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Episode 230: Who is Travis Scott?

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On this week’s episode: Andreessen says it’s time build, Verizon buys Bluejeans, Splunk maybe watching and Google is giving Istio to a foundation. Plus, we offer informed opinions on Travis Scott and Fortnite.

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Hot Take — IT'S TIME TO BUILD - Andreessen Horowitz

  1. Conferencing
    • Verizon will buy video conferencing company BlueJeans
    • The Zoom fatigue is real
    • Google Meet launches improved Zoom-like tiled layout, low-light mode and more
    • Introducing Splunk Remote Work Insights: Our Solution for the New Work-from-Home Reality
    • Apollo readies IPO of cloud company Rackspace
    • Alibaba Cloud will invest $28 billion more into its infrastructure over the next three years
    • Zhao KaiXian x86 CPU Tested: The Rise of China's Chips
    • AWS announces new single-purpose on-prem hardware and tie-in storage tier
    • AWS launches Amazon AppFlow, its new SaaS integration service
    • Google Cloud CEO: Istio is going to a foundation
    • Google Cloud’s fully managed Anthos is now generally available for AWS
    • Over the past 20 years, IBM has bought back $140 billion of its stock. Its current market cap: $105 billion. $IBM
    • Apple will reportedly use 12-core 5nm ARM processor in a 2021 Mac
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        • Nonsense
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        • How to watch Travis Scott’s Fortnite concerts
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