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Published: July 23, 2021, 5:30 a.m.

This week we discuss Netflix getting into games and review the latest State of DevOps Report. Plus, what do you call a domicile in Amsterdam?

\n\nRundown\n\n

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• Why Netflix is getting into games
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• State of DevOps Report 2021
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\n\nRelevant to your interests\n\n

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• Twitter Is Shutting Down Fleets, Its Vanishing-Post Format, After Less Than a Year
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• Morgan Stanley\u2018s CIO survey shows a significant moderation in expectations for the migration of workloads to the public cloud.
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• Say hi to Microsoft's own Linux: CBL-Mariner
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• Austin sees pay-off from pandemic-era tech reshuffling
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• Report: Spyware used to target journalists, activists and world leaders
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• IBM Insight \u2014 Can IBM Deliver?
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• The end of open source?
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• DevRev: Former Nutanix execs look to lure in dev startups with new Business Infrastructure-as-a-Service firm \u2013 Blocks and Files
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• Where on Gartner's Hype Cycle is Gartner's Hype Cycle?
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• Rapid7 + IntSights: Own Your Entire Attack Surface, Internally and Externally
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• Apple to delay office returns to October - Bloomberg News
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• Amazon Shuts Down NSO Group Infrastructure
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• Apple's AirPods did ~$16B in 2020
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• You're not imagining it. Amazon and AWS want to hire all your friends, enemies, and everyone in between
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• Briton arrested over high-profile Twitter account hacks
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• Report: Spyware used to target journalists, activists and world leaders
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• IBM Insight \u2014 Can IBM Deliver?
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• IBM shows strongest revenue growth in three years
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• What Ever Happened to IBM\u2019s Watson?
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• Why Zoom bought Five9 for $14.7 billion: Enterprise wallet share and a big customer engagement play
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• Zoom is buying cloud contact center provider Five9 for $14.7 billion
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• Zoom acquires an AI company building real-time translation
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• Zoom will now let you add third-party apps to your calls\n## Nonsense
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• Well, now it is. It's Pregnancy Test Doom!
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• Noise cancellation neither helps productivity nor perceived performance
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• World's First 3-D-Printed Steel Bridge Debuts in Amsterdam
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\n\nListener Feedback\n\n

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• Sent stickers to Craig in Fort Worth. Craig bought the Doc Martin\u2019s recommended in episode 82. See the pictures.
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\n\nConferences\n\n

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• THAT Conference, July 26-29
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• SpringOne, Sep 1-2
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• DevOps Loop | October 4, 2021
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\n\nRecommendations\n\n

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• Brandon: Dark Sky
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• Matt: BOM Weather
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• Cot\xe9: 8ball newsletter; Buienradar in the Netherlands.
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