Theme of the week: Long live the monopoly and a big ol’ middle finger to net neutrality:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/att-can-buy-time-warner-inc-judge-rules/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/comcast-makes-65-billion-offer-for-fox-properties-including-hulu-stake/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/disney-outbids-comcast-in-escalating-bidding-war-for-21st-century-fox/
And with not a moment to spare:
https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/21/att-launches-a-low-cost-live-tv-streaming-service-watchtv/
Oh, AND:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180620/12174040079/att-successfully-derails-californias-tough-new-net-neutrality-law.shtml

EU Parliament passes controversial Copyright Directive:
https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/20/17482554/eu-european-union-copyright-filter-article-11-13-passes-juri-vote
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180620/10063840078/eu-parliamentary-committee-votes-to-put-american-internet-giants-charge-what-speech-is-allowed-online.shtml

Gamesdonequick.com

Intel’s 28 core 5GHz CPU is a bust and their demo was a lie:
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/271211-intel-isnt-building-a-5ghz-all-core-28-core-cpu

WPA3 Wifi Encryption is here!
https://www.cnet.com/news/wpa3-wi-fi-is-here-and-its-harder-to-hack/?utm_source=reddit.com

Supreme Court says Must Have Warrant for wireless communication (PDF!)
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-402_h315.pdf

Post e3 ‘State of gaming’
Role Playing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2etSAWJKTs

Special Guest: John Grandi.

The real story is that this company sells this info to Securus, a prison telecom co.:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/05/fcc-investigates-site-that-let-most-us-mobile-phones-location-be-exposed/

So Disney just wants to be the sole proprietor of entertainment in America:
https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/23/comcast-closing-in-on-plan-to-challenge-disneys-fox-bid/

Apple on top of it:
https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/23/apple-introduces-new-privacy-portal-to-comply-with-gdpr/

Less tech but interesting nonetheless:
https