Techstrong News Recap

On March 30, William Willis covered a deal between Japan and the U.S. for minerals used in electric vehicles, Apple releasing its buy now, pay later program, Apple Pay Later, and Twitter announcing that only Twitter Blue subscribers' tweets will appear on the 'For You' page. He also talked about France banning social media platforms from government devices. Finally, he previewed articles from Security Boulevard, Container Journal and DevOps.com, which covered a study looking at the effectiveness of ChatGPT versus human-created phishing attacks, Release making its Release Delivery Platform generally available and a survey showing that companies are still struggling to manage cloud computing.

On March 28, William Willis covered Utah's laws requiring parental consent for children using social media, UK regulators weakening its position on the Microsoft Activision acquisition and OpenAI giving ChatGPT access to the internet. He also talked about parts of Twitter’s source code being released online. Finally, he previewed articles from DevOps.com, Container Journal and Security Boulevard, which covered Tabnine extending its alliance with Google for generative artificial intelligence, Torc acquiring Codealike for its cloud-native developer network and a survey showing the severity of the business email compromise threat.

On March 27, William Willis covered TikTok’s CEO being questioned by U.S. lawmakers in a data security committee hearing, Coinbase receiving a Wells Notice from the SEC regarding securities violations and Apple investing $1 billion in theatrical releases to bolster its streaming service. He also talked about 7-Eleven launching an EV charging network in North America. Finally, he previewed articles from DevOps.com, Digital CxO and Security Boulevard, which covered a survey showing application modernization challenges, how to gain speed and traction in the world of digital transformation and whether trafficking in hacking information is a crime.

On March 23, William Willis covered Google's AI chatbot Bard opening for beta testing, Google removing China's Pinduoduo from the app store over security concerns and UK regulators saying the Broadcom VMware deal could hurt competition. He also talked about Mozilla working on a trustworthy AI startup. Finally, he previewed articles from Security Boulevard, DevOps.com and Container Journal, which covered a report looking at how weak passwords can offer easy access to enterprise networks, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise acquiring OpsRamp for its AIOps platform and Backslash Security revealing its tool to visualize cloud-native code flows.

On March 21, William Willis covered the BBC's advice to staff to delete TikTok from their work devices, Bitcoin climbing to a nine-month high amidst banking turmoil and Microsoft adding AI to its Office 365 platform. He also talked about Mercedes' plans to invest billions in modernizing its plants for e-vehicles. Finally, he previewed articles from Digital CxO, Container Journal and DevOps.com, which covered how AI and ML will transform businesses this year, Oracle’s addition of a virtual node capability for its Oracle Kubernetes Engine and five great DevOps Jobs opportunities.

On March 20, William Willis covered Samsung's $230 billion investment in building South Korean chip manufacturing plants, the U.S. demanding TikTok be sold to avoid a nationwide ban and the Silicon Valley Bank's parent company filing for bankruptcy. He also talked about Baidu revealing its AI chatbot called Ernie. Finally, he previewed articles from Security Boulevard, DevOps.com and Container Journal, which covered a Security Boulevard Blogwatch on the increase in cryptocurrency fraud in 2022, Grafana Labs announcing its acquisition of Pyroscope and CI/CD in cloud-native environments.

On March 16, William Willis covered OpenAI's release of GPT-4, a California court's ruling that Uber and Lyft can classify workers as independent contractors and the mental health startup Cerebral admitting to sharing patient data with Meta, Google and TikTok. He also talked about Meta cutting 10,000 jobs. Finally, he previewed articles from Digital CxO, Security Boulevard and Container Journal, which covered AI quality trends for 2023, Palo Alto Networks using machine learning to reduce SASE costs and lightweight environments in Kubernetes.

On March 14, William Willis covered Silicon Valley Bank’s failure, regulators closing Signature Bank and Meta's plans to stop news content on its sites if the current Online News Act passes as-is. He also talked about General Motors' plan to integrate ChatGPT into its vehicles. Finally, he previewed articles from Container Journal, Security Boulevard and DevOps.com, which covered adopting FinOps on large scale cloud deployments, Camelot launching a machine learning cybersecurity service and GitGuardian's State of Secrets Sprawl Report 2023.

On March 13, William Willis covered the Netherlands restrictions on the sale of semiconductor chip technology, the crypto-focused bank Silvergate shutting down its operations and a data breach of DC Health Link which could have exposed lawmakers’ personal data. He also talked about Spotify’s vertical scrolling redesign. Finally, he previewed articles from Digital CxO, Security Boulevard and DevOps.com, which covered how AI is transforming the stock market landscape, a survey looking at burnout and New Relic adding a CodeStream module to its surface code metrics.

On March 9, William Willis covered the German police bust of an international cybercriminal gang, TikTok's announcement of a new data security plan called “Project Clover” and Slack's release of a new AI-powered app to improve workplace communication. He also talked about the destruction of Japan's H3 rocket moments after launch due to ignition failure. Finally, he previewed articles from Security Boulevard, Digital CxO and Container Journal, which covered 1Password announcing the general availability of SSO, what we predict leaders will need to implement to make digital transformation successful and whether cloud-native architectures make apps more reliable.