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In this episode of Double Tap, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece dive into the latest developments in AI-powered wearables, smart glasses, and Apple's ongoing struggles with Siri. The duo opens with a passionate rant about endless product prototypes and the tech industry's obsession with “potential” over polished releases.You'll get the inside scoop on Google's new prototype AR glasses powered by Gemini, and why Apple may be falling dangerously behind in the AI race. They unpack a revealing report on how Apple allegedly fumbled its AI and Siri development due to poor leadership and internal silos — and what the rumored shift toward third-party and open-source AI models means for the future of Apple Intelligence.Then, in a long-awaited exclusive, the team welcomes Corinne Nero from OrCam. She clears the air on rumors that OrCam was pulling out of the low vision market and introduces their newest device: the OrCam Read 5. This powerful, AI-driven handheld reader features a conversational assistant that extracts relevant details from documents — all while maintaining OrCam's trusted on-device privacy. Plus, learn how the updated OrCam app simplifies user access and supports AI functionality across OrCam devices.Get in touch with Double Tap by emailing us feedback@doubletaponair.com or by call 1-877-803-4567 and leave us a voicemail. You can also now contact us via Whatsapp on 1-613-481-0144 or visit doubletaponair.com/whatsapp to connect. We are also across social media including X, Mastodon and Facebook. Double Tap is available daily on AMI-audio across Canada, on podcast worldwide and now on YouTube.Relevant Links:rCam homepage and support: https://www.orcam.comoogle Cloud Next: https://cloud.withgoogle.com/nextApple's AI Failures” coverage by 9to5Mac: https://9to5mac.comLearn more about the OrCam Read 5: https://www.orcam.com/en/read5Hable Easy and Hable One: https://www.iamhable.com Find Double Tap online: YouTube, Double Tap WebsiteJoin the conversation and add your voice to the show either by calling in, sending an email or leaving us a voicemail!Email: feedback@doubletaponair.comPhone: 1-877-803-4567

Google went AI nuts at Cloud Next, possibly taking the lead. OpenAI is reportedly ready to unveil up to five new models. Canva enters the AI arena with innovative features. This week's AI news is explosive. Catch up now!Newsletter: Sign up for our free daily newsletterMore on this Episode: Episode PageJoin the discussion: Thoughts on the news? Join the convo.Upcoming Episodes: Check out the upcoming Everyday AI Livestream lineupWebsite: YourEverydayAI.comEmail The Show: info@youreverydayai.comConnect with Jordan on LinkedInTopics Covered in This Episode:Google Cloud Next AI Announcements RecapOpenAI ChatGPT Memory Feature DetailsOpenAI and Elon Musk Legal BattleCanva AI Suite Expansion OverviewAnthropic Claude Max Subscription PricingMicrosoft's Data Center Strategy PivotShopify's AI Usage Mandatory PolicyUpcoming OpenAI Model Releases OverviewTimestamps:00:00 Technical Glitch with Equipment04:48 Gemini 2.5 Pro Launch07:06 Google's New AI Collaboration Protocols13:28 ChatGPT Enhances Memory for Personalization17:37 AI Surveillance Accusations in U.S. Agencies20:56 Canva Launches AI-Powered Suite23:10 AI Graphic Design Evolution26:02 "Musk's Lawsuit: A Delay Tactic"28:14 Anthropic Launches Claude Max Subscription34:05 Microsoft Pauses Data Center Expansion35:39 Microsoft's $80B AI Investment Strategy42:05 Shopify's Bold AI Integration Shift44:25 Maximize AI Before Hiring48:31 OpenAI Model Tiers Explained51:41 "GPT-5: Concerns on Model Autonomy"54:20 AI Innovations and Controversies OverviewKeywords:Google Cloud Next, AI updates, OpenAI, countersue, Elon Musk, Canva AI features, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Large Language Model, ChatGPT memory feature, AI race, GPT 4.1, Vertex AI, Google AI Studio, agent to agent protocol, Google Workspace, Google Sheets, MCP protocol, Google DeepMind, GDC, Ironwood TPU chip, Lyria AI model, AI video model, AI music generation, Elon Musk's Dodge team, government AI monitoring, Ethical AI use, Canva Sheets, Shopify CEO AI memo, Anthropic, Claude Max, Microsoft Copilot, AI infrastructure, Recall AI feature, data privacy concerns, AI-powered productivity, GPT models, AI operating systems, personalized AI, GMPT 4.5, AI sandbox, Nvidia hardware, test time computing, AI reasoning, ChatGPT preferences.Send Everyday AI and Jordan a text message. (We can't reply back unless you leave contact info) Ready for ROI on GenAI? Go to youreverydayai.com/partner

Could your job—or your entire company—be replaced by a million AI-powered robots by 2027?This week's episode of Leveraging AI is packed with breakthroughs that business leaders can't afford to ignore. From Google's jaw-dropping AI showcase at Cloud Next to sobering predictions of superintelligence spinning out of control, we cover the AI headlines shaking up the business world.Plus, we unpack the rise of autonomous agents that can not only execute tasks—but build other agents on the fly. Sound like sci-fi? It's not. It's this week's news.Whether you're planning your next AI strategy or simply trying to stay ahead, this episode is your edge.In this session, you'll discover:Why Google's Gemini ecosystem may quietly be overtaking OpenAI and AnthropicThe chilling prediction that AI will become uncontrollable by mid-2027What "Super Agents" are—and why they're rewriting how work gets doneWhy top business leaders are requiring AI use before approving headcount (yes, really)How AI agents like Ava and Aria are coming for sales jobs… and outperforming humansThe truth about alignment risks, and why AI may soon be thinking 50x faster than youThe latest on ChatGPT memory, Grok 3, and Meta's mind-blowing 10M token context windowWhy Microsoft is stepping away from bleeding edge models—and why that may be geniusHow companies like Block are saving 8–10 hours per engineer per week using AI agentsThe bold new moves from Canva, Amazon, and Shopify that signal what's coming next

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Nvidiasecured a temporary reprieve on AI chip export restrictions to China by pledging US investment. Samsung announced its Gemini-powered Ballie home robot, while OpenAI countersued Elon Musk amid escalating tensions. Anthropic introduced tiered subscriptions for its Claude AI assistant, mirroring a trend in AI service pricing. Google made significant announcements at its Cloud Next event, including new AI accelerator chips and protocols for AI agent collaboration, while also facing reports of paying staff to remain inactive and seeing its Trillium TPU unveiled. Finally, regulatory discussions continued with the reintroduction of the NO FAKES Act to address deepfakes, and a courtroom incident highlighted the complexities of AI in legal settings, alongside Vapi's platform launch for custom AI voice assistant development.

Guest: Payal Chakravarty, Director of Product Management, Google SecOps, Google Cloud Topics: What are the different use cases for GenAI in security operations and how can organizations  prioritize them for maximum impact to their organization? We've heard a lot of worries from people that GenAI will replace junior team members–how do you see GenAI enabling more people to be part of the security mission? What are the challenges and risks associated with using GenAI in security operations? We've been down the road of automation for SOCs before–UEBA and SOAR both claimed it–and AI looks a lot like those but with way more matrix math-what are we going to get right this time that we didn't quite live up to last time(s) around? Imagine a SOC or a D&R team of 2029. What AI-based magic is routine at this time? What new things are done by AI? What do humans do? Resources: Live video (LinkedIn, YouTube) [live audio is not great in these] Practical use cases for AI in security operations, Cloud Next 2024 session by Payal EP168 Beyond Regular LLMs: How SecLM Enhances Security and What Teams Can Do With It EP169 Google Cloud Next 2024 Recap: Is Cloud an Island, So Much AI, Bots in SecOps 15 must-attend security sessions at Next '24  

Join Allen Firstenberg and guest host Stefania Pecore on Two Voice Devs as they delve into the exciting announcements and highlights from Google Cloud Next 2024! This episode focuses on the latest advancements in AI and their impact on the healthcare industry, providing valuable insights for developers and tech enthusiasts. Learn more: * https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/google-cloud-next/google-cloud-next-2024-wrap-up Timestamps: 00:00:00: Introduction 00:01:02: Stefania's background and journey into AI 00:07:20: Stefania's overall experience at Google Cloud Next 00:11:59: Focus on Healthcare and AI applications, including Mayo Clinic's Solution Studio 00:15:38: Exploring the new Gemini product suite and its features like code assistance and data analysis 00:20:44: Discussing Gemini API updates, including the 1.5 public preview with 1M token context window and grounding tools 00:26:06: Vertex AI Agent Builder and its no-code approach to chatbot developmen t 00:33:02: Hardware announcements, including the A3 VM with NVIDIA H100 GPUs 00:35:24: Stefania's reflections on Cloud Next and the value of attending Tune in to discover the future of AI and its transformative potential, especially in the healthcare sector. Share your thoughts on the Google Cloud Next announcements in the comments below!

Google's cloud environment now has license to host secret and top secret data, which is a must-have for the company in its pursuit of large opportunities at defense and intelligence agencies especially.Frank Konkel, editor-in-chief for GovExec's publications including us, had a front-row seat to that announcement and at Google's flagship cloud conference April 9-11 in Las Vegas.In this episode, Frank joins our Nick Wakeman and Ross Wilkers to explain what Google's receipt of that key security authorization means for both the tech giant itself and the larger cloud computing landscape with respect to federal.Google had much to share at its Cloud Next conference and Frank had much to talk about with key government and industry leaders there: conversations on all things cloud and artificial intelligence that he provides a glimpse into for Nick and Ross.Google is now authorized to host classified data in the cloudGoogle Public Sector ‘hitting our stride' in government market, CEO saysGoogle centers public sector strategy on alliances with integratorsGoogle Bets Big on Government Business with New DivisionPentagon Awards $9B Cloud Contract to Amazon, Google, Microsoft, OracleCIA makes awards for intelligence community's next massive cloud contract

As part of my daily routine, I scan dozens of blogs, visit a handful of Facebook groups and skim through Twitter. The goal: find the most helpful resources, tools, and articles that I can share with my teacher friends (that's you!) Here are my favorite links and updates for April 2024: http://chrmbook.com/s8e12/ ***Episode Sponsor: VIZOR for Chromebooks*** Track your devices, repairs, loaners, and more with VIZOR's best-in-class asset management system. Schedule a demo TODAY and beat the summer rush! Use this exclusive link to save 20% off your first year: http://vizor.cloud/cbc Congrats to the newest Google Innovators Google Vids Tabs for Google Docs Figjam on Google Meet Screens Dark mode for Google Drive Find a Chromebook through the log event search Multi-admin approvals 5 ways to organize your digital life with AI Do AI detectors work? Not enough data for AI? ----------------------------- Thanks for tuning into the Chromebook Classroom Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, I would appreciate your honest rating and review! You can connect with me, John Sowash, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. I would love to hear your thoughts on the show!  

Will Google be (more?) relevant now with its AI announcements? Why did Adobe reportedly train its AI image model with.... AI images? And is OpenAI in trouble with YouTube? We've got those answers and more with our weekly AI News That Matters segment.Newsletter: Sign up for our free daily newsletterMore on this Episode: Episode PageJoin the discussion: Ask Jordan questions on AIRelated Episodes:Ep 204: Google Gemini Advanced – 7 things you need to knowEp 211: OpenAI's Sora – The larger impact that no one's talking aboutUpcoming Episodes: Check out the upcoming Everyday AI Livestream lineupWebsite: YourEverydayAI.comEmail The Show: info@youreverydayai.comConnect with Jordan on LinkedInTimestamps:02:30 Google's new AI features from Cloud Next.05:40 Google announces Google Vids and Gemini 1.5.08:23 OpenAI's recent firings and internal investigation.13:23 YouTube CEO warns against unauthorized use of content.16:28 Debates on copyright and AI-generated content.19:29 AI image generators raise copyright ownership concerns.21:45 Adobe under scrutiny for using copyrighted material.25:10 Adobe pays creators, future job security uncertain.Topics Covered in this Episode:1. Google's AI announcements2. OpenAI's data leak and staffing changes3. YouTube's CEO's concerns about OpenAI4.  Controversies around Adobe's AI image model, Firefly5. Adobe's incentives for AI training data collectionKeywords:Google AI, Adobe, OpenAI, data leak, AI news, generative AI, AI developments, AI tools, software, Google's new AI features, Google Workspace, AI podcast, Google Cloud Next Conference, Google Vids, AI video, AI image, Midjourney, Firefly, AI model garden, everyday AI, training AI models, copyright infringement, Neil Mohan, YouTube, artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, YouTube's terms of service, AI transparency, Sora model, AI ethics. Get more out of ChatGPT by learning our PPP method in this live, interactive and free training! Sign up now: https://youreverydayai.com/ppp-registration/

Nesse episódio trouxemos as notícias e novidades do mundo da programação que nos chamaram atenção dos dias 06/04 a 12/04.

Nesse episódio trouxemos as notícias e novidades do mundo da programação que nos chamaram atenção dos dias 06/04 a 12/04.

O Hipsters: Fora de Controle é o podcast da Alura com notícias sobre Inteligência Artificial aplicada e todo esse novo mundo no qual estamos começando a engatinhar, e que você vai poder explorar conosco! Nesse episódio conversamos com Anderson Soares sobre os esforços dentro e fora do Brasil para o fomento à evolução responsável da IA. Além disso, comentamos as principais notícias da semana, incluindo os anúncios do Google no evento Cloud Next, a liberação do GPT-4-Turbo, e a investida da Intel nos chips voltados para IA. Vem ver quem participou desse papo: Marcus Mendes, host fora de controle Fabrício Carraro, Program Manager da Alura, autor de IA e host do podcast Dev Sem Fronteiras Sérgio Lopes, CTO da Alura Anderson Soares, coordenador científico do CEIA e representante do Brasil no GPAI

Una carrellata dei principali annunci dal Google Cloud NEXT direttamente da Las Vegas, o almeno quelli che ho trovato più interessanti. Visto che faccio una monografica su Google, anche una piccola news su una vittoria di una class action contro la Incognito Mode di Chrome. Links: The V8 Sandbox - https://v8.dev/blog/sandbox Introducing Jpegli: A New JPEG Coding Library - https://opensource.googleblog.com/2024/04/introducing-jpegli-new-jpeg-coding-library.html 00:00 Intro 00:30 Google Cloud NEXT 16:00 Incognito Mode Lose 18:25 Links #google #next #googlecloud #chrome #ai === Podcast Spotify - ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4B2I1RTHTS5YkbCYfLCveU Apple Podcasts - ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/buongiorno-da-edo/id1641061765 Amazon Music - ⁠https://music.amazon.it/podcasts/5f724c1e-f318-4c40-9c1b-34abfe2c9911/buongiorno-da-edo = RSS - ⁠https://anchor.fm/s/b1bf48a0/podcast/rss --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edodusi/message

The insiders return this week to discuss the latest strides in Google's AI innovations: Google unveiled groundbreaking AI advancements at Cloud Next, showcasing Gemini 1.5's impressive capabilities. Their focus on enterprise AI customers signals a strategic shift for Google. Updates to Vertex and Google Workspace introduce new AI features, enhancing productivity and model-building. The revelation of the "XZ backdoor" vulnerability underscores the risks inherent in open-source software.  Despite initial lag, Google's methodical AI approach reflects their commitment to leveraging strengths responsibly. Google's poised to dominate enterprise AI, but vigilance is crucial amid AI and open-source pitfalls.  This conversation illuminates both the promise and perils of AI, emphasizing responsible innovation. Don't miss this episode! Tune in now to explore the world of AI and enterprise technology.

Guests:  no guests, all banter, all very fun :-) Topics: How is Google Next this year? What is new in cloud security? Is Google finally a security vendor? What are some of the fun security presentations we've seen, including our own? Any impactful launches in security? What was the most interesting overall? Resources: “Next 2023 Special: Building AI-powered Security Tools - How Do We Do It?” (ep136) “RSA 2023 - What We Saw, What We Learned, and What We're Excited About” (ep119) “Cyber Defense Matrix and Does Cloud Security Have to DIE to Win?” (ep67) “Detecting, investigating, and responding to threats in your Google Cloud environment” at Cloud Next 2023 by Anton “Prevent cloud compromises: Learn how Uber discovers cyber risks and remediates threats” at Cloud Next 2023 by Tim “Generative AI for defenders with Sec-PaLM 2 and Duet AI” at Cloud Next 2023 by Eric Doerr (his episode) “A blueprint for modern security operations” at Cloud Next 2023 by our future guest, Chris… Kevin Mandia at Next keynote (start at 1:15:00) “New AI capabilities that can help address your security challenges” blog

Google Chat AI, Nuevas herramientas, Participación masiva, Resúmenes inteligentes, Integración Google Meet, Precios corporativos, Duet AI y Colaboración virtual avanzada.Google, en su intento por mantenerse a la vanguardia de las tecnologías de comunicación, anuncia importantes actualizaciones para Google Chat y Meet durante la Cloud Next 2023. La compañía presentó Duet AI, una herramienta que puede responder a consultas complejas buscando mensajes y archivos, y tomar notas en tiempo real. Además, con las innovaciones, los usuarios podrán realizar reuniones virtuales con hasta medio millón de participantes y obtener resúmenes inteligentes de sus conversaciones. Con el crecimiento de las herramientas basadas en IA para las reuniones virtuales, las expectativas son altas, y Google parece estar listo para superarlas.Sin embargo, no todas las actualizaciones son exclusivamente técnicas. La empresa también ha introducido cambios en su modelo de precios, especialmente para grandes corporaciones que quieran aprovechar las mejoras de Duet AI.Las innovaciones de Google no son simples adiciones. Se trata de un salto evolutivo en cómo las empresas y los individuos interactúan en un espacio virtual. Con la inclusión de Duet AI en Google Chat, los usuarios pueden esperar respuestas a consultas complejas, resúmenes de documentos y recaps de conversaciones. Además, Google Meet permitirá que Duet AI "asista" a reuniones en nombre del usuario, generando puntos de discusión predefinidos. Esta fusión de chat y herramientas de IA demuestra el compromiso de Google de permanecer en la vanguardia de las comunicaciones digitales.Por otro lado, estas innovaciones no están exentas de controversia. Algunos expertos se muestran escépticos sobre la dependencia de la IA para tareas cruciales, argumentando que puede haber errores y malentendidos. Además, hay preocupaciones sobre la potencial sobre-relianza en estas herramientas, lo que podría llevar a menos interacciones humanas genuinas en el entorno de trabajo.A pesar de los desafíos, Google parece haber encontrado una solución equilibrada. El lanzamiento de Duet AI, junto con las nuevas características de Google Chat y Meet, se alinea con la visión de la empresa de un futuro más integrado y colaborativo. La posibilidad de realizar reuniones masivas, obtener resúmenes inteligentes y colaborar en tiempo real representa una revolución en la forma en que las empresas operan en el espacio digital. Con el tiempo, estas herramientas podrían convertirse en la norma, redefiniendo la forma en que trabajamos y colaboramos.Para más detalles y opiniones sobre las últimas innovaciones tecnológicas, escucha el pódcast "El Siglo 21 es Hoy" en ElSiglo21esHoy.com.

