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Published: May 8, 2020, 5:15 a.m.

AWS and Azure announce earnings, Backblaze takes on Amazon, Cloud Native Survey Results and Fortnite takes our suggestions. Plus, Matt updates us on his quest to turn a smartphone into a webcam.

\n\nThe Rundown\n\n

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• Tech Giant Earnings\n\n
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  • AWS tops $10 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time
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  • Microsoft Azure update
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  • The Immunity of the Tech Giant
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  • The Small-Business Die-Off Is Here
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• Backblaze challenges AWS by making its cloud storage S3 compatible
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• The State of Cloud Native Development: A new survey report! - Cloud Native Computing Foundation
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• Salesforce will help businesses return to work with a new set of tools it just announced
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• Fortnite's no-combat mode is its next bold step towards creating a metaverse
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\n\nRelevant to your interests\n\n

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• M&A\n\n
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  • DocuSign acquires Seal Software for $188M to enhance its AI chops
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  • Hot On The Heels Of Mellanox, Nvidia Snaps Up Cumulus Networks
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  • Intel's Mobileye targets urban mobility growth with Moovit deal
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  • Keybase joins Zoom
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• Announcements\n\n
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  • IBM Cloud Satellite
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  • Abby Kearns takes over as Puppet CTO
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  • Microsoft to establish first datacenter region in New Zealand
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• SaltStack Security\n\n
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  • Critical Salt Vulnerability: Thousands Exposed, Bug Gives Full RCE as Root
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  • Hackers are Running Rampant Exploiting the SaltStack Vulnerability
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• Departures\n\n
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  • VMware Confirms Employee Salary Freeze, CEO Pay Cut
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  • A Message from Co-Founder and CEO Brian Chesky
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  • Tim Bray, Goodbye
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  • Nutanix cuts 1,500
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• Google\n\n
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  • Google Cloud training available at no cost for 30 days
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  • Google Authenticator\u2019s first Android update in years lets you move your account between devices
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  • Google tells employees they can't expense food or other perks when working from home
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  • Google unifies all of its messaging and communication apps into a single team
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\n\nNonsense\n\n

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• Fortnite hosted a Diplo concert in its new party mode
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• About Those Asian Giant Hornets...
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\n\nConferences, Videos et. al.\n\n

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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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• FlylessConf May 27
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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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• THAT Conference August 3 - 6 in Wisconsin Dells\xae. Fill out their survey.
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\n\nSDT news & hype\n\n

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• Join us in Slack.
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• Listen to the Software Defined Interviews Podcast. Check out the back catalog.
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• Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
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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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\n\nRecommendations\n\n

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• Brandon: American Factory on Netflix
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• Matt Ray: Small Victories: The True Story Of Faith No More
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