Episode 320: Hash codes for everyone

This week we recap some of the Apple News and discuss the latest productivity research from Microsoft. Plus, an update on Coté’s struggle to adopt Apple Notes…
Rundown
Apple wins and loses in court, patches a vulnerability and release new products
Apple’s App Store Dealt Blow by Judge in Epic Antitrust Case (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-10/apple-s-app-store-dealt-blow-by-judge-in-epic-antitrust-case?sref=HQB7G2wY&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-tech&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_content=business&utm_medium=social&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business)
Apple must allow other forms of in-app purchases, rules judge in Epic v. Apple (https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/10/22662320/epic-apple-ruling-injunction-judge-court-app-store)
Major win for Epic Games: Apple has 90 days to open up app store payments (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/09/injunction-apple-must-open-up-app-store-payments-in-90-days/)
FORCEDENTRY: NSO Group iMessage Zero-Click Exploit Captured in the Wild (https://citizenlab.ca/2021/09/forcedentry-nso-group-imessage-zero-click-exploit-captured-in-the-wild/)
Apple Issues Emergency Security Updates to Close a Spyware Flaw (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/13/technology/apple-software-update-spyware-nso-group.html)
The 8 biggest announcements from Apple’s iPhone 13 event (https://www.theverge.com/22663657/apple-iphone-13-pro-ipad-mini-watch-event-biggest-announcements)
iPadOS 15 (https://www.apple.com/ipados/ipados-15/features/).
Study of Microsoft employees shows how remote work puts productivity and innovation at risk (https://www.geekwire.com/2021/study-microsoft-employees-shows-remote-work-puts-productivity-innovation-risk/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
Relevant to your interests
Framework Laptop pre-orders are now open (https://frame.work/)
Facebook debuts Ray-Ban Stories, smart glasses that record video (https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/9/22662809/facebook-ray-ban-stories-camera-smart-glasses-hands-on)
EXCLUSIVE Wide-ranging SolarWinds probe sparks fear in Corporate America (https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-wide-ranging-solarwinds-probe-sparks-fear-corporate-america-2021-09-10/)
Epic is shutting down Houseparty (https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/9/22663531/epic-games-shutting-down-houseparty-october)
Cross-Account Container Takeover in Azure Container Instances (https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/azure-container-instances/)
Microsoft gives up predicting when its US offices will fully reopen (https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/9/22664284/microsoft-office-reopening-plans-us)
Hackers leak passwords for 500,000 Fortinet VPN accounts (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-leak-passwords-for-500-000-fortinet-vpn-accounts/)
How a New User Can Run Just One Container in the AWS Cloud…Maybe (https://markn.ca/2021/how-a-new-user-can-run-just-one-container-in-the-aws-cloud-maybe/)
Programming languages: Python is on the verge of another big step forward | ZDNet (https://www.zdnet.com/article/programming-languages-python-is-on-the-verge-of-another-big-step-forward/)
Oracle falls short on revenue as it ramps up cloud investment (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/13/oracle-orcl-earnings-q1-2022.html)
Investigation: How Roblox Is Exploiting Young Game Developers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXlauRB1EQ)
Open Scheduling Infrastructure (https://cal.com/,), Calendly was last valued at $3b valuation
The next Big Tech battle: Amazon’s bet on healthcare begins to take shape (https://www.ft.com/content/fa7ff4c3-4694-4409-9ca6-bfadf3a53a62)
Thoughtworks Rises With Others in Flurry of High-Performing IPOs (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-15/thoughtworks-rises-in-trading-debut-after-ipo-exceeds-target)
strongDM Raises $54M Series B (https://www.strongdm.com/press-release/strongdm-raises-54m-series-b-led-by-tiger-global-to-transform-secure-infrastructure-access-management) ****
Chat App Discord Is Worth $15 Billion After New Funding (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-15/chat-app-discord-is-worth-15-billion-after-new-funding?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
Microsoft in standoff with Amazon over big hire, names Charlie Bell to lead ‘bold’ new security group (https://www.geekwire.com/2021/microsoft-standoff-amazon-big-hire-names-charlie-bell-lead-bold-new-security-group/)
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian reorganizes engineering unit in hopes of gaining market share more quickly (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/15/google-cloud-ceo-thomas-kurian-reorganizes-engineering-eyal-manor-out.html)
Open source backend-as-a-service startup Supabase raises $30M (https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/09/supabase-raises-30m-for-its-open-source-insta-backend/)
Canva raises $200 million at a $40 billion valuation (https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/14/canva-raises-200-million-at-a-40-billion-valuation/)
Intuit to buy Mailchimp for $12 billion (https://www.axios.com/intuit-buy-mailchimp-12-billion-85feba65-e142-4756-8fa6-b8af63988902.html)
Nonsense
They will even sing 'Happy Birthday.' Robots are picking up unwanted jobs at a Latin restaurant in Texas (https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/07/business/dallas-restaurant-employs-robots-trnd/index.html)
How long are you in meetings? (https://twitter.com/ericabrescia/status/1437091131867602944)
Don’t Sleep On The Lawn, There’s An AI-Powered, Flamethrower-Wielding Robot About (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/11/dont-sleep-on-the-lawn-theres-an-ai-powered-flamethrower-wielding-robot-about/)
Unicode 14.0 adds 37 new emoji, including 'melting face' and 'beans' | Engadget (https://www.engadget.com/unicode-14-final-emoji-list-183855308.html)
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Conferences
DevOps World by CloudBees September 28-30 (https://www.devopsworld.com)
DevOps Loop | October 4, 2021 (https://devopsloop.io/?utm_campaign=Global_P6_TS_Q322_Event_DevOpsLoop_at_VMworld&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social) - see Coté’s promo video (https://twitter.com/cote/status/1425460843014131716).
KubeCon October 11-15 Virtual and In Person (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/)
THAT Conference comes to Texas January 17-20, 2022 (https://that.us/activities/call-for-counselors/tx/2022)
Listener Feedback
Matt wants you to work at Github. Hiring, both senior (https://boards.greenhouse.io/github/jobs/2830098) and non-senior (https://boards.greenhouse.io/github/jobs/2797203) roles.
SDT news & hype
Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack).
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Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quick-concall/id1399948033?mt=8) and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total.
Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)!
TriggerMesh is hiring! (https://twitter.com/sebgoa/status/1437722696536797185)
Recommendations
Brandon: Reverse Sear a Steak (https://jesspryles.com/how-to-cook-a-steak-with-reverse-sear-method/)
Matt: Halo Master Chief Collection (https://store.steampowered.com/app/976730/Halo_The_Master_Chief_Collection/)
Coté: AirServer (https://www.airserver.com/).
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This week we recap some of the Apple News and discuss the latest productivity research from Microsoft. Plus, an update on Coté’s struggle to adopt Apple Notes…

