Talk about a control plane... US Air Force says upcoming B-21 stealth bomber will use Kubernetes [Thu Jun 4 2020]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 4 June 2020 ***************************************************************** Talk about a control plane... US Air Force says upcoming B-21 stealth bomber will use Kubernetes Google staff who protested drone AI effort could be quite interested in this ***************************************************************** Business * Spending watchdog doubts UK is capable of managing Brexit and coronavirus info campaigns at the same time Yeah, you and the entire country Data Centre * Google signs agreement to offer discounts on cloud services through UK govt's Digital Marketplace Microsoft already at the trough, IBM and AWS said to be en route * '5G for Five Eyes!' 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