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Fireblocks teams up with Chainalysis to provide blockchain compliance security for finance
Fireblocks Inc., an enterprise-grade platform for storing, transferring and issuing distributed ledger blockchain assets, today announced the integration of blockchain data security firm Chainalysis Inc. to help financial institutions and cryptocurrency businesses comply with anti-money-laundering and finance security best practices. Starting today, the Fireblocks will begin using Chainalysis’ “know your transaction” technology to monitor cryptocurrency transactions in ...
GitLab acquires Peach Tech and Fuzzit to beef up its DevOps security testing tools
Web-based DevOps lifecycle platform GitLab today announced it has acquired Peach Tech, a security software firm specializing in protocol fuzz testing, and Fuzzit, a continuous “fuzz” security testing solution. As open-source software development continues to build momentum, more enterprise businesses need access to testing tools that take into account the myriad ways that security issues can ...
Algorand and Blockstack join to adopt Clarity blockchain smart contract language
Two blockchain industry leaders, Algorand Inc. and Blockstack PBC, today announced an independent open-source project to support Clarity, the blockchain distributed ledger smart contract language. A smart contract is a programmable agreement that automates actions based on the completion of agreed-upon terms between multiple parties that have been encoded. The code of the smart contract ...
Cloud data platform Snowflake files confidentially for IPO
Cloud data platform Snowflake Inc. has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a report today by Bloomberg. Snowflake represents a new trend of cloud-native data storage as opposed to on-premises data centers. The company’s largest partner is Amazon Web Services Inc. and drives lots of Amazon Elastic ...
ANote Music to launch blockchain-based music royalty investment platform July 28
ANote Music, a European marketplace for investing in music royalties using blockchain distributed ledger technology, announced Thursday that it will officially launch its platform on July 28. The platform will allow users to invest in music, own rights from content creators and earn returns through royalties from music sales. Built using blockchain technology, ANote’s platform ...
Kvarøy Arctic joins IBM Food Trust blockchain to track Norwegian farmed salmon
Kvarøy Arctic, a major producer of Norwegian farmed salmon, today announced it will join the IBM Food Trust blockchain network to enhance the traceability of Arctic fish stock and increase consumer trust in its supply chain. Using distributed ledger blockchain technology, Kvarøy (pronounced “Kwa-ray”) and IBM Corp. will enable corporate buyers and customers a transparent view ...
Atlassian announces raft of new DevOps business automation features and integrations
Atlassian, maker of Jira and other project automation software, today announced the addition of 12 new features, automation resources and integrations designed to give DevOps teams an edge in their changing industry. DevOps teams rely heavily on cooperation, coordination and collaboration in order to connect development teams, deployment teams and information technology operations. To make ...
Varjo partnership with MeetinVR promises photorealistic immersive collaboration
Industrial-grade virtual reality and extended reality headset maker Varjo Technologies Oy announced Wednesday that a partnership with enterprise virtual collaboration software provider MeetinVR will bring photorealistic meeting technology to the workroom and boardroom. Through this partnership, MeetinVR will develop a dedicated version of its VR collaboration application designed to support Varjo’s enterprise-class headsets – the VR-2, VR-2 ...
Zappar launches Universal AR libraries to unite developers across platforms
Augmented reality platform and creative studio startup Zappar Ltd. today announced the release of Universal AR, a set of software development kits and application programming interfaces designed to allow developers to create compelling AR experiences for mobile app and web environments. Zappar AR provides a creative platform for developers to design, build and distribute AR ...
8th Wall brings augmented reality ‘face filters’ to the web with Face Effects
Augmented reality software company 8th Wall Inc. today announced the launch of Face Effects, a new developer-focused toolset aimed at allowing AR experiences that can be attached to faces. This new addition to the platform will allow developers and brands the ability to create “face filters” that are interactive, real-time and can be triggered from ...