SJ134: WWDC leaks, Intel 10nm peeks, Pixel 3a ain't so cool, Google must think we're fools, & more

Published: May 13, 2019, 7:34 a.m.

What the Fail returns for its second installment, cadets, because wherever there’s some wool, there’s Facebook and Google trying to pull it over our eyes. Carriers get sued for selling your location data, YouTube and Google haven’t attracted that many paid subscribers to their music services, and Mike and Charles take a closer look at the Pixel 3a and find it wanting — even for a midrange smartphone. Intel gets to 10nm a mere three years late, Apple Watch wins Display of the Year, and we’re starting to get credible reports ahead of next month’s WWDC. Like Microsoft on Macs, we’re living on the Edge (browser)! The LG 5K display they co-developed with Apple appears to be gone (ahead of a possible new Apple-made display), Iceland gets even cooler, parental-control app makers push back, and our co-captains even go where only the Hammercast has gone before: actual gaming news! All this plus unlikely rumors, a lawsuit dismissed, Warren Buffets gets his own iOS game, Sir Jony Ive meets up with Stephen Fry next month, BMW’s subscription CarPlay turns out to win the coveted Fail of the Week award! The dimensional stabilizer must be on the fritz, cadets, so grab your Normalacy Necktie and wrap it tight — it’s Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride up on the command deck!