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Published: Aug. 6, 2021, 5:30 a.m.

This week we discuss Programming Language Rankings, CNCF Project Velocity and the new Gartner MQ for Cloud Infrastructure. Plus, are straws really necessary?

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• Update on CNCF and Open Source Project Velocity 2020
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• Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2021\n\n
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  • Heroku and Digital Ocean make the Cloud Platforms list
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• The RedMonk Programming Language Rankings: June 2021
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• AWS Named as a Leader for the 11th Consecutive Year in 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Services (CIPS)
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• Customers warn Gartner of AWS's high-pressure sales tactics in latest verdict on public cloud providers
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\n\nRelevant to your interests\n\n

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• Amazon cloud revenue growth accelerates to 37% in Q2
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• Use the new Google Meet web app for better meetings on desktop devices
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• The Mark Cuban-founded audio app Fireside is asking its own users to invest
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• Russia hacked emails of US federal prosecutors around the country
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• Zoom agrees to pay $85M to settle privacy suit
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• Microsoft Teams rolls out native notification on its macOS app
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• Salesforce\u2019s MuleSoft buys RPA specialist Servicetrace
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• Cloud Foundry Summit: Kubernetes Must Do Better by Developers
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• IBM Cloud took the evening off \u2013 23 services were hard to provision for eight hours
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• Red Hat OpenShift 4.8 Is Now Generally Available
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• Deal Of The Century: How Michael Dell Turned His Declining PC Business Into A $40 Billion Windfall
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• Facebook is reportedly trying to analyze encrypted data without deciphering it | Engadget
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• Why Nvidia\u2019s $40 billion bid for Arm could be in jeopardy
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• Keeping clients of OpenSearch and Elasticsearch compatible with open source | Amazon Web Services
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• Oracle launches Verrazzano container platform for Kubernetes
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• Verrazzano Enterprise Container Platform
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• Investing in Polywork - Andreessen Horowitz
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• Amazon\u2019s drone project is experiencing turbulence
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• One big tech company changes its hybrid work policy in a permanent way
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• Apple's Plan to "Think Different" About Encryption Opens a Backdoor to Your Private Life
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• LISA Community Message
  
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\n\nNonsense\n\n

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• Zoom agrees to pay $85M to settle privacy suit
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• Goldman Sachs joins Wall Street rivals in boosting junior banker salaries
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• HEB sells candles that smell like fresh tortillas, because you can't live at the store
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\n\nConferences\n\n

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• SpringOne, Sep 1-2
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\n\nRecommendations\n\n

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• Brandon: Let Him Go.
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• Matt: Cloud Native Application Flows podcast.
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• Cot\xe9: La Vallade restaurant in Amsterdam, which serves La Pauline wine, which you should also try.
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