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Published: April 1, 2022, 5:30 a.m.

This week we discuss the potential consequences of the EU\u2019s Digital Markets Act, Gaming M&A and Docker\u2019s latest funding. Plus, Cot\xe9 offers advice about snakes\u2026.

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\n\nRundown\n\n

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• Security experts say new EU rules will damage WhatsApp encryption
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• Europe says yes to messaging interoperability
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• Amazon Game Studio Head Steps Down Amid Declining New World Active Players
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• Netflix buys Boss Fight in latest gaming acquisition
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• As Docker gains momentum, it hauls in $105M Series C on $2B valuation
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\n\nRelevant to your Interests\n\n

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• Mac Studio Teardown: No upgradable storage\u2026 yet
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• Teen Suspected by Cyber Researchers of Being Lapsus$ Mastermind
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• Apple acquires UK open banking startup Credit Kudos
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• PlanetScale Rewind
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• Apple launches the first driver\u2019s license and state ID in Wallet with Arizona
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• Google Cloud now lets you suspend and resume VMs \u2013 TechCrunch
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• Sealed IBM files in age-discrimination case now public
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• Want to smell in virtual reality? A Vermont-based startup has the technology
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• Apple will reportedly sell the iPhone as a subscription service
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• Nvidia CEO to Look at Intel for Foundry, Says Shift Will Be Hard (
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• Instacart is slashing its valuation by almost 40% to $24B
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• Texas has enough wind and solar power to replace coal almost entirely
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• The Overcast Redesign: Part One
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• Malicious Packages in npm Targeting Azure Developers
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• Google Issues Emergency Security Warning For 3.2 Billion Chrome Users
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• The public really have no idea what we do, do they
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• The single-largest wind farm in North America comes online in Oklahoma
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• Apple\u2019s iPhone SE is the nail in the mmWave 5G coffin
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• Gravity - Issue 1: Analytics
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• HP seeks to ride hybrid work boom with $1.7 billion Poly buyout
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• Chrome and Edge hit with V8 type confusion vulnerability with in-the-wild exploit
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• Microsoft is using illegal bribes in the Middle East and Africa.
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• Facebook paid GOP firm to malign TikTok
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• Arm plans transfer of shares in renegade China unit to speed up IPO
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• 20 Kubernetes Blogs, Journals, and Podcasts to Follow in 2022
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• Okta: "We made a mistake" delaying the Lapsus$ hack disclosure
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• Okta hack puts thousands of businesses on high alert
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• More Okta
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• The Okta Mess Is Even Worse Than It Appears
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• Google Calendar now lets paid users create a \u201cbooking page\u201d website
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• Compose with Markdown in Google Docs on web
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• HashiCorp co-founder Armon Dadgar speaks to The Reg
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\n\nNonsense\n\n

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• Reference Letter
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• Cybersecurity and Skin Care
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• U.S. Nuclear Power to China? - Freakonomics
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• Some news from Austin
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• Dyson's First Wireless Headphones: Fresh Tunes and Fresh Air
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\n\nListener Feedback\n\n

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• Jordi wants you to work at Harness
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• Ryan wants you to become the Chief of Staff - CISO at DataDog
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• Andrew wants you to work at Deepfactor where you will be known as a \u201cDeepfactorianm.\u201d
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• Join the jobs channel in SDT Slack to learn more
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• Drata \u2014 Put Security and Compliance on Autopilot: https://drata.com/partner/SDT
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\n\nConferences\n\n

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• .Net Beyond conference watch the replay
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• THAT Conference comes to Texas, May 23-26, 2022\n\n
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• DevOps Days Birmingham AL,, April 18 & 19th, 2022
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• Spring Tour Chicago, April 26th to 27th.
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• DevOpsDays Austin 2022, May 4 - 5, 2022
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• DevOpsDays Chicago 2022:, May 10 & 11th, 2022
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• MongoDB World 2022, June 7-9th, 2022
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• Splunk\u2019s ,conf, June 13-16, 2022
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• THAT Conference Wisconsin, July 25, 2022
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• SpringOne Platform, SF, December 6\u20138, 2022.
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\n\nRecommendations\n\n

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• Brandon: iOS App Developer Settlement with Apple
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