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Swimlane Sets New SecOps Paradigm with Hero AI and the World's First Ultra-Simple Automation Builder

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Swimlane, automation for the entire security organization, today announced its new Turbine innovations, Canvas and Hero Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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  • Swimlane, automation for the entire security organization, today announced its new Turbine innovations, Canvas and Hero Artificial Intelligence (AI).
  • “There is no such thing as ‘good enough’ automation when it comes to effective security operations,” said James Brear, CEO of Swimlane .
  • “Swimlane places humans at the heart of automation,” said Cody Cornell, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Swimlane.
  • Hero AI , Swimlane’s collection of AI-enabled innovations, enhances the automation solutions available for the Swimlane Turbine platform.

Arbitrum One Integrates Chainlink Functions on Mainnet

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Chainlink, the industry-standard decentralized computing platform, and Arbitrum, the most widely used layer 2 scaling solution suite for Ethereum dApp development, have today announced the mainnet beta release of Chainlink Functions, now live on Arbitrum One mainnet.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Chainlink , the industry-standard decentralized computing platform, and Arbitrum , the most widely used layer 2 scaling solution suite for Ethereum dApp development, have today announced the mainnet beta release of Chainlink Functions , now live on Arbitrum One mainnet.
  • Chainlink Functions acts as a decentralized compute runtime that's useful to test, simulate, and run custom offchain logic for Web3 apps.
  • "Chainlink Functions will streamline the experience for Arbitrum developers as they can easily connect to Web2 data and experience low-cost computation."
  • Developers access the Functions documentation , experiment with the Chainlink Functions Playground , and create a subscription to get started.

Blue Ocean Technologies Selects MEMX As Technology Partner to Power Blue Ocean ATS

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Ocean Technologies, LLC (BOT), a unique capital markets fintech leader in global afterhours trading, and MEMX, a market operator founded by a diverse group of participants to benefit all investors, announced today they have reached an agreement for a technology partnership. As part of the arrangement, MEMX will provide BOT its sophisticated market-as-a-service trading system to operate the Blue Ocean ATS global trading platform. The technology will be implemented by the end of Q1 2024.

Key Points: 
  • As part of the arrangement, MEMX will provide BOT its sophisticated market-as-a-service trading system to operate the Blue Ocean ATS global trading platform.
  • Matthew Horisk, Chief Information and Operating Officer of Blue Ocean Technologies, commented, "As we continue our global trading evolution, we are delighted to see the Blue Ocean electronic trading mission adopted across borders.
  • "We are delighted to have been selected as Blue Ocean's technology partner," said MEMX's CEO Jonathan Kellner.
  • With partnerships in South Korea, Hong Kong, and Japan, Blue Ocean is focused on empowering international investors seeking broader access to US equities.

NASA Welcomes Belgium as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

"Congratulations to Belgium on becoming the newest member of the Artemis Accords family," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.

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  • "Congratulations to Belgium on becoming the newest member of the Artemis Accords family," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
  • As the 34th signatory of the Artemis Accords, Belgium is showing great leadership in committing to responsible exploration in the 21st century."
  • NASA, in coordination with the U.S. Department of State, established the Artemis Accords in 2020 together with seven other original signatories .
  • Since then, the Accords signatories have held focused discussions on how best to implement the Artemis Accords principles.

U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation Partners With Linux Foundation Energy to Improve Reliability and Interoperability of EV Charging Nationally

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Monday, January 22, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- LF Energy is partnering with the U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation (Joint Office) to build an open source reference implementation for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. LF Energy's EVerest project will develop and maintain an open source software stack for energy communications across charging stations, vehicles, generation resources, batteries, adjacent chargers, power grids, backend payment systems, user interfaces, and mobile devices. This will reduce instances of incompatibility that result from proprietary systems and make charging more reliable for EV drivers.

Key Points: 
  • This will reduce instances of incompatibility that result from proprietary systems and make charging more reliable for EV drivers.
  • Reliable charging is key to ensuring that anyone can confidently choose to ride or drive electric.
  • Reliability and interoperability issues often stem from a lack of standardization that can impede  communications between the vehicle and charger, or payment processing.
  • LF Energy EVerest is an open source modular framework for EV charging, consisting of multiple modules which can be configured and customized for any necessary use case.

Blueprint Prep Launches Free LSAT Prep Program Ahead of the 2024 LSAT Changes

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Blueprint Prep , a leading LSAT prep company, has announced the launch of a new program aimed at helping students navigate the changes coming to the LSAT in 2024.

