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🗓️ 3 February 2021

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Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO, to be replaced by Andy Jassy. Google is losing a ton of money on its Cloud, but YouTube is finally hitting its stride. Apple might formally do an Apple Car-related tie-up with Kia in a matter of weeks. And why I finally got off the fence and decided to investigate the AR/VR space. Sponsors: Oracle.com/goto/ride Metalab.com Links: Email from Jeff Bezos to employees (Amazon) Amazon’s next CEO, Andy Jassy, transformed e-commerce company into a cloud computing giant (CNBC) Amazon.com Announces Financial Results and CEO Transition (Amazon Investor Relations) Alphabet Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2020 Results (Alphabet Investor Relations) Kia Motors Shares Jump After Report Apple to Invest $3.6 Billion (Bloomberg) Facebook starts rolling out Messenger on Oculus headsets (Engadget) 60+ Oculus Quest Apps Made More Than $1 Million (UploadVR) Google Meet’s new ‘green room’ lets you do an audio / video pre-check (The Verge) Zoom adds virtual receptionists for when people start going back to the office (CNBC) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021. I'm Brian McCullough.
0:08.8	Today Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO to be replaced by Andy Jesse.
0:14.7	Google is losing a ton of money on its cloud but YouTube is finally hitting its
0:19.0	stride. Apple might formally do an Apple car-related tie-up with Kia in a matter of weeks, and why I finally got off
0:25.8	the fence and decided to investigate the AR slash VR space.
0:29.9	Here's what you miss today in the world of Tech.
0:35.4	You have probably heard by now that Jeff Bezos is stepping down from his role as
0:40.7	CEO of Amazon, will be transitioning to the role of Executive Chairman.
0:46.0	This will happen in Q3 of this year, at which point AWS CEO Andy Jassie will become the new CEO of Amazon.
0:54.8	Bezos wants everyone to know, this is not a retirement.
0:58.4	In a letter to employees, Bezos wrote, quote,
1:01.3	As much as I still tap dance into the office, I'm excited about this
1:05.7	transition.
1:06.7	Millions of customers depend on us for our services and more than a million employees depend
1:11.0	on us for their livelihoods.
1:12.6	Being the CEO of Amazon is a deep responsibility
1:15.4	and it's consuming.
1:16.9	When you have a responsibility like that,
1:18.4	it's hard to put attention on anything else.
1:20.6	As exec chair, I will stay engaged in important Amazon initiatives, but also have the time
1:25.8	and energy I need to focus on the Day One Fund, the Baysos Earth Fund, Blue Origin, the
1:31.5	Washington Post, and my other passions. I've never had more energy, and
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