This week we discuss Netflix getting into games and review the latest State of DevOps Report. Plus, what do you call a domicile in Amsterdam?
Rundown
Why Netflix is getting into games (https://www.vox.com/recode/2021/7/20/22586084/netflix-gaming-strategy-earnings-explained)
State of DevOps Report 2021 (https://puppet.com/resources/report/2021-state-of-devops-report/)
Relevant to your interests
Twitter Is Shutting Down Fleets, Its Vanishing-Post Format, After Less Than a Year (https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/twitter-fleets-shutting-down-1235019174/)
Morgan Stanley‘s CIO survey shows a significant moderation in expectations for the migration of workloads to the public cloud. (https://twitter.com/Atreidesmgmt/status/1414945521026875393)
Say hi to Microsoft's own Linux: CBL-Mariner (https://www.zdnet.com/article/say-hi-to-microsofts-own-linux-cbl-mariner/)
Austin sees pay-off from pandemic-era tech reshuffling (https://www.axios.com/austin-pandemic-reshuffling-tech-entrepreneurs-investors-11669cb1-edf5-4d00-8043-036c49215fe6.html)
Report: Spyware used to target journalists, activists and world leaders (https://www.axios.com/pegasus-spyware-journalists-activists-report-5af14a4f-dce1-454d-b0e2-dc2b043b2b0e.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onhrs)
IBM Insight — Can IBM Deliver? (https://blog.newagealpha.com/can-ibm-deliver)
The end of open source? (https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/18/the-end-of-open-source/)
DevRev: Former Nutanix execs look to lure in dev startups with new Business Infrastructure-as-a-Service firm – Blocks and Files (https://blocksandfiles.com/2021/07/16/devrev-genius-nutanix-pair-envisage-massive-new-saas-opportunity/)
Where on Gartner's Hype Cycle is Gartner's Hype Cycle? (https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/19/gartner_hype_cycle/)
Rapid7 + IntSights: Own Your Entire Attack Surface, Internally and Externally (https://www.rapid7.com/rapid7-acquires-intsights/)
Apple to delay office returns to October - Bloomberg News (https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-delay-office-returns-october-bloomberg-news-2021-07-20/)
Amazon Shuts Down NSO Group Infrastructure (https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgx5bw/amazon-aws-shuts-down-nso-group-infrastructure)
Apple's AirPods did ~$16B in 2020 (https://twitter.com/trungtphan/status/1417500092395753472?s=21)
You're not imagining it. Amazon and AWS want to hire all your friends, enemies, and everyone in between (https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/21/amazon_aws_recruitment/)
Briton arrested over high-profile Twitter account hacks (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jul/21/briton-arrested-over-high-profile-twitter-account-hacks)
Report: Spyware used to target journalists, activists and world leaders (https://www.axios.com/pegasus-spyware-journalists-activists-report-5af14a4f-dce1-454d-b0e2-dc2b043b2b0e.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onhrs)
IBM Insight — Can IBM Deliver? (https://blog.newagealpha.com/can-ibm-deliver)
IBM shows strongest revenue growth in three years (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/19/ibm-earnings-q2-2021.html)
What Ever Happened to IBM’s Watson? (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/technology/what-happened-ibm-watson.html)
Why Zoom bought Five9 for $14.7 billion: Enterprise wallet share and a big customer engagement play (https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-zoom-bought-five9-for-14-7-billion-enterprise-wallet-share-and-a-big-customer-engagement-play/)
Zoom is buying cloud contact center provider Five9 for $14.7 billion (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/19/zoom-is-buying-cloud-contact-center-provider-five9-for-14point7-billion.html?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=Main&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1626659760)
Zoom acquires an AI company building real-time translation (https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/29/22556500/zoom-kites-acquisition-machine-translation-real-time-captions)
Zoom will now let you add third-party apps to your calls (https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/21/22585980/zoom-apps-events-launch-onzoom)
(https://twitter.com/Atreidesmgmt/status/1414945521026875393)## Nonsense
Well, now it is. It's Pregnancy Test Doom! (https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1302820468819288066)
Noise cancellation neither helps productivity nor perceived performance (https://twitter.com/rakyll/status/1416764559159742469)
World's First 3-D-Printed Steel Bridge Debuts in Amsterdam (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/worlds-first-3-d-printed-steel-bridge-debuts-amsterdam-180978228/)
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