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  • LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Blueprint Prep , a leading LSAT prep company, has announced the launch of a new program aimed at helping students navigate the changes coming to the LSAT in 2024.
  • Beginning in August 2024, the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) is removing the Analytical Reasoning (also known as Logic Games) Section from the LSAT.
  • However, according to a recent Blueprint Prep poll, 80% of respondents expressed their intention to take the LSAT before the LSAC removes Logic Games from the exam.
  • Students who wish to take advantage of this program must enroll in a Blueprint LSAT Live or 170+ Course to prepare for the 2024 April or June LSAT by April 15, 2024.

Wheat Pool 2.0: The time might be ripe for a revival of Prairie co-ops

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, the once-mighty agricultural co-operative that became Viterra, is remembered by its iconic, but decaying, grain elevators that still dot much of the province’s rural landscape.

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  • The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, the once-mighty agricultural co-operative that became Viterra, is remembered by its iconic, but decaying, grain elevators that still dot much of the province’s rural landscape.
  • Others come only after a raw, hard struggle, a grim rancher straining to pull the calf from a desperate cow.
  • Others come only after a raw, hard struggle, a grim rancher straining to pull the calf from a desperate cow.
  • Bunge, headquartered in Missouri, wants more of it; the wheat pool founders, based all over the province, wanted some of it.

Increasingly consolidated industry

  • The top five companies already control 90 per cent of the global grain trade; six of them sell 70 per cent of all agrochemicals and four of those also sell 60 per cent of all the seed.
  • Farmers owing money on contracts they were unable to fulfill because of events out of their control.

The view from Australia

  • To get a glimpse into what was lost when the Wheat Pool became Viterra, we can look to Australia.
  • Like Canada, farmers in Australia no longer have a national wheat marketing board.
  • Unlike in Canada, however, Australian farmers held on to their co-operative grain handling company, Co-operative Bulk Handling (CBH).


As a result, CBH says average post-farmgate costs for its members are 15 per cent lower than for Australian farmers who rely on multinational corporations — including companies like Bunge and Viterra — for storage, movement, marketing and export. Through CBH, Australian farmers don’t just have a powerful corporate entity looking out for their financial interests, but a company that can help them navigate government lobbying and relationships with agricultural input providers and their growing arsenal of data being used to power artificial intelligence applications.

Co-operative green shoots

  • While there are places in rural Prairies Canada that are prospering — especially those proximate to urban centres — the long-term trends remain.
  • But while perhaps dormant, the co-operative impulse is not gone and may indeed be ripe for a reawakening.
  • He is a fourth-generation farmer, small-business owner and director on the board of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan.


Marc-Andre Pigeon receives funding from the co-operative and credit union sectors as well as funding from government funding bodies for his research into co-operatives and credit unions. Natalie Kallio receives funding from the co-operative and credit union sectors as well as from government funding bodies for research into co-operatives.

Locofy.ai's Accelerates Web Design-To-Code with AI as It Pioneers Large Design Models

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Large Design Models, created in-house by Locofy.ai, can be used to turn designs into rich code, saving developer time. Locofy.ai announces the launch of Locofy Lightning, accelerating the design-to-code transformation.

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  • In a significant stride for frontend web development, Singapore-headquartered Locofy.ai has announced the launch of their Large Design Models (LDMs) and a new product, Locofy Lightning, which uses their LDMs to provide a pioneering 1-click technology that converts Figma designs into web frontend code.
  • Leveraging Locofy's Large Design Models (LDMs) built in-house, Locofy Lightning will save developers up to 80% of the time it takes to code the user interface from scratch.
  • At the heart of Locofy Lightning lies a technology stack built in house, particularly the use of Large Design Models (LDMs).
  • The beta release for Figma to web frontend is available as of 16 January 2024, with a 1-click solution for mobile apps on the horizon.

Aquatech BM: $1.7M for the circular economy

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Since 2007, Aquatech BM has been helping companies in over 80 countries around the world to implement container recovery and disinfection systems.

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  • Since 2007, Aquatech BM has been helping companies in over 80 countries around the world to implement container recovery and disinfection systems.
  • The funding announced will enable the company to pursue its commitment to sustainable development and the circular economy.
  • "We have excellent growth opportunities in Quebec, Canada and around the world because environmental considerations and the circular economy concept are becoming increasingly popular in the business community.
  • We continue to support companies that, like Aquatech BM, are making significant advances in the circular economy."