Google's Cloud Next conference drops a ton of AI announces. OpenAI releases a business-oriented version of ChatGPT. The regulators have come for NFTs and now the question is, are all NFTs securities, or just the ones they just fined? And let me introduce you to Twitch's big new competitor. But are they really eating their lunch or just a front for gambling related streaming?Sponsors:Notion.com/rideLinks:Google to Add AI Models from Meta, Anthropic to Its Cloud Platform (Bloomberg)The new Google Chat borrows from Slack, Teams, Discord, and even ChatGPT (The Verge)Google Meet's new AI will be able to go to meetings for you (The Verge)OpenAI launches a ChatGPT plan for enterprise customers (TechCrunch)Musk, tech CEOs to attend Schumer's AI Senate forum (The Hill)SEC takes first action against an NFT project as an unregistered security (The Verge)Twitch competitor Kick is dividing the internet's top streamers (NBCNews)Robotaxis hit the accelerator in growing list of cities nationwide (Axios)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Google heeft tijdens haar Cloud Next evenement in San Francisco een waslijst aan nieuwe AI-tools gepresenteerd. Onder meer de zakelijke Workspace-versies van Google Docs, Sheets en Gmail krijgen een AI-assistent en andere nieuwe functionaliteiten. De nieuwe AI-assistent, genaamd Duet, werd tijdens Google AI al getoond. Nu komt de assistent ook daadwerkelijk naar de zakelijke markt. De tool is een reactie op Microsofts Copilot AI-assistent. Ook OpenAI kwam vanochtend met een zakelijke versie van ChatGPT. De nieuwe AI-assistent van Google gaan dertig dollar per gebruiker per maand kosten, voor grote bedrijven. Verder kondigde Google een vernieuwd chatprogramma aan, vergelijkbaar met Slack en Teams. Het bedrijf toonde ook een speciaal AI-watermerk voor beelden die door kunstmatige intelligentie gegenereerd zijn. Het watermerk is niet zichtbaar voor mensen, alleen door speciale detectiesystemen. Tot slot noemde Google dat het AI-modellen van Meta en Anthropic toevoegt aan haar Cloud-platform.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome episode 221 of The Cloud Pod podcast - where the forecast is always cloudy! This week your hosts, Justin, Jonathan, Ryan, and Matthew look at some of the announcements from AWS Summit, as well as try to predict the future - probably incorrectly - about what's in store at Next 2023. Plus, we talk more about the storm attack, SFTP connectors (and no, that isn't how you get to the Moscone Center for Next) Llama 2, Google Cloud Deploy and more!  Titles we almost went with this week: Now You Too Can Get Ignored by Google Support via Mobile App The Tech Sector Apparently Believes Multi-Cloud is Great… We Hate You All.  The cloud pod now wants all your HIPAA Data The Meta Llama is Spreading Everywhere The Cloud Pod Recursively Deploys Deploy A big thanks to this week's sponsor: Foghorn Consulting, provides top-notch cloud and DevOps engineers to the world's most innovative companies. Initiatives stalled because you have trouble hiring?  Foghorn can be burning down your DevOps and Cloud backlogs as soon as next week.

AI-Generated Seinfeld-Like Twitch 'TV Show' Is Peak Absurdity. ChatGPT is about to get even better and Microsoft's Bing could win big. Google testing ChatGPT-like chatbot 'Apprentice Bard' with employees. Back At Google Again, Cofounder Sergey Brin Just Filed His First Code Request In Years. History of AI by Shaan Ray. MusicLM: Generating Music From Text. AI-Generated Voice Firm Clamps Down After 4chan Makes Celebrity Voices for Abuse. OpenAI offers error-prone AI detector amid fears of a machine-stuffed future. Creative Writing with an AI-Powered Writing Assistant: Perspectives from Professional Writers. Is AI-written content replacing cheap old content farms? Meta Wins Court Nod to Buy VR Startup Within Unlimited in Loss for Khan's FTC. The flight tracker that powered @ElonJet has taken a left turn. How is it legal to track private planes like Elon Musk's? US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew. Twitter co-founder says Elon Musk 'doesn't seem like' the right person to own company. Everything Samsung Announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2023. Live test of Clear Calling. Google's Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last week's layoffs. Intel just took the worst beating in earnings in over a decade. Android 13 QPR2 Beta 3 now available for Pixel phones. Latest Pixel Buds A-series 3.519.0 firmware update breaks Bluetooth pairing. YouTube TV losing MLB Network starting today. Google hosting in-person Cloud Next '23 this August. Chrome for Android rolling out fingerprint unlock for Incognito tabs. PSA: Gmail's new package tracking interface is now live if you know where to look. New leaked specs suggest 'Pixel Tablet Pro' might not be a thing after all. Acer's newest Chromebooks are built to be classroom-ready. Google says Lens and Maps Live View are 'prelude to [its] long-term vision' for AR. Google Fi says hackers accessed customers' information. Instagram's co-founders are mounting a comeback. Spotify axes podcast head Dawn Ostroff in cutbacks. Picks: Stacey - The Sorcerer of Pyongyang: A Novel. Jeff - Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won't connect smart appliances. Jeff - I'm on Team dog. Ant - You People. Ant - I'm Very Angry, So I'm Campaigning. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Miro.com/podcast eightsleep.com/twit

AI-Generated Seinfeld-Like Twitch 'TV Show' Is Peak Absurdity. ChatGPT is about to get even better and Microsoft's Bing could win big. Google testing ChatGPT-like chatbot 'Apprentice Bard' with employees. Back At Google Again, Cofounder Sergey Brin Just Filed His First Code Request In Years. History of AI by Shaan Ray. MusicLM: Generating Music From Text. AI-Generated Voice Firm Clamps Down After 4chan Makes Celebrity Voices for Abuse. OpenAI offers error-prone AI detector amid fears of a machine-stuffed future. Creative Writing with an AI-Powered Writing Assistant: Perspectives from Professional Writers. Is AI-written content replacing cheap old content farms? Meta Wins Court Nod to Buy VR Startup Within Unlimited in Loss for Khan's FTC. The flight tracker that powered @ElonJet has taken a left turn. How is it legal to track private planes like Elon Musk's? US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew. Twitter co-founder says Elon Musk 'doesn't seem like' the right person to own company. Everything Samsung Announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2023. Live test of Clear Calling. Google's Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last week's layoffs. Intel just took the worst beating in earnings in over a decade. Android 13 QPR2 Beta 3 now available for Pixel phones. Latest Pixel Buds A-series 3.519.0 firmware update breaks Bluetooth pairing. YouTube TV losing MLB Network starting today. Google hosting in-person Cloud Next '23 this August. Chrome for Android rolling out fingerprint unlock for Incognito tabs. PSA: Gmail's new package tracking interface is now live if you know where to look. New leaked specs suggest 'Pixel Tablet Pro' might not be a thing after all. Acer's newest Chromebooks are built to be classroom-ready. Google says Lens and Maps Live View are 'prelude to [its] long-term vision' for AR. Google Fi says hackers accessed customers' information. Instagram's co-founders are mounting a comeback. Spotify axes podcast head Dawn Ostroff in cutbacks. Picks: Stacey - The Sorcerer of Pyongyang: A Novel. Jeff - Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won't connect smart appliances. Jeff - I'm on Team dog. Ant - You People. Ant - I'm Very Angry, So I'm Campaigning. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Miro.com/podcast eightsleep.com/twit

AI-Generated Seinfeld-Like Twitch 'TV Show' Is Peak Absurdity. ChatGPT is about to get even better and Microsoft's Bing could win big. Google testing ChatGPT-like chatbot 'Apprentice Bard' with employees. Back At Google Again, Cofounder Sergey Brin Just Filed His First Code Request In Years. History of AI by Shaan Ray. MusicLM: Generating Music From Text. AI-Generated Voice Firm Clamps Down After 4chan Makes Celebrity Voices for Abuse. OpenAI offers error-prone AI detector amid fears of a machine-stuffed future. Creative Writing with an AI-Powered Writing Assistant: Perspectives from Professional Writers. Is AI-written content replacing cheap old content farms? Meta Wins Court Nod to Buy VR Startup Within Unlimited in Loss for Khan's FTC. The flight tracker that powered @ElonJet has taken a left turn. How is it legal to track private planes like Elon Musk's? US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew. Twitter co-founder says Elon Musk 'doesn't seem like' the right person to own company. Everything Samsung Announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2023. Live test of Clear Calling. Google's Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last week's layoffs. Intel just took the worst beating in earnings in over a decade. Android 13 QPR2 Beta 3 now available for Pixel phones. Latest Pixel Buds A-series 3.519.0 firmware update breaks Bluetooth pairing. YouTube TV losing MLB Network starting today. Google hosting in-person Cloud Next '23 this August. Chrome for Android rolling out fingerprint unlock for Incognito tabs. PSA: Gmail's new package tracking interface is now live if you know where to look. New leaked specs suggest 'Pixel Tablet Pro' might not be a thing after all. Acer's newest Chromebooks are built to be classroom-ready. Google says Lens and Maps Live View are 'prelude to [its] long-term vision' for AR. Google Fi says hackers accessed customers' information. Instagram's co-founders are mounting a comeback. Spotify axes podcast head Dawn Ostroff in cutbacks. Picks: Stacey - The Sorcerer of Pyongyang: A Novel. Jeff - Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won't connect smart appliances. Jeff - I'm on Team dog. Ant - You People. Ant - I'm Very Angry, So I'm Campaigning. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Miro.com/podcast eightsleep.com/twit

AI-Generated Seinfeld-Like Twitch 'TV Show' Is Peak Absurdity. ChatGPT is about to get even better and Microsoft's Bing could win big. Google testing ChatGPT-like chatbot 'Apprentice Bard' with employees. Back At Google Again, Cofounder Sergey Brin Just Filed His First Code Request In Years. History of AI by Shaan Ray. MusicLM: Generating Music From Text. AI-Generated Voice Firm Clamps Down After 4chan Makes Celebrity Voices for Abuse. OpenAI offers error-prone AI detector amid fears of a machine-stuffed future. Creative Writing with an AI-Powered Writing Assistant: Perspectives from Professional Writers. Is AI-written content replacing cheap old content farms? Meta Wins Court Nod to Buy VR Startup Within Unlimited in Loss for Khan's FTC. The flight tracker that powered @ElonJet has taken a left turn. How is it legal to track private planes like Elon Musk's? US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew. Twitter co-founder says Elon Musk 'doesn't seem like' the right person to own company. Everything Samsung Announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2023. Live test of Clear Calling. Google's Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last week's layoffs. Intel just took the worst beating in earnings in over a decade. Android 13 QPR2 Beta 3 now available for Pixel phones. Latest Pixel Buds A-series 3.519.0 firmware update breaks Bluetooth pairing. YouTube TV losing MLB Network starting today. Google hosting in-person Cloud Next '23 this August. Chrome for Android rolling out fingerprint unlock for Incognito tabs. PSA: Gmail's new package tracking interface is now live if you know where to look. New leaked specs suggest 'Pixel Tablet Pro' might not be a thing after all. Acer's newest Chromebooks are built to be classroom-ready. Google says Lens and Maps Live View are 'prelude to [its] long-term vision' for AR. Google Fi says hackers accessed customers' information. Instagram's co-founders are mounting a comeback. Spotify axes podcast head Dawn Ostroff in cutbacks. Picks: Stacey - The Sorcerer of Pyongyang: A Novel. Jeff - Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won't connect smart appliances. Jeff - I'm on Team dog. Ant - You People. Ant - I'm Very Angry, So I'm Campaigning. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Miro.com/podcast eightsleep.com/twit

AI-Generated Seinfeld-Like Twitch 'TV Show' Is Peak Absurdity. ChatGPT is about to get even better and Microsoft's Bing could win big. Google testing ChatGPT-like chatbot 'Apprentice Bard' with employees. Back At Google Again, Cofounder Sergey Brin Just Filed His First Code Request In Years. History of AI by Shaan Ray. MusicLM: Generating Music From Text. AI-Generated Voice Firm Clamps Down After 4chan Makes Celebrity Voices for Abuse. OpenAI offers error-prone AI detector amid fears of a machine-stuffed future. Creative Writing with an AI-Powered Writing Assistant: Perspectives from Professional Writers. Is AI-written content replacing cheap old content farms? Meta Wins Court Nod to Buy VR Startup Within Unlimited in Loss for Khan's FTC. The flight tracker that powered @ElonJet has taken a left turn. How is it legal to track private planes like Elon Musk's? US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew. Twitter co-founder says Elon Musk 'doesn't seem like' the right person to own company. Everything Samsung Announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2023. Live test of Clear Calling. Google's Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last week's layoffs. Intel just took the worst beating in earnings in over a decade. Android 13 QPR2 Beta 3 now available for Pixel phones. Latest Pixel Buds A-series 3.519.0 firmware update breaks Bluetooth pairing. YouTube TV losing MLB Network starting today. Google hosting in-person Cloud Next '23 this August. Chrome for Android rolling out fingerprint unlock for Incognito tabs. PSA: Gmail's new package tracking interface is now live if you know where to look. New leaked specs suggest 'Pixel Tablet Pro' might not be a thing after all. Acer's newest Chromebooks are built to be classroom-ready. Google says Lens and Maps Live View are 'prelude to [its] long-term vision' for AR. Google Fi says hackers accessed customers' information. Instagram's co-founders are mounting a comeback. Spotify axes podcast head Dawn Ostroff in cutbacks. Picks: Stacey - The Sorcerer of Pyongyang: A Novel. Jeff - Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won't connect smart appliances. Jeff - I'm on Team dog. Ant - You People. Ant - I'm Very Angry, So I'm Campaigning. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Miro.com/podcast eightsleep.com/twit

As part of my daily routine, I scan dozens of blogs, visit a handful of Facebook groups, and skim through Twitter. The goal: find the most helpful resources, tools, and articles that I can share with my teacher friends (that's you!). Episode sponsor: Vizor for Chromebooks Here are my favorite links for October 2022: Four updates from the Cloud Next conference Deploy Chrome apps by group Certified ChromeOS administrator Editing audio from your Chromebook Easy accent marks (chrome extension) Google Classroom discussion questions Google Trends Halloween predictions Carve a digital pumpkin Halloween Choiceboard Trick-or-treat fitness challenge ----------------------------- Thanks for tuning into the Chromebook Classroom Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, I would appreciate your honest rating and review! You can connect with me, John Sowash, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. I would love to hear your thoughts on the show!

Host Stephanie Wong chats with storage pros Sean Derrington and Nishant Kohli this week to learn more about cost optimization with storage projects and exciting new launches in the Google Cloud storage space! To start, we talk about the Storage Spotlight of years past and the cool Google Cloud products that Google is unveiling this year. Optimization is a huge theme this year, with a focus not only on cost optimization but also performance and resource use as well. Enterprise readiness and storage everywhere, Sean tells us, are the most important pillars as Google continues to improve offerings. We learn about Hyperdisk and the three customizable attributes users can control and the benefits of Filestore Enterprise for GKE for large client systems. Nishant talks about Cloud Storage and how clients are using it at scale for their huge data projects. Specifically, Google Storage has been working to help clients with large-scale data storage needs to optimize costs with Autoclass. Storage Insights is another new tool launching late this year or early next year that empowers better decision-making through increased knowledge and analytics of storage usage. GKE storage is getting a revamp as well with Backup for GKE to help clients recover applications and data easily. Google Cloud for Backup and DR helps keep projects secure as well. This managed service is easy to use and integrate into all cloud projects and can be used with on prem projects and then backed up into the cloud. This is ideal for clients as they shift to cloud or hybrid systems. Companies like Redivis take advantage of some of these new data features, and Nishant talks more about how Autoclass and other tools have helped them save money and improve their business. Sean Derrington Sean is the Group Product Manager for the storage team. He is a long time storage industry PM veteran; he's worked on Veritas, Symantec, Exablox (storage startup). Nishant Kohli Nishant has a decade plus of Object Storage experience at Dell/EMC and Hitachi. He's currently Senior Product Manager on the storage team. Cool things of the week Cloud Next 2022 site Integrating ML models into production pipelines with Dataflow blog Four non-traditional paths to a cloud career (and how to navigate them) blog Interview What's New & Next: A Spotlight on Storage site Google Cloud Online Storage Products site GCP Podcast Episode 277: Storage Launches with Brian Schwarz and Sean Derrington podcast GKE site Filestore site Filestore Enterprise site Filestore Enterprise for fully managed, fault tolerant persistent storage on GKE blog Cloud Storage site Cloud Storage Autoclass docs GCP Episode 307: FinOps with Joe Daly podcast Storage Insights docs GCP Podcast Episode 318: GKE Turns 7 with Tim Hockin podcast Backup for GKE docs Backup and DR Service site Redivis site What's something cool you're working on? Stephanie is working on new video content and two Next sessions: one teaching how to simplify and secure your network for all workloads and one talking about how our infrastructure partner ecosystem helps customers. Hosts Stephanie Wong

