended (the “Prospectus Regulation”). Potential investors are advised to read the Prospectus before making an investment decision in order to fully understand the potential risks and rewards associated with the decision to invest in the securities. The approval of the prospectus by the AMF should not be understood as an endorsement of the securities offered or admitted to trading on a regulated market. With respect to each Member State of the European Economic Area (other than France) and the United Kingdom (a “Relevant State”), no action has been undertaken or will be undertaken to make an offer to the public of securities requiring the publication of a prospectus in any Relevant State. As a result, the securities may and will be offered in any Relevant State only (i) to qualified investors within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation, for any investor in a Member State of the European Economic Area, or Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as part of national law under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the “UK Prospectus Regulation”), for any investor in the United Kingdom, (ii) to fewer than 150 individuals or legal entities (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Regulation or the UK Prospectus Regulation, as the case may be), or (iii) in accordance with the exemptions set forth in Article 1 (4) of the Prospectus Regulation or under any other circumstances which do not require the publication by Atos of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Regulation, of the UK Prospectus Regulation and/or to applicable regulations of that Relevant State. The distribution of this press release has not been made, and has not been approved, by an “authorised person” within the meaning of Article 21(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. As a consequence, this press release is only being distributed to, and is only directed at, persons in the United Kingdom that (i) are “investment professionals” falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended, the “Order”), (ii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) (“high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.”) of the Order, or (iii) are persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Article 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) in connection with the issue or sale of any securities may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as “Relevant Persons”). Any investment or investment activity to which this press release relates is available only to Relevant Persons and will be engaged in only with Relevant Persons. Any person who is not a Relevant Person should not act or rely on this press release or any of its contents. This press release is not an offer of securities for sale nor the solicitation of an offer to purchase securities in the United States or any other jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is not authorised or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under or pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Atos does not intend to register any portion of the planned offer in the United States or to conduct a public offering of securities in the United States. Forward-looking information This press release contains “forward-looking statements”, including statements regarding the future prospects and development of the Atos Group. All statements other than statements of historical data included in this press release, including, without limitation, statements regarding Atos’ financial condition, business strategy, plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of the future or conditional tense, or forward-looking terminology such as “consider”, “envisage”, “think”, “aim”, “expect”, “intend”, “should”, “aim”, “estimate”, “believe”, “wish”, “may” or, where appropriate, the negative of these terms, or any other similar variants or expressions. This information is not historical data and should not be construed as a guarantee that the facts and data stated will occur. These forward-looking statements are based on data, assumptions and estimates considered reasonable by Atos. These forward-looking statements are based on data, assumptions and estimates considered reasonable by Atos. They may change or be modified as a result of uncertainties linked in particular to the economic, financial, competitive and regulatory environment. In addition, the materialization of certain risks described in section 7.2 “Risk factors” of Atos’ 2023 universal registration document, as updated by chapter 2 “Risk factors” of the amendment to Atos’ 2023 universal registration document and Chapter 1.2 of the Supplement to the Prospectus approved by the AMF under number 24-501 dated 25 November 2024, and in section 2 “Risk factors” of the securities note, as updated by Chapter 3.1 of the Supplement, is likely to have a material adverse effect on Atos’ business, financial condition and results and its ability to achieve its objectives. All forward-looking statements included in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release. Except as required by applicable law or regulation, Atos undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement contained in this press release to reflect any change in Atos’ objectives or in the events, conditions or circumstances on which any forward-looking statement is based, and disclaims any intention or obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Atos’ past performance should not be taken as a guide to future performance. About Atos Atos is a global leader