This week we discuss the Pentagon’s new C loud Contract, Day 2 at Amazon and Nutanix acquisition rumors. Plus, some thoughts on kids and headphones…

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 392

Runner-up Titles

• We’re always recording, Coté, we’re not always streaming.
• I live the middle.
• Best 10 microphones to put in a drawer and never use.
• The lanyard is a child-management platform
• “That’s great, Brandon…”
• Finally DNS does something good
• Amazon is a dog now
• But then what?
• N equals me

Rundown

• Google, Oracle, Amazon, and Microsoft awarded $9 billion Pentagon cloud deals
• Amazon CEO, Putting Stamp on Company, Promotes Four Executives
• Amazon's heroic phase is over
• A Faster Horse
• Layoffs, buyouts, and rescinded offers: Amazon’s status as a top tech employer
• Report: HPE has expressed interest in acquiring Nutanix
• Nutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami Talks Broadcom, VMware, And His Vision

Relevant to your Interests

• What if failure is the plan?
• Tensions Grew at Salesforce Between Co-CEOs Benioff and Taylor
• Apple advances user security with powerful new data protections
• ChatGPT has crossed 1M+ users in just 5 days.
• A good discussion on ChatGPT from Benedict Evans
• OpenAI ChatGPT is now an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner!
• Airtable, last valued at $11 billion for its no-code software, lays off over 250
• Hello from GitHub’s new Chief Product Officer | The GitHub Blog
• As Carvana crashes hard, used car dealers — not buyers — stand to win big
• Amazon Wants to Kill the Barcode
• RIP Passwords? Passkey support rolls out to Chrome stable
• An Introduction to Event-Driven Architectures
• Broadcom braced for full EU probe into $61B VMware buyout
• AWS Events
• Ngrok, a service to help devs deploy sites, services and apps, raises $50M
• The death of Rackspace's ‘Fanatical Support’
• News aggregator Flipboard to add user-generated "conversations"
• Snyk scores another $196M as valuation drops 12% to $7.4B
• Japan to Join US Effort to Tighten Chip Exports to China
• LSEG and Microsoft launch 10-year strategic partnership
• Oracle beats on top and bottom lines
• How Slack’s Marriage to Salesforce Crumbled

Nonsense

• Dr Pepper Unveils Limited-Edition Bourbon Flavored Fansville Reserve
• Hertz Car-Rental Company to Pay $168 Million over False Arrests

Conferences

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Recommendations

• Brandon: Wednesday **on Netflix
  • AirPods case with AirTag Holder
• Matt: RIP Mike Leach
  • Swing your Sword via Brandon
• Coté: Fishman’s Friend, which I should have some of in this episode. Substack.
  • Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas Movie.

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