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Published: May 20, 2022, 5:30 a.m.

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This week we discuss the "sum of the parts" of Rackspace, Rocky Linux recreates CentOS and thoughts on the economy. Plus, a debate: rental car vs. Uber.

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Rundown

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• Rackspace Technology Reports First Quarter 2022 Results; Company Evaluating Strategic Alternatives
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• Cloudflare gets serious about infrastructure services
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• Rocky Linux developer CIQ raises $26M to recreate CentOS for enterprises
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• Snowflake Stock: Finally, This Software Titan Is Worth A Nibble (NYSE:SNOW)
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• Job vacancies outpace unemployment for first time
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Relevant to your Interests

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• Observability Engineering - O\'Reilly Book 2022 Download
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• Observe raises $70M to grow its data-fueled observability platform
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• Apple discontinues its last iPod
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• Ploopy. Open-source hardware.
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• [DigitalBridge to Buy Switch for $11 Billion as Data Center M&A Binge Continues](http://)
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• Aiven Raises $210M to Invest in Sustainable Open Source Cloud
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• Workforce management startup Rippling raises $250M at $11.25B valuation
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• Google finally announces the Pixel Watch
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• IBM\'s massive \'Kookaburra\' quantum processor might land in 2025
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• Google Cloud launches AlloyDB, a new fully managed PostgreSQL database service
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• Komodor provides a Kubernetes troubleshooting platform
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• Nvidia Does the Unexpected: Open Sources GPU Drivers for Linux
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• Hands-Free Voice Control | Sonos
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• Appeals court unleashes Texas\'s anti-content-moderation law
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• Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment acquires Redbox
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• Hasura raises $100M to create GraphQL APIs for databases
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• Jeffrey Snover claims Microsoft demoted him for PowerShell
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• Amazon CEO Andy Jassy\'s $214 million pay package is \'excessive\' and should be vetoed by shareholders, say advisory firms
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• Netflix tells employees they can quit if they don\'t want to work on content they disagree with, according to new company culture guidelines
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• Not all open-source leaders are jerks
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• Intel Poaches Open Source Execs from Netflix, Apple to Boost Linux Efforts
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• Jeff Bezos turns up heat on Joe Biden over US inflation
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• Satya Nadella details Microsoft plan for \\u2018significant additional investment\\u2019 in employee compensation
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• Musk: Twitter deal at lower price "not out of the question"
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• Google Lets Personal Users Stay On \'No-Cost Legacy G Suite\' With Custom Gmail Domain
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• Apple slows return to office, will let employees stay remote and require masks in common spaces
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• For Tech Startups, the Party Is Over
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• The State of Kubernetes Security in 2022
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• Facebook\\u2019s hiring crisis: Engineers are turning down offers
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• Twitter bleeds more top talent in the midst of Musk acquisition
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• Sisters doing it for themselves: this nun built her own power plant
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• Google Cloud launches new software supply chain and zero trust security services
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• Orbit + Hoopy: Writing the Future of DevRel - Orbit
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• A beef over NFTs is shaking the sneaker industry - The Hustle
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• Introducing the 2022 State of Crypto Report
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• Apple has shown its mixed reality headset to its board of directors: report (NASDAQ:AAPL)
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• Why Did Heroku Fail?
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• Docker Launches Docker Extensions and Docker Desktop for Linux
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Nonsense

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• Mailin\\u2019 It! - The Official USPS Podcast
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• Dad\'s take on Peloton from 2019
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• A solar power plant in space? The UK wants to build one by 2035.
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• Elon discovers Lawyers
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• More Cables
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• Computer powered by colony of blue-green algae has run for six months
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• Southwest introduces transferable credits
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Listener Feedback

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• Relyance AI is looking for a VP of Product
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Conferences

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• THAT Conference comes to Texas, May 23-26, 2022\\n\\n
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• cdCon, June 7 \\u2013 8, 2022 Austin, Texas + Virtual\\n\\n
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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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• FinOps X, June 20-21, 2022, Matt\\u2019s there!
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• DevOps Loop, June 22nd. Free! Cot\\xe9 helps put the agenda together.
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• Open Source Summit North America, June 21-24, 2022, Matt\\u2019s there!
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• THAT Conference Wisconsin, July 25, 2022
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• VMware Explore 2022, August 29 \\u2013 September 1, 2022
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• SpringOne Platform, SF, December 6\\u20138, 2022.
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Recommendations

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• Brandon: tvOS 15.4 lets you finally log in to captive Wi-Fi portals on Apple TV
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• Matt: The Poppy War
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• Cot\\xe9: Skilcraft U.S. Government Retractable Ball Point Pen, Fine Point, Blue Ink, Box of 12.
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