in digital transformation with circa 82,000 employees and annual revenue of circa €10 billion. European number one in cybersecurity, cloud and high-performance computing, the Group provides tailored end-to-end solutions for all industries in 69 countries. A pioneer in decarbonization services and products, Atos is committed to a secure and decarbonized digital for its clients. Atos is a SE ( Societas Europaea ) and listed on Euronext Paris. The purpose of Atos is to help design the future of the information space. Its expertise and services support the development of knowledge, education and research in a multicultural approach and contribute to the development of scientific and technological excellence. Across the world, the Group enables its customers and employees, and members of societies at large to live, work and develop sustainably, in a safe and secure information space. Contacts Investor relations: David Pierre-Kahn | investors@atos.net | +33 6 28 51 45 96 Sofiane El Amri | investors@atos.net | +33 6 29 34 85 67 Individual shareholders: 0805 65 00 75 Press contact: globalprteam@atos.net 1 Percentages of voting rights are calculated in relation to the number of voting rights exercisable at a General Meeting, i.e. the number of theoretical voting rights less shares deprived of voting rights, such as treasury shares. 2 For indicative purposes only and pending publication of the declarations of legal thresholds’ crossings, it is anticipated that on the settlement-delivery date of the Rights Issue, (i) the funds managed by D.E. Shaw hold 9.95% of the Company's share capital and voting rights (it being specified that, in addition, under the mechanism provided for in the Accelerated Safeguard Plan and described in the amendment to the 2023 universal registration document filed with the AMF on November 7, 2024 under number D.24-0429-A01, the plan supervisor ( commissaire à l'exécution du plan ) will hold 1.26% of the Company’s share capital and voting rights until such time as the percentage held by the funds managed by D.E. Shaw no longer requires regulatory approval or they obtain the necessary regulatory approvals to cross the 10% threshold, as the case may be), (ii) the funds managed by Boussard & Gavaudan hold 5.74% of the Company’s share capital and voting rights and (iii) the funds managed by Tresidor hold 5.02% of the Company’s share capital and voting rights. 3 Information on employee share ownership is given as at 30 November 2024. 4 Information concerning the shareholding of the members of the Board of Directors is given on the basis of the information known to the Company as at 10 December 2024. As a reminder, Mr Philippe Salle, Chairman of the Board of Directors, participated in Atos’ Rights Issue by subscribing to 2,432,432,432 New Shares for a total amount of €9 million, in accordance with his subscription commitment. 5 The “Others” category includes all shareholders holding less than 5% of the share capital and voting rights and not included in the “Participating creditors”, “Employees”, “Board of Directors” and “Treasury shares” categories. Attachment PR - Atos - Settlement and delivery of the rights issue - 10 December 2024The 3 Best Alternative Assets by Returns
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26 November 2024 Remote sensing company Proveye has been awarded a second contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) under the ARTES Business Applications and Space Solutions Programme. The contract valued at just under €900,000 will enable Proveye to further develop its pioneering platform that integrates satellite and drone image processing and AI technologies for high-precision, metric-based measurement and monitoring of land use, carbon sequestration and biodiversity in the world’s grasslands. According to the Rangeland Atlas 54% of the world’s land surface is covered by grass, shrubs or sparse, hardy vegetation storing over 20% of the Earth’s soil carbon as well as playing a key role in global food production. The world’s grasslands are seen by many to be an undervalued source of climate resilience and food production primarily, due to difficulty of measuring and monitoring at vast scales. By combining cutting-edge technology, the Proveye platform delivers stakeholders in nature-based solutions and regenerative grazing, such as farmers, project owners, buyers of carbon credits, natural capital investors, food processors and insurance firms, the trusted data to confirm and deliver on claimed activities and targets to create high-integrity nature-based credits. Proveye, headquartered at NovaUCD in Dublin, was founded by CEO Jerome O’Connell and Prof Nick Holden as spin-out from University College Dublin. “This contract with ESA marks a significant milestone in our mission to help deliver nature-based solutions that drive climate resilience and sustainable food production,” said O’Connell. “We are excited to build on our previous success with ESA and continue advancing our technology to support the pressing need to produce more food in a more sustainable manner. Grassland ecosystems are under significant pressure from climate change and intensive agriculture. Our platform empowers farmers to manage grasslands more efficiently, give actionable insights to project owners and provide investors and corporates with empirical evidence on the impact of their nature capital investments.” He added: “Frequent and accurate metrics are critical to the widespread adoption of nature-based solutions and given the lack of significant financial commitments being secured at COP29 highlights even more