Amazon is interested in buying Boost Mobile, China has a plan to restrict rare earth metal exports to the US, and SoftBank announces it won’t use Huawei for 5G.
Tom catches up with Rebecca Roanhorse, author of Trail of Lightning, to talk about writing native cultures in genre fiction and what she gets out of the Nebula conference.
Xbox head Phill Spencer plans on making Xbox Game Studios PC games available in different stores and outlets including Steam. The Department Of Justice wants Sprint and T-Mobile to help a 4th wireless carrier build out its network before it approves the merger. And 47 companies including Apple, Google and WhatsUp signed an open letter to the UK’s GCHQ urging the security agency to abandon plans for a “ghost protocol.”
Xbox Game Studios Titles are coming to Steam and other third-party stores, the US Department of Justice reportedly wants a the groundwork laid for a fourth national carrier before approving the Sprint-T-Mobile merger, and a school district in New York starts a facial recognition pilot.
PCs heavyweights like Intel, HP, Asus and Lenovo showed off new their new dual-screen laptops this week at Computex. Will a 2nd screen become a common feature in upcoming PC laptops?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson and Roger Chang.
Akira is finally happening, with Taika Waitti at the helm. How did you celebrate Metrology Day? New Coke is coming back for a bit. Rick and Morty announce season 4 coming in November. KOTOR may be coming to the big screen. NASA is making a moon base! And all the other fun bits you want in the show, including Scott’s glowing review of the Oculus Quest.