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Episode 408: Undivided Attention

This week we discuss Docker’s reversal, Amazon's return to office, Apple’s headset, the state of the Metaverse and the rise of LLMs. Plus, Matt shares his sleep study experience and an after-show about Hawaii.

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Runner-up Titles

Tyranny of 16x9
College Sports of Mastodon
Sleep Study
NPS survey at the end
Dependent on Goodwill
This is best for the customer
Worlds greatest employer
Apple, we were counting on you
Mechanized Mansplaining

Rundown

We're no longer sunsetting the Free Team plan
Amazon’s head of HR rejects employees’ return-to-office petition (Insider)
At Apple, Rare Dissent Over a New Product: Interactive Goggles
Disney reportedly eliminates metaverse division in first round of layoffs
Cheating is All You Need

Relevant to your Interests

Introducing World ID and SDK
You Broke Reddit: The Pi-Day Outage
De-cloud and de-k8s — bringing our apps back home
Venture Firms And Startups Are Returning To Government-Backed SVB In Droves
OpenStack starts wrapping around the alphabet to name it's latest release.
51 Tips For Surviving in a BIG Company
New York Times touts continued Wordle success
SVB Capital Owned Pieces Of Top VC Firms. With A Sale Ongoing, Their Future Is In Flux.
First Citizens agrees to buy Silicon Valley Bank
Databricks pushes open-source chatbot as cheaper ChatGPT alternative
Let's Get To The News #11: 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
Rackspace cutting workforce in response to downturn. Amid string of losses, its stock has plummeted.
Microsoft is testing a redesigned Windows 11 audio mixer
Twilio's IoT business unit to be acquired by KORE to build first 'IoT Hyperscaler'
Apple Releases iOS and iPadOS 16.4 with New Emoji, Notifications for Web Apps on the Home Screen, Voice Isolation for Cellular Calls, New Shortcuts Actions, and More
The Bank Regulators Are Disappointed
ChatGPT plugins
AI changes the software-making game
Google Distributed Cloud Hosted is GA | Google Cloud Blog
Alibaba to split into 6 units and explore IPOs; shares up 14% in the U.S.
Elon Musk: Only paid subscribers will get recommended in Twitter 'For You' feed
Zoom is adding new features to compete with Slack, Calendly, Google and Microsoft
How Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant Lost the A.I. Race

Nonsense

Beaver fossil named after Buc-ee's
The Ultimate Texas Brand Bracket Crowns Its Champion — Texas Monthly

After Show

Coté’s interview with Barton

Conferences

KubeCon EU Amsterdam, April 18-21 - Matt & Cote will be there
DevOpsDays Birmingham, AL 2023, April 20 - 21, 2023
DevOpsDays Austin 2023, May 4-5

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Photo Credits

Header
Artwork

Special Guest: Barton George.

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Undivided Attention

Episode 408

March 31st, 2023

1 hr 10 mins

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