This week we discuss the rise of Web3 and make a few AWS re:invent predications. Plus, what if Billy Joel and Huey Lewis formed a band…
Rundown
It's a Web3 World Now — How the Hype Compares to Web 2.0 (https://thenewstack.io/its-a-web3-world-now-how-the-hype-compares-to-web-2-0/)
Crypto group tries to claw back fees after failed Constitution bid (https://www.axios.com/crypto-constitution-bid-high-cost-6ab84b3b-79c0-40d0-be6b-232172a3ed7a.html)
$10B is the new $1B, and we need a new framework for startup valuations (https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/23/10b-is-the-new-1b-and-we-need-a-new-framework-for-startup-valuations/)
AWS Re:Invent Predictions
5 Things To Know About New AWS Channel Chief Ruba Borno (https://www.crn.com/slide-shows/cloud/5-things-to-know-about-new-aws-channel-chief-ruba-borno)
Andy Jassy was reportedly surprised when Jeff Bezos asked him to take on the job of Amazon CEO: 'I wasn't clamoring for it' (https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-choosing-andy-jassy-surprised-amazon-ceo-2021-11)
“Who Is He?”: Andy Jassy, Amazon’s New CEO, Enters the Ring (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/11/andy-jassy-amazons-new-ceo-enters-the-ring)
Relevant to your interests
Amazon's Dark Secret: It Has Failed to Protect Your Data (https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-failed-to-protect-your-data-investigation/)
Apple's Plan to Scan Handset Images Stopped Before It Started (https://m-cacm.acm.org/news/256904-apples-plan-to-scan-handset-images-stopped-before-it-started/fulltext)
Andy Jassy’s Big Idea for AWS Expansion Marred by Glitches, High Prices (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/andy-jassys-big-idea-for-aws-expansion-marred-by-glitches-high-prices)
The NFT Bay Debuts to Save You a Right-Click on Someone's Precious Digital Art (https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nft-bay-debuts)
Follow Matthew Ball for MetaVerse Info (https://twitter.com/ballmatthew/status/1462787490272759811)
IBM tells POWER8 owners: the end is nigh for upgrades (https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/22/ibm_power8_eol/)
VMware withdraws major vSphere release due to bugs (https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/22/vsphere_7_update_3_withdrawn/)
Webhooks provider Svix snags $2.6M to simplify software management (https://venturebeat.com/2021/11/21/no-code-webhooks-provider-svix-snags-2-6m-to-simplify-software-management/)
Drama in the Rust community — mod team resignation (https://github.com/rust-lang/team/pull/671)
The bitcoin fanatics fuel GPU shortages for gamers (https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/19/gpu_makers_not_keen_on_crypto/)
AWS commits to update its own Linux every other year (https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/23/amazon_linux_2022/)
Announcing $150M to build the end-to-end platform for the modern Web (https://vercel.com/blog/vercel-funding-series-d-and-valuation)
Oracle and Google join Microsoft and Amazon in bidding for Defense Department's Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability (https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/oracle-and-google-join-microsoft-and-amazon-in-bidding-for-defense-departments-joint-warfighter-cloud-capability/)
Passwordless authentication platform Stytch raises $90M (https://venturebeat.com/2021/11/18/passwordless-authentication-platform-stytch-raises-90m/)
Passwordless authentication platform Stytch raises $90M (https://venturebeat.com/2021/11/18/passwordless-authentication-platform-stytch-raises-90m/)
We got an exclusive look at the 13-slide pitch deck Stytch, a passwordless startup, used to raise $90 million from Coatue (https://www.businessinsider.com/stytch-startup-used-this-pitch-deck-to-raise-90m-from-coatue-2021-11#-13)
Nonsense
Dollar Tree will raise prices from $1 to $1.25 (https://twitter.com/axios/status/1463225256131375110)
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