Technology
This week we discuss Programming Language Rankings, CNCF Project Velocity and the new Gartner MQ for Cloud Infrastructure. Plus, are straws really necessary? Rundown Update on CNCF and Open Source Project Velocity 2020 (https://www.cncf.io/blog/2021/08/02/update-on-cncf-and-open-source-project-velocity-2020/?utm_content=174974774&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-3286770860) Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2021 (https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021) Heroku and Digital Ocean make the Cloud Platforms list (https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#most-popular-technologies-platform) The RedMonk Programming Language Rankings: June 2021 (https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2021/08/05/language-rankings-6-21/) AWS Named as a Leader for the 11th Consecutive Year in 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Services (CIPS) (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-named-as-a-leader-for-the-11th-consecutive-year-in-2021-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-cloud-infrastructure-platform-services-cips/) Customers warn Gartner of AWS's high-pressure sales tactics in latest verdict on public cloud providers (https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2021/08/03/gartner_verdict_on_public_cloud/) Relevant to your interests Amazon cloud revenue growth accelerates to 37% in Q2 (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/29/aws-earnings-q2-2021.html) Use the new Google Meet web app for better meetings on desktop devices (https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2021/07/use-new-google-meet-web-app-for-better.html) The Mark Cuban-founded audio app Fireside is asking its own users to invest (https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/30/22601191/fireside-app-mark-cuban-falon-fatemi-libsyn-rode-invest) Russia hacked emails of US federal prosecutors around the country (https://twitter.com/jsrailton/status/1421315244660559874?s=20) Zoom agrees to pay $85M to settle privacy suit (https://www.axios.com/zoom-settle-85-million-privacy-suit-4674b13a-b062-46fa-b72d-32fdf62d97d1.html) Microsoft Teams rolls out native notification on its macOS app (https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/02/microsoft-teams-rolls-out-native-notification-on-its-macos-app/) Salesforce’s MuleSoft buys RPA specialist Servicetrace (https://siliconangle.com/2021/08/02/salesforces-mulesoft-buys-rpa-specialist-servicetrace/) Cloud Foundry Summit: Kubernetes Must Do Better by Developers (https://thenewstack.io/cloud-foundry-summit-kubernetes-must-do-better-by-developers/) IBM Cloud took the evening off – 23 services were hard to provision for eight hours (https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/03/ibm_sev_one_outages/) Red Hat OpenShift 4.8 Is Now Generally Available (https://cloud.redhat.com/blog/red-hat-openshift-4.8-is-now-generally-available) Deal Of The Century: How Michael Dell Turned His Declining PC Business Into A $40 Billion Windfall (https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoinegara/2021/08/03/deal-of-the-century-how-michael-dell-turned-his-declining-pc-business-into-40-billion-windfall/) Facebook is reportedly trying to analyze encrypted data without deciphering it | Engadget (https://www.engadget.com/facebook-analyze-encrypted-messages-ad-targeting-175739715.html) Why Nvidia’s $40 billion bid for Arm could be in jeopardy (https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/08/04/nvidias-40-billion-bid-for-arm-could-be-in-jeopardy.html) Keeping clients of OpenSearch and Elasticsearch compatible with open source | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/keeping-clients-of-opensearch-and-elasticsearch-compatible-with-open-source/) Oracle launches Verrazzano container platform for Kubernetes (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3627407/oracle-launches-verrazzano-container-platform-for-kubernetes.html) Verrazzano Enterprise Container Platform (https://verrazzano.io/) Investing in Polywork - Andreessen Horowitz (https://a16z.com/2021/08/05/investing-in-polywork/) Amazon’s drone project is experiencing turbulence (https://thehustle.co/08052021-Amazon-drone-project) One big tech company changes its hybrid work policy in a permanent way (https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2021/08/02/linked-in-permanent-remote-work.html) Apple's Plan to "Think Different" About Encryption Opens a Backdoor to Your Private Life (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/apples-plan-think-different-about-encryption-opens-backdoor-your-private-life) LISA Community Message (https://s.usenix.org/acton/media/2452/lisa-community-announcement) Nonsense Zoom agrees to pay $85M to settle privacy suit (https://www.axios.com/zoom-settle-85-million-privacy-suit-4674b13a-b062-46fa-b72d-32fdf62d97d1.html) Goldman Sachs joins Wall Street rivals in boosting junior banker salaries (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/02/goldman-sachs-joins-wall-street-rivals-in-boosting-junior-banker-salaries-.html) HEB sells candles that smell like fresh tortillas, because you can't live at the stor (https://www.statesman.com/story/lifestyle/food/2021/07/27/heb-butter-tortilla-candles-texas-grocery-store-bakery-scents/5391681001/)e (https://www.statesman.com/story/lifestyle/food/2021/07/27/heb-butter-tortilla-candles-texas-grocery-store-bakery-scents/5391681001/) Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. 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