Description

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
  • Crypto group tries to claw back fees after failed Constitution bid
  • $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
  • Andy Jassy was reportedly surprised when Jeff Bezos asked him to take on the job of Amazon CEO: 'I wasn't clamoring for it'
  • “Who Is He?”: Andy Jassy, Amazon’s New CEO, Enters the Ring

Relevant to your interests

• Amazon's Dark Secret: It Has Failed to Protect Your Data
• Apple's Plan to Scan Handset Images Stopped Before It Started
• Andy Jassy’s 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
• Follow Matthew Ball for MetaVerse Info
• IBM tells POWER8 owners: the end is nigh for upgrades
• VMware withdraws major vSphere release due to bugs
• Webhooks provider Svix snags $2.6M to simplify software management
• Drama in the Rust community — mod team resignation
• The bitcoin fanatics fuel GPU shortages for gamers
• AWS commits to update its own Linux every other year
• Announcing $150M to build the end-to-end platform for the modern Web
• Oracle and Google join Microsoft and Amazon in bidding for Defense Department's Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability
• Passwordless authentication platform Stytch raises $90M
• 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

Nonsense

• Dollar Tree will raise prices from $1 to $1.25

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