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Published: Oct. 8, 2021, 5:30 a.m.

This week we discuss AWS Step Functions, VMware Tanzu Community Edition and Zoom\u2019s M&A Strategy. Plus, some thoughts on car batteries\u2026

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• AWS Step Functions Supports 200 AWS Services To Enable Easier Workflow Automation
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• Introducing VMware Tanzu Community Edition\n\n
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  • Tanzu Community Edition
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• Zoom M&A\n\n
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  • And that\u2019s that, as the Zoom deal to buy Five9 is called off \u2013 TechCrunch
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  • Zoom loses Five9 - leaves the cloud contact center business open to innovative alternatives
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• Telegram added 70M new users amid six-hour WhatsApp outage
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\n\nRelevant to your interests\n\n

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• Announcing Trusted Cloud Principles
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• Australian Bureau of Statistics runs 2021 Census on the AWS Cloud
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• "A New Strategy, R2"
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• Cloudflare\u2019s Disruption
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• PSPDFkit raises $116M, its first outside money; now nearly 1B people use apps powered by its collaboration, signing and markup tools
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• Microsoft announces Office 2021 features and pricing
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• Paperlike, the Screen Protector for iPad: write and draw like on paper
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• Microsoft sets Oct. 5 as Windows 11 launch date
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• COVID Breathalyzers Could Transform Rapid Testing
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• AWS Mistakes
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• The Verica Open Incident Database
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• Developer-focused infrastructure security platform Mondoo raises $15M
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• 1 big thing: Enterprise software's reawakening
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• FB Outage\n\n
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  • Understanding How Facebook Disappeared from the Internet
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  • Tools to explore BGP
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  • Facebook is down, along with Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Oculus VR
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• Security\n\n
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  • The entirety of Twitch has reportedly been leaked | VGC
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  • DeFi bug accidentally gives $90 million to users, founder begs them to return it
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  • Hackers rob thousands of Coinbase customers using MFA flaw
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  • Company That Routes Billions of Text Messages Quietly Says It Was Hacked
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\n\nNonsense\n\n

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• There are six internet links on my office on wheels. Seven when Starlink arrives.
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• Australia accelerates its plans to allow international travel.
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• As of today, Australia has 5 time zones once again.
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• April Fools' copy-paste button for lazy programmers now actually for sale
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\n\nConferences\n\n

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• KubeCon October 11-15 Virtual and In Person
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• GitOpsDays Community Special: GitOps One-Stop Shop Event October 20
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• MongoDB.local London 2021 - November 9, 2021
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• THAT Conference comes to Texas January 17-20, 2022
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