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Fortera Lowers Carbon Emissions with Opening of its First Industrial Green Cement Plant

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Friday, April 12, 2024

Located in Redding, California, Fortera’s plant will capture carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted during cement production and permanently sequester it by mineralizing the CO2 into ready-to-use cement.

Key Points: 
  • Located in Redding, California, Fortera’s plant will capture carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted during cement production and permanently sequester it by mineralizing the CO2 into ready-to-use cement.
  • Fortera will integrate with green energy supply at future plants, achieving true zero-CO2 cement.
  • This first-of-its-kind plant executes Fortera’s patented ReCarb process technology on a commercial scale, while also providing the building and industrial sectors with a scalable solution to reduce carbon emissions.
  • Following the opening of the Redding ReCarb plant, Fortera will begin producing ReAct green cement, which will be available later this quarter for ready-mix suppliers.

NATIONAL TECH TRAINING NONPROFIT, NPOWER, ANNOUNCES NEW INNOVATIONS TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN IN TECH

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

New research reveals that US women currently represent nearly two-thirds of people working in the 40 lowest-paid jobs across the country, including restaurant servers, bartenders, hotel clerks, housekeepers, and retail store staff, among other jobs. Per NPower's Command Shift Coalition's seminal Equation for Equality research report, women working in these positions and using basic tech skills-- such as a digital cash register clerk-- could, with additional tech skills training, transition into full tech positions. In fact, the data showed that there are 500 such feasible transitions.

Key Points: 
  • This adds to NPower's many course offerings, designed to serve young adults, military-connected individuals, and women from under-resourced communities.
  • Per NPower's Command Shift Coalition's seminal Equation for Equality research report, women working in these positions and using basic tech skills-- such as a digital cash register clerk-- could, with additional tech skills training, transition into full tech positions.
  • In this focus, they'll also develop a project portfolio to fuel their opportunities for freelance employment, entrepreneurship or full-time placement.
  • Corporate partners who have joined in on NPower's commitment to diversifying the tech industry include Comcast NBCUniversal, NETSCOUT, and Tata Consultancy Services, among others.

DataStax Launches New Data API to Dramatically Simplify GenAI Application Development

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

DataStax , the company that powers generative AI (GenAI) applications with relevant, scalable data, today announced the general availability of its Data API, a one-stop API for GenAI, that provides all the data and a complete stack for production GenAI and retrieval augmented generation (RAG) applications with high relevancy and low latency.

Key Points: 
  • DataStax , the company that powers generative AI (GenAI) applications with relevant, scalable data, today announced the general availability of its Data API, a one-stop API for GenAI, that provides all the data and a complete stack for production GenAI and retrieval augmented generation (RAG) applications with high relevancy and low latency.
  • The new vector Data API and experience makes the proven, petabyte-scale power of Apache Cassandra ® available to JavaScript, Python, or full-stack application developers in a more intuitive experience for AI development.
  • “Astra DB's Data API has been a game-changer for us to build production RAG applications that use enterprise data,” said Rahul Singh, chief executive officer, Anant.US.
  • This has significantly expedited our production processes.”
    “The Astra DB vector experience advanced GenAI development at Aviso,” said Santosh Maddila, principal data scientist, Aviso AI.

Clerk Raises $30m Series B from CRV and Stripe to Expand into Authorization

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Clerk , the developer tools company known for its React-friendly authentication solution, raised $30 million in Series B financing led by CRV, with participation from Stripe, and existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and Madrona.

Key Points: 
  • Clerk , the developer tools company known for its React-friendly authentication solution, raised $30 million in Series B financing led by CRV, with participation from Stripe, and existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and Madrona.
  • The capital will be used to expand its service beyond authentication, which identifies who a user is, and into authorization, which determines the permissions a user has.
  • Since permission to access certain features typically depends on the user’s subscription plan, Clerk requires a tight integration with Stripe Billing to create a robust authorization solution.
  • In addition to the Stripe Billing integration, Clerk will exhibit at the upcoming Stripe Sessions conference in April, and has published a Stripe Atlas Guide, Optimizing your customer sign-up and sign-in experience .

Sofy.ai Launches 'Visual Match' to Enhance User's Scriptless Testing Abilities, Providing Superior Testing Maintainability and Significantly Decreasing Test Flakiness

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Sofy's platform transforms test maintenance into a seamless part of the software development lifecycle

Key Points: 
  • Visual Match augments Sofy's platform by allowing software testers to fine-tune click targets in their mobile application's automated test steps, ensuring that the entire testing process becomes easier, more efficient and reliable.
  • All of this adds layers of complexity to the testing process.
  • Reducing test flakiness: Today's dynamic application, the locator and DOM objects are constantly changing resulting a high number of test failures which are related to current tools' ability to find controls.
  • Sofy's advance visual matching powered by AI enable to address one of the key pain points of flaky tests.

