Technology
This week we discuss Gartner’s Emerging Tech Hype Cycle and analyze 10 years of “Software Eating the World.” Plus, is Willie Nelson a good singer…? Rundown 3 Themes Surface in the 2021 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies (https://www.gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/3-themes-surface-in-the-2021-hype-cycle-for-emerging-technologies/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=SM_GB_YOY_GTR_SOC_SF1_SM-SWG&utm_content=&sf248828168=1) Chris Dixon Blockchain Tweetstorm (https://twitter.com/cdixon/status/1427452454543663129) Ten Years Software Is Eating the World - Andreessen Horowitz (https://a16z.com/2011/08/20/why-software-is-eating-the-world/) Disney wins this round: Here's where the streaming giants stand at the end of earnings season (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/13/disney-gaining-fast-on-netflix-in-streaming-wars.html) Relevant to your interests Salesforce announces first integrations with Slack after closing $28B sale (https://techcrunch-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/techcrunch.com/2021/08/17/after-spending-28b-salesforce-announces-first-direct-integrations-with-slack/) Custom Silicon (https://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2021/08/tesla-project-dojo-overview/) LEAKED MEMO: Google is dismantling its embattled health division as the tech giant reconsiders its strategy for healthcare (https://www.businessinsider.com/google-health-shutting-down-david-feinberg-leaves-2021-8?nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_content=10_things_tech&utm_campaign=Post%20Blast%20sai:%2010%20things%20in%20tech%20you%20need%20to%20know%20today&utm_term=10%20THINGS%20IN%20TECH%20YOU%20NEED%20TO%20KNOW%20-%20ENGAGED%2C%20ACTIVE%2C%20PASSIVE%2C%20DISENGAGED) 'Worst' AWS service ever? Cloud giant introduces Redis-compatible MemoryDB – to mixed response (https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/23/aws_memorydb_reaction/) 'Not great, but usable': GNOME desktop boots on Asahi Linux for Apple M1 (https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/23/gnome_asahi_linux/) Turing Pi V2 is here - Turing Pi (https://turingpi.com/turing-pi-v2-is-here/) Google's newest cloud region taken out by 'transient voltage' that rebooted network kit (https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/25/google_cloud_australia_southeast2_outage/) A decade and a half of instability: The history of Google messaging app (https://arstechnica.com/?p=1673505)s (https://arstechnica.com/?p=1673505) Grafana Labs Raises $220 Million Round at $3 Billion Valuation (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-24/grafana-labs-raises-220-million-round-at-3-billion-valuation) Serverless, Multicloud Popular with K8s Users, Survey Says (https://thenewstack.io/serverless-multicloud-popular-with-k8s-users-survey-says/) Elastic acquires build.security for security policy definition and enforcement (https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/23/elastic-acquires-build-security-for-security-policy-definition-and-enforcement/) The Modern Data Stack: Open-source Edition (https://www.datafold.com/blog/the-modern-data-stack-open-source-edition) ****## Nonsense ASML is the most important company you've never heard of. (https://twitter.com/trungtphan/status/1429464889307762688?s=21) Rejected Old Bay Jingle (https://youtu.be/xMJMDEDXwec) Ford doubles Lightning production target on strong pre-launch demand -sources (https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/exclusive-ford-doubles-lightning-production-target-on-strong-pre-launch-demand-sources-0) Streaming Churn (https://twitter.com/ballmatthew/status/1430326411487846411?s=21) New Tilting Stops $100 Million Fix of San Francisco's Millennium Towe (https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/new-tilting-stops-100-million-fix-of-san-franciscos-millennium-tower/2639941/)r (https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/new-tilting-stops-100-million-fix-of-san-franciscos-millennium-tower/2639941/) Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT (http://strongdm.com/SDT) CBT Nuggets — Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. 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