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Confluent Unveils Tableflow to Unite Analytics and Operations with Data Streaming

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Confluent Tableflow easily transforms Apache Kafka® topics and the associated schemas to Apache Iceberg® tables with a single click to better supply data lakes and data warehouses.

Key Points: 
  • Confluent Tableflow easily transforms Apache Kafka® topics and the associated schemas to Apache Iceberg® tables with a single click to better supply data lakes and data warehouses.
  • The analytical estate includes data warehouses, data lakes, and analytics engines that power analytics and decision-making and use data streams and historical tables to run queries and different analytical functions.
  • Connectors address the challenges of traditional data architectures that can silo data, decrease data quality, and lead to unplanned downtime.
  • Schema Registry is a crucial component for governing data streams, helping teams enforce universal data standards to ensure data quality and data consistency while reducing operational complexity.

Agency Squid Announces Strong Year-over-Year Growth and Client Success

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Agency Squid , a branding and consulting agency known for its bold and innovative approach, announces significant growth and client success over the past 12 months.

Key Points: 
  • MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Agency Squid , a branding and consulting agency known for its bold and innovative approach, announces significant growth and client success over the past 12 months.
  • With a unique blend of creativity, strategy, and data-driven results, Agency Squid has established itself as a leader in the CPG space specifically.
  • Agency Squid has achieved 33%-40% growth year-over-year.
  • For more information about Agency Squid and its services, please visit agencysquid.com .

Squid Raises $4m to Expand the Capabilities of the Cross-Chain Do-Anything Layer

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

ZUG, Switzerland , Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --  Squid, the cross-chain do-anything router, today announces $4m in strategic funding led by Polychain Capital with participation from Nomad Capital, North Island Ventures, Maelstrom, Chorus One, The Department of XYZ, Breed, Binary Builders, and Typhon Ventures, along with follow-on investments from Distributed Global, Fabric Ventures, Node Capital, and Chapter One. Squid has established itself as the fastest, most frictionless, and most secure way to swap tokens across blockchains, empowering users of thousands of assets on over 60 chains. This raise enables the team to continue its expansion in supporting chains in the EVM and Cosmos ecosystems and beyond. Additionally, the team will build deeper integrations with more decentralized applications (dApps), allowing users to easily interact with those applications in a wide variety of ways, including depositing into DeFi positions, purchasing NFT collectibles and in-game items, and more.

Key Points: 
  • This raise enables the team to continue its expansion in supporting chains in the EVM and Cosmos ecosystems and beyond.
  • "Our vision for Squid is to create the UX layer for interoperability among blockchains and the apps built on them," said Christina Rud, Co-Founder of the protocol.
  • With this raise, Squid will accelerate development to enable more complex bundling of transaction sequences and more efficient routing of assets.
  • Additionally, the team is building integrations with more interoperability networks and has its sights set on bringing Squid to more blockchain ecosystems beyond Ethereum and Cosmos.

$SQUID: The Challenge Unveils Revolutionary Fusion of Entertainment and Finance

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Saturday, December 30, 2023

The future of entertainment meets the innovation of blockchain as $SQUID: The Challenge emerges as a revolutionary cryptocurrency experience.

Key Points: 
  • The future of entertainment meets the innovation of blockchain as $SQUID: The Challenge emerges as a revolutionary cryptocurrency experience.
  • Welcome to the next level of entertainment and finance – welcome to $SQUID: The Challenge!
  • Envision a reality show where participants engage in various challenges, directly inspired by the iconic games featured in "Squid Game."
  • In essence, $SQUID: The Challenge is a groundbreaking fusion of reality TV and blockchain, where entertainment and finance converge.

Ondo Finance and Axelar Integrate for Cross-Chain Tokenized Secure Notes

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Monday, November 13, 2023

Ondo Finance, the leading issuer of tokenized secure notes and on-chain Treasuries, joins forces with Axelar, the leading Web3 interoperability platform, to introduce Ondo Bridge, an innovative cross-chain solution inspired by Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP).

Key Points: 
  • Ondo Finance, the leading issuer of tokenized secure notes and on-chain Treasuries, joins forces with Axelar, the leading Web3 interoperability platform, to introduce Ondo Bridge, an innovative cross-chain solution inspired by Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP).
  • The Ondo Bridge simplifies the movement of Ondo Tokens such as the yield-bearing stablecoin USDY across blockchain networks for a seamless user experience.
  • Ondo Bridge goes beyond the wrapped assets used by traditional bridges, supporting issuance of native tokens including Ondo's USDY across blockchain networks supported by Axelar.
  • The partnership between Ondo Finance and Axelar signifies a significant milestone in the world of tokenized RWAs.

