Description

AC and CJ geek out on the Mars rover landing this week, discuss Apples M1 malware and SSD issues and dive into Azure, M365 and Edge news.

Banter

• M1 Macs face first recorded malware
• M1 Mac owners are experiencing extremely high SSD writes over short periods of time, likely thanks to aggressive swap

News

• Mars 2020 Mission: Perseverance Rover
• See Mars Like Never Before! NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sends New Video and Images of the Red Planet
• Investing to grow in and with Atlanta
• LinkedIn is building a gig marketplace
• Microsoft starts testing Kids Mode for Microsoft Edge
• Microsoft’s unified Office app is now available for iPad
• Microsoft readies Power Fx, a new Power Platform low-code language
• What’s Next for Industry
• Accelerating Department of Defense mission workloads with Azure
• Growing computer-chip shortage alarms Biden and Congress

Picks

AC’s Pick

• Creeping as a Service (CraaS)

CJ’s Pick

• Arranging Invisible Icons in Quadratic Time

Listener Pick - Wictor Wilen

• Automatic pool stick vs. strangers