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This week, we discuss the 5 key trends from Bessemer’s State of the Cloud 2024 report. Plus, Matt makes a stock pick for the next 10 years!

Runner-up Titles

• Is it named after Hootie and the Blowfish?
• Prepaying for your bad behavior
• You have a thought piece, we’re gonna think about it
• The Footloose Soundtrack

Rundown

• Amazon Hits $2 Trillion Market Value as AI Frenzy Fuels Rally
• State of the Cloud 2024
• The Real Reason Why Music Is Getting Worse

Relevant to your Interests

• The short, happy reign of CD-ROM
• 1Password is simplifying setup on new devices and adding 'Recovery codes'
• Apple is winning in financial services
• Anthropic’s latest model, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, just released on Amazon Bedrock
• What it Takes to Be Valued at >10x Rev
• Microsoft makes Copilot less useful on new Copilot Plus PCs
• Exclusive: Amazon mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp
• Amazon’s new AI-powered Alexa might cost up to $10 per month
• Is Your Driving Being Secretly Scored?
• AI Tools Are Secretly Training on Real Images of Children
• Nvidia Is No Cisco, but It Is Getting Expensive
• Microsoft shelves its underwater data center
• With Pen and Paper in Hand, Car Dealers Improvise as Cyber Outage Persists
• Nvidia Insiders Cash In on Rally as Share Sales Top $700 Million
• We’ve got to talk about the environment when we talk about AI
• Gmail’s Gemini AI sidebar and email summaries are rolling out now
• Google is bringing Gemini access to teens using their school accounts
• Managing Your Mac Menu Bar: A Roundup of My Favorite Bartender Alternatives
• Report: Amazon developing AI chatbot that would compete with ChatGPT and others
• How to escape VMware's pricey clutches with Virt-v2v
• Figma’s new Slides app focuses on design, fun, and (oh, yeah!) AI
• Powering the AI Revolution: The PyTorch Documentary
• Polyfill supply chain attack hits 100K+ sites
• Some CIOs say getting full value out of AI tools like Copilot for Microsoft 365 requires heavy lifting, as enterprise data isn't always accurate and up-to-date ****## Nonsense
• Cybertruck: The Embarrassing beginning of Teslas Demise
• The Buc-ee’s Statue Got A New Look, And Fans Have Thoughts
• Delta's most exclusive airport lounge opens. Here's what's inside
• Explaining Software Development Methods By Flying to Mars [Comic]

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Conferences

• DevOpsDays Birmingham, August 19–21, 2024
• DevOpsDays Antwerp, 15th anniversary, Sep 4th-5th.
• SpringOne/VMware Explore US, August 26–29, 2024
• SREday London 2024, September 19th to 20th, Coté speaking. 20% off with the code SRE20DAY

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