Hosts Carter Morgan and Anthony Bushong are in the studio this week! We're talking about Prometheus with guests Lee Yanco and Ashish Kumar and learning about the build process for Google Cloud's Managed Service for Prometheus and how Home Depot uses this tool to power their business. To begin with, Lee helps us understand what Managed Service for Prometheus is. Prometheus, a popular monitoring solution for Kubernetes, lets you know that your project is up and running and in the event of a failure, Prometheus lets you know what happened. But as Kubernetes projects scale and spread across the globe, Prometheus becomes a challenge to manage, and that's where Google Cloud's Managed Service for Prometheus comes in. Lee describes why Prometheus is so great for Kubernetes, and Ashish talks about CNCF's involvement helps open source tools integrate easily. With the help of Monarch, Google's Managed Service stands above the competition, and Lee explains what Monarch is and how it works with Prometheus to benefit users. Ashish talks about Home Depot's use of Google Cloud and the Managed Service for Prometheus, and how Home Depot's multiple data centers make data monitoring both trickier and more important. With Google Cloud, Home Depot is able to easily ensure everything is healthy and running across data centers, around the world, at an immense scale. He describes how Home Depot uses Managed Service for Prometheus in each of these data center environments from the point of view of a developer and talks about how easy Prometheus and the Managed Service are to integrate and use. Lee and Ashish wrap up the show with a look at how Home Depot and Google have worked together to create and adjust tools for increased efficiency. In the future, tighter integration into the rest of Google Cloud's suite of products is the focus. Lee Yanco Lee Yanco is the Product Management lead for Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus. He also works on Monarch, Google's planet-scale in-memory time series database, and on Cloud Monitoring's Kubernetes observability experience. Ashish Kumar Ashish Kumar is Senior Manager for Site Reliability and Production Engineering for The Home Depot. Cool things of the week Cloud Next registration is open site Introducing Parallel Steps for Workflows: Speed up workflow executions by running steps concurrently blog How to think about threat detection in the cloud blog GCP Podcast Episode 218: Chronicle Security with Dr. Anton Chuvakin and Ansh Patniak podcast Interview Prometheus site PromQL site Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus docs Kubernetes site CNCF site Monarch: Google's Planet-Scale In-Memory Time Series Database research Cloud Monitoring site Cloud Logging site Google Cloud's operations suite site What's something cool you're working on? Carter is focusing on getting organized, managing overwhelm, and comedy festivals. Anthony is testing a few new exciting features, working with build provenance in Cloud Build, jobs and network file systems in Cloud Run. Hosts Carter Morgan and Anthony Bushong

