A roundup of the most newsworthy tech announcements from PR Newswire this week, including EchoStar and SpaceX's commercial agreement, the launch of Lilly's TuneLab, and a survey on AI-driven shopping trends.

NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 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.

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1. EchoStar Announces Spectrum Sale and Commercial Agreement with SpaceX
   EchoStar has entered into a definitive agreement with SpaceX to sell the company's AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses. SpaceX and EchoStar will enter into a long-term commercial agreement, which will enable EchoStar's Boost Mobile subscribers – through its cloud-native 5G core – to access SpaceX's next generation Starlink Direct to Cell service.
2. Major Commercial Vehicle OEM Selects Innoviz Technologies for Future Series Production of Level 4 Autonomous Trucks
   Innoviz Technologies Ltd. a leading Tier-1 direct supplier of high-performance, automotive-grade LiDAR sensor platforms and complementary software stacks, has been selected as a future series production supplier by a major commercial vehicle OEM to supply advanced LiDAR units for SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) Level 4 autonomous class-8 semi-trucks.
3. Kroll and StepStone Group Launch Private Credit Benchmarks
   The private credit Benchmarks are a result of an industry-first collaboration, built using loan-level data and information from more than 15,000 deals. The Benchmarks deliver more timely, reliable and actionable insights, on an anonymized basis, which are essential to the accelerated growth of private investment markets.
4. Mitsubishi Electric to Acquire Nozomi Networks to Improve Industrial Cyber Defenses and Power Operational Transformation
   Upon close, Nozomi Networks will be a wholly owned subsidiary, operating independently of Mitsubishi Electric. This acquisition accelerates Nozomi's industrial cybersecurity innovation while maintaining the company's heterogeneous approach to supporting customers and partners.
5. Broadridge Acquires Retirement Plan Technology Provider iJoin
   "With increasing demand for personalization, growing interest in lifetime income options, and the convergence of retirement and wealth management, there is a greater need for advanced tools and technology to enable record keepers, plan advisors, asset managers, and insurers to deliver plan participants better onboarding experiences, education and advice," said Mike Tae, Group President of Funds, Issuer, and Data-driven Solutions, Broadridge.
6. Trackonomy Acquires InPlay: Powering the Smart Label Ecosystem
   Trackonomy announced its acquisition of InPlay, a pioneering developer of next-generation Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) chip technology, with applications spanning healthcare, gaming, logistics, and broader wireless IoTmarkets.
7. Lilly launches TuneLab platform to give biotechnology companies access to AI-enabled drug discovery models built through over $1 billion in research investment
   Eli Lilly and Company announced the launch of Lilly TuneLab, an artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) platform that provides biotech companies access to drug discovery models trained on years of Lilly's research data. Lilly estimates that this first release of AI models includes proprietary data obtained at a cost of over $1 billion.
8. New Workday Global Research: Stalled Career Growth Is Driving Top Talent to Quit
   Workday, Inc. released the next iteration of its Global Workforce Report, which uncovers a talent crisis building inside organizations. While employment statistics point to a cooling labor market, Workday data shows a different kind of pressure building inside companies: a continued exodus of top performers, stalled career mobility, and AI strategies that leave employees feeling disconnected.
9. Survey: AI and Agentic Commerce Gain Ground, But Adoption Hinges on Savings and Consumer Protections
   The report highlights how economic uncertainty - and advancements in AI-driven shopping - along with agentic commerce are transforming customer behavior. The 2025 survey found that consumers are hunting for value more than ever before. In fact, deal-hunting has become central to 2025's value-driven shopping strategies.

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