This week, we revisit our 2021 Intel CEO predictions, discuss Hyperscaler AI investment concerns and debate LinkedIn content. Plus, which products could thrive if Google were broken up?
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Runner-up Titles
New camera, dog is still here
Teenagers can put away some meat
We operated at a loss last year because of BBQ
Dog ate your Internet
Getting out of a Zoom
Under the couch data center
Excuse me can I plug in my Satellite Dish
A lot of 86-stuff
You shouldn’t be AI-ing that much
Out of tokens, again
Never bet against inertia
Home of Markdown
One cord, all power.
Rundown
Looking back at Intel Predicatons
SDT Episode 281 (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/281)
Gaudi processors & Intel's AI portfolio (https://changelog.com/practicalai/281)
How chip giant Intel spurned OpenAI and fell behind the times (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chip-giant-intel-spurned-openai-110138000.html)
Is AI too expensive for HyperScalers?
Microsoft’s AI Dreams Make for an Expensive Reality (https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/microsofts-ai-dreams-make-for-an-expensive-reality-90a8c8e4)
Amazon's cloud unit reports 19% revenue growth, topping estimates (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/01/aws-q2-earnings-report.html)
Big Tech Fails to Convince Wall Street That AI Is Paying Off (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-02/big-tech-fails-to-convince-wall-street-that-ai-is-paying-off?srnd=phx-technology)
Government shelves £1.3bn UK tech and AI plans (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyx5x44vnyeo?_bhlid=027b7775b0cab914048391ea5d8c6254d1468ee1)
Are all LinkedIn posts just a form of virtue signaling?
There’s One Thing You Really Don’t Need to Do After Getting Laid Off (https://slate.com/technology/2024/07/laid-off-jobs-announcement-grateful-twitter-linkedin.html)
Lighting round
US Considers a Rare Antitrust Move: Breaking Up Google (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-13/doj-considers-seeking-google-goog-breakup-after-major-antitrust-win?srnd=homepage-americas)
H-E-B is finally testing Apple Pay, (https://www.threads.net/@dsilverman/post/C-fVfKQJFyr/?xmt=AQGzlkdYqDg5ncWBmOvviB_QPKGOhv4CndLpOQtMpNlYLg)
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Why CSV is still king (https://konbert.com/blog/why-csv-is-still-king?utm_source=changelog-news)
Missing Semester IAP 2020 (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyzOVJj3bHQuloKGG59rS43e29ro7I57J)
iOS 18 has fulfilled my dream of destroying ads with a Thanos snap (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/6/24214338/apple-ios-18-thanos-snap-animation-hide-ads)
Sonos reportedly delaying two upcoming product releases to fix its misbehaving app (https://www.phonearena.com/news/sonos-reportedly-delaying-two-upcoming-product-releases-to-fix-its-misbehaving-app_id161241)
Apple’s Mac Mini With M4 Chip Will Be Its Smallest Computer Ever (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-08/mac-mini-m4-apple-plans-to-release-smallest-desktop-computer-yet)
Background check company breached, nearly 3 billion exposed in data theft (https://mashable.com/article/background-check-company-breached-3-billion-affected)
Apple's new USB-C charging has driven us all to Charging Cord Hell (https://apple.news/Awy0Ps7UvQSGZ8ASo2bhTtA)
The Wizard of Cyber: what is behind Wiz's success (https://ventureinsecurity.net/p/the-wizard-of-cyber-what-is-behind)
Brands should avoid this popular term. It’s turning off customers (https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/10/business/brands-avoid-term-customers/index.html)
Datadog, MongoDB, Snowflake in spotlight as cloud consumption rose in July: BofA (https://seekingalpha.com/news/4138587-datadog-mongodb-snowflake-in-spotlight-cloud-consumption-rose-in-july-bofa)
The Elon / Trump interview on X started with an immediate tech disaster (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/12/24219121/donald-trump-elon-musk-interview-x-twitter-crashes)
Google takes another startup out of the AI race (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/2/24212348/google-hires-character-ai-noam-shazeer)
How Big Tech is swallowing the AI industry (https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/1/24190060/amazon-adept-ai-acquisition-playbook-microsoft-inflection)
Delta CEO offers employees free flights after CrowdStrike-Microsoft chaos (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/02/delta-ceo-offers-employees-free-flights-after-crowdstrike-microsoft-chaos.html)
Microsoft says Delta ignored Satya Nadella’s offer of CrowdStrike help (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/6/24214371/microsoft-delta-letter-crowdstrike-response-comments)
External Technical Root Cause Analysis (https://www.crowdstrike.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Channel-File-291-Incident-Root-Cause-Analysis-08.06.2024.pdf)
Nonsense
not sure why barking at it didn't help tbh. 12/10 for both #weratedogs (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNgm76JG/)
Starbucks replaces CEO Laxman Narasimhan with Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/13/starbucks-replaces-ceo-laxman-narasimhan-with-chipotle-ceo-brian-niccol.html)
Listener Feedback
How South of the Border Keeps Going After All These Years (https://www.theassemblync.com/place/south-of-the-border/)
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