On this week’s episode: Andreessen says it’s time build, Verizon buys Bluejeans, Splunk maybe watching and Google is giving Istio to a foundation. Plus, we offer informed opinions on Travis Scott and Fortnite.
The Rundown
Hot Take — IT'S TIME TO BUILD - Andreessen Horowitz (https://a16z.com/2020/04/18/its-time-to-build/)
Conferencing
Verizon will buy video conferencing company BlueJeans (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/16/verizon-will-buy-video-conferencing-company-blue-jeans.html)
The Zoom fatigue is real (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-fd52acf6-65aa-4dab-9a2e-528aa392852d.html?chunk=0&utm_term=twsocialshare#story0 9:46 https://www.protocol.com/google-cloud-kurian-istio-foundation)
Google Meet launches improved Zoom-like tiled layout, low-light mode and more (https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/22/google-meet-launches-improved-zoom-like-tiled-layout-low-light-mode-and-noise-cancellation/)
Introducing Splunk Remote Work Insights: Our Solution for the New Work-from-Home Reality (https://www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/leadership/introducing-splunk-remote-work-insights-our-solution-for-the-new-work-from-home-reality.html)
Apollo readies IPO of cloud company Rackspace (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-rackspace-ipo-exclusive/exclusive-apollo-readies-ipo-of-cloud-company-rackspace-sources-idUSKBN21Y39S)
Alibaba Cloud will invest $28 billion more into its infrastructure over the next three years (https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/19/alibaba-cloud-will-invest-28-billion-more-into-its-infrastructure-over-the-next-three-years/)
Zhao KaiXian x86 CPU Tested: The Rise of China's Chips (https://www.tomshardware.com/features/zhaoxin-kx-u6780a-x86-cpu-tested)
AWS announces new single-purpose on-prem hardware and tie-in storage tier (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/04/21/aws_elemental_link/)
AWS launches Amazon AppFlow, its new SaaS integration service (https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/22/aws-launches-amazon-appflow-its-new-saas-integration-service/)
Google Cloud CEO: Istio is going to a foundation (https://www.protocol.com/google-cloud-kurian-istio-foundation)
Google Cloud’s fully managed Anthos is now generally available for AWS (https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/22/google-clouds-fully-managed-anthos-is-now-generally-available-for-aws/)
Over the past 20 years, IBM has bought back $140 billion of its stock. Its current market cap: $105 billion. $IBM (https://twitter.com/charliebilello/status/1252404198148157443?s=21)
Apple will reportedly use 12-core 5nm ARM processor in a 2021 Mac (https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/23/21232441/apple-arm-mac-2020-5nm-processor-12-cores)
Relevant to your interests
University of Sydney using cloud to prevent the Tasmanian devil from extinction (https://news.google.com/articles/CBMibmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnpkbmV0LmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlL3VuaXZlcnNpdHktb2Ytc3lkbmV5LXVzaW5nLWNsb3VkLXRvLXByZXZlbnQtdGhlLXRhc21hbmlhbi1kZXZpbC1mcm9tLWV4dGluY3Rpb24v0gF5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuemRuZXQuY29tL2dvb2dsZS1hbXAvYXJ0aWNsZS91bml2ZXJzaXR5LW9mLXN5ZG5leS11c2luZy1jbG91ZC10by1wcmV2ZW50LXRoZS10YXNtYW5pYW4tZGV2aWwtZnJvbS1leHRpbmN0aW9uLw?hl=en-AU&gl=AU&ceid=AU%3Aen)
Facebook employees won't return to offices until at least the end of May, and is cancelling events until June 2021 (https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-employees-work-remote-until-end-may-events-cancelled-2021-2020-4)
Hundreds of asylum seekers' names made public in government data breach (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-31/federal-court-in-protection-visa-data-breach-published-names/12102536)
Top virtual tech conferences to attend in 2020 (https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights/articles/top-virtual-tech-conferences-to-attend-in-2020-2004.html?chatsrc=em-en&jumpid=ba_pbwv8cfiqk_aid-520023674)
Who Makes the Best CPUs? Intel vs. AMD CPUs | Tom's Hardware (https://www.tomshardware.com/amp/features/amd-vs-intel-cpus#click=https://t.co/9Vw2YYsG9Z)
Bezos Takes Back the Wheel at Amazon (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/technology/bezos-amazon-coronavirus.html)
Confluent lands another big round with $250M Series E on $4.5B valuation (https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/21/confluent-lands-another-big-round-with-250m-series-e-on-4-2b-valuation/)
I Took a COBOL Course and It Wasn't The Worst | Hacker Noon (https://www.hackernoon.com/i-took-a-cobol-course-and-it-wasnt-the-worst-z1ba3yrp)
Nonsense
Emacs way to listen podcasts (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/g1o36p/emacs_way_to_listen_podcasts/)
How to watch Travis Scott’s Fortnite concerts (https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/23/21231142/travis-scott-fortnite-concert-watch-astronomical-astroworld)
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