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Published: April 24, 2020, 5:30 a.m.

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On this week\\u2019s episode: Andreessen says it\\u2019s time build, Verizon buys Bluejeans, Splunk maybe watching and Google is giving Istio to a foundation. Plus, we offer informed opinions on Travis Scott and Fortnite.

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The Rundown

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Hot Take \\u2014 IT\'S TIME TO BUILD - Andreessen Horowitz

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1. Conferencing\\n\\n
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   • Verizon will buy video conferencing company BlueJeans
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   • The Zoom fatigue is real
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   • Google Meet launches improved Zoom-like tiled layout, low-light mode and more
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2. Introducing Splunk Remote Work Insights: Our Solution for the New Work-from-Home Reality
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3. Apollo readies IPO of cloud company Rackspace
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4. Alibaba Cloud will invest $28 billion more into its infrastructure over the next three years
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5. Zhao KaiXian x86 CPU Tested: The Rise of China\'s Chips
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6. AWS announces new single-purpose on-prem hardware and tie-in storage tier
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7. AWS launches Amazon AppFlow, its new SaaS integration service
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8. Google Cloud CEO: Istio is going to a foundation
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9. Google Cloud\\u2019s fully managed Anthos is now generally available for AWS
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10. Over the past 20 years, IBM has bought back $140 billion of its stock. Its current market cap: $105 billion. $IBM
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11. Apple will reportedly use 12-core 5nm ARM processor in a 2021 Mac
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Relevant to your interests

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• University of Sydney using cloud to prevent the Tasmanian devil from extinction
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• Facebook employees won\'t return to offices until at least the end of May, and is cancelling events until June 2021
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• Hundreds of asylum seekers\' names made public in government data breach
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• Top virtual tech conferences to attend in 2020
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• Who Makes the Best CPUs? Intel vs. AMD CPUs | Tom\'s Hardware
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• Bezos Takes Back the Wheel at Amazon
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• Confluent lands another big round with $250M Series E on $4.5B valuation
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• I Took a COBOL Course and It Wasn\'t The Worst | Hacker Noon
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Nonsense

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• Emacs way to listen podcasts
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• How to watch Travis Scott\\u2019s Fortnite concerts
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Listener Feedback

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Conferences, Videos et. al.

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• Chef Tools & Terraform: Better Together from Matt Ray
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• Michael Cot\\xe9 - Intro - Spring Live
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• ChefConf 2020 June 2, 2020 All Digital.
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• MongoDB\\u2019s virtual event http://MongoDB.Live on June 9-10, 2020
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• DevOpsDays Minneapolis, August 4 - 5, 2020 use code SDT for 10% off registration.
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• THAT Conference August 3 - 6 in Wisconsin Dells\\xae.
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SDT news & hype

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• Use the code SDT to get $20 off Cot\\xe9\\u2019s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
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Recommendations

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• Brandon: HBO\\u2019s Westworld
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• Matt Ray: Yeti cups/mugs\\n
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