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Published: Dec. 4, 2020, 6:30 a.m.

This week we discuss Salesforce acquiring Slack and recap all the important announcements from AWS re:Invent. Plus, some advice on chopping onions and robot vacuums.

\n\nThe Rundown\n\n

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• AWS Outage\n\n
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  • Amazon Web Services outage takes a portion of the internet down with it
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  • The cold reality of the Kinesis Incident
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• AWS re:Invent\n\n
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  • AWS re:Invent: Top Announcements for 2020 | Amazon Web Services
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  • Compute\n\n
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    • AWS launches EC2 computing instances that run Apple's MacOS operating system
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    • Use Amazon EC2 Mac Instances to Build & Test macOS, iOS, ipadOS, tvOS, and watchOS Apps
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    • EC2 C6gn Instances \u2013 100 Gbps Networking with AWS Graviton2 Processors
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    • How An Acquisition Made By Amazon In 2016 Became Company's Secret Sauce
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  • Databases\n\n
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    • Want more PostgreSQL? You just might like Babelfish
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  • Kubernetes\n\n
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    • Introducing Amazon EKS Distro (EKS-D) | Amazon Web Services
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    • Introducing Amazon ECS Anywhere
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    • Amazon EKS Anywhere
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    • New for AWS Lambda \u2013 Container Image Support
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    • AWS quietly enters the multicloud era
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  • Serverless\n\n
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    • Amazon Aurora Serverless | MySQL PostgreSQL Relational Database
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    • New for AWS Lambda \u2013 Container Image Support
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  • DevOps Guru\n\n
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    • New- Amazon DevOps Guru Helps Identify Application Errors and Fixes
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  • Hybrid Cloud or a cloud close to you\n\n
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    • In the Works \u2013 3 More AWS Local Zones in 2020, and 12 More in 2021
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    • AWS Outposts 1U and 2U form factors
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• Slack\n\n
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  • Best analysis ever
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  • Salesforce reportedly poised to scoop Slack for billions
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  • How a Merger of Salesforce and Slack Would Change the SaaS Landscape
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  • Salesforce deal to buy Slack expected to be announced Tuesday after market close
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  • Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack - Salesforce News
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  • Slack + Salesforce Emergency Pod with Packy McCormick of Not Boring | Acquired Podcast
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  • Slack: The Bulls are typing...
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  • Salesforce Picks Up (The) Slack To Extend CRM\u2019s Reach Into Collaboration, But Won\u2019t Dethrone Microsoft Teams
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\n\nRelevant to your Interests\n\n

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• Splunk acquires network observability service Flowmill
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• Productivity Scores in Office 365
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• IBM Planning 10,000 Job Cuts in Europe Ahead of Unit Sale
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• Apple Plans to Run Most of Its \u2018Compute Management\u2019 on Kubernetes
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• Tony Hsieh, iconic Las Vegas tech entrepreneur, dies aged 46
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• Linus Torvalds doubts Linux will get ported to Apple M1 hardware
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• Robert Smith Breakup Exclusive: Billionaire Brian Sheth Reveals Why He\u2019s Leaving Vista Following Tax Evasion Case
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• Learnings From Two Years of Kubernetes in Production
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• Should we really be worried about vendor lock-in in 2020?
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• Future of Online Security and Privacy is being decided now
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• Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the latest tech company to leave Silicon Valley, and is moving to Houston
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\n\nNonsense\n\n

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• People Can't Vacuum Or Use Their Doorbell Because Amazon's Cloud Servers Are Down
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\n\nListener Feedback\n\n

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• Brett from Slack recommends Upptime an open source Status Page
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\n\nSDT news & hype\n\n

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\n\nRecommendations\n\n

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• Matt: 99% Invisible: You\u2019ve Got Enron Emails\n\n
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  • Bruce Sterling: How to Be Futuristic
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• Brandon: \n\n
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  • iRobot Roomba 985 Wi-Fi Connected Robot Vacuum
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  • Yahoo Mail discontinues automatic email forwarding for free users
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• Cot\xe9: Photoshop Express.
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