the pressing need for platforms such as ours to give investors the assurance of impact on their investments.” TechCentral Reporters Read More: ProvEye start-upsA wild first season of the expanded Big 12 is down to what should be a chaotic final weekend. Through all the upsets, unexpected rises and falls, there are nine teams still in the mix to play in the conference championship game. No. 14 Arizona State and No. 17 Iowa State have the best odds, yet a multitude of scenarios could play out — 256 to be exact. There's even the possibility of an eight-team tie. It may take a mathematician to figure out which teams are in the Dec. 7 game in Arlington, Texas — even for the ones who win. Travis Hunter, Colorado. The Buffaloes' two-way star has excelled on both sides of the field, making him one of the favorites to win the Heisman Trophy. Cam Skattebo, Arizona State. The senior running back can do a little of everything, but excels at punishing would-be tacklers. He's one of the nation's leaders in yards after contact and the focal point of the Sun Devils' offense. Shadeur Sanders, Colorado. If it weren't for Hunter, Sanders might be the Heisman favorite. The son of coach Deion Sanders, Shedeur is fifth nationally with 3,488 yards passing and has been a big part of the Buffaloes' turnaround. DJ Giddens, Kansas State. The Wildcats' running back is one of the nation's most versatile players. He is ninth nationally with 1,271 rushing yards and has added 21 receptions for 258 yards. Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona. 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He confirmed that Thomas Brown, who a month ago was passing game coordinator before replacing Shane Waldron as offensive coordinator, will serve as interim head coach and shift from the press box to the sideline starting this week. Warren did not say whether Brown would automatically receive an interview for the full-time coaching position, which he said "will be the most coveted head coaching job in the National Football League." Poles said consideration will be given to candidates with the plan to develop rookie No. 1 pick Caleb Williams, but there are no set plans to involve the quarterback in the interview process. He said the Bears showed great progress through two seasons but couldn't sustain growth. "At the end of the day, we just came up short too many times," Poles said of firing Eberflus, his pick to be the Bears' head coach in January 2022. Brown promoted wide receivers coach Chris Beatty to interim offensive coordinator on Monday and announced that defensive coordinator Eric Washington will be the defensive play caller, a role Eberflus previously held. Trailing 23-20 on Thanksgiving Day, the Bears were within field-goal range when quarterback Caleb Williams was sacked. With 32 seconds remaining, Eberflus elected not to use his final timeout as Williams heaved an incompletion down the right sideline as time expired. "When you look at the end-of-the-game situations, detailing to finish in some of those moments. We all know a lot of games come down to those critical moments where we weren't able to get over the hump," Poles said. Eberflus said after the game that everything was handled properly and held a press conference via Zoom on Friday voicing confidence he'd have the team ready to play the 49ers this week. But three hours later, he was fired. Warren admitted the franchise could've handled the timing better, but clarified there was no decision on Eberflus' status at the time of his media session. "The decision was made to terminate the employment of head coach Matt Eberflus," Warren said 72 hours later. "We try to do everything in a professional manner. That decision was made on Friday." "Coach Eberflus had his press conference, we had not made a final decision. I think you know me, you know Ryan you know George McCaskey. One thing we stand for is family, integrity, doing it the right way. In retrospect, could we have done it better? Absolutely." Eberflus, 54, went 14-32 in two-plus seasons. The Bears (4-8) travel to San Francisco (5-7) in Week 1. --Field Level MediaNEW YORK (AP) — It’s almost that time of year: Spotify is gearing up to release its annual Wrapped, personalized recaps of users' listening habits and year in audio. Spotify has been giving its listeners breakdowns of their data since 2016. And each year, it’s become a bigger production — and internet sensation. Spotify said its 2023 Wrapped was the “biggest ever created,” in terms of audience reach and the kind of data it provided. So, what will 2024 have in store? Here’s a look at what to know ahead of this year’s Spotify Wrapped. It’s the streaming service's annual overview of individual listening trends, as well as trends around the world. Users learn their top artists, songs, genres, albums and podcasts, all wrapped into one interactive presentation. The campaign has become a social media sensation, as people share and compare their Wrapped data with their friends and followers online. Past iterations have provided users with all kinds of breakdowns and facts, including whether they’re among an artist’s top listeners, as well as a personalized playlist of their top 100 songs of that year to save, share and listen to whenever they’re feeling nostalgic. Spotify also creates a series of playlists that reflect national and global listening trends, featuring the top streamed artists and songs. In 2023, Taylor Swift was Spotify's most streamed artist , unseating Bad Bunny who had held the title for three years in a row. Each year has something new in store. In 2019, Wrapped