SJ143: 5G a hot mess, Apple Card, MacBooks reviewed, assault on batteries, Linus’ Mac Faux, more

Published: July 24, 2019, 3:59 a.m.

Sorry about the 40-hour delay, cadets, but we accidentally divided by zero or something in plotting our latest course and time folded in itself, so Mike's knot-untying skills were put the test in getting our edit back. This week your trusty co-Cap'ns anticipate the arrival of Apple Card (maybe soon in Canada?), plug AI's review of Sky: Children of the Light, congratulate Apple on yet more (commercial) Emmy awards, figure out how to live when your Mac or iOS device doesn't have a lot of storage, and review the week's court cases, security concerns, and various other fails -- all while sweltering as the ship's climate systems break down! On top of that, the new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models are evaluated, 5G keeps on proving its not anywhere near ready for prime time, Apple stops selling its oldest iPhones in India, pundits contradict each other, Quebec doesn't understand how batteries work, Linus Tech Tips tries to build a Hac Pro, and Mike and Charles disagree on exactly how much they'd sell out if Apple started throwing podcast dollars at them. All this in the week humans first landed on another world and came back 50 years ago, cadets, so break out your Space Sticks and Tang -- we'll be mooning people and showing them our asteroids later!