This week, we discuss IBM acquisitions, IDEs in the age of AI, and bidding farewell to Skype. Plus, the dos and don’ts of using chat in corporate meetings. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 509 Runner-up Titles I’m going to make a point until the other people stop talking Is there a place I can type? Rediscovering USENET Let me introduce you to Del.icio.us That Big Blue HOA That assumes that enterprise IT is compelling The Costco liquor store is Open Source Lights out programming. The WebKit of IDEs The DevRel that makes a difference Rundown IBM roll ups? Accelerating Production AI and Bringing NoSQL Data at Scale to All Enterprises IBM Completes Acquisition of HashiCorp, IDE up for grabs AI disruption - code editors are up for grabs Google launches a free AI coding assistant with very high usage caps Google’s principles for measuring developer productivity Goodbye Update on Support for Amazon Chime Exclusive: Microsoft is finally shutting down Skype in May, Om’s ode to Skype. Relevant to your Interests The Death and Life of Prediction Markets at Google—Asterisk Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip carves new path for quantum computing - Source Microsoft Says It Has Created a New State of Matter to Power Quantum Computers Trump Enforcers Affirm Lina Khan's Approach to Antitrust No Rules Are Implicit Rules Is AWS Delivering on Its 3-Layer Approach to AI? Apple Unveils New Lower-Priced iPhone With A.I. Features HP adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls YouTube Plans Lower-Priced, Ad-Free Version of Paid Video Tier Google may be close to launching YouTube Premium Lite He created one of the world’s first websites. It was IMDb. Processing 23 Billion Rows of ALIEN TXTBASE Stealer Logs Introduction to Service Mesh Slack is down — live updates on massive outage Introducing Alexa+, the next generation of Alexa Alphabet's Google cuts some cloud division staff, Bloomberg reports British musicians release a silent album to protest plans to let AI use their work NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2025 The Job Market Is Frozen The Hardest Career Shift No One Talks About Intel breaking new organizational ground by formalizing the idea of a co-CEO that reports to a (third?) CEO to be named later. NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang Addresses The "DeepSeek Fiasco" For The First Time; Says Investors "Overreacted" & "Got It All Wrong" Uber and Waymo officially launch autonomous vehicle service in Austin; what to know How to Get Hired When AI Does the Screening How's that open source licensing coming along? Apple unveils new Mac Studio, the most powerful Mac ever Apple introduces iPad Air with powerful M3 chip and new Magic Keyboard Sponsors Subscribe to the Fork Around and Find Out Podcast Nonsense Everyone Hates Pennies, Except This Guy Mother's Flour Tortillas A Comprehensive Guide to American Regional Cuisine Listener Feedback Episode 94: Adding more condiments to the 7 layer networking burrito, with Marino Wijay Multi Tool Warren recommends: Micra Multi-Tool | Leatherman Mykel recommends ROXON 802 Phantom Matt recommends the Swiss+Tech Utili-Key 6-in-1 Multi-tool | REI Co-op Conferences DevOpsDayLA at SCALE22x, March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP Open Source Career Day 2025, March 9, 2025 VMUG NL, March 12th, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Chicago, March 18th, 2025. SREday London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. 10% with code LDN10 Monki Gras, London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. Cloud Foundry Day US, May 14th, Palo Alto, CA NDC Oslo, May 21-23, Coté speaking. KubeCon EU, April 1-4, London. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: “I’m Not a Robot” (2025 Academy Award Winner) IKON Friends and Family Discounts Matt: Zero Day Coté: The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. Photo Credits Header Artwork Sponsored By:FAFO: Subscribe to the Fork Around and Find Out Podcast