included a summary of users’ streaming trends for the entire decade. Last year, Spotify matched listeners to a Sound Town based on their artist affinities and how it lined up with those in other parts of the world. So far, the streaming platform has kept the highly anticipated release date of Wrapped under ... er, wraps. In past years, it’s been released after Thanksgiving, between Nov. 30 and Dec. 6. Each year, rumors tend to swell on social media around when Spotify stops collecting data in order to prepare their Wrapped results, and this year was no exception. Spotify quickly squashed those presumptions , assuring on social media that “Spotify Wrapped doesn’t stop counting on October 31st.” A representative for Spotify did not respond to a request for comment on when the company stops tracking data for Wrapped. When Wrapped is released, each user's Spotify account will prompt them to view their interactive data roundup. It can be accessed through the Spotify smartphone app, or by logging on to the Spotify website . Wrapped is available to users with and without Premium subscriptions. There are a handful of third-party sites that you can connect your Spotify account to that will analyze your Wrapped data. How Bad is Your Spotify is an AI bot that judges your music taste. Receiptify gives you your top songs on a sharable graphic that looks like, yes, a receipt. Instafest gives you your own personal music festival-style lineup based on your top artists. How NPRCore Are You assesses how similar your music taste is to NPR Music's. Other major streaming platforms such as Apple Music and YouTube Music have developed their own versions of Wrapped in recent years. Apple Music’s Replay not only gives its subscribers a year-end digest of their listening habits but monthly summaries as well — a feature that helps differentiate itself from the one-time Spotify recap. That's released at the end of the calendar year. YouTube Music, meanwhile, has a similar end-of-the-year release for its listeners, as well as periodic seasonal releases throughout the year. It released its annual Recap for users earlier this month.There’s never been a better time to get into a handheld gaming PC, and that’s all the more true with Best Buy’s Cyber Monday sale because the 1TB model of the Lenovo Legion Go is on sale for $200 off. If you had to pay the full price for this handheld, you’d be looking at $749.99. However, Best Buy has discounted it for Cyber Monday and that means you can pick it up for $549.99. This is a Cyber Monday-only deal, and Best Buy says it ends by midnight. So if you have been in the market handheld gaming PC, consider this in addition to other options. The ASUS ROG Ally X for example, is also currently on sale for Cyber Monday. What makes the Lenovo Legion Go so special compared to other handhelds is its removable controllers. These attach and detach very similar to the Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers. The right controller for the Legion Go also comes with a desk mount that turns it into a vertical mouse. If you play a lot of first-person or third-person shooter games, then this feature is pretty awesome. There’s a sensor on the bottom of the right controller that moves your weapon cursor around just like a mouse would. Alleviating any need to aim with the right thumbstick. The Legion Go also has a large 8.8-inch display. Most of the other handhelds have displays that are 7 inches and under. So there’s a nice advantage with the display size here. The display also has a 144Hz refresh rate, and it has 16GB of RAM, while being powered by the AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme chipset. Performance-wise, you can expect it to work like the ROG Ally and ROG Ally X. There are also a few remappable buttons, as well a few ports for charging, headphones, and the microSD card slot. Buy at Best Buy
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Chipotle reveals chain considering price increases on 3 beloved menu items – and fans are already boycottingWild first season in expanded Big 12 comes down to final weekendMILWAUKEE, Wis., Dec. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enerpac Tool Group Corp. (NYSE: EPAC) announced today that it will release its first quarter fiscal 2025 earnings after the market closes on Wednesday, December 18, 2024. Management will conduct a conference call to discuss the results on Thursday, December 19, 2024, beginning at 8:30 a.m. ET / 7:30 a.m. CT. A real-time webcast of the conference call can be accessed via the Investors section of the Company’s website here . For those who are unavailable to listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available shortly after the call for 90 days. About Enerpac Tool Group Enerpac Tool Group Corp. is a premier industrial tools, services, technology and solutions provider serving a broad and diverse set of customers in more than 100 countries. The Company makes complex, often hazardous jobs possible safely and efficiently. Enerpac Tool Group’s businesses are global leaders in high pressure hydraulic tools, controlled force products, and solutions for precise positioning of heavy loads that help customers safely and reliably tackle some of the most challenging jobs around the world. The Company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Enerpac Tool Group common stock trades on the NYSE under the symbol EPAC. For further information on Enerpac Tool Group and its businesses, visit the Company's website at www.enerpactoolgroup.com . Contact: Travis Williams Senior Director, Investor Relations 262.293.1913