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Rakuten Mobile is preparing to end its domestic roaming agreement with au (KDDI), which has allowed its customers to use au's network in areas beyond Rakuten's own 4G coverage. The company has published an updated area map covering the transition from October, showing where coverage will change once roaming stops. The move has drawn attention from users concerned about signal availability in rural and depopulated areas.

NIC MAP has launched Deal Intelligence, a new workspace designed to help screen and model acquisitions in the senior housing sector. The tool is aimed at investors and operators evaluating deals in a market where senior housing demand and transaction activity are drawing growing attention. Details on pricing and early customers were not included in the announcement.

10x Genomics has started shipping its Atera spatial biology platform, marking a commercial rollout of the new instrument. The system is designed to let researchers map gene activity within intact tissue, an area of growing interest in drug development and disease research. The company says deliveries to customers are now underway, though details on launch customers and pricing have not been given.