SJ142: Apple giveth and taketh away, Google eavesdrops, Facebook gets fined, & even Stranger Things!
We’re back from shore leave, and the Canada/USA holiday weekend turned out to be a great time to take a little break, but of course the shenanigans started up right after that, cadets, so Capn’s Mike and Charles return with a roundup — including new MacBook Airs and Pros (but a retired MacBook), new iPads coming in the fall, a couple of proactive security moves by Apple, new adapters for Lightning, and of course the other big tech news of the week, such as Facebook shrugging off a $5B fine, Google contractors listening to your conversations, new Android malware, Intel playing coy with patents, and much more! There’s also a possible logic board swap for owners of the 2018 MacBook Air, some more Foxconn fail in Wisconsin, Xiaomi shamelessly rips off Apple’s Memoji, Microsoft reminds you what a dire flop Windows 1.0 was in a Stranger Things-worth tie-in with ... er, Stranger Things! Charles and Mike check to see if your phone can do 5G (it can’t), swear off (and at) an Amazon bedroom smartclock with
SJ142: Apple giveth and taketh away, Google eavesdrops, Facebook gets fined, & even Stranger Things!Space Javelin. 0:0053:38. Enjoy the full SoundCloud ...