Chung-Ang University Scientist Develops New Antiferromagnetic Superconducting Spin Valves

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Friday, November 24, 2023

In response to these challenges, researchers have engineered spin-triplet superconducting valves capable of switching superconducting currents on and off as per the need.

Key Points: 
  • In response to these challenges, researchers have engineered spin-triplet superconducting valves capable of switching superconducting currents on and off as per the need.
  • To make the fabrication of spin-triplet superconducting valves easier, a team of researchers led by Assistant Professor Kun-Rok Jeon from the Department of Physics at Chung-Ang University, Korea, has now developed an antiferromagnetic analogue of the spin-triplet supercurrent spin valves.
  • The functionality of the SQUID demonstrates the potential of antiferromagnetic spin valves in the realm of superconducting spintronics.
  • Title of original paper: Chiral antiferromagnetic Josephson junctions as spin-triplet supercurrent spin valves and d.c. SQUIDs

MarTech Options Expand to Meet Brazil’s Growing Demand

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

The 2023 ISG Provider Lens™ MarTech Service Providers report for Brazil finds that instead of suppliers consolidating to meet a growing need for MarTech services, the choices for Brazilian enterprises have expanded.

Key Points: 
  • The 2023 ISG Provider Lens™ MarTech Service Providers report for Brazil finds that instead of suppliers consolidating to meet a growing need for MarTech services, the choices for Brazilian enterprises have expanded.
  • “MarTech providers need to produce results and demonstrate efficiency,” said Sunder Pillai, ISG director and practice leader, Retail, CPG and Enterprise.
  • Digital marketing trends show that two-thirds of digital consumers want to interact with advertisers in real time, the report says.
  • Yet this is no easy task, especially with growing awareness around the use of personal data.

Wearable Quantum Sensors to Measure Brain Activity While We Sleep, Move and Age, Says IDTechEx

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Friday, September 8, 2023

More versatile and comfortable than traditional scanners, helmets incorporating highly sensitive quantum magnetic field sensors are being commercialized.

Key Points: 
  • More versatile and comfortable than traditional scanners, helmets incorporating highly sensitive quantum magnetic field sensors are being commercialized.
  • Mass-produced quantum components will be essential for the scale-up of multiple emerging technologies – including quantum computing , quantum communications, and networks, as well as quantum sensing.
  • Optically pumped magnetometers combine the value propositions of quantum sensors and wearable technology: high sensitivity and ease of use.
  • All of these trends and more, alongside ten-year market forecasts, are discussed across IDTechEx's reports on quantum sensors , quantum computers , and wearable technology .

Wearable Quantum Sensors to Measure Brain Activity While We Sleep, Move and Age, Says IDTechEx

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Friday, September 8, 2023

More versatile and comfortable than traditional scanners, helmets incorporating highly sensitive quantum magnetic field sensors are being commercialized.

Key Points: 
  • More versatile and comfortable than traditional scanners, helmets incorporating highly sensitive quantum magnetic field sensors are being commercialized.
  • Mass-produced quantum components will be essential for the scale-up of multiple emerging technologies – including quantum computing , quantum communications, and networks, as well as quantum sensing.
  • Optically pumped magnetometers combine the value propositions of quantum sensors and wearable technology: high sensitivity and ease of use.
  • All of these trends and more, alongside ten-year market forecasts, are discussed across IDTechEx's reports on quantum sensors , quantum computers , and wearable technology .

The Highest Grossing Film of 2023 Worldwide BARBIE

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023

BURBANK, Calif., Sept. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Take a trip to Barbie Land when "Barbie, the box office smash hit and global phenomenon, arrives for purchase and rental Digitally at home on September 12. From Oscar-nominated writer/director Greta Gerwig ("Little Women," "Lady Bird"), "Barbie," stars Oscar-nominees Margot Robbie ("Bombshell," "I, Tonya") and Ryan Gosling ("La La Land," "Half Nelson") as Barbie and Ken. Gerwig directed "Barbie" from a screenplay by Gerwig & Oscar nominee Noah Baumbach ("Marriage Story," "The Squid and the Whale"), based on Barbie by Mattel. 

Key Points: 
  • From Oscar-nominated writer/director Greta Gerwig ("Little Women," "Lady Bird"), "Barbie," stars Oscar-nominees Margot Robbie ("Bombshell," "I, Tonya") and Ryan Gosling ("La La Land," "Half Nelson") as Barbie and Ken.
  • Gerwig directed "Barbie" from a screenplay by Gerwig & Oscar nominee Noah Baumbach ("Marriage Story," "The Squid and the Whale"), based on Barbie by Mattel.
  • "Barbie" has taken the box office by storm, earning more than $1.38 billion worldwide to become the highest grossing film in Warner Bros.' 100-year history; the highest grossing film ever from a female filmmaker at the domestic box office; and is the largest worldwide film release of 2023.
  • To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place.