This week, we discuss Microsoft and Google Cloud earnings, the future of passwords, the validity of DORA Metrics, and share some thoughts on esoteric Excel bug fixes.

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Runner-up Titles

• Spicy takes and f-bombs
• Not pants
• Real scientists don’t use Excel
• We fixed it
• Private equity is coming for you
• Jerks on the phone… go!
• They’re going to steal our eyes and thumbs

Rundown

• Microsoft fixes the Excel feature that was wrecking scientific data
• Control data conversions in Excel for Windows and Mac
• Cloud News and Earnings
  • Clouded Judgement 10.20.23
  • Microsoft blows past earnings estimates as cloud growth comes in hot
  • Microsoft has over a million paying GitHub Copilot users: CEO Nadella
  • Jamin Ball on LinkedIn: On the Microsoft earnings call
  • Google-parent Alphabet's cloud division misses revenue estimates, as Microsoft’s cloud booms
  • How AI-driven software creation tools speed up your development
  • Amazon launches European 'sovereign' cloud as EU data debate rages
• Passwords
  • Hackers Stole Access Tokens from Okta’s Support Unit
  • 1Password is the latest victim of Okta’s compromise
  • Passkeys (Passkey Authentication)
• Apple may be planning a surprise October iMac announcement
• Despite the Hype, Engineers Not Impressed with DORA Metrics
• Amazon Could Reportedly Sign Billion Dollar Microsoft 365 Deal

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• Top Apple analyst says MacBook demand has fallen 'significantly'
• Amazon managers can now sack employees who won’t work from the office 3 days a week
• Amazon’s Andy Jassy Plans to Crash the AI Party
• US v Google Antitrust Trial Transcripts I The Capitol Forum
• Crane Venture Partners Flight 2023
• How Ubuntu Linux snuck into high-end Dell laptops (and why it's called 'Project Sputnik')
• What’s inside Apple’s $129 Thunderbolt cable?
• Why can't our tech billionaires learn anything new?
• Amazon Could Reportedly Sign Billion Dollar Microsoft 365 Deal
• Stay in EU, comply with EU law: EU’s digital chief warns X’s Musk
• Meta sued by 42 attorneys general for addictive features targeting kids
• Apple Silicon M1 Power Consumption Deep Dive Part 1: Safari vs Chrome
• Automattic is acquiring Texts and betting big on the future of messaging
• The founder of startup Bonobos hid a bipolar diagnosis for decades. Now he’s on a mission to destigmatize mental health at work
• Sam Bankman-Fried Set to Testify at His Fraud Trial
• Fed wants to lower 'swipe fees,' a potential blow to banks and credit card giants

Nonsense

• Costco CEO Craig Jelinek to step down Jan. 1. COO Ron Vachris will take over
• McKinsey: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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