FusionAuth Launches Open Source SDKs for Vue, React and Angular

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

DENVER, Nov. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FusionAuth, the customer identity platform built for developers by developers, today announced the availability of new software development kits (SDKs) that support Angular, React and Vue JavaScript front-end frameworks. The open source SDKs make it even easier for single-page application (SPA) developers to prioritize authentication by accelerating their app’s integration with FusionAuth.

Key Points: 
  • DENVER, Nov. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FusionAuth , the customer identity platform built for developers by developers, today announced the availability of new software development kits (SDKs) that support Angular, React and Vue JavaScript front-end frameworks.
  • The open source SDKs make it even easier for single-page application (SPA) developers to prioritize authentication by accelerating their app’s integration with FusionAuth.
  • “Our Vue, React and Angular JavaScript SDKs will help developers quickly and seamlessly integrate with FusionAuth to add authentication in their applications.
  • Along with the new JavaScript SDKs, FusionAuth has client libraries for Python, Java, Typescript and five other languages, as well as an OpenAPI spec.

BigCommerce Announces Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BigCommerce Holdings, Inc. (“BigCommerce” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: BIGC), a leading Open SaaS ecommerce platform for fast-growing and established B2C and B2B brands, today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BigCommerce Holdings, Inc. (“BigCommerce” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: BIGC), a leading Open SaaS ecommerce platform for fast-growing and established B2C and B2B brands, today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2023.
  • “In the third quarter, BigCommerce made progress toward long-term growth and profitability,” said Brent Bellm, CEO at BigCommerce.
  • This positions us for long-term profitable growth entering 2024.”
    “We have made material financial progress in a number of areas in 2023,” said Daniel Lentz, CFO at BigCommerce.
  • Q4 and 2023 Financial Outlook:
    For the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company currently expects:
    Total revenue between $79.8 million to $83.8 million, implying a year-over-year growth rate of 10% to 16%.

SearchStax Strengthens Headless Capabilities to Accelerate the Delivery of Modern Search Experiences

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SearchStax, a leading cloud-native search platform enabling web teams to deliver powerful search in an easy, fast, and cost-effective way, today announced the launch of Search UI Kit for SearchStax Studio, an optimized set of software and tools that empower developers to easily build and customize search experiences within headless content management system (CMS) and composable digital experience platform (DXP) architectures.

Key Points: 
  • For years, the SearchStax Studio product has enabled organizations across the globe to painlessly transform their digital experiences to be search-optimized.
  • This combination of flexibility, powerful search capabilities, ease of use, and speed of implementation for search-optimized digital experiences are unmatched in the search market today.
  • Although SearchStax Studio's extensive APIs have already enabled current customers to deploy within headless architectures for some time, the Search UI Kit further bolsters the ability for SearchStax Studio developers to painlessly implement site search even faster, within a broader range of headless environments.
  • The need for search stems from the fact that a high-quality search experience has proven to increase brand perception and loyalty.

Ad Revenue at Stake: Get Ready for Digital Markets Act (DMA) Compliance with Usercentrics

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Monday, October 30, 2023

Usercentrics, a leading provider of consent management solutions, has reported on shockingly low rates of GDPR compliance in multiple industries in the European Union.

Key Points: 
  • Usercentrics, a leading provider of consent management solutions, has reported on shockingly low rates of GDPR compliance in multiple industries in the European Union.
  • This lack of attention on data privacy and user consent is about to get even riskier with Digital Markets Act (DMA) enforcement beginning March 6, 2024.
  • Failing to comply with the Digital Markets Act is a very expensive risk for the gatekeepers.
  • Save your advertising revenue and analytics data: Usercentrics gets you ready for the DMA
    The good news is that Digital Markets Act compliance and meeting the gatekeepers’ requirements is easy to achieve.

Advanced Software Products Group Enhances ReACT with Leading-Edge Security Features

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Monday, October 30, 2023

NAPLES, Fla., Oct. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Advanced Software Products Group (ASPG, Inc.) is proud to announce the latest updates to ReACT, the leading self-service password reset and synchronization tool. In line with ASPG's commitment to cybersecurity, these enhancements include powerful security updates to strengthen organization's cyber defenses.

Key Points: 
  • NAPLES, Fla., Oct. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Advanced Software Products Group (ASPG, Inc.) is proud to announce the latest updates to ReACT, the leading self-service password reset and synchronization tool.
  • In line with ASPG's commitment to cybersecurity, these enhancements include powerful security updates to strengthen organization's cyber defenses.
  • ReACT is continually being updated with these concerns in mind, meeting the evolving cybersecurity needs of organizations.
  • These new security features are designed to address some common security challenges faced by organizations using self-service password reset tools, including user enumeration prevention and rate limiting.