Maya

• But too often, people, processes, and data are siloed due to software and file incompatibility, resulting in inefficient workflows.
• "Extending Autodesk's cloud and desktop solutions with Nemetschek interoperability is a huge step towards optimizing our customers' workflows and helping them generate better project outcomes."
• "Supporting openBIM, interoperability, and open industry standards is deeply rooted in the Nemetschek Group's DNA," said Marc Nézet, Chief Strategy Officer of the Nemetschek Group.
• This will enable the two companies to improve upon existing data exchanges and open new data-centric workflows that span disciplines and industries.

• “What better way to mark International Women’s Day than to welcome two accomplished women to our Board?
• EnterpriseAlumni is the only technology company in the world to have raised money at scale while ensuring a gender balanced shareholder community.
• “I am delighted to be joining Emma and her team as a Non-Executive Director of EnterpriseAlumni.
• I am looking forward to contributing to the next phase of the EnterpriseAlumni journey both as the board chairperson and as an investor because I believe strongly in this mission."

• Using computer vision and AI, Polycam is building powerful tools for 3D creation and editing that enable anyone to easily make photorealistic 3D assets.
• We are democratizing 3D creation by building Polycam from the ground-up to be AI-first, cloud-first, and collaboration-first."
• So far, Polycam users have made over 20M 3D models , performed over 50M 3D edits, and generated over 3M PBR textures.
• We are confident that Polycam will continue to push the 3D market forward ahead of its peers, democratizing access for a new generation of 3D creators."

• Deaf actress Alaqua Cox plays the eponymous superhero, a character she already portrayed in the Hawkeye series in 2021.
• The uppercase “Deaf” refers to deaf people who share a language, identity and culture.
• It is important that Deaf actors play Deaf characters in TV and film so that audiences engage with authentic depictions of disability.
• They learn ASL at school or college or through Deaf friends, because visual communication is important for Deaf people’s cognitive and social development.
• There, she enrols in martial arts classes and begins developing some of the skills that will define her as a superhero.

Nuanced characters

• Daredevil (who has a Marvel television series of his own) is a blind lawyer and superhero with super-human senses due to an accident involving radioactive chemicals.
• In the series, Maya is at one point called on to fight against a rival gang.
• Unexpectedly, Daredevil (Charlie Cox) intervenes and gets into a fight with Maya.
• Superheroes with a disability are rarely portrayed in comic books and this scene in the series marks a positive step towards inclusive representation.

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Kevin Buckle does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.