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Published: Jan. 28, 2022, 6:30 a.m.

This week we discuss the SAT going online, the Pyramid of Open Source and dealing with tech debt. Plus, some thoughts on expense reports\u2026

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• Starting in 2024, U.S. students will take the SAT entirely online
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• Enforcing the Pyramid of Open Source
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• Microsoft cloud revenues power Microsoft's $51.7 billion second FY'22 quarter | ZDNet
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• Twitter brings NFTs to profile photos, but only for Twitter Blue subscribers | Engadget
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• Peloton hires McKinsey to review cost structure; cycle maker may cut jobs, close stores
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• Michael Dell Op-ed: There will never be a post-Covid world
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• Merck wins cyber-insurance lawsuit related to NotPetya attack
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• Anitian Raises $55 Million Series B to Further Transform the Cloud Security and Compliance Automation Industries with Pre-Engineered, Zero Trust Cloud Platforms
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• Google kills off FLoC, replaces it with Topics
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• Nvidia Quietly Prepares to Abandon $40 Billion Arm Bid
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• SparkCognition, which develops AI solutions for a range of industries, nabs $123M
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• Oracle audit also a 'sales enablement tool'
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• Apple pays record $100,500 to student who found Mac webcam hack | AppleInsider
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• This Post Was Written by GitHub Copilot | flower.codes
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• Can CNN make streaming work?
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• Kelsey Hightower vs. Chris Dixon
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• Meta-backed Diem in talks to sell off assets: report
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\n\nNonsense\n\n

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• Boeing Adds $450 Million to Air-Taxi Effort
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• A bot tried to ruin Wordle by posting the next day\u2019s answer. Twitter suspended the account.
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