This week, we discuss Cloud Earnings, OpenCost, the Free Software Product License, paying for Social Media, and Apple's latest announcements. Plus, Matt begins the search for a new keyboard.
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Cloud Earnings ReviewAmazon Web Services (AWS) - Q3 2023 Earnings AnalysisAmazon's Jassy: We're 'surprised' at growth of our generative AI businessClouded Judgement 10.27.23 - Cloud Giants Report Q3 '23OpenCost Expands Its Horizon: Introducing Multi-Cloud Cost MonitoringFree Software ProductOpen Source in Numbers: The Terraform License Change Impact on ContributionOpen Source and Capitalism with Ashley Williams and Adam Jacob / OxideBusiness ModelsDefault Search EngineGoogle reportedly pays $18 billion a year to be Apple’s default search engineGoogle paid a whopping $26.3 billion in 2021 to be the default search engine everywhere“Chrome exists to serve Google search.” - The VergePaid SocialElon Musk will charge you more to avoid ads than Disney and NetflixFacebook and Instagram launch a paid ad-free subscriptionYouTube tries to kill ad blockers in push for ad dollars, Premium subsSolarWindsSEC sues SolarWinds for misleading investors before 2020 hackObservability provider SolarWinds reportedly exploring a saleBad Passwords Are Securities FraudAppleApple unveils new MacBook Pro featuring M3 chipsBehind the scenes at Scary Fast: Apple’s keynote event shot on iPhoneRelevant to your Interests
The Cloud ComputerLinux Foundation Adopting Terraform Fork Provokes Ire of HashiCorp CEO12-inch MacBook could return as a budget model, suggests leakerX usage plummets in Musk's first year as ownerZuckerberg says Threads has almost 100 million monthly usersGoogle Fiber is getting outrageously fast 20Gbps serviceAlphabet sees $165 billion in market cap wiped after cloud business growth disappoints Wall StreetVMware closes its home for experimental softwareSamsung adds DisplayPort and more Multi View options to second massive Ark monitorDrugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Consumer DNAWhat's new in Red Hat OpenShiftAnnouncing the Platform Engineering Maturity ModelWelcoming Clearbit to the HubSpot TeamBroadcom and VMWare Say $61 Billion Deal Will Close 'Soon'Chainguard Raises $61 Million Series B Round as Enterprises Move to Fortify Open Source SoftwareNonsense
Toyota’s Chairman Is Having His ‘I Told You So Moment’ About EVsWhy Is Apple's USB-C Cable $130?The restaurant nearest GoogleBoston Dynamics turned its robot dog into a talking tour guide with ChatGPTUnilever is selling Dollar Shave Club to private equityWeWork Plans to File for Bankruptcy as Early as Next Week WSJListener Feedback
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