Samsung is reportedly delaying the Galaxy Fold launch worldwide, Sri Lanka blocks access to social media platforms following suicide attacks, and SiriusXM launches a streaming service.
Details on the next PlayStation console emerge, Google and Amazon both offer ad-supported music services on smart speakers, and Intel exits the 5G modem market.
Facebook admits that millions of Instagram passwords were stored in plaintext, the Switch is coming to China, and smart speakers are getting ad-supported streaming music services.
Brian’s most recent book, Uncanny Collateral, is described (on Brian’s Twitter) as “Harry Dresden meets Dog the Bounty Hunter in a fast-paced urban fantasy about a collection agent who works for the supernatural.”
Business Insider reports that since May 2016 Facebook collected the email contact lists of 1.5 million new users without consent.Amazon and Google kiss and make up allowing YouTube on Amazon’s Fire TV devices and smart TVs in the coming month. And in response to issues with early production models of the Samsung Galaxy Fold Samsung says it will, “will thoroughly inspect these units in person to determine the cause of the matter.”
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
Amazon exits e-commerce in China, Facebook collected email contacts of 1.5 million users without consent, and T-Mobile rolls out its T-Mobile Money checking account.
Apple and Qualcomm have patched things up just in time for Apple to dump Intel as its sole source 5G chip supplier and pick Qualcomm instead. Hmmm. Plus Microsoft rolls out its diskless Xbox One S and the UK reveals that mandatory age-verification for adult sites begins July 15th.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.
Game of Thrones is back and we wrap up the first series of The Office (UK). Plus, a Summer Movie Draft update and an email to cordkillers@gmail.com about spoilers as a benefit. With special guest Richard Gunther.
Next week on Spoilerin’ Time: Game of Thrones continues on, more Barry season 1, and The Office (UK) series 2!
01:32 – Summer Movie Draft update
03:04 – Triage (Spoilers: okay if you won’t watch for a long time?)
04:30 – Game of Thrones (801)
26:15 – The Office (UK) (106)
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Microsoft has a new Xbox with no optical drive and a big interactive whiteboard that comes with a battery. Meanwhile Qualcomm and Apple settle their patent dispute and Intel gets out of the 5G wireless phone chip game.