Rundown

Apple wins and loses in court, patches a vulnerability and release new products

Apple’s App Store Dealt Blow by Judge in Epic Antitrust Case
Apple must allow other forms of in-app purchases, rules judge in Epic v. Apple
Major win for Epic Games: Apple has 90 days to open up app store payments
FORCEDENTRY: NSO Group iMessage Zero-Click Exploit Captured in the Wild
Apple Issues Emergency Security Updates to Close a Spyware Flaw
The 8 biggest announcements from Apple’s iPhone 13 event
iPadOS 15.

Study of Microsoft employees shows how remote work puts productivity and innovation at risk

Relevant to your interests

Framework Laptop pre-orders are now open
Facebook debuts Ray-Ban Stories, smart glasses that record video
EXCLUSIVE Wide-ranging SolarWinds probe sparks fear in Corporate America
Epic is shutting down Houseparty
Cross-Account Container Takeover in Azure Container Instances
Microsoft gives up predicting when its US offices will fully reopen
Hackers leak passwords for 500,000 Fortinet VPN accounts
How a New User Can Run Just One Container in the AWS Cloud…Maybe
Programming languages: Python is on the verge of another big step forward | ZDNet
Oracle falls short on revenue as it ramps up cloud investment
Investigation: How Roblox Is Exploiting Young Game Developers
Open Scheduling Infrastructure, Calendly was last valued at $3b valuation
The next Big Tech battle: Amazon’s bet on healthcare begins to take shape
Thoughtworks Rises With Others in Flurry of High-Performing IPOs
strongDM Raises $54M Series B ****
Chat App Discord Is Worth $15 Billion After New Funding
Microsoft in standoff with Amazon over big hire, names Charlie Bell to lead ‘bold’ new security group
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian reorganizes engineering unit in hopes of gaining market share more quickly
Open source backend-as-a-service startup Supabase raises $30M
Canva raises $200 million at a $40 billion valuation
Intuit to buy Mailchimp for $12 billion

Nonsense

They will even sing 'Happy Birthday.' Robots are picking up unwanted jobs at a Latin restaurant in Texas
How long are you in meetings?
Don’t Sleep On The Lawn, There’s An AI-Powered, Flamethrower-Wielding Robot About
Unicode 14.0 adds 37 new emoji, including 'melting face' and 'beans' | Engadget

Sponsors

strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT
CBT Nuggets — Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. Start your 7-day Free Trial today at cbtnuggets.com/sdt

Conferences

DevOps World by CloudBees September 28-30
DevOps Loop | October 4, 2021 - see Coté’s promo video.
KubeCon October 11-15 Virtual and In Person
THAT Conference comes to Texas January 17-20, 2022

Listener Feedback

Matt wants you to work at Github. Hiring, both senior and non-senior roles.

SDT news & hype

Join us in Slack.
Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube.
Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!
TriggerMesh is hiring!

Recommendations

Brandon: Reverse Sear a Steak
Matt: Halo Master Chief Collection
Coté: AirServer.

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