On August 1, Natan Solomon talked about the House of Representatives approval of a $280 billion package to boost the semiconductor industry, as well as the U.S. Navy’s use of waterborne drone ships. Next, he covered the fines imposed on WhatsApp and Snapchat by Russia, Facebook’s move to discontinue its Facebook News Tab in the U.S. and Shopify’s layoff of 10% of its staff. Finally, he previewed articles from DevOps.com, Security Boulevard and Container Journal, which talk about the Great Resignation’s effect on open source developers, whether proof-of-concepts potentially benefit cybercriminals and the use of Kubernetes to secure data.