Angel Studios, headquartered in Provo, Utah, has announced Sound of Freedom is the #1 movie in America, as measured by total ticket sales (direct box office and Pay it Forward combined) on its opening day, Tuesday, July 4th. Starring Jim Caviezel, Mira Sorvino and Bill Camp, Sound of Freedom received
by Mark Tullis
One hundred fifty years ago, on July 5, 1873, Zion’s Savings Bank and Trust Company was incorporated under the laws of the Utah Territory with a capital stock of $200,000. Four days earlier, Brigham Young had called together a group of twelve of the leading citizens of the
by Mark Tullis
As the financial industry grapples with increasing fraud attempts and ongoing threats to their customer's valuable financial and personal data, community financial institutions (CFIs) are turning to modern technologies such as Video Banking and real-time photo ID verification, in addition to adopting multi-factor authentication (MFA). These measures aim
by Mark Tullis
Weber State University engineering students recently demonstrated their senior capstone projects to U.S. Space Command official Thomas A. Lockhart (pictured in red tie) as he toured WSU’s new Miller Advanced Research & Solutions Center in Clearfield, Utah. Lockhart, who started his career as a design engineer at Hill
by Mark Tullis
Angel Studios has announced that the independent film Sound of Freedom has topped $10M in pre-sales, two days ahead of its US/Canada theatrical release—an impressive figure for a non-major-studio movie covering a difficult adult subject: child abduction and sex trafficking. The film opens on July 3 for evening
by Mark Tullis
Overstock.com has announced it has acquired the brand, URL and certain intellectual property assets of struggling Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. under a supervised Bankruptcy Court process. These assets include the Bed Bath & Beyond website and domain names, trademarks, trade names, patents, customer database, loyalty program data and
by Mark Tullis
RevRoad has announced it has raised over $15 million in funding from private investors whose names have not been disclosed. Co-founded in 2017 by Derrin Hill, Amy Caldwell, Bruce Hassler, A.J. Rounds, Jason Caldwell, and Bart Skalla, RevRoad is a venture services firm based in Provo, Utah. The company
by Mark Tullis
Converus announced it has launched VerifEye, a "truth verification" app that can be used in security screening contexts to detect deception. Like Converus' previous EyeDetect technology, VerifEye does so by measuring participants' ocular-motor responses (i.e., changes to involuntary eye behavior, most notably pupil dilation) while
by Mark Tullis