About MilesAs Chief Technology Officer at SADA, Miles Ward leads SADA's cloud strategy and solutions capabilities. His remit includes delivering next-generation solutions to challenges in big data and analytics, application migration, infrastructure automation, and cost optimization; reinforcing our engineering culture; and engaging with customers on their most complex and ambitious plans around Google Cloud.Previously, Miles served as Director and Global Lead for Solutions at Google Cloud. He founded the Google Cloud's Solutions Architecture practice, launched hundreds of solutions, built Style-Detection and Hummus AI APIs, built CloudHero, designed the pricing and TCO calculators, and helped thousands of customers like Twitter who migrated the world's largest Hadoop cluster to public cloud and Audi USA who re-platformed to k8s before it was out of alpha, and helped Banco Itau design the intercloud architecture for the bank of the future.Before Google, Miles helped build the AWS Solutions Architecture team. He wrote the first AWS Well-Architected framework, proposed Trusted Advisor and the Snowmobile, invented GameDay, worked as a core part of the Obama for America 2012 “tech” team, helped NASA stream the Curiosity Mars Rover landing, and rebooted Skype in a pinch.Earning his Bachelor of Science in Rhetoric and Media Studies from Willamette University, Miles is a three-time technology startup entrepreneur who also plays a mean electric sousaphone.Links: SADA.com: https://sada.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/milesward Email: miles@sada.com TranscriptAnnouncer: Hello, and welcome to Screaming in the Cloud with your host, Chief Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group, Corey Quinn. This weekly show features conversations with people doing interesting work in the world of cloud, thoughtful commentary on the state of the technical world, and ridiculous titles for which Corey refuses to apologize. This is Screaming in the Cloud.Corey: It seems like there is a new security breach every day. Are you confident that an old SSH key, or a shared admin account, isn't going to come back and bite you? If not, check out Teleport. Teleport is the easiest, most secure way to access all of your infrastructure. The open source Teleport Access Plane consolidates everything you need for secure access to your Linux and Windows servers—and I assure you there is no third option there. Kubernetes clusters, databases, and internal applications like AWS Management Console, Yankins, GitLab, Grafana, Jupyter Notebooks, and more. Teleport's unique approach is not only more secure, it also improves developer productivity. To learn more visit: goteleport.com. And not, that is not me telling you to go away, it is: goteleport.com.Corey: This episode is sponsored in part by our friends at Redis, the company behind the incredibly popular open source database that is not the bind DNS server. If you're tired of managing open source Redis on your own, or you're using one of the vanilla cloud caching services, these folks have you covered with the go to manage Redis service for global caching and primary database capabilities; Redis Enterprise. To learn more and deploy not only a cache but a single operational data platform for one Redis experience, visit redis.com/hero. Thats r-e-d-i-s.com/hero. And my thanks to my friends at Redis for sponsoring my ridiculous non-sense.  Corey: Welcome to Screaming in the Cloud. I'm Corey Quinn. I am joined today, once again by my friend and yours, Miles Ward, who's the CTO at SADA. However, he is, as I think of him, the closest thing the Google Cloud world has to Corey Quinn. Now, let's be clear, not the music and dancing part that is Forrest Brazeal, but Forrest works at Google Cloud, whereas Miles is a reasonably salty third-party. Miles, thank you for coming back and letting me subject you to that introduction.Miles: Corey, I appreciate that introduction. I am happy to provide substantial salt. It is easy, as I play brass instruments that produce my spit in high volumes. It's the most disgusting part of any possible introduction. For the folks in the audience, I am surrounded by a collection of giant sousaphones, tubas, trombones, baritones, marching baritones, trumpets, and pocket trumpets.So, Forrest threw down the gauntlet and was like, I can play a keyboard, and sing, and look cute at the same time. And so I decided to fail at all three. We put out a new song just a bit ago that's, like, us thanking all of our customers and partners, covering Kool & the Gang “Celebration,” and I neither look good, [laugh] play piano, or smiling, or [capturing 00:01:46] any of the notes; I just play the bass part, it's all I got to do.Corey: So, one thing that I didn't get to talk a lot about because it's not quite in my universe, for one, and for another, it is during the pre re:Invent—pre:Invent, my nonsense thing—run up, which is Google Cloud Next.Miles: Yes.Corey: And my gag a few years ago is that I'm not saying that Google is more interested in what they're building and what they're shipping, but even their conference is called Next. Buh dum, hiss.Miles: [laugh].Corey: So, I didn't really get to spend a lot of attention on the Google Cloud releases that came out this year, but given that SADA is in fact the, I believe, largest Google Cloud partner on the internet, and thus the world—Miles: [unintelligible 00:02:27] new year, three years in a row back, baby.Corey: Fantastic. I assume someone's watch got stuck or something. But good work. So, you have that bias in the way that I have a bias, which is your business is focused around Google Cloud the way that mine is focused on AWS, but neither of us is particularly beholden to that given company. I mean, you do have the not getting fired as partner, but that's a bit of a heavy lift; I don't think I can mouth off well enough to get you there.So, we have a position of relative independence. So, you were tracking Google Next, the same way that I track re:Invent. Well, not quite the same way I track re:Invent; there are some significant differences. What happened at Cloud Next 2021, that the worst of us should be paying attention to?Miles: Sure. I presented 10% of the material at the first re:Invent. There are 55 sessions; I did six. And so I have been at Cloud events for a really long time and really excited about Google's willingness to dive into demos in a way that I think they have been a little shy about. Kelsey Hightower is the kind of notable deep exception to that. Historically, he's been ready to dive into the, kind of, heavy hands-on piece but—Corey: Wait, those were demos? [Thought 00:03:39] was just playing Tetris on stage for the love of it.Miles: [laugh]. No. And he really codes all that stuff up, him and the whole team.Corey: Oh, absol—I'm sorry. If I ever grow up, I wish to be Kelsey Hightower.Miles: [laugh]. You and me both. So, he had kind of led the charge. We did a couple of fun little demos while I was there, but they've really gotten a lot further into that, and I think are doing a better job of packaging the benefits to not just developers, but also operators and data scientists and the broader roles in the cloud ecosystem from the new features that are being launched. And I think, different than the in-person events where there's 10, 20,000, 40,000 people in the audience paying attention, I think they have to work double-hard to capture attention and get engineers to tune in to what's being launched.But if you squint and look close, there are some, I think, very interesting trends that sit in the back of some of the very first launches in what I think are going to be whole veins of launches from Google over the course of the next several years that we are working really hard to track along with and make sure we're extracting maximum value from for our customers.Corey: So, what was it that they announced that is worth paying attention to? Now, through the cacophony of noise, one announcement that [I want to note 00:04:49] was tied to Next was the announcement that GME group, I believe, is going to be putting their futures exchange core trading systems on Google Cloud. At which point that to me—and I know people are going to yell at me, and I don't even slightly care—that is the last nail in the coffin of the idea that well, Google is going to turn this off in a couple years. Sorry, no. That is not a thing that's going to happen. Worst case, they might just stop investing it as aggressively as they are now, but even that would be just a clown-shoes move that I have a hard time envisioning.Miles: Yeah, you're talking now over a dozen, over ten year, over a billion-dollar commitments. So, you've got to just really, really hate your stock price if you're going to decide to vaporize that much shareholder value, right? I mean, we think that, in Google, stock price is a material fraction of the recognition of the growth trajectory for cloud, which is now basically just third place behind YouTube. And I think you can do the curve math, it's not like it's going to take long.Corey: Right. That requires effectively ejecting Thomas Kurian as the head of Google Cloud and replacing him with the former SVP of Bad Decisions at Yahoo.Miles: [laugh]. Sure. Google has no shyness about continuing to rotate leadership. I was there through three heads of Google Cloud, so I don't expect that Thomas will be the last although I think he may well go down in history as having been the best. The level of rotation to the focuses that I think are most critical, getting enterprise customers happy, successful, committed, building macroscale systems, in systems that are critical to the core of the business on GCP has grown at an incredible rate under his stewardship. So, I think he's doing a great job.Corey: He gets a lot of criticism—often from Googlers—when I wind up getting the real talk from them, which is, “Can you tell me what you really think?” Their answer is, “No,” I'm like, “Okay, next question. Can I go out and buy you eight beers and then”— and it's like, “Yeah.” And the answer that I get pretty commonly is that he's brought too much Oracle into Google. And okay, that sounds like a bad thing because, you know, Oracle, but let's be clear here, but what are you talking about specifically? And what they say distills down to engineers are no longer the end-all be-all of everything that Google Cloud. Engineers don't get to make sales decisions, or marketing decisions, or in some cases, product decisions. And that is not how Google has historically been run, and they don't like the change. I get it, but engineering is not the only hard thing in the world and it's not the only business area that builds value, let's be clear on this. So, I think that the things that they don't like are in fact, what Google absolutely needs.Miles: I think, one, the man is exceptionally intimidating and intentionally just hyper, hyper attentive to his business. So, one of my best employees, Brad [Svee 00:07:44], he worked together with me to lay out what was the book of our whole department, my team of 86 people there. What are we about? What do we do? And like I wanted this as like a memoriam to teach new hires as got brought in. So, this is, like, 38 pages of detail about our process, our hiring method, our promotional approach, all of it. I showed that to my new boss who had come in at the time, and he thought some of the pictures looked good. When we showed it to TK, he read every paragraph. I watched him highlight the paragraphs as he went through, and he read it twice as fast as I can read the thing. I think he does that to everybody's documents, everywhere. So, there's a level of just manual rigor that he's brought to the practice that was certainly not there before that. So, that alone, it can be intimidating for folks, but I think people that are high performance find that very attractive.Corey: Well, from my perspective, he is clearly head and shoulders above Adam Selipsky, and Scott Guthrie—the respective heads of AWS and Azure—for one key reason: He is the only one of those three people who follows me on Twitter. And—Miles: [laugh].Corey: —honestly, that is how I evaluate vendors.Miles: That's the thing. That's the only measure, yep. I've worked on for a long time with Selipsky, and I think that it will be interesting to see whether Adam's approach to capital allocation—where he really, I think, thinks of himself as the manager of thousands of startups, as opposed to a manager of a global business—whether that's a more efficient process for creating value for customers, then, where I think TK is absolutely trying to build a much more unified, much more singular platform. And a bunch of the launches really speak to that, right? So, one of the product announcements that I think is critical is this idea of the global distributed cloud, Google Distributed Cloud.We started with Kubernetes. And then you layer on to that, okay, we'll take care of Kubernetes for you; we call that Anthos. We'll build a bunch of structural controls and features into Anthos to make it so that you can really deal with stuff in a global way. Okay, what does that look like further? How do we get out into edge environments? Out into diverse hardware? How do we partner up with everybody to make sure that, kind of like comparing Apple's approach to Google's approach, you have an Android ecosystem of Kubernetes providers instead of just one place you can buy an outpost. That's generally the idea of GDC. I think that's a spot where you're going to watch Google actually leverage the muscle that it already built in understanding open-source dynamics and understanding collaboration between companies as opposed to feeling like it's got to be built here. We've got to sell it here. It's got to have our brand on it.Corey: I think that there's a stupendous and extreme story that is still unfolding over at Google Cloud. Now, re:Invent this year, they wound up talking all about how what they were rolling out was a focus on improving primitives. And they're right. I love their managed database service that they launched because it didn't exist.Miles: Yeah Werner's slide, “It's primitives, not frameworks.” I was like, I think customers want solutions, not frameworks or primitives. [laugh]. What's your plan?Corey: Yeah. However, I take a different perspective on all of this, which is that is a terrific spin on the big headline launches all missed the re:Invent timeline, and… oops, so now we're just going to talk about these other things instead. And that's great, but then they start talking about industrial IOT, and mainframe migrations, and the idea of private 5G, and running fleets of robots. And it's—Miles: Yeah, that's a cool product.Corey: Which one? I'm sorry, they're all very different things.Miles: Private 5G.Corey: Yeah, if someone someday will explain to me how it differs from Wavelength, but that's neither here nor there. You're right, they're all interesting, but none of them are actually doing the thing that I do, which is build websites, [unintelligible 00:11:31] looking for web services, it kind of says it in the name. And it feels like it's very much broadening into everything, and it's very difficult for me to identify—and if I have trouble that I guarantee you customers do—of, which services are for me and which are very much not? In some cases, the only answer to that is to check the pricing. I thought Kendra, their corporate information search thing was for me, then it's 7500 bucks a month to get started with that thing, and that is, “I can hire an internal corporate librarian to just go and hunt through our Google Drive.” Great.Miles: Yeah.Corey: So, there are—or our Dropbox, or our Slack. We have, like, five different information repositories, and this is how corporate nonsense starts, let me assure you.Miles: Yes. We call that luxury SaaS, you must enjoy your dozens of overlapping bills for, you know, what Workspace gives you as a single flat rate.Corey: Well, we have [unintelligible 00:12:22] a lot of this stuff, too. Google Drive is great, but we use Dropbox for holding anything that touches our customer's billing information, just because I—to be clear, I do not distrust Google, but it also seems a little weird to put the confidential billing information for one of their competitors on there to thing if a customer were to ask about it. So, it's the, like, I don't believe anyone's doing anything nefarious, but let's go ahead and just make sure, in this case.Miles: Go further man. Vimeo runs on GCP. You think YouTube doesn't want to look at Vimeo stats? Like they run everything on GCP, so they have to have arrived at a position of trust somehow. Oh, I know how it's called encryption. You've heard of encryption before? It's the best.Corey: Oh, yes. I love these rumors that crop up every now and again that Amazon is going to start scanning all of its customer content, somehow. It's first, do you have any idea how many compute resources that would take and to if they can actually do that and access something you're storing in there, against their attestations to the contrary, then that's your story because one of them just makes them look bad, the other one utterly destroys their entire business.Miles: Yeah.Corey: I think that that's the one that gets the better clicks. So no, they're not doing that.Miles: No, they're not doing that. Another product launch that I thought was super interesting that describes, let's call it second place—the third place will be the one where we get off into the technical deep end—but there's a whole set of coordinated work they're calling Cortex. So, let's imagine you go to a customer, they say, “I want to understand what's happening with my business.” You go, “Great.” So, you use SAP, right? So, you're a big corporate shop, and that's your infrastructure of choice. There are a bunch of different options at that layer.When you set up SAP, one of the advantages that something like that has is they have, kind of, pre-built configurations for roughly your business, but whatever behaviors SAP doesn't do, right, say, data warehousing, advanced analytics, regression and projection and stuff like that, maybe that's somewhat outside of the core wheelhouse for SAP, you would expect like, oh okay, I'll bolt on BigQuery. I'll build that stuff over there. We'll stream the data between the two. Yeah, I'm off to the races, but the BigQuery side of the house doesn't have this like bitching menu that says, “You're a retailer, and so you probably want to see these 75 KPIs, and you probably want to chew up your SKUs in exactly this way. And here's some presets that make it so that this is operable out of the box.”So, they are doing the three way combination: Consultancies plus ISVs plus Google products, and doing all the pre-work configuration to go out to a customer and go I know what you probably just want. Why don't I just give you the whole thing so that it does the stuff that you want? That I think—if that's the very first one, this little triangle between SAP, and Big Query, and a bunch of consultancies like mine, you have to imagine they go a lot further with that a lot faster, right? I mean, what does that look like when they do it with Epic, when they go do it with Go just generally, when they go do it with Apache? I've heard of that software, right? Like, there's no reason not to bundle up what the obvious choices are for a bunch of these combinations.Corey: The idea of moving up the stack and offering full on solutions, that's what customers actually want. “Well, here's a bunch of things you can do to wind up wiring together to build a solution,” is, “Cool. Then I'm going to go hire a company who's already done that is going to sell it to me at a significant markup because I just don't care.” I pay way more to WP Engine than I would to just run WordPress myself on top of AWS or Google Cloud. In fact, it is on Google Cloud, but okay.Miles: You and me both, man. WP Engine is the best. I—Corey: It's great because—Miles: You're welcome. I designed a bunch of the hosting on the back of that.Corey: Oh, yeah. But it's also the—I—well, it costs a little bit more that way. Yeah, but guess what's not—guess what's more expensive than that bill, is my time spent doing the care and feeding of this stuff. I like giving money to experts and making it their problem.Miles: Yeah. I heard it said best, Lego is an incredible business. I love their product, and you can build almost any toy with it. And they have not displaced all other plastic toy makers.Corey: Right.Miles: Some kids just want to buy a little car. [laugh].Corey: Oh, yeah, you can build anything you want out of Lego bricks, which are great, which absolutely explains why they are a reference AWS customer.Miles: Yeah, they're great. But they didn't beat all other toy companies worldwide, and eliminate the rest of that market because they had the better primitive, right? These other solutions are just as valuable, just as interesting, tend to have much bigger markets. Lego is not the largest toy manufacturer in the world. They are not in the top five of toy manufacturers in the world, right?Like, so chasing that thread, and getting all the way down into the spots where I think many of the cloud providers on their own, internally, had been very uncomfortable. Like, you got to go all the way to building this stuff that they need for that division, inside of that company, in that geo, in that industry? That's maybe, like, a little too far afield. I think Google has a natural advantage in its more partner-oriented approach to create these combinations that lower the cost to them and to customers to getting out of that solution quick.Corey: So, getting into the weeds of Google Next, I suppose, rather than a whole bunch of things that don't seem to apply to anyone except the four or five companies that really could use it, what things did Google release that make the lives of people building, you know, web apps better?Miles: This is the one. So, I'm at Amazon, hanging out as a part of the team that built up the infrastructure for the Obama campaign in 2012, and there are a bunch of Googlers there, and we are fighting with databases. We are fighting so hard, in fact, with RDS that I think we are the only ones that [Raju 00:17:51] has ever allowed to SSH into our RDS instances to screw with them.Corey: Until now, with the advent of RDS Custom, meaning that you can actually get in as root; where that hell that lands between RDS and EC2 is ridiculous. I just know that RDS can now run containers.Miles: Yeah. I know how many things we did in there that were good for us, and how many things we did in there that were bad for us. And I have to imagine, this is not a feature that they really ought to let everybody have, myself included. But I will say that what all of the Googlers that I talk to, you know, at the first blush, were I'm the evil Amazon guy in to, sort of, distract them and make them build a system that, you know, was very reliable and ended up winning an election was that they had a better database, and they had Spanner, and they didn't understand why this whole thing wasn't sitting on Spanner. So, we looked, and I read the white paper, and then I got all drooly, and I was like, yes, that is a much better database than everybody else's database, and I don't understand why everybody else isn't on it. Oh, there's that one reason, but you've heard of it: No other software works with it, anywhere in the world, right? It's utterly proprietary to Google. Yes, they were kind—Corey: Oh, you want to migrate it off somewhere else, or a fraction of it? Great. Step one, redo your data architecture.Miles: Yeah, take all of my software everywhere, rewrite every bit of it. And, oh all those commercial applications? Yeah, forget all those, you got, too. Right? It was very much where Google was eight years ago. So, for me, it was immensely meaningful to see the launch at Next where they described what they are building—and have now built; we have alpha access to it—a Postgres layer for Spanner.Corey: Is that effectively you have to treat it as Postgres at all times, or is it multimodal access?Miles: You can get in and tickle it like Spanner, if you want to tickle it like Spanner. And in reality, Spanner is ANSI SQL compliant; you're still writing SQL, you just don't have to talk to it like a REST endpoint, or a GRPC endpoint, or something; you can, you know, have like a—Corey: So, similar to Azure's Cosmos DB, on some level, except for the part where you can apparently look at other customers' data in that thing?Miles: [laugh]. Exactly. Yeah, you will not have a sweeping discovery of incredible security violations in the structure Spanner, in that it is the control system that Google uses to place every ad, and so it does not suck. You can't put a trillion-dollar business on top of a database and not have it be safe. That's kind of a thing.Corey: The thing that I find is the most interesting area of tech right now is there's been this rise of distributed databases. Yugabyte—or You-ji-byte—Pla-netScale—or PlanetScale, depending on how you pronounce these things.Miles: [laugh]. Yeah, why, why is G such an adversarial consonant? I don't understand why we've all gotten to this place.Corey: Oh, yeah. But at the same time, it's—so you take a look at all these—and they all are speaking Postgres; it is pretty clear that ‘Postgres-squeal' is the thing that is taking over the world as far as databases go. If I were building something from scratch that used—Miles: For folks in the back, that's PostgreSQL, for the rest of us, it's okay, it's going to be, all right.Corey: Same difference. But yeah, it's the thing that is eating the world. Although recently, I've got to say, MongoDB is absolutely stepping up in a bunch of really interesting ways.Miles: I mean, I think the 4.0 release, I'm the guy who wrote the MongoDB on AWS Best Practices white paper, and I would grab a lot of customer's and—Corey: They have to change it since then of, step one: Do not use DocumentDB; if you want to use Mongo, use Mongo.Miles: Yeah, that's right. No, there were a lot of customers I was on the phone with where Mongo had summarily vaporized their data, and I think they have made huge strides in structural reliability over the course of—you know, especially this 4.0 launch, but the last couple of years, for sure.Corey: And with all the people they've been hiring from AWS, it's one of those, “Well, we'll look at this now who's losing important things from production?”Miles: [laugh]. Right? So, maybe there's only actually five humans who know how to do operations, and we just sort of keep moving around these different companies.Corey: That's sort of my assumption on these things. But Postgres, for those who are not looking to depart from the relational model, is eating the world. And—Miles: There's this, like, basic emotional thing. My buddy Martin, who set up MySQL, and took it public, and then promptly got it gobbled up by the Oracle people, like, there was a bet there that said, hey, there's going to be a real open database, and then squish, like, the man came and got it. And so like, if you're going to be an independent, open-source software developer, I think you're probably not pushing your pull requests to our friends at Oracle, that seems weird. So instead, I think Postgres has gobbled up the best minds on that stuff.And it works. It's reliable, it's consistent, and it's functional in all these different, sort of, reapplications and subdivisions, right? I mean, you have to sort of squint real hard, but down there in the guts of Redshift, that's Postgres, right? Like, there's Postgres behind all sorts of stuff. So, as an interface layer, I'm not as interested about how it manages to be successful at bossing around hardware and getting people the zeros and ones that they ask for back in a timely manner.I'm interested in it as a compatibility standard, right? If I have software that says, “I need to have Postgres under here and then it all will work,” that creates this layer of interop that a bunch of other products can use. So, folks like PlanetScale, and Yugabyte can say, “No, no, no, it's cool. We talk Postgres; that'll make it so your application works right. You can bring a SQL alchemy and plug it into this, or whatever your interface layer looks like.”That's the spot where, if I can trade what is a fairly limited global distribution, global transactional management on literally ridiculously unlimited scalability and zero operations, I can handle the hard parts of running a database over to somebody else, but I get my layer, and my software talks to it, I think that's a huge step.Corey: This episode is sponsored in part by my friends at Cloud Academy. Something special just for you folks. If you missed their offer on Black Friday or Cyber Monday or whatever day of the week doing sales it is—good news! They've opened up their Black Friday promotion for a very limited time. Same deal, $100 off a yearly plan, $249 a year for the highest quality cloud and tech skills content. Nobody else can get this because they have a assured me this not going to last for much longer. Go to CloudAcademy.com, hit the "start free trial" button on the homepage, and use the Promo code cloud at checkout. That's c-l-o-u-d, like loud, what I am, with a “C” in front of it. It's a free trial, so you'll get 7 days to try it out to make sure it's really a good fit for you, nothing to lose except your ignorance about cloud. My thanks again for sponsoring my ridiculous nonsense.Corey: I think that there's a strong movement toward building out on something like this. If it works, just because—well, I'm not multiregion today, but I can easily see a world in which I'd want to be. So, great. How do you approach the decision between—once this comes out of alpha; let's be clear. Let's turn this into something that actually ships, and no, Google that does not mean slapping a beta label on it for five years is the answer here; you actually have to stand behind this thing—but once it goes GA—Miles: GA is a good thing.Corey: Yeah. How do you decide between using that, or PlanetScale? Or Yugabyte?Miles: Or Cockroach or or SingleStore, right? I mean, there's a zillion of them that sit in this market. I think the core of the decision making for me is in every team you're looking at what skills do you bring to bear and what problem that you're off to go solve for customers? Do the nuances of these products make it easier to solve? So, I think there are some products that the nature of what you're building isn't all that dependent on one part of the application talking to another one, or an event happening someplace else mattering to an event over here. But some applications, that's, like, utterly critical, like, totally, totally necessary.So, we worked with a bunch of like Forex exchange trading desks that literally turn off 12 hours out of the day because they can only keep it consistent in one geographical location right near the main exchanges in New York. So, that's a place where I go, “Would you like to trade all day?” And they go, “Yes, but I can't because databases.” So, “Awesome. Let's call the folks on the Spanner side. They can solve that problem.”I go, “Would you like to trade all day and rewrite all your software?” And they go, “No.” And I go, “Oh, okay. What about trade all day, but not rewrite all your software?” There we go. Now, we've got a solution to that kind of problem.So like, we built this crazy game, like, totally other end of the ecosystem with the Dragon Ball Z people, hysterical; your like—you literally play like Rock, Paper, Scissors with your phone, and if you get a rock, I throw a fireball, and you get a paper, then I throw a punch, and we figure out who wins. But they can play these games like Europe versus Japan, thousands of people on each side, real-time, and it works.Corey: So, let's be clear, I have lobbied a consistent criticism at Google for a while now, which is the Google Cloud global control plane. So, you wind up with things like global service outages from time to time, you wind up with this thing is now broken for everyone everywhere. And that, for a lot of these use cases, is a problem. And I said that AWS's approach to regional isolation is the right way to do it. And I do stand by that assessment, except for the part where it turns out there's a lot of control plane stuff that winds up single tracking through us-east-1, as we learned in the great us-east-1 outage of 2021.Miles: Yeah, when I see customers move from data center to AWS, what they expect is a higher count of outages that lasts less time. That's the trade off, right? There's going to be more weird spurious stuff, and maybe—maybe—if they're lucky, that outage will be over there at some other region they're not using. I see almost exactly the same promise happening to folks that come from AWS—and in particular from Azure—over onto GCP, which is, there will be probably a higher frequency of outages at a per product level, right? So, like sometimes, like, some weird product takes a screw sideways, where there is structural interdependence between quite a few products—we actually published a whole internal structural map of like, you know, it turns out that Cloud SQL runs on top of GCE not on GKE, so you can expect if GKE goes sideways, Cloud SQL is probably not going to go sideways; the two aren't dependent on each other.Corey: You take the status page and Amazon FreeRTOS in a region is having an outage today or something like that. You're like, “Oh, no. That's terrible. First, let me go look up what the hell that is.” And I'm not using it? Absolutely not. Great. As hyperscalers, well, hyperscale, they're always things that are broken in different ways, in different locations, and if you had a truly accurate status page, it would all be red all the time, or varying shades of red, which is not helpful. So, I understand the challenge there, but very often, it's a partition that is you are not exposed to, or the way that you've architected things, ideally, means it doesn't really matter. And that is a good thing. So, raw outage counts don't solve that. I also maintain that if I were to run in a single region of AWS or even a single AZ, in all likelihood, I will have a significantly better uptime across the board than I would if I ran it myself. Because—Miles: Oh, for sure.Corey: —it is—Miles: For sure they're way better at ops than you are. Me, right?Corey: Of course.Miles: Right? Like, ridiculous.Corey: And they got that way, by learning. Like, I think in 2022, it is unlikely that there's going to be an outage in an AWS availability zone by someone tripping over a power cable, whereas I have actually done that. So, there's a—to be clear in a data center, not an AWS facility; that would not have flown. So, there is the better idea of of going in that direction. But the things like Route 53 is control plane single-tracking through the us-east-1, if you can't make DNS changes in an outage scenario, you may as well not have a DR plan, for most use cases.Miles: To be really clear, it was a part of the internal documentation on the AWS side that we would share with customers to be absolutely explicit with them. It's not just that there are mistakes and accidents which we try to limit to AZs, but no, go further, that we may intentionally cause outages to AZs if that's what allows us to keep broader service health higher, right? They are not just a blast radius because you, oops, pulled the pin on the grenade; they can actually intentionally step on the off button. And that's different than the way Google operates. They think of each of the AZs, and each of the regions, and the global system as an always-on, all the time environment, and they do not have systems where one gets, sort of, sacrificed for the benefit of the rest, right, or they will intentionally plan to take a system offline.There is no planned downtime in the SLA, where the SLAs from my friends at Amazon and Azure are explicit to, if they choose to, they decide to take it offline, they can. Now, that's—I don't know, I kind of want the contract that has the other thing where you don't get that.Corey: I don't know what the right answer is for a lot of these things. I think multi-cloud is dumb. I think that the idea of having this workload that you're going to seamlessly deploy to two providers in case of an outage, well guess what? The orchestration between those two providers is going to cause you more outages than you would take just sticking on one. And in most cases, unless you are able to have complete duplication of not just functionality but capacity between those two, congratulations, you've now just doubled your number of single points of failure, you made the problem actively worse and more expensive. Good job.Miles: I wrote an article about this, and I think it's important to differentiate between dumb and terrifyingly shockingly expensive, right? So, I have a bunch of customers who I would characterize as rich, as like, shockingly rich, as producing businesses that have 80-plus percent gross margins. And for them, the costs associated with this stuff are utterly rational, and they take on that work, and they are seeing benefits, or they wouldn't be doing it.Corey: Of course.Miles: So, I think their trajectory in technology—you know, this is a quote from a Google engineer—it's just like, “Oh, you want to see what the future looks like? Hang out with rich people.” I went into houses when I was a little kid that had whole-home automation. I couldn't afford them; my mom was cleaning house there, but now my house, I can use my phone to turn on the lights. Like—Corey: You know, unless us-east-1 is having a problem.Miles: Hey, and then no Roomba for you, right? Like utterly offline. So—Corey: Roomba has now failed to room.Miles: Conveniently, my lights are Philips Hue, and that's on Google, so that baby works. But it is definitely a spot where the barrier of entry and the level of complexity required is going down over time. And it is definitely a horrible choice for 99% of the companies that are out there right now. But next year, it'll be 98. And the year after that, it'll probably be 97. [laugh].And if I go inside of Amazon's data centers, there's not one manufacturer of hard drives, there's a bunch. So, that got so easy that now, of course you use more than one; you got to do—that's just like, sort of, a natural thing, right? These technologies, it'll move over time. We just aren't there yet for the vast, vast majority of workloads.Corey: I hope that in the future, this stuff becomes easier, but data transfer fees are going to continue to be a concern—Miles: Just—[makes explosion noise]—Corey: Oh, man—Miles: —like, right in the face.Corey: —especially with the Cambrian explosion of data because the data science folks have successfully convinced the entire industry that there's value in those mode balancer logs in 2012. Okay, great. We're never deleting anything again, but now you've got to replicate all of that stuff because no one has a decent handle on lifecycle management and won't for the foreseeable future. Great, to multiple providers so that you can work on these things? Like, that is incredibly expensive.Miles: Yeah. Cool tech, from this announcement at Next that I think is very applicable, and recognized the level of like, utter technical mastery—and security mastery to our earlier conversation—that something like this requires, the product is called BigQuery Omni, what Omni allows you to do is go into the Google Cloud Console, go to BigQuery, say I want to do analysis on this data that's in S3, or in Azure Blob Storage, Google will spin up an account on your behalf on Amazon and Azure, and run the compute there for you, bring the result back. So, just transfer the answers, not the raw data that you just scanned, and no work on your part, no management, no crapola. So, there's like—that's multi-cloud. If I've got—I can do a join between a bunch of rows that are in real BigQuery over on GCP side and rows that are over there in S3. The cross-eyedness of getting something like that to work is mind blowing.Corey: To give this a little more context, just because it gets difficult to reason about these things, I can either have data that is in a private subnet in AWS that traverses their horribly priced Managed NAT Gateways, and then goes out to the internet and sent there once, for the same cost as I could take that same data and store it in S3 in their standard tier for just shy of six full months. That's a little imbalanced, if we're being direct here. And then when you add in things like intelligent tiering and archive access classes, that becomes something that… there's no contest there. It's, if we're talking about things that are now approaching exabyte scale, that's one of those, “Yeah, do you want us to pay by a credit card?”—get serious. You can't at that scale anyway—“Invoice billing, or do we just, like, drive a dump truck full of gold bricks and drop them off in Seattle?”Miles: Sure. Same trajectory, on the multi-cloud thing. So, like a partner of ours, PacketFabric, you know, if you're a big, big company, you go out and you call Amazon and you buy 100 gigabit interconnect on—I think they call theirs Direct Connect, and then you hook that up to the Google one that's called Dedicated Interconnect. And voila, the price goes from twelve cents a gig down to two cents a gig; everybody's much happier. But Jesus, you pay the upfront for that, you got to set the thing up, it takes days to get deployed, and now you're culpable for the whole pipe if you don't use it up. Like, there are charges that are static over the course of the month.So, PacketFabric just buys one of those and lets you rent a slice of it you need. And I think they've got an incredible product. We're working with them on a whole bunch of different projects. But I also expect—like, there's no reason the cloud providers shouldn't be working hard to vend that kind of solution over time. If a hundred gigabit is where it is now, what does it look like when I get to ten gigabit? When I get to one gigabit? When I get to half gigabit? You know, utility price that for us so that we get to rational pricing.I think there's a bunch of baked-in business and cost logic that is a part of the pricing system, where egress is the source of all of the funding at Amazon for internal networking, right? I don't pay anything for the switches that connect to this machine to that machine, in region. It's not like those things are cheap or free; they have to be there. But the funding for that comes from egress. So, I think you're going to end up seeing a different model where you'll maybe have different approaches to egress pricing, but you'll be paying like an in-system networking fee.And I think folks will be surprised at how big that fee likely is because of the cost of the level of networking infrastructure that the providers deploy, right? I mean, like, I don't know, if you've gone and tried to buy a 40 port, 40 gig switch anytime recently. It's not like they're those little, you know, blue Netgear ones for 90 bucks.Corey: Exactly. It becomes this, [sigh] I don't know, I keep thinking that's not the right answer, but part of it also is like, well, you know, for things that I really need local and don't want to worry about if the internet's melting today, I kind of just want to get, like, some kind of Raspberry Pi shoved under my desk for some reason.Miles: Yeah. I think there is a lot where as more and more businesses bet bigger and bigger slices of the farm on this kind of thing, I think it's Jassy's line that you're, you know, the fat in the margin in your business is my opportunity. Like, there's a whole ecosystem of partners and competitors that are hunting all of those opportunities. I think that pressure can only be good for customers.Corey: Miles, thank you for taking the time to speak with me. If people want to learn more about you, what you're up to, your bad opinions, your ridiculous company, et cetera—Miles: [laugh].Corey: —where can they find you?Miles: Well, it's really easy to spell: SADA.com, S-A-D-A dot com. I'm Miles Ward, it's @milesward on Twitter; you don't have to do too hard of a math. It's miles@sada.com, if you want to send me an email. It's real straightforward. So, eager to reach out, happy to help. We've got a bunch of engineers that like helping people move from Amazon to GCP. So, let us know.Corey: Excellent. And we will, of course, put links to this in the [show notes 00:37:17] because that's how we roll.Miles: Yay.Corey: Thanks so much for being so generous with your time, and I look forward to seeing what comes out next year from these various cloud companies.Miles: Oh, I know some of them already, and they're good. Oh, they're super good.Corey: This is why I don't do predictions because like, the stuff that I know about, like, for example, I was I was aware of the Graviton 3 was coming—Miles: Sure.Corey: —and it turns out that if your—guess what's going to come up and you don't name Graviton 3, it's like, “Are you simple? Did you not see that one coming?” It's like—or if I don't know it's coming and I make that guess—which is not the hardest thing in the world—someone would think I knew and leaked. There's no benefit to doing predictions.Miles: No. It's very tough, very happy to do predictions in private, for customers. [laugh].Corey: Absolutely. Thanks again for your time. I appreciate it.Miles: Cheers.Corey: Myles Ward, CTO at SADA. I'm Cloud Economist Corey Quinn, and this is Screaming in the Cloud. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave a five-star review on your podcast platform of choice, whereas if you've hated this podcast, please leave a five-star review on your podcast platform of choice and be very angry in your opinion when you write that obnoxious comment, but then it's going to get lost because it's using MySQL instead of Postgres.Corey: If your AWS bill keeps rising and your blood pressure is doing the same, then you need The Duckbill Group. We help companies fix their AWS bill by making it smaller and less horrifying. The Duckbill Group works for you, not AWS. We tailor recommendations to your business and we get to the point. Visit duckbillgroup.com to get started.Announcer: This has been a HumblePod production. Stay humble.

About AparnaAparna Sinha is Director of Product for Kubernetes and Anthos at Google Cloud. Her teams are focused on transforming the way we work through innovation in platforms. Before Anthos and Kubernetes, Aparna worked on the Android platform. She joined Google from NetApp where she was Director of Product for storage automation and private cloud. Prior to NetApp, Aparna was a leader in McKinsey and Company's business transformation office working with CXOs on IT strategy, pricing, and M&A. Aparna holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford and has authored several technical publications. She serves on the Governing Board of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).Links: DevOps Research Report: https://www.devops-research.com/research.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/apbhatnagar TranscriptAnnouncer: Hello, and welcome to Screaming in the Cloud with your host, Chief Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group, Corey Quinn. This weekly show features conversations with people doing interesting work in the world of cloud, thoughtful commentary on the state of the technical world, and ridiculous titles for which Corey refuses to apologize. This is Screaming in the Cloud.Corey: This episode is sponsored in part by our friends at Redis, the company behind the incredibly popular open source database that is not the bind DNS server. If you're tired of managing open source Redis on your own, or you're using one of the vanilla cloud caching services, these folks have you covered with the go to manage Redis service for global caching and primary database capabilities; Redis Enterprise. Set up a meeting with a Redis expert during re:Invent, and you'll not only learn how you can become a Redis hero, but also have a chance to win some fun and exciting prizes. To learn more and deploy not only a cache but a single operational data platform for one Redis experience, visit redis.com/hero. Thats r-e-d-i-s.com/hero. And my thanks to my friends at Redis for sponsoring my ridiculous non-sense.  Corey: You know how Git works right?Announcer: Sorta, kinda, not really. Please ask someone else.Corey: That's all of us. Git is how we build things, and Netlify is one of the best ways I've found to build those things quickly for the web. Netlify's Git-based workflows mean you don't have to play slap-and-tickle with integrating arcane nonsense and web hooks, which are themselves about as well understood as Git. Give them a try and see what folks ranging from my fake Twitter for Pets startup, to global Fortune 2000 companies are raving about. If you end up talking to them—because you don't have to; they get why self-service is important—but if you do, be sure to tell them that I sent you and watch all of the blood drain from their faces instantly. You can find them in the AWS marketplace or at www.netlify.com. N-E-T-L-I-F-Y dot com.Corey: Welcome to Screaming in the Cloud. I'm Corey Quinn. We have a bunch of conversations on this show covering a wide gamut of different topics, things that I find personally interesting, usually, and also things I'm noticing in the industry. Fresh on the heels of Google Next, we get to ideally have conversations about both of those things. Today, I'm speaking with the Director of Product Management at Google Cloud, Aparna Sinha. Aparna, thank you so much for joining me today. I appreciate it.Aparna: Thank you, Corey. It's a pleasure to be here.Corey: So, Director of Product Management is one of those interesting titles. We've had a repeat guest here, Director of Outbound Product Management Richard Seroter, which is great. I assume—as I told him—outbound products are the ones that are about to be discontinued. He's been there a year and somehow has failed the discontinue a single thing, so okay, I'm sure that's going to show up on his review. What do you do? The products aren't outbound; they're just products, and you're managing them, but that doesn't tell me much. Titles are always strange.Aparna: Yeah, sure. Richard is one of my favorite people, by the way. I work closely with him. I am the Director of Product for Developer Platform. That's Google Cloud's developer platform.It includes many different products—actually, 30-Plus products—but the primary pieces are usually when a developer comes to Google Cloud, the pieces that they interact with, like our command-line interface, like our Cloud Shell, and all of the SDK pieces that go behind it, and then also our DevOps tooling. So, as you're writing the application in the IDE and as you're deploying it into production, that's all part of the developer platform. And then I also run our serverless platform, which is one of the most developer-friendly capabilities from a compute perspective. It's also integrated into many different services within GCP. So, behind the title, that's really what I work on.Corey: Okay, so you're, I guess, in part responsible for well, I guess, a disappointment of mine a few years ago. I have a habit on Twitter—because I'm a terrible person—of periodically spinning up a new account on various cloud providers and kicking the tires and then live-tweeting the experience, and I was really set to dunk on Google Cloud; I turned this into a whole blog post. And I came away impressed, where the developer experience was pretty close to seamless for getting up and running. It was head and shoulders above what I've seen from other cloud providers, and on the one hand, I want to congratulate you and on the other, it doesn't seem like that's that high of a bar, to be perfectly honest with you because it seems that companies get stuck in their own ways and presuppose that everyone using the product is the same as the people building the product. Google Cloud has been and remains a shining example of great developer experience across the board.If I were starting something net new and did not have deep experience with an existing cloud provider—which let's face it, the most valuable thing about the cloud is knowing how it's going to break because everything breaks—I would be hard-pressed to not pick GCP, if not as the choice, at least a strong number two. So, how did that come to be? I take a look at a lot of Google's consumer apps and, “This is a great user experience,” isn't really something I find myself saying all that often. Google Cloud is sort of its own universe. What happened?Aparna: Well, thank you, first of all, for the praise. We are very humble about it, actually. I think that we're grateful if our developers find the experience to be seamless. It is something that we measure all the time. That may be one of the reasons why you found it to be better than other places. We are continuously trying to improve the time to value for developers, how long it takes them to perform certain actions. And so what you measure is what you improve, right? If you don't measure it, you don't improve it. That's one of our SRE principles.Corey: I wish. I've been measuring certain things for years, and they don't seem to be improving at all. It's like, “Wow, my code is still terrible, but I'm counting the bugs and the number isn't getting smaller.” Turns out there might be additional steps required.Aparna: Yes, you know, we measure it, we look at it, we take active OKRs to improve these things, especially usability. Usability is extremely important for certainly the developer platform, for my group; that's something that's extremely important. I would say, stepping back, you said it's not that common to find a good user experience in the cloud, I think in general—you know, and I've spent the majority of my career, if not all of my career, working on enterprise software. Enterprise software is not always designed in the most user-friendly way; it's not something that people always think about. Some of the enterprise software I've used has been really pretty… pretty bad. Just a list of things.Corey: Oh, yeah. And it seems like their entire philosophy—I did a bit of a dive into this, and I think it was Stripe's Patrick McKenzie who wound up pointing this out originally, though; but the internet is big and people always share and reshare ideas—the actual customer for enterprise software is very often procurement or a business unit that is very organizationally distant from the person who's using it. And I think in a world of a cloud platform, that is no longer true. Yeah, there's a strategic decision of what Cloud do we use, but let's be serious, that decision often comes into play long after there's already been a shadow IT slash groundswell uprising. The sales process starts to look an awful lot less like, “Pick our cloud,” and a lot more like, “You've already picked our cloud. How about we formalize the relationship?”And developer experience with platforms is incredibly important and I'm glad to see that this is a—well, it's bittersweet to me. I am glad to see that this is something that Google is focusing on, and I'm disappointed to admit that it's a differentiator.Aparna: It is a differentiator. It is extremely important. At Google, there are a couple of reasons why this is part of our DNA, and it is actually related to the fact that we are also a consumer products company. We have a very strong user experience team, a very strong measurements-oriented—they measure everything, and they design everything, and they run focus groups. So, we have an extraordinary usability team, and it's actually one of the groups that—just like every other group—is fungible; you can move between consumer and cloud. There's no difference in terms of your training and skill set.And so, I know you said that you're not super impressed with our consumer products, but I think that the practice behind treating the user as king, treating the user as the most important part of your development, is something that we bring over into cloud. And it's just a part of how we do development, and I think that's part of the reason why our products are usable. Again, I shy away from taking any really high credit on these things because I think I always have a very high bar. I want them to be delightful, super delightful, but we do have good usability scores on some of the pieces. I think our command line, I think, is quite good. I think—there's always improvements, by the way, Corey—but I think that there are certain things that are delightful.And a lot of thought goes into it and a lot of multi-functional—meaning across product—user experience and engineering. We have end-developer relations. We have, sort of this four-way communication about—you know, with friction logs and with lots of trials and lots of discussion and measurements, is how we improve the user experience. And I would love to see that in more enterprise software. I think that my experience in the industry is that the user is becoming more important, generally, even in enterprise software, probably because of the migration to cloud.You can't ignore the user anymore. This shouldn't be all about procurement. Anybody can procure a cloud service. It's really about how easily and how quickly can they get to what they want to do as a user, which I think also the definition of what a developer is changing and I think that's one of the most exciting things about our work is that the developer can be anybody; it can be my kids, and it can be anyone across the world. And our goal is to reach those people and to make it easy for them.Corey: If I had to bet on a company not understanding that distinction, on some level, Google's reputation lends itself to that where, oh, great. It's like, I'm a little old to go back to school and join a fraternity and be hazed there, so the second option was, oh, I'll get an interview to be an SRE at Google where, “Oh, great, you've done interesting things, but can you invert a binary tree on a whiteboard?” “No, I cannot. Let's save time and admit that.” So, the concern that I would have had—you just directly contradicted—was the idea that you see at some companies where there's the expectation that all developers are like their developers.Google, for better or worse, has a high technical bar for hiring. A number of companies do not have a similar bar along similar axes, and they're looking for different skill sets to achieve different outcomes, and that's fine. To be clear, I am not saying that, oh, the engineers at Google are all excellent and the engineers all at a bank are all crap. Far from it.That is not true in either direction, but there are differences as far as how they concern themselves with software development, how they frame a lot of these things. And I am surprised that Google is not automatically assuming that developers are the type of developers that you have at Google. Where did that mindset shift come from?Aparna: Oh, absolutely not. I think we would be in trouble if we did that. I studied electrical engineering in school. This would be like assuming that the top of the class is kind of like the kind of people that we want to reach, and it's just absolutely not. Like I said, I want to reach total beginners, I want to reach people who are non-developers with our developer platform.That's our explicit goal, and so we view developers as individuals with a range of superpowers that they've gained throughout their lives, professionally and personally, and people who are always on a path to learn new things, and we want to make it easy for them. We don't treat them as bodies in an employment relationship with some organization, or people with certain minimum bar degrees, or whatever it is. As far as interviewing goes, Corey, in product management, which is the practice that I'm part of, we actually look for, in the interview, that the candidate is not thinking about themselves; they're not imposing themselves on the user base.So, can you think outside of yourself? Can you think of the user base? And are you inquisitive? Are you curious? Do you observe? And how well do you observe differences and diversity, and how well are you able to grasp what might be needed by a particular segment? How well are you able to segment the user base?That's what we look for, certainly in product management, and I'm quite sure also in user experience. You're right, on engineering, of course, we're looking for technical skills, and so on, but that's not how we design our products, that's not how we design the usability of our products.Corey: “If you people were just a little bit smarter slash more like me, then this would work a lot better,” is a common trope. Which brings us, of course, to the current state of serverless. I tend to view serverless as largely a failed initiative so far. And to be clear, I'm viewing this from an AWS-centric lens; that is the… we'll be charitable and call it pool in which I swim. And they announced Lambda in 2015; that's great. “The only code you will ever write in the future is business logic.” Yeah, I might have heard that one before about 15 other technologies dating back to the 60s, but okay.And the expectation was that it was going to take off and set the world on fire. You just needed to learn the constraints of how this worked. And there were a bunch of them, and they were obnoxious, and it didn't have a learning curve so much as a learning cliff. And nowadays, we do see it everywhere, but it's also in small doses. It's mostly used as digital spackle to plaster over the gaps between various AWS services.What I'm not seeing across the board is a radical mindset shift in the way that developers are engaging with cloud platforms that would be heralded by widespread adoption of serverless principles. That said, we are on the heels here of Google Cloud Next, and that you had a bunch of serverless announcements, I'm going to go out on a limb and guess you might not agree with my dismal take on the serverless side of the world?Aparna: Well, I think this is a great question because despite the fact that I like not to be wishy-washy about anything, I actually both agree and disagree [laugh] with what you said. And that's funny.Corey: Well, that's why we're talking about this here instead of on Twitter where two contradictory things can't possibly both be true. Wow, imagine that; nuance, it doesn't fit 280 characters. Please, continue.Aparna: So, what I agree with is that—I agree with you that the former definition of serverless and the constrained way that we are conditioned thinking about serverless is not as expansive as originally hoped, from an adoption perspective. And I think that at Google, serverless is just no longer about only event-driven programming or microservices; it's about running complex workloads at scale while still preserving the delightful developer experience. And this is where the connection to the developer experience comes in. Because the developer experience, in my mind, it's about time to value. How quickly can I achieve the outcome that I need for my business?And what are the things that get in the way of that? Well, setting up infrastructure gets in the way of that, having to scale infrastructure gets in the way of that, having to debug pieces that aren't actually related to the outcome that you're trying to get to gets in the way of that. And the beauty of serverless, it's all in how you define serverless: what does this name actually mean? If serverless only means functions and event-driven applications, then yes, actually, it has a better developer experience, but it is not expansive, and then it is limited, and it's trapped in its skin the way that you mentioned it. [laugh].Corey: And it doesn't lend itself very well to legacy applications—legacy, of course, being condescending engineering-speak for ‘it makes money.' But yeah, that's the stuff that powers the world. We're not going to be redoing all those things as serverless-powered microservices anytime soon, in most cases.Aparna: At Google Cloud, we are redefining serverless. And so what we are taking from Serverless is the delightful user experience and the fact that you don't have to manage the infrastructure, and what we're putting in the serverless is essentially serverless containers. And this is the big revolution in serverless, is that serverless—at least a Google Cloud with serverless containers and our Cloud Run offering—is able to run much bigger varieties of applications and we are seeing large enterprises running legacy applications, like you say, on Cloud Run, which is serverless from a developer experience perspective. There's no cluster, there is no server, there's no VM, there's nothing for you to set up from a scaling perspective. And it essentially scales infinitely.And it is very developer-focused; it's meant for the developer, not for the operator or the infrastructure admin. In reality in enterprise, there is very much a segmentation of roles. And even in smaller companies, there's a segmentation of roles even within the same person. Like, they may have to do some infrastructure work and they may do some development work. And what serverless—at least in the context of Google Cloud—does, is it removes the infrastructure work and maximizes the development work so that you can focus on your application and you can get to that end result, that business value that you're trying to achieve.And with Cloud Run, what we've done is we've preserved that—and I would say, actually, arguably improved that because we've done usability studies that show that we're 22 points above every other serverless offering from a usability perspective. So, it's super important to me that anybody can use this service. Anybody. Maybe even not a developer can use this service. And that's where our focus is.And then what we've done underneath is we've removed many of the restrictions that are traditionally associated with serverless. So, it doesn't have to be event-driven, it is not only a particular set of languages or a particular set of runtimes. It is not only stateless applications, and it's not only request-based billing, it's not only short-running jobs. These are the kinds of things that we have removed and I think we've just redefined serverless.Corey: [unintelligible 00:17:05], on some level, the idea of short-lived functions with a maximum cap feels like a lazy answer to one of the hard problems in computer science, the halting problem. For those not familiar, my layman's understanding of it is, “Okay, you have a program that's running in a loop. How do you deterministically say that it is done executing?” And the functional answer to that is, “Oh, after 15 minutes, it's done. We're killing it.” Which I guess is an answer, but probably not one that's going to get anyone a PhD.It becomes very prescriptive and it leads to really weird patterns trying to work around some of those limitations. And historically, yeah, by working within the constraints of the platform, it works super well. What interests me about Cloud Run is that it doesn't seem to have many of those constraints in quite the same way. It's, “Can you shove whatever monstrosity you've got into a container? You can't? Well, okay, there are ways to get there.”Full disclosure, I was very anti-container; the industry has yet again proven to me that I cannot predict the future. Here we are. “Great, can you shove a container in and hand it to some other place to run it where”—spoiler, people will argue with me on this and they are wrong—“Google engineers are better at running infrastructure to run containers than you are.” Full stop. That is the truism of how this works; economies of scale.I love the idea of being able to take something, throw it over a wall, and not have to think about the rest of it. But everything that I'm thinking about in this context looks certain ways and it's the type of application that I'm working on or that I'm looking at most recently. What are you seeing in Cloud Run as far as interesting customer use cases? What are people doing with it that you didn't expect them to?Aparna: Yeah, I think this is a great time to ask that question because with the pandemic last year—I guess we're still in the pandemic, but with the pandemic, we had developers all over the world become much more important and much more empowered, just because there wasn't really much of an operations team, there wasn't really as much coordination even possible. And so we saw a lot of customers, a lot of developers moving to cloud, and they were looking for the easiest thing that they could use to build their applications. And as a result, serverless and Cloud Run in particular, became extremely popular; I would say hockey stick in terms of usage.And we're seeing everything under the sun. ecobee—this is a home automation company that makes smart thermostats—they're using Cloud Run to launch a new camera product with multi-factor authentication and security built-in, and they had a very tight launch timeline. They were able to very quickly meet that need. Another company—and you talk about, you know, sort of brick and mortar—IKEA, which you and I all like to shop [laugh] at, particularly doing the—Corey: Oh, I love building something from 500 spare parts, badly. It's like basically bringing my AWS architecture experience into my living room. It's great. Please continue.Aparna: Yeah, it's like, yeah—Corey: The Swedish puzzle manufacturer.Aparna: Yes. They're a great company, and I think it just in the downturn and the lockdown, it was actually a very dicey time, very tricky time, particularly for retailers. Of course, everybody was refurbishing their home or [laugh], you know, improving their home environment and their furniture. And IKEA started using serverless containers along with serverless analytics—so with BigQuery, and Cloud Run, and Cloud Functions—and one of the things they did is that they were able to cut their inventory refresh rate from more than three hours to less than three minutes. This meant that when you were going to drive up and do some curbside pickup, you know the order that you placed was actually in stock, which was fantastic for CSAT and everything.But that's the technical piece that they were able to do. When I spoke with them, the other thing that they were able to do with the Cloud Run and Cloud Functions is that they were able to improve the work-life balance of their engineers, which I thought was maybe the biggest accomplishment. Because the platform, they said, was so easy for them to use and so easy for them to accomplish what they needed to accomplish, that they had a better [laugh] better life. And I think that's very meaningful.In other companies, MediaMarktSaturn, we've talked about them before; I don't know if I've spoken to you about them, but we've certainly talked about them publicly. They're a retailer in EMEA, and because of their use of Cloud Run, and they were able to combine the speed of serverless with the flexibility of containers, and their development team was able to go eight times faster while handling 145% increase in digital channel traffic. Again, there are a lot more digital channel traffic during COVID. And perhaps my favorite example is the COVID-19 exposure notifications work that we did with Apple.Corey: An unfortunate example, but a useful one. I—Aparna: Yes.Corey: —we all—I think we all wish it wasn't necessary, but here's the world in which we live. Please, tell me more.Aparna: I have so many friends in engineering and mathematics and these technical fields, and they're always looking at ways that technology can solve these problems. And I think especially something like the pandemic which is so difficult to track, so difficult with the time that it takes for this virus to incubate and so on, so difficult to track these exposures, using the smartphone, using Bluetooth, to have a record of who has it and who they've been in contact with, I think really interesting engineering problem, really interesting human problem. So, we were able to work on that, and of course, when you need a platform that's going to be easy to use, that's going to be something that you can put into production quickly, you're going to use Cloud Run. So, they used Cloud Run, and they also used Cloud Run for Anthos, which is the more hybrid version, for the on-prem piece. And so both of those were used in conjunction to back all of the services that were used in the notifications work.So, those are some of the examples. I think net-net, it's that I think usability, especially in enterprise software is extremely important, and I think that's the direction in which software development is going.Corey: Are you building cloud applications with a distributed team? Check out Teleport, an open source identity-aware access proxy for cloud resources. Teleport provides secure access to anything running somewhere behind NAT: SSH servers, Kubernetes clusters, internal web apps and databases. Teleport gives engineers superpowers! Get access to everything via single sign-on with multi-factor. List and see all SSH servers, kubernetes clusters or databases available to you. Get instant access to them all using tools you already have. Teleport ensures best security practices like role-based access, preventing data exfiltration, providing visibility and ensuring compliance. And best of all, Teleport is open source and a pleasure to use.Download Teleport at https://goteleport.com. That's goteleport.com.Corey: It's easy for me to watch folks—like you—in keynotes at events—like Cloud Next—talk about things and say, “This is how the world is building things, and this is what the future looks like.” And I can sit there and pick to pieces all day, every day. It basically what I do because of deep-seated personality problems with me. It's very different to say that about a customer who has then taken that thing and built it into something that is transformative and solves a very real problem that they have. I may not relate to that problem that they have, but I do not believe that customers are going to have certain problems, find solutions like this and fix them, and the wrong in how they're approaching these things.No one sees the constraints that shape things; no one shows up in the morning hoping to do a crap job today unless you know you're the VP of Integrity at Facebook or something. But there's a very real sense of companies have a bunch of different drivers, and having a tool or a service or a platform that solves it for them, you'd better be very sure before you step up and start saying, “No, you're doing it wrong.” In earlier years, I did not see a whole lot of customer involvement with Cloud Next. It was always a, “Well, a bunch of Googlers are going to tell me how this stuff works, and they'll talk about theoretical things.”That's not the case anymore. You have a whole bunch of highly respectable reference customers out there doing a whole lot of really interesting things. And more to the point, they're willing to go on record talking about this. And I'm not talking about fun startups that are, “Great, it's Twitter, only for pets.” Great. I'm talking banks, companies where mistakes are going to show and leave a mark. It's really hard to reconcile what I'm seeing with Google Cloud in 2021 than what I was seeing in, let's say, five or six years ago. What drove that change?Aparna: Yes, Corey, I think you're definitely correct about that. There's no doubt about it that we have a number of really tremendous customers, we really tremendous enterprise references and so on. I run the Google Cloud Developer Platform, and for me, the developers that I work with and the developers that this platform serves are the inspiration for what we do. And in the last six or seven years that I've worked in Google Cloud, that has always been the case. So, nothing has changed from my perspective, in that regard.If anything, what has changed is that we have far more users, we have been growing exponentially, and we have many more large enterprise customers, but in terms of my journey, I started with the Kubernetes open-source project, I was one of the very early people on that, and I was working with a lot of developers, in that case, in the open-source community, a lot of them became GKE customers, and it just grew. And now we have so many [laugh] customers and so many developers, and we have developed this platform with them. We are very much—it's been a matter of co-innovation, especially on Kubernetes. It has been very much, “Okay, you tell us,” and it's a need-based relationship, you know? Something is not working, we are there and we fix it.Going back to 2017 or whenever it was that Pokemon Go was running on GKE, that was a moment when we realized, “Oh, this platform needs to scale. Okay, let's get at it.” And that's where, Corey, it really helps to have great engineers. For all the pros and cons, I think that's where you want those super-sharp, super-driven, super-intelligent folks because they can make things like that happen, they can make it happen in less than a week, so that—they can make it happen over a Saturday so that Pokemon Go can go live in Japan and everybody can be playing that game. And that's what inspires me.And that's a game, but we have a lot of customers that are running health applications. We have a customer that's running ambulances on the platform. And so this is life-threatening stuff; we have to take that very seriously, and we have to be listening to them and working with them. But I'm inspired, and I think that our roadmap, and the products, and the features that we build are inspired by what they are building on the platform. And they're combining all kinds of different things. They're taking our machine learning capabilities, they're taking our analytics capabilities, they're taking our Maps API, and they're combining it with Cloud Run, they're combining it with GKE. Often they're using both of those.And they're running new services. We've got a customer in Indonesia that's running in a food delivery service; I've got customers that are analyzing the cornfields in the middle of the country to improve crop yield. So, that's the kind of inspiring work, and each of those core, each of those users are coming back to us and saying, “Oh, you know, I need a different type of”—it's very detailed, like, “I need a different type of file system that gives me greater speed or better performance.” We just had a gaming company that was running on GKE that we really won out over a different cloud in terms of performance improvements that we were able to provide on the container startup times. It was just a significant performance improvement. We'll probably publish it in the coming few months.That's the kind of thing that drives it, and I'm very glad that I have a strong engineering team in Google Cloud, and I'm very glad that we have these amazing customers that are trying to do these amazing things, and that they're directly engaging with us and telling us what they need from us because that's what we're here for.Corey: To that end, one more area I want to go into before we call this a show, you've had Cloud Build for a little while, and that's great. Now, at—hot off the presses, you wound up effectively taking that one step further with Cloud Deploy. And I am still mostly someone with terrible build and release practices that people would be ashamed of, struggle to understand the differentiation between what I would do with Cloud Build and what I would do with Cloud Deploy. I understand they're both serverless. I understand that they are things that large companies care about. What is the story there?Aparna: Yeah, it's a journey. As you start to use containers—and these days, like you said, Corey, containers, a lot of people are using them—then you start to have a lot of microservices, and one of the benefits of container usage is that it's really quick to release new versions. You can have different versions of your application, you can test them out, you can roll them out. And so these DevOps practices, they become much more attainable, much more reachable. And we just put out the, I think, the seventh version of the DevOps Research Report—the DORA report—that shows that customers that follow best practices, they achieve their results two times better in terms of business outcomes, and so on.And there's many metrics that show that this kind of thing is important. But I think the most important thing I learned during the pandemic, as we were coming out of the pandemic, is a lot of—and you mentioned enterprises—large banks, large companies' CIOs and CEOs who basically were not prepared for the lockdown, not prepared for the fact that people aren't going to be going into branches, they came to Google Cloud and they said that, “I wish that I had implemented DevOps practices. I wish that I had implemented the capability to roll out changes frequently because I need that now. I need to be able to experiment with a new banking application that's mobile-only. I need to be able to experiment with curbside delivery. And I'm much more dependent on the software than I used to be. And I wish that I had put those DevOps practices.”And so the beginning of 2021, all our conversations were with customers, especially those, you know you said ‘legacy,' I don't think that's the right word, but the traditional companies that have been around for hundreds of years, all of them, they said, “Software is much more important. Yes, if I'm not a software company, at least a large division of my group is now a software group, and I want to put the DevOps practices into play because I know that I need that and that's a better way of working.”By the way, there's a security aspect to that I'd like to come back to because it's really important—especially in banking, financial services, and public sector—as you move to a more agile DevOps workflow, to have security built into that. So, let me come back to that. But with regard to Cloud Build and Cloud Deploy is something I've been wanting to bring into market for a couple of years. And we've been talking about it, we've been working on it actively for more than a year on my team. And I'm very, very excited about this service because what it does is it allows you to essentially put this practice, this DevOps practice into play whereas your artifacts are built and stored in the artifact repository, they can then automatically be deployed into your runtime—which is GKE Cloud Run—in the future, you can deploy them, and you can set how you want to deploy them.Do you want to deploy them to a particular environment that you want to designate the test environment, the environment to which your developers have access in a certain way? Like, it's a test environment, so they can make a lot of changes. And then when do you want to graduate from test to staging, and when do you want to graduate to production and do that gradual rollout? Those are some of the things that Cloud Deploy does.And I think it's high time because how do you manage microservices at scale? How do you really take advantage of container-based development is through this type of tooling. And that's what Cloud Deploy does. It's just the beginning of that, but it's a delightful product. I've been playing around with it; I love it, and we've seen just tremendous reception from our users.Corey: I'm looking forward to kicking the tires on it myself. I want to circle back to talk about the security aspect of it. Increasingly, I'm spending more of my attention looking at cloud security because everyone else has, too, and some of us have jobs that don't include the word security but need to care about it. That's why I have a Thursday edition of my newsletter, now, talking specifically about that. What is the story around security these days from your perspective?And again, it's a huge overall topic, and let's be clear here, I'm not asking, “What does Google Cloud think about security?” That would fill an encyclopedia. What is your take on it? And where do you want to talk about this in the context of Cloud Deploy?Aparna: Yeah, so I think about security from the perspective of the Google Cloud Developer Platform, and specifically from the perspective of the developer. And like you said, security is not often in the title of anybody in the developer organization, so how do we make it seamless? How do we make it such that security is something that is not going to catch you as you're doing your development? That's the critical piece. And at the same time, one of the things we saw during 2020 and 2021 is just the number of cyberattacks just went through the roof. I think there was a 400 to 600% increase in the number of software supply chain attacks. These are attacks where some malicious hacker has come in and inserted some malicious code into your software. [laugh]. Your software, Corey. You know, you the unsuspecting developer is—Corey: Well, it used to be my software; now there's some debate about that.Aparna: Right. That's true because most software is using open-source dependencies; and these open-source dependencies, they have a pretty intricate web of dependencies that they are themselves using. So, it's a transitive problem where you're using a language like Python, or whatever language you're using. And there's a number of—Corey: Crappy bash by default. But yes.Aparna: Well, it was actually a bash script vulnerability, I think, in the Codecov breach that happened, I think it was, in earlier this year, where a malicious bash script was injected into the build system, in fact, of Codecov. And there are all these new attack vectors that are specifically targeting developers. And whether it's nation-states or whoever it is that's causing some of these attacks, it's a problem that is of national and international magnitude. And so I'm really excited that we have the expertise in Google Cloud and beyond Google Cloud.Google, it's a very security-conscious company. This company is a very security-conscious company. [laugh]. And we have built a lot of tooling internally to avoid those kinds of attacks, so what we've done with Cloud Build, and what we're going to do with Cloud Deploy, we're building in the capability for code to be signed, for artifacts to be signed with cryptographic keys, and for that signing, that attestation—we call it an attestation—that attestation to be checked at various points along the software supply chain. So, as you're writing code, as you're submitting the code, as you're building the containers, as you're storing the containers, and then finally as you're deploying them into whatever environment you're deploying them, we check these keys, and we make sure that the software that is going through the system is actually what you intended and that there isn't this malicious code injection that's taking place.And also, we scan the software, we scan the code, we scan the artifacts to check for vulnerabilities, known vulnerabilities as well as unknown vulnerabilities. Known vulnerabilities from a Google perspective; so Google's always a little bit ahead, I would say, in terms of knowing what the vulnerabilities are out there because we do work so much on software across operating systems and programming languages, just across the full gamut of software in the industry, we work on it, and we are constantly securing software. So, we check for those vulnerabilities, we alert you, we help to remediate those vulnerabilities.Those are the type of things that we're doing. And it's all in service of certainly keeping enterprise developers secure, but also just longtail an average, everybody, helping them to be secure so that they don't get hacked and their companies don't get hacked.Corey: It's nice to see people talking about this stuff, who is not directly a security vendor. But by which I mean, you're not using this as the fear, uncertainty, and doubt angle to sell a given service that, “We have to talk about this exploit because otherwise, no one will ever buy this.” Something like Cloud Deploy is very much aligned with a best practices approach to release engineering. It's not, strictly speaking, a security product, but being able to wrap things that are very security-centric around it is valuable.Now, sponsors are always going to do interesting things at various expo halls, and oh, yeah, saw the same product warmed over. This is very much not that, and I don't interpret anything you're saying is trying to sell something via the fear, uncertainty, and doubt model. There are a lot of different areas that I will be skeptical hearing about from different companies; I do take security words from Google extremely seriously because, let's be clear, in the past 20 however many years it has been, you have established a clear track record for caring about these things.Aparna: Yeah. And I have to go back to my initial mission statement, which is to help developers accelerate time to value. And one of the things that will certainly get in the way of accelerating time to value is security breaches, by the nature of them. If you are not running a supply chain that is secure, then it is very difficult for you to empower your developers to do those releases frequently and to update the software frequently because what if the update has an issue? What if the update has a security vulnerability?That's why it's really important to have a toolchain that prevents against that, that checks for those things, that logs those things so that there's an audit trail available, and that has the capability for your security team to set policies to avoid those kinds of things. I think that's how you get speed. You get with security built in, and that's extremely important to developers and especially cloud developers.Corey: I want to thank you for taking the time to speak to me about all the things that you've been working on and how you view this industry unfolding. If people want to learn more about what you're up to, and how you think about these things, where can they find you?Aparna: Well, Corey, I'm available on Twitter, and that may be one of the best ways to reach me. I'm also available at various customer events that we are having, most of them are online now. And so I'll provide you more details on that and I can be reached that way.Corey: Excellent. I will, of course, include links to that in the [show notes 00:38:43]. Thank you so much for being so generous with your time. I appreciate it.Aparna: Thank you so much. I greatly enjoyed speaking with you.Corey: Aparna Sinha, Director of Product Management at Google Cloud. I'm Cloud Economist Corey Quinn, and this is Screaming in the Cloud. And that sentence needed the word ‘cloud' about four more times in it. And if you've enjoyed this episode, please leave a five-star review on your podcast platform of choice, whereas if you've hated this podcast, please leave a five-star review on your podcast platform of choice along with a loud angry comment telling me that I just don't understand serverless well enough.Corey: If your AWS bill keeps rising and your blood pressure is doing the same, then you need The Duckbill Group. We help companies fix their AWS bill by making it smaller and less horrifying. The Duckbill Group works for you, not AWS. We tailor recommendations to your business and we get to the point. Visit duckbillgroup.com to get started.Announcer: This has been a HumblePod production. Stay humble.

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Welcome to Day One at Google Cloud Next! Google of course had some big announcements on the cloud side of things and reannounced some of the topics we have covered before, as well as some new Betas and features. Join us and special guest Brian Kim as we recap day one of Google Next. Stay tuned for tomorrow's episode with another guest and more conversation about everything Google Workspace! What's new at Next Introducing Google Distributed Cloud Google Cloud Cortex Framework Contact Center AI Insights [GA Announcement] Contract DocAI [Preview] Vertex AI Workbench Data Center Transformation Specialization coming soon! Work Safer Programme Special offer: Get Google Workspace Enterprise Plus for the price of Business Plus ($18 USD per user per month). Special offer: Get a 50% discount on BeyondCorp Enterprise. reCAPTCHA Enterprise - 1 million free API calls for your company per month Special offer (Coming soon): Get a 50% discount on Titan Security Keys – subject to availability. Special offer (Coming soon): Get five free HP Chromebook Enterprise devices – subject to availability. Plus, a 50% discount on annual price of Chrome Enterprise Upgrade1 for each new Google Workspace Enterprise Plus license purchased. Special offer(Coming soon): Get access to Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro for testing – subject to availability. Other Announcements Wendy's Envisions AI-Rich Apps With New Google Cloud Deal - WSJ Google brings AppSheet automations to Gmail, Jira support to Chat and Spaces Work Safer Extending the value of Google Workspace to 3 billion users and counting Google Meet getting Client-side encryption, Jira coming to Chat, & more from Workspace at Cloud Next '21 Fueling hybrid work with Citrix and Google Cloud Solving for What's Next Forms API beta Client Side Encryption Beta Approvals GA Delegated Access VPC-SC Support Enterprise SKUS only Embed forms docs sheets, slides into sites Spaces Activity feed

On the podcast this week, Mark Mirchandani and Stephanie Wong hear all about the cool stuff happening at Cloud Next 2021. Brian Hall and Forrest Brazeal join the show to outline exciting announcements, fun partnerships, and what the future holds for Google Cloud. The immense prep and planning that went into Next shows through in the intentional and unified strategy of announcements and offerings at the conference. Our guests talk about this process and the challenges and decisions that went into the content choices and scheduling. The addition of Community Day, for example, was implemented to create a sense of in-person participation in an online-only event. Next kicked off this week with a Keynote presentation talking about the momentum of production and infrastructure innovation at Google Cloud, new product announcements across data cloud and open cloud infrastructure, security advancements, sustainability, and more. Our guests talk about important partnerships Google Cloud has fostered this year with clients like Ford, Univision, and GE using AI and other technologies to advance innovative ideas in their businesses. Announcements around AI and analytics at Google Cloud were plentiful, including Spark on Google Cloud that offers managed serverless data processing. Brian details the work Tableau and Google Cloud are doing to advance data visualization. Our guests talk about the work Google has done to embrace the multi-cloud culture with advancements in Anthos and BigQuery Omni. The newly announced Google Distributed Cloud lets clients use their multi-cloud infrastructures across edge locations. Forrest talks about the pragmatic evolution to the Google Distributed Cloud offering and how other announcements like security advancements through strategic European partnerships have positively affected multi-cloud customers. We talk more about the importance of the new security announcements, like the Google Cyber Security Action Team. The changing landscape of work brought on by the pandemic has lead to more and more remote work. Workspace is adapting to this new environment, and our guests tell us about the new features available to workers at home. As Google works to revolutionize technologies for clients, they also keep sustainability in mind. Next saw announcements in the clean cloud space and Google’s continued commitment to a carbon-free existence. New carbon reporting for clients and new features in Google Earth Engine and Active Assist help Google clients with their sustainability goals, too. Brian Hall Brian is the VP of Product and Industry Marketing at Google Cloud. He was formerly a VP at AWS, CEO of Doppler Labs, and VP for Microsoft Surface with 20+ years at Microsoft. Forrest Brazeal Forrest is a cloud educator, author, speaker, and Pwnie Award-winning songwriter based in Charlotte, NC. Cool things of the week Cloud Next site Solving for What’s Next blog Training more than 40 million new people on Google Cloud skills blog Interview Cloud Next site Next Catalog site Opening Keynote site Solving for What’s Next blog GKE Autopilot site Workspace site Vertex AI site Apache Spark on Google Cloud site Tableau site Fivetran site HVR site Informatica site Trifacta site Anthos site Bringing multi-cloud analytics to your data with BigQuery Omni blog Google Distributed Cloud site NetApp site T-Systems and Google Cloud Partner to Deliver Sovereign Cloud for Germany press release Thales and Google Cloud Announce Strategic Partnership to Jointly Develop a Trusted Cloud Offering in France press release Google Cybersecurity Action Team site AppSheet site BeyondCorp site Google Earth Engine site Active Assist site Data Cloud Keynote site What’s something cool you’re working on? Stephanie is working on a video series with Eric Brewer.

Kaslin Fields and Mark Mirchandani host this week’s episode of the podcast as we celebrate one of our favorite Google products, Google Kubernetes Engine! Anthony Bushong and Gari Singh join the party to talk about GKE’s life journey, what’s new, and what’s coming up for the service. Each guest brings their unique perspective to the show starting with their definitions of Kubernetes and GKE, tailored to a six year old. How does Kubernetes relate to cookies, Disney World, and Pokemon? Kaslin, Anthony, and Gari break it down. Next, each guest talks their favorite GKE features and what makes the service different. Kaslin loves the persistent storage feature, among others. Anthony appreciates the evolution of GKE to a place where it supports many different workloads and situations for clients and how easy it is to get started with GKE. GKE’s ability to connect easily to other GCP products and features and GKE Autopilot are some of Gari’s favorite things about the service. Best practices and advice for new users are shared by our guests. From practical tips for project planning to encouragement with long-term problem solving, our guests offer listeners resources and ideas for a successful GKE project. Kaslin, Anthony, and Gari share their favorite customer stories with us and talk about the fun, interesting events Google has hosted for GKE customers. The future of GKE looks bright, with new options for Windows containers, expanded Autopilot uses, and multicluster support. KubeCon is coming up soon, so keep an eye out for more Kubernetes and GKE news! Anthony Bushong Anthony Bushong has been working in the field with production GKE users, both large and small, for almost 5 years now. In Kubernetes time, since Kubernetes v1.3! Gari Singh Gari Singh is an Outbound Product Manager focused on GKE and Anthos. In this role, he has the opportunity to work with many customers and help align their needs with overall product direction. Kaslin Fields Kaslin Fields is a Developer Advocate at Google Cloud, a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Ambassador, and a contributor to Open Source Kubernetes. As a Developer Advocate, she engages with Open Source communities both as a member, and as an advocate for their needs as users (or potential users) of Google Cloud’s products. She is passionate about making technology accessible to a broad audience through making the information available in many forms, such as videos, blogs, documentation, and even comics which she illustrates herself! Cool things of the week Try a tutorial in the Google Cloud Console blog GCP Podcast Episode 180: Firebase with Jen Person podcast Migrate, Manage & Modernize: Windows Workloads Powered by GKE and Anthos site Interview GKE site Kubernetes site Explain Like I’m 5: Containers VS VMs blog Introducing GKE Autopilot: a revolution in managed Kubernetes blog Best practices for running cost-optimized Kubernetes applications on GKE docs Discover and invoke services across clusters with GKE multi-cluster services blog The evolution of Kubernetes networking with the GKE Gateway controller blog Bringing Pokémon GO to life on Google Cloud blog Bayer Crop Science seeds the future with 15000-node GKE clusters blog Helping researchers at CERN to analyze powerful data and uncover the secrets of our universe blog Optimize costs in GKE with monitoring systems video Monitoring for efficient cluster binpacking in GKE video Monitoring for app right-sizing in GKE video Cloud Next 2021 site KubeCon site GCP Podcast Episode 210: Kubernetes Config Connector with Emily Cai podcast GCP Podcast Episode 234: GKE Turns Five with Alex Zakonov and Drew Bradstock podcast GCP Podcast Episode 252: GKE Cost Optimization with Kaslin Fields and Anthony Bushong podcast GCP Podcast Episode 257: GKE Autopilot with Yochay Kiriaty and William Denniss podcast What’s something cool you’re working on? Kaslin is working on a ton of things, including Kube Essentials and GKE Essentials (coming soon), KubeCon panel and keynote addresses, and Fields Tested - CNCF Twitch - CTF.

Show Notes(1:45) Willem discussed his undergraduate degree in Mechatronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University in the early 2010s.(2:34) Willem recalled his entrepreneurial journey founding and selling a networking startup that provides internet access to private residents on campus.(5:37) Willem worked for two years as a Software Engineer focusing on data systems at Systems Anywhere in Capetown after college.(6:49) Willem talked about his move to Bangkok working as a Senior Software Engineer at INDEFF, a company in industrial control systems.(9:52) Willem went over his decision to join Gojek, a leading Indonesian on-demand multi-service platform and digital payment technology group.(12:16) Willem mentioned the engineering challenges associated with building complex data systems for super-apps.(14:50) Willem dissected Gojek’s ML platform, including these four solutions for various stages of the ML life cycle: Clockwork, Merlin, Feast, and Turing.(19:24) Willem recapped the lessons from designing the ML platform to meet Gojek’s scaling requirements — as delivered at Cloud Next 2018.(23:09) Willem briefly went through the key design components to incorporate Kubeflow pipelines into Gojek’s existing ML platform — as delivered at KubeCon 2019.(26:21) Willem explained the inception of Feast, an open-source feature store that bridges the gap between data and models.(32:20) Willem talked about prioritizing the product roadmap and engaging the community for an open-source project.(35:07) Willem recapped the key lessons learned and envisioned Feast's future to be a lightweight modular feature store.(37:29) Willem explained the differences between commercial and open-source feature stores (given Tecton’s recent backing of Feast).(41:36) Willem reflected on his experience living and working in Southeast Asia.(44:33) Closing segment.Willem’s Contact InfoTwitterLinkedInGitHubMentioned ContentFeastFeast Project website: feast.devFeast Slack community: #FeastFeast Documentation: docs.feast.devFeast GitHub repository: feast-dev/feastFeast on StackOverflow: stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/feastFeast Wiki: wiki.lfaidata.foundation/display/FEAST/Feast+HomeFeast Twitter: @feast_devArticleAn Introduction to Gojek’s Machine Learning Platform (2019)Introducing Feast: An Open-Source Feature Store For Machine Learning (2019)A State of Feast (2020)Why Tecton is Backing The Feast Open-Source Feature Store (2020)TalksLessons Learned Scaling Machine Learning at GoJek on Google Cloud (Cloud Next 2018)Accelerating Machine Learning App Development with Kubeflow Pipelines (Cloud Next 2019)Moving People and Products with Machine Learning on Kubeflow (KubeCon 2019)PeopleDavid Aronchick (Open-Source ML Strategy at Azure, Ex-PM for Kubernetes at Google, Co-Founder of Kubeflow, Advisor to Tecton)Jeremy Lewi (Principal Engineer at Primer.ai, Co-Founder of Kubeflow)Felipe Hoffa (Developer Advocate for BigQuery, Data Cloud Advocate for Snowflake)BookCal Newport’s “Deep Work”Willem will be a speaker at Tecton’s apply() virtual conference (April 21-22, 2021) for data and ML teams to discuss the practical data engineering challenges faced when building ML for the real world. Participants will share best practice development patterns, tools of choice, and emerging architectures they use to successfully build and manage production ML applications. Everything is on the table from managing labeling pipelines, to transforming features in real-time, and serving at scale. Register for free now: https://www.applyconf.com/!

Show Notes(1:45) Willem discussed his undergraduate degree in Mechatronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University in the early 2010s.(2:34) Willem recalled his entrepreneurial journey founding and selling a networking startup that provides internet access to private residents on campus.(5:37) Willem worked for two years as a Software Engineer focusing on data systems at Systems Anywhere in Capetown after college.(6:49) Willem talked about his move to Bangkok working as a Senior Software Engineer at INDEFF, a company in industrial control systems.(9:52) Willem went over his decision to join Gojek, a leading Indonesian on-demand multi-service platform and digital payment technology group.(12:16) Willem mentioned the engineering challenges associated with building complex data systems for super-apps.(14:50) Willem dissected Gojek’s ML platform, including these four solutions for various stages of the ML life cycle: Clockwork, Merlin, Feast, and Turing.(19:24) Willem recapped the lessons from designing the ML platform to meet Gojek’s scaling requirements — as delivered at Cloud Next 2018.(23:09) Willem briefly went through the key design components to incorporate Kubeflow pipelines into Gojek’s existing ML platform — as delivered at KubeCon 2019.(26:21) Willem explained the inception of Feast, an open-source feature store that bridges the gap between data and models.(32:20) Willem talked about prioritizing the product roadmap and engaging the community for an open-source project.(35:07) Willem recapped the key lessons learned and envisioned Feast's future to be a lightweight modular feature store.(37:29) Willem explained the differences between commercial and open-source feature stores (given Tecton’s recent backing of Feast).(41:36) Willem reflected on his experience living and working in Southeast Asia.(44:33) Closing segment.Willem’s Contact InfoTwitterLinkedInGitHubMentioned ContentFeastFeast Project website: feast.devFeast Slack community: #FeastFeast Documentation: docs.feast.devFeast GitHub repository: feast-dev/feastFeast on StackOverflow: stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/feastFeast Wiki: wiki.lfaidata.foundation/display/FEAST/Feast+HomeFeast Twitter: @feast_devArticleAn Introduction to Gojek’s Machine Learning Platform (2019)Introducing Feast: An Open-Source Feature Store For Machine Learning (2019)A State of Feast (2020)Why Tecton is Backing The Feast Open-Source Feature Store (2020)TalksLessons Learned Scaling Machine Learning at GoJek on Google Cloud (Cloud Next 2018)Accelerating Machine Learning App Development with Kubeflow Pipelines (Cloud Next 2019)Moving People and Products with Machine Learning on Kubeflow (KubeCon 2019)PeopleDavid Aronchick (Open-Source ML Strategy at Azure, Ex-PM for Kubernetes at Google, Co-Founder of Kubeflow, Advisor to Tecton)Jeremy Lewi (Principal Engineer at Primer.ai, Co-Founder of Kubeflow)Felipe Hoffa (Developer Advocate for BigQuery, Data Cloud Advocate for Snowflake)BookCal Newport’s “Deep Work”Willem will be a speaker at Tecton’s apply() virtual conference (April 21-22, 2021) for data and ML teams to discuss the practical data engineering challenges faced when building ML for the real world. Participants will share best practice development patterns, tools of choice, and emerging architectures they use to successfully build and manage production ML applications. Everything is on the table from managing labeling pipelines, to transforming features in real-time, and serving at scale. Register for free now: https://www.applyconf.com/!

What the heck are these NFTs all about? $10K for a virtual shoe? NFTs are here to create more sneakers you can't get Performance artist eats $120,000 banana duct-taped to wall, calls it 'delicious' After journalist complains about harassment women face, famous male journalists encourage more harassment of her NYU study: far-right misinformation is more engaging Inside the Google Empathy Lab Burger King's terrible tweet Google's FLoC Is a Terrible Idea Google flags higher ad rates in France, Spain after digital tax Harry and Meghan: The union of two great houses, the Windsors and the Celebrities, is complete Google hosting Cloud Next '21 conference in October, virtual/physical format not yet set Mobile World Congress says it will be in person in Spain in June For Creators, Everything Is for Sale Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won't let you Twitter working on overhaul of Tweetdeck Twitter is Reinventing Itself Twitter is testing an 'undo' option after sending tweets Russia moves to slow Twitter's speed after protest row Twitter sues Texas AG, claiming retaliation for Trump ban Texas governor wants to ban social media from banning A Leading Critic of Big Tech Will Join the White House Camera-based Google Fit heart & respiratory rate tracking rolling out to Pixel Google Voice won't forward texts to outside #s anymore Google gives Chrome Android hub for its birthday Google Chrome moving to 4-week update cycle for faster feature rollouts Google Photos' new advanced video editor starts rolling out Google Meet breakout rooms can now be set up before calls using Calendar Google TV 'kids' profiles' arrive on Chromecast this month w/ parental controls, time limits Android Auto split-screen support begins rolling out for vehicles with wide-screen displays Follow our podcast': Apple Podcasts to stop using 'subscribe' Internet Archive Scholar launched Stanford AI Index Arby's Has an Answer to Plant-Based Meat: A Meat-Based Carrot T-Mobile to Step Up Ad Targeting of Cellphone Customers Picks: Mathew: Four year anniversary of this epic interview Mathew: Man builds video-rental store in his basement Jeff: Ending the Civil Journey Jeff: Pandemic blamed for plummeting birthrates across Europe Ant: Adobe Max Dates announced (virtually). Ant: Super Resolution Feature from Adobe Announced Ant: Story pissed me off, but there's a personal spin Leo: Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended Videos Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guests: Mathew Ingram and Trey Ratcliff Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsors: enterprisetech30.com itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 linode.com/twig

What the heck are these NFTs all about? $10K for a virtual shoe? NFTs are here to create more sneakers you can't get Performance artist eats $120,000 banana duct-taped to wall, calls it 'delicious' After journalist complains about harassment women face, famous male journalists encourage more harassment of her NYU study: far-right misinformation is more engaging Inside the Google Empathy Lab Burger King's terrible tweet Google's FLoC Is a Terrible Idea Google flags higher ad rates in France, Spain after digital tax Harry and Meghan: The union of two great houses, the Windsors and the Celebrities, is complete Google hosting Cloud Next '21 conference in October, virtual/physical format not yet set Mobile World Congress says it will be in person in Spain in June For Creators, Everything Is for Sale Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won't let you Twitter working on overhaul of Tweetdeck Twitter is Reinventing Itself Twitter is testing an 'undo' option after sending tweets Russia moves to slow Twitter's speed after protest row Twitter sues Texas AG, claiming retaliation for Trump ban Texas governor wants to ban social media from banning A Leading Critic of Big Tech Will Join the White House Camera-based Google Fit heart & respiratory rate tracking rolling out to Pixel Google Voice won't forward texts to outside #s anymore Google gives Chrome Android hub for its birthday Google Chrome moving to 4-week update cycle for faster feature rollouts Google Photos' new advanced video editor starts rolling out Google Meet breakout rooms can now be set up before calls using Calendar Google TV 'kids' profiles' arrive on Chromecast this month w/ parental controls, time limits Android Auto split-screen support begins rolling out for vehicles with wide-screen displays Follow our podcast': Apple Podcasts to stop using 'subscribe' Internet Archive Scholar launched Stanford AI Index Arby's Has an Answer to Plant-Based Meat: A Meat-Based Carrot T-Mobile to Step Up Ad Targeting of Cellphone Customers Picks: Mathew: Four year anniversary of this epic interview Mathew: Man builds video-rental store in his basement Jeff: Ending the Civil Journey Jeff: Pandemic blamed for plummeting birthrates across Europe Ant: Adobe Max Dates announced (virtually). Ant: Super Resolution Feature from Adobe Announced Ant: Story pissed me off, but there's a personal spin Leo: Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended Videos Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guests: Mathew Ingram and Trey Ratcliff Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsors: enterprisetech30.com itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 linode.com/twig

What the heck are these NFTs all about? $10K for a virtual shoe? NFTs are here to create more sneakers you can't get Performance artist eats $120,000 banana duct-taped to wall, calls it 'delicious' After journalist complains about harassment women face, famous male journalists encourage more harassment of her NYU study: far-right misinformation is more engaging Inside the Google Empathy Lab Burger King's terrible tweet Google's FLoC Is a Terrible Idea Google flags higher ad rates in France, Spain after digital tax Harry and Meghan: The union of two great houses, the Windsors and the Celebrities, is complete Google hosting Cloud Next '21 conference in October, virtual/physical format not yet set Mobile World Congress says it will be in person in Spain in June For Creators, Everything Is for Sale Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won't let you Twitter working on overhaul of Tweetdeck Twitter is Reinventing Itself Twitter is testing an 'undo' option after sending tweets Russia moves to slow Twitter's speed after protest row Twitter sues Texas AG, claiming retaliation for Trump ban Texas governor wants to ban social media from banning A Leading Critic of Big Tech Will Join the White House Camera-based Google Fit heart & respiratory rate tracking rolling out to Pixel Google Voice won't forward texts to outside #s anymore Google gives Chrome Android hub for its birthday Google Chrome moving to 4-week update cycle for faster feature rollouts Google Photos' new advanced video editor starts rolling out Google Meet breakout rooms can now be set up before calls using Calendar Google TV 'kids' profiles' arrive on Chromecast this month w/ parental controls, time limits Android Auto split-screen support begins rolling out for vehicles with wide-screen displays Follow our podcast': Apple Podcasts to stop using 'subscribe' Internet Archive Scholar launched Stanford AI Index Arby's Has an Answer to Plant-Based Meat: A Meat-Based Carrot T-Mobile to Step Up Ad Targeting of Cellphone Customers Picks: Mathew: Four year anniversary of this epic interview Mathew: Man builds video-rental store in his basement Jeff: Ending the Civil Journey Jeff: Pandemic blamed for plummeting birthrates across Europe Ant: Adobe Max Dates announced (virtually). Ant: Super Resolution Feature from Adobe Announced Ant: Story pissed me off, but there's a personal spin Leo: Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended Videos Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guests: Mathew Ingram and Trey Ratcliff Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsors: enterprisetech30.com itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 linode.com/twig

What the heck are these NFTs all about? $10K for a virtual shoe? NFTs are here to create more sneakers you can't get Performance artist eats $120,000 banana duct-taped to wall, calls it 'delicious' After journalist complains about harassment women face, famous male journalists encourage more harassment of her NYU study: far-right misinformation is more engaging Inside the Google Empathy Lab Burger King's terrible tweet Google's FLoC Is a Terrible Idea Google flags higher ad rates in France, Spain after digital tax Harry and Meghan: The union of two great houses, the Windsors and the Celebrities, is complete Google hosting Cloud Next '21 conference in October, virtual/physical format not yet set Mobile World Congress says it will be in person in Spain in June For Creators, Everything Is for Sale Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won't let you Twitter working on overhaul of Tweetdeck Twitter is Reinventing Itself Twitter is testing an 'undo' option after sending tweets Russia moves to slow Twitter's speed after protest row Twitter sues Texas AG, claiming retaliation for Trump ban Texas governor wants to ban social media from banning A Leading Critic of Big Tech Will Join the White House Camera-based Google Fit heart & respiratory rate tracking rolling out to Pixel Google Voice won't forward texts to outside #s anymore Google gives Chrome Android hub for its birthday Google Chrome moving to 4-week update cycle for faster feature rollouts Google Photos' new advanced video editor starts rolling out Google Meet breakout rooms can now be set up before calls using Calendar Google TV 'kids' profiles' arrive on Chromecast this month w/ parental controls, time limits Android Auto split-screen support begins rolling out for vehicles with wide-screen displays Follow our podcast': Apple Podcasts to stop using 'subscribe' Internet Archive Scholar launched Stanford AI Index Arby's Has an Answer to Plant-Based Meat: A Meat-Based Carrot T-Mobile to Step Up Ad Targeting of Cellphone Customers Picks: Mathew: Four year anniversary of this epic interview Mathew: Man builds video-rental store in his basement Jeff: Ending the Civil Journey Jeff: Pandemic blamed for plummeting birthrates across Europe Ant: Adobe Max Dates announced (virtually). Ant: Super Resolution Feature from Adobe Announced Ant: Story pissed me off, but there's a personal spin Leo: Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended Videos Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guests: Mathew Ingram and Trey Ratcliff Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsors: enterprisetech30.com itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 linode.com/twig

What the heck are these NFTs all about? $10K for a virtual shoe? NFTs are here to create more sneakers you can't get Performance artist eats $120,000 banana duct-taped to wall, calls it 'delicious' After journalist complains about harassment women face, famous male journalists encourage more harassment of her NYU study: far-right misinformation is more engaging Inside the Google Empathy Lab Burger King's terrible tweet Google's FLoC Is a Terrible Idea Google flags higher ad rates in France, Spain after digital tax Harry and Meghan: The union of two great houses, the Windsors and the Celebrities, is complete Google hosting Cloud Next '21 conference in October, virtual/physical format not yet set Mobile World Congress says it will be in person in Spain in June For Creators, Everything Is for Sale Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won't let you Twitter working on overhaul of Tweetdeck Twitter is Reinventing Itself Twitter is testing an 'undo' option after sending tweets Russia moves to slow Twitter's speed after protest row Twitter sues Texas AG, claiming retaliation for Trump ban Texas governor wants to ban social media from banning A Leading Critic of Big Tech Will Join the White House Camera-based Google Fit heart & respiratory rate tracking rolling out to Pixel Google Voice won't forward texts to outside #s anymore Google gives Chrome Android hub for its birthday Google Chrome moving to 4-week update cycle for faster feature rollouts Google Photos' new advanced video editor starts rolling out Google Meet breakout rooms can now be set up before calls using Calendar Google TV 'kids' profiles' arrive on Chromecast this month w/ parental controls, time limits Android Auto split-screen support begins rolling out for vehicles with wide-screen displays Follow our podcast': Apple Podcasts to stop using 'subscribe' Internet Archive Scholar launched Stanford AI Index Arby's Has an Answer to Plant-Based Meat: A Meat-Based Carrot T-Mobile to Step Up Ad Targeting of Cellphone Customers Picks: Mathew: Four year anniversary of this epic interview Mathew: Man builds video-rental store in his basement Jeff: Ending the Civil Journey Jeff: Pandemic blamed for plummeting birthrates across Europe Ant: Adobe Max Dates announced (virtually). Ant: Super Resolution Feature from Adobe Announced Ant: Story pissed me off, but there's a personal spin Leo: Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended Videos Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guests: Mathew Ingram and Trey Ratcliff Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsors: enterprisetech30.com itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 linode.com/twig

What the heck are these NFTs all about? $10K for a virtual shoe? NFTs are here to create more sneakers you can't get Performance artist eats $120,000 banana duct-taped to wall, calls it 'delicious' After journalist complains about harassment women face, famous male journalists encourage more harassment of her NYU study: far-right misinformation is more engaging Inside the Google Empathy Lab Burger King's terrible tweet Google's FLoC Is a Terrible Idea Google flags higher ad rates in France, Spain after digital tax Harry and Meghan: The union of two great houses, the Windsors and the Celebrities, is complete Google hosting Cloud Next '21 conference in October, virtual/physical format not yet set Mobile World Congress says it will be in person in Spain in June For Creators, Everything Is for Sale Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won't let you Twitter working on overhaul of Tweetdeck Twitter is Reinventing Itself Twitter is testing an 'undo' option after sending tweets Russia moves to slow Twitter's speed after protest row Twitter sues Texas AG, claiming retaliation for Trump ban Texas governor wants to ban social media from banning A Leading Critic of Big Tech Will Join the White House Camera-based Google Fit heart & respiratory rate tracking rolling out to Pixel Google Voice won't forward texts to outside #s anymore Google gives Chrome Android hub for its birthday Google Chrome moving to 4-week update cycle for faster feature rollouts Google Photos' new advanced video editor starts rolling out Google Meet breakout rooms can now be set up before calls using Calendar Google TV 'kids' profiles' arrive on Chromecast this month w/ parental controls, time limits Android Auto split-screen support begins rolling out for vehicles with wide-screen displays Follow our podcast': Apple Podcasts to stop using 'subscribe' Internet Archive Scholar launched Stanford AI Index Arby's Has an Answer to Plant-Based Meat: A Meat-Based Carrot T-Mobile to Step Up Ad Targeting of Cellphone Customers Picks: Mathew: Four year anniversary of this epic interview Mathew: Man builds video-rental store in his basement Jeff: Ending the Civil Journey Jeff: Pandemic blamed for plummeting birthrates across Europe Ant: Adobe Max Dates announced (virtually). Ant: Super Resolution Feature from Adobe Announced Ant: Story pissed me off, but there's a personal spin Leo: Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended Videos Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guests: Mathew Ingram and Trey Ratcliff Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsors: enterprisetech30.com itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 linode.com/twig

What the heck are these NFTs all about? $10K for a virtual shoe? NFTs are here to create more sneakers you can't get Performance artist eats $120,000 banana duct-taped to wall, calls it 'delicious' After journalist complains about harassment women face, famous male journalists encourage more harassment of her NYU study: far-right misinformation is more engaging Inside the Google Empathy Lab Burger King's terrible tweet Google's FLoC Is a Terrible Idea Google flags higher ad rates in France, Spain after digital tax Harry and Meghan: The union of two great houses, the Windsors and the Celebrities, is complete Google hosting Cloud Next '21 conference in October, virtual/physical format not yet set Mobile World Congress says it will be in person in Spain in June For Creators, Everything Is for Sale Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won't let you Twitter working on overhaul of Tweetdeck Twitter is Reinventing Itself Twitter is testing an 'undo' option after sending tweets Russia moves to slow Twitter's speed after protest row Twitter sues Texas AG, claiming retaliation for Trump ban Texas governor wants to ban social media from banning A Leading Critic of Big Tech Will Join the White House Camera-based Google Fit heart & respiratory rate tracking rolling out to Pixel Google Voice won't forward texts to outside #s anymore Google gives Chrome Android hub for its birthday Google Chrome moving to 4-week update cycle for faster feature rollouts Google Photos' new advanced video editor starts rolling out Google Meet breakout rooms can now be set up before calls using Calendar Google TV 'kids' profiles' arrive on Chromecast this month w/ parental controls, time limits Android Auto split-screen support begins rolling out for vehicles with wide-screen displays Follow our podcast': Apple Podcasts to stop using 'subscribe' Internet Archive Scholar launched Stanford AI Index Arby's Has an Answer to Plant-Based Meat: A Meat-Based Carrot T-Mobile to Step Up Ad Targeting of Cellphone Customers Picks: Mathew: Four year anniversary of this epic interview Mathew: Man builds video-rental store in his basement Jeff: Ending the Civil Journey Jeff: Pandemic blamed for plummeting birthrates across Europe Ant: Adobe Max Dates announced (virtually). Ant: Super Resolution Feature from Adobe Announced Ant: Story pissed me off, but there's a personal spin Leo: Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended Videos Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guests: Mathew Ingram and Trey Ratcliff Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsors: enterprisetech30.com itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 linode.com/twig

What the heck are these NFTs all about? $10K for a virtual shoe? NFTs are here to create more sneakers you can't get Performance artist eats $120,000 banana duct-taped to wall, calls it 'delicious' After journalist complains about harassment women face, famous male journalists encourage more harassment of her NYU study: far-right misinformation is more engaging Inside the Google Empathy Lab Burger King's terrible tweet Google's FLoC Is a Terrible Idea Google flags higher ad rates in France, Spain after digital tax Harry and Meghan: The union of two great houses, the Windsors and the Celebrities, is complete Google hosting Cloud Next '21 conference in October, virtual/physical format not yet set Mobile World Congress says it will be in person in Spain in June For Creators, Everything Is for Sale Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won't let you Twitter working on overhaul of Tweetdeck Twitter is Reinventing Itself Twitter is testing an 'undo' option after sending tweets Russia moves to slow Twitter's speed after protest row Twitter sues Texas AG, claiming retaliation for Trump ban Texas governor wants to ban social media from banning A Leading Critic of Big Tech Will Join the White House Camera-based Google Fit heart & respiratory rate tracking rolling out to Pixel Google Voice won't forward texts to outside #s anymore Google gives Chrome Android hub for its birthday Google Chrome moving to 4-week update cycle for faster feature rollouts Google Photos' new advanced video editor starts rolling out Google Meet breakout rooms can now be set up before calls using Calendar Google TV 'kids' profiles' arrive on Chromecast this month w/ parental controls, time limits Android Auto split-screen support begins rolling out for vehicles with wide-screen displays Follow our podcast': Apple Podcasts to stop using 'subscribe' Internet Archive Scholar launched Stanford AI Index Arby's Has an Answer to Plant-Based Meat: A Meat-Based Carrot T-Mobile to Step Up Ad Targeting of Cellphone Customers Picks: Mathew: Four year anniversary of this epic interview Mathew: Man builds video-rental store in his basement Jeff: Ending the Civil Journey Jeff: Pandemic blamed for plummeting birthrates across Europe Ant: Adobe Max Dates announced (virtually). Ant: Super Resolution Feature from Adobe Announced Ant: Story pissed me off, but there's a personal spin Leo: Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended Videos Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guests: Mathew Ingram and Trey Ratcliff Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsors: enterprisetech30.com itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 linode.com/twig

What the heck are these NFTs all about? $10K for a virtual shoe? NFTs are here to create more sneakers you can't get Performance artist eats $120,000 banana duct-taped to wall, calls it 'delicious' After journalist complains about harassment women face, famous male journalists encourage more harassment of her NYU study: far-right misinformation is more engaging Inside the Google Empathy Lab Burger King's terrible tweet Google's FLoC Is a Terrible Idea Google flags higher ad rates in France, Spain after digital tax Harry and Meghan: The union of two great houses, the Windsors and the Celebrities, is complete Google hosting Cloud Next '21 conference in October, virtual/physical format not yet set Mobile World Congress says it will be in person in Spain in June For Creators, Everything Is for Sale Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won't let you Twitter working on overhaul of Tweetdeck Twitter is Reinventing Itself Twitter is testing an 'undo' option after sending tweets Russia moves to slow Twitter's speed after protest row Twitter sues Texas AG, claiming retaliation for Trump ban Texas governor wants to ban social media from banning A Leading Critic of Big Tech Will Join the White House Camera-based Google Fit heart & respiratory rate tracking rolling out to Pixel Google Voice won't forward texts to outside #s anymore Google gives Chrome Android hub for its birthday Google Chrome moving to 4-week update cycle for faster feature rollouts Google Photos' new advanced video editor starts rolling out Google Meet breakout rooms can now be set up before calls using Calendar Google TV 'kids' profiles' arrive on Chromecast this month w/ parental controls, time limits Android Auto split-screen support begins rolling out for vehicles with wide-screen displays Follow our podcast': Apple Podcasts to stop using 'subscribe' Internet Archive Scholar launched Stanford AI Index Arby's Has an Answer to Plant-Based Meat: A Meat-Based Carrot T-Mobile to Step Up Ad Targeting of Cellphone Customers Picks: Mathew: Four year anniversary of this epic interview Mathew: Man builds video-rental store in his basement Jeff: Ending the Civil Journey Jeff: Pandemic blamed for plummeting birthrates across Europe Ant: Adobe Max Dates announced (virtually). Ant: Super Resolution Feature from Adobe Announced Ant: Story pissed me off, but there's a personal spin Leo: Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended Videos Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guests: Mathew Ingram and Trey Ratcliff Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsors: enterprisetech30.com itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 linode.com/twig

What the heck are these NFTs all about? $10K for a virtual shoe? NFTs are here to create more sneakers you can't get Performance artist eats $120,000 banana duct-taped to wall, calls it 'delicious' After journalist complains about harassment women face, famous male journalists encourage more harassment of her NYU study: far-right misinformation is more engaging Inside the Google Empathy Lab Burger King's terrible tweet Google's FLoC Is a Terrible Idea Google flags higher ad rates in France, Spain after digital tax Harry and Meghan: The union of two great houses, the Windsors and the Celebrities, is complete Google hosting Cloud Next '21 conference in October, virtual/physical format not yet set Mobile World Congress says it will be in person in Spain in June For Creators, Everything Is for Sale Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won't let you Twitter working on overhaul of Tweetdeck Twitter is Reinventing Itself Twitter is testing an 'undo' option after sending tweets Russia moves to slow Twitter's speed after protest row Twitter sues Texas AG, claiming retaliation for Trump ban Texas governor wants to ban social media from banning A Leading Critic of Big Tech Will Join the White House Camera-based Google Fit heart & respiratory rate tracking rolling out to Pixel Google Voice won't forward texts to outside #s anymore Google gives Chrome Android hub for its birthday Google Chrome moving to 4-week update cycle for faster feature rollouts Google Photos' new advanced video editor starts rolling out Google Meet breakout rooms can now be set up before calls using Calendar Google TV 'kids' profiles' arrive on Chromecast this month w/ parental controls, time limits Android Auto split-screen support begins rolling out for vehicles with wide-screen displays Follow our podcast': Apple Podcasts to stop using 'subscribe' Internet Archive Scholar launched Stanford AI Index Arby's Has an Answer to Plant-Based Meat: A Meat-Based Carrot T-Mobile to Step Up Ad Targeting of Cellphone Customers Picks: Mathew: Four year anniversary of this epic interview Mathew: Man builds video-rental store in his basement Jeff: Ending the Civil Journey Jeff: Pandemic blamed for plummeting birthrates across Europe Ant: Adobe Max Dates announced (virtually). Ant: Super Resolution Feature from Adobe Announced Ant: Story pissed me off, but there's a personal spin Leo: Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended Videos Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guests: Mathew Ingram and Trey Ratcliff Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsors: enterprisetech30.com itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 linode.com/twig

What the heck are these NFTs all about? $10K for a virtual shoe? NFTs are here to create more sneakers you can't get Performance artist eats $120,000 banana duct-taped to wall, calls it 'delicious' After journalist complains about harassment women face, famous male journalists encourage more harassment of her NYU study: far-right misinformation is more engaging Inside the Google Empathy Lab Burger King's terrible tweet Google's FLoC Is a Terrible Idea Google flags higher ad rates in France, Spain after digital tax Harry and Meghan: The union of two great houses, the Windsors and the Celebrities, is complete Google hosting Cloud Next '21 conference in October, virtual/physical format not yet set Mobile World Congress says it will be in person in Spain in June For Creators, Everything Is for Sale Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won't let you Twitter working on overhaul of Tweetdeck Twitter is Reinventing Itself Twitter is testing an 'undo' option after sending tweets Russia moves to slow Twitter's speed after protest row Twitter sues Texas AG, claiming retaliation for Trump ban Texas governor wants to ban social media from banning A Leading Critic of Big Tech Will Join the White House Camera-based Google Fit heart & respiratory rate tracking rolling out to Pixel Google Voice won't forward texts to outside #s anymore Google gives Chrome Android hub for its birthday Google Chrome moving to 4-week update cycle for faster feature rollouts Google Photos' new advanced video editor starts rolling out Google Meet breakout rooms can now be set up before calls using Calendar Google TV 'kids' profiles' arrive on Chromecast this month w/ parental controls, time limits Android Auto split-screen support begins rolling out for vehicles with wide-screen displays Follow our podcast': Apple Podcasts to stop using 'subscribe' Internet Archive Scholar launched Stanford AI Index Arby's Has an Answer to Plant-Based Meat: A Meat-Based Carrot T-Mobile to Step Up Ad Targeting of Cellphone Customers Picks: Mathew: Four year anniversary of this epic interview Mathew: Man builds video-rental store in his basement Jeff: Ending the Civil Journey Jeff: Pandemic blamed for plummeting birthrates across Europe Ant: Adobe Max Dates announced (virtually). Ant: Super Resolution Feature from Adobe Announced Ant: Story pissed me off, but there's a personal spin Leo: Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended Videos Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guests: Mathew Ingram and Trey Ratcliff Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsors: enterprisetech30.com itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 linode.com/twig