SJ135: To the moon! The missing (Steam) link, a parade of fail, Space Pirates, zombieloads, and more

Published: May 20, 2019, 9:17 a.m.

The astro-glide must be flying the ship too close to the sun, cadets, because it is getting kinda Steam-y in here! Monopoly overreactions, the FTC, Huawei, Intel, and Ted Cruz are all blowing up and generating a lot of hot air! Your trusty command crew are fighting back with cool tips on guarding your privacy from Google, Facebook, and your own cell carriers; throwing cold water or rumors and dumb theories, fanning Steam Link's long awaited arrival, and icing the flaming Pixel 3a hype by pointing out that the iPhone 7 Plus (from three years ago!) is a better and cheaper phone all-around. Co-Cap'ns Mike and Charles talk the latest Apple updates, Photoshop CC for iPad beta, a new theory about the Qualcomm deal, Samsung TVs gaining AirPlay 2 and the TV app, and "What the Fail?" returns with stories about 5G (as usual), Intel, WhatsApp, Adobe, and Twitter among other topics. There's also fraud against Apple, a folding PC (maybe), and Alexa "Guard" (less effective that Right Guard!). Once the atmosphere cools down, they'll gather the crew around and tell tales of moon landings, Apollo, and Artemis. Stay vigilant, cadets -- you never know when the Space Pirates might turn up astro-loot and star-plunder our valuable cargo of insight, headlines, jokes, and Tang!