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Published: Jan. 7, 2022, 6:30 a.m.

This week we discuss why cloud numbers don\u2019t add up, Oracle buys Cerner and the demise of BlackBerry. Plus, Matt gives advice for keeping up with Web3.

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• Cloud numbers don\u2019t add up
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• A Look Back at Q3 '21 Public Cloud Software Earnings
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• Oracle to buy medical records company Cerner in its biggest acquisition ever
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• Apple hits $3 trillion market cap, becoming first company to hit the mark
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• If you're clinging to an old BlackBerry, it will officially stop working on Jan. 4
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\n\nRelevant to your Interests\n\n

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• AWS\n\n
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  • Amazon Cloud Unit Draws Antitrust Scrutiny From Khan\u2019s FTC
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  • You have asked for this, it is basically your fault!
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  • MongoDB Poaches Top Amazon Executives to Compete With AWS
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  • AWS DynamoDB architect who recently left for MongoDB
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  • Enterprise Strategy Blog 2021: Year-End Roundup
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  • Amazon announces broad cloud and AI collaboration with auto giant Stellantis
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• M&A and VC\n\n
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  • Google confirms it acquired cybersecurity specialist Siemplify, reportedly for $500M, to become part of Google Cloud\u2019s Chronicle
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  • Google confirms it acquired cybersecurity specialist Siemplify, reportedly for $500M, to become part of Google Cloud\u2019s Chronicle
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  • PitchBook: seed and early stage startups in the US raised $93B in 2021 through December 15, up from $52B in 2020 and $30B in 2016
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  • Spotify acquires podcast tech company Whooshkaa which turns radio broadcasts into on-demand audio
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  • Cal.com, Inc. raises $7.4m Seed
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  • Redpoint Ventures is Launching a Media Operation\u2014And Embracing TikTok
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  • Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreesen are still working
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• Crypto\n\n
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  • Money in the Metaverse
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  • The Block Unicorn Index
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  • RadioShack goes Crypto
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• Pay\n\n
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  • Google will pay top execs $1 million each after declining to boost workers\u2019 pay
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  • Apple Pays Its Engineers $180,000 Bonuses to Stop Them From Joining Meta
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• Apple\n\n
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  • Apple is rebuilding Apple Music as a full native app with macOS 12.2 beta
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  • Apple is reportedly going to make more of its own chips
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• Alexa\n\n
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  • Amazon\u2019s Alexa Stalled With Users as Interest Faded, Documents Show
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  • Alexa tells 10-year-old girl to put penny in plug socket
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• Security\n\n
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  • LastPass users warned their master passwords are compromised
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  • Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp users targeted in phishing scheme
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• Misc\n\n
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  • TikTok is accused of violating GPL with new live streaming software
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  • Retailers To Lose $828 Million Of Sales Over Christmas Due To Inaccessible Websites
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  • What\u2019s next for Cloud Foundry
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  • A big video game company enters the metaverse
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  • IBM has restarted attempts to sell its unprofitable Watson Health division
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  • Minecraft as a k8s admin tool
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  • Web3 For and Against
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  • Jack Dorsey says VCs really own Web3 (and Web3 boosters are pretty mad about it)
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\n\nNonsense\n\n

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• U Refill Toner | Laser printer cartridge refills you do yourself
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• Pedant-friendly millipede discovered: First with 1,000+ legs
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• Largest ever giant millipede fossil found on UK beach
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• A DAO wants to make Blockbuster a decentralized film streaming service
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• Marvel Cinematic Universe is taking over the box office
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• Researchers make world's thinnest Christmas tree
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• Dieser Tortilla ist ko\u0308stlich! Kein O\u0308l, kein Backofen! Einfaches und leckeres Fru\u0308hstu\u0308ck # 110
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• Crypto CEO Brian Armstrong Buys Los Angeles Home for $133 Million
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• Taco Bell launches taco-a-day subscription program nationwide to drive visits
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\n\nRecommendations\n\n

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• Brandon: Station Eleven on HBO\n\n
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  • Book originally recommend on episode 137
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• Matt: State of the World 2022
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