Episode 456: Second Guessing

This week, we second guess recent decisions made by Google and Apple. Plus, what social media sites is everyone actually using these days?
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKPcTxTejYM) 456 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKPcTxTejYM)
Runner-up Titles
Is it Russian hackers?
Bad upgrade is the 1B to DNS
They’re all bad product launches
Vikings are 98% more Nordic
Can I pay for features?
They’ve defeated vaporware
Interoperability is for underdogs
Rundown
Google
Google pauses Gemini AI image generator after it created inaccurate historical pictures (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/22/google-pauses-gemini-ai-image-generator-after-inaccuracies.html)
Google Pay app is shutting down in the US after being replaced by Google Wallet (https://mashable.com/article/google-pay-shutting-down-replaced-by-google-wallet?ref=cardsftw.com)
AT&T outage caused by software update, not malicious intent: Sources (https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/att-outage-impacting-us-customers-company/story?id=107440297)
AT&T reimburses customers after massive network outage | CNN Business (https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/25/business/att-network-outage-reimbursement/index.html)
Apple
Apple Music testing feature that easily imports playlists from Spotify and other services (https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/19/apple-music-spotify-playlists-music-transfer/)
Apple Cancels Work on Electric Car, Shifts Team to Generative AI (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-27/apple-cancels-work-on-electric-car-shifts-team-to-generative-ai)
Apple is already defending iMessage against tomorrow’s quantum computing attacks (https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/21/24079081/apple-imessage-pq3-post-quantum-cryptography)
Apple launches Apple Sports app with scores and betting odds (https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/21/24079064/apple-sports-app-launch-iphone-live-scores-odds-stats)
Don't dry your iPhone in a bag of rice, says Apple (https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68357165)
The Sneaky Genius of Apple’s AirPods Empire (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-09-22/apple-airpods-sales-bode-well-for-vr-headset?sref=9hGJlFio)
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Cloud-Native Is In Shambles (https://dev.to/thenjdevopsguy/cloud-native-is-in-shambles-1klf)
S&P 500 rallies to record high on the back of strong Nvidia earnings: Live updates (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/21/stock-market-today-live-updates.html)
Reducing Waste and Managing Commitments Top Key Priorities for FinOps Practitioners (https://www.finops.org/insights/key-priorities-shift-in-2024/)
SadServers - Troubleshooting Linux Servers (https://sadservers.com/)
The Open Source Sustainability Crisis (https://openpath.chadwhitacre.com/2024/the-open-source-sustainability-crisis/)
Octopus Deploy Acquires Codefresh to Bring CD, CI, and GitOps Into One Trusted Platform (https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/octopus-deploy-acquires-codefresh-to-bring-cd-ci-and-gitops-into-one-trusted-platform-302071690.html)
What to Do about VMware (https://packetpushers.net/podcasts/day-two-cloud/d2c234-what-to-do-about-vmware/)
Nintendo sues Switch emulator Yuzu for ‘facilitating piracy at a colossal scale’ (https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/27/24085075/nintendo-switch-emulator-yuzu-lawsuit)
Improving Developer Experience Drives Profitability (https://thenewstack.io/improving-developer-experience-drives-profitability/)
ServerlessHorrors | Home (https://serverlesshorrors.com/)
Sony is laying off 900 employees from its PlayStation unit | TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/27/sony-is-laying-off-900-employees-from-its-playstation-unit)
Future Software Should Be Memory Safe | ONCD | The White House (https://www.whitehouse.gov/oncd/briefing-room/2024/02/26/press-release-technical-report/)
Malicious AI models on Hugging Face backdoor users’ machines (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-ai-models-on-hugging-face-backdoor-users-machines/)
Snowflake says Frank Slootman is retiring as CEO, stock plunges more than 20% (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/28/snowflake-says-frank-slootman-is-retiring-as-ceo-stock-plunges-20percent.html)
HDMI Forum Rejects Open-Source HDMI 2.1 Driver Support Sought By AMD (https://www.phoronix.com/news/HDMI-2.1-OSS-Rejected)
Nonsense
Dope'n'Stack - Cloud Anthem (https://youtu.be/3jUQ09Jf4GU?si=umY8M2w8y9ALsE6f)
Dope'n'Stack - E.N.T.E.R.P.R.I.S.E. (https://youtu.be/KHqzTBPQYl8?si=gSpufvgHGlTHWyv4)
Conferences
SCaLE 21x/DevOpsDays LA, March 14th (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x)– (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x)17th, 2024 (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x) — Coté speaking (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x/presentations/we-fear-change), sponsorship slots available.
KubeCon EU Paris, March 19 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)– (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)22 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/) — Coté on the wait list for the platform side conference. Get 20% off with the discount code KCEU24VMWBC20.
DevOpsDays Birmingham, April 17–18, 2024 (https://talks.devopsdays.org/devopsdays-birmingham-al-2024/cfp)
Exe (https://ismg.events/roundtable-event/dallas-robust-security-java-applications/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming)cutive dinner in Dallas that Coté’s hosting on March 13st, 2024 (https://ismg.events/roundtable-event/dallas-robust-security-java-applications/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming).
If you’re an “executive” who might want to buy stuff from Tanzu to get better at your apps, than register. There is also a Tanzu exec event coming up in the next few months, email Coté (mailto:[email protected]) if you want to hear more about it.
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Coté: GM’s Apprentice (http://jamesturneronline.net/game-masters-apprentice/). Also: How to Survive and Thrive in a Big Company: Tactics and Practices to Manage Your Time and Relationships (https://learning.oreilly.com/course/how-to-survive/0790145433268/)
Photo Credits
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Google Gemini

This week, we second guess recent decisions made by Google and Apple. Plus, what social media sites is everyone actually using these days?

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 456

Runner-up Titles

Is it Russian hackers?
Bad upgrade is the 1B to DNS

They’re all bad product launches
Vikings are 98% more Nordic
Can I pay for features?
They’ve defeated vaporware
Interoperability is for underdogs

Rundown

Google

Google pauses Gemini AI image generator after it created inaccurate historical pictures
Google Pay app is shutting down in the US after being replaced by Google Wallet
AT&T outage caused by software update, not malicious intent: Sources
AT&T reimburses customers after massive network outage | CNN Business

Apple

Apple Music testing feature that easily imports playlists from Spotify and other services
Apple Cancels Work on Electric Car, Shifts Team to Generative AI
Apple is already defending iMessage against tomorrow’s quantum computing attacks
Apple launches Apple Sports app with scores and betting odds
Don't dry your iPhone in a bag of rice, says Apple
The Sneaky Genius of Apple’s AirPods Empire

Relevant to your Interests

Reddit’s IPO Is for Redditors
Open Source Doesn't Require Providing Builds
Cloud-Native Is In Shambles
S&P 500 rallies to record high on the back of strong Nvidia earnings: Live updates
Reducing Waste and Managing Commitments Top Key Priorities for FinOps Practitioners
SadServers - Troubleshooting Linux Servers
The Open Source Sustainability Crisis
Octopus Deploy Acquires Codefresh to Bring CD, CI, and GitOps Into One Trusted Platform
What to Do about VMware
Nintendo sues Switch emulator Yuzu for ‘facilitating piracy at a colossal scale’
Improving Developer Experience Drives Profitability
ServerlessHorrors | Home
Sony is laying off 900 employees from its PlayStation unit | TechCrunch
Future Software Should Be Memory Safe | ONCD | The White House
Malicious AI models on Hugging Face backdoor users’ machines
Snowflake says Frank Slootman is retiring as CEO, stock plunges more than 20%
HDMI Forum Rejects Open-Source HDMI 2.1 Driver Support Sought By AMD

Nonsense

Dope'n'Stack - Cloud Anthem
Dope'n'Stack - E.N.T.E.R.P.R.I.S.E.

Conferences

SCaLE 21x/DevOpsDays LA, March 14th–17th, 2024 — Coté speaking, sponsorship slots available.
KubeCon EU Paris, March 19–22 — Coté on the wait list for the platform side conference. Get 20% off with the discount code KCEU24VMWBC20.
DevOpsDays Birmingham, April 17–18, 2024
Executive dinner in Dallas that Coté’s hosting on March 13st, 2024.

If you’re an “executive” who might want to buy stuff from Tanzu to get better at your apps, than register. There is also a Tanzu exec event coming up in the next few months, email Coté if you want to hear more about it.

SDT news & hype

Join us in Slack.
Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us: Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, BlueSky, LinkedIn, TikTok, Threads and YouTube.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!

Recommendations

Brandon: Delta Wi-Fi
Matt: Anti-pick Aliens 3

Aliens Dark Descent

Coté: GM’s Apprentice. Also: How to Survive and Thrive in a Big Company: Tactics and Practices to Manage Your Time and Relationships

Photo Credits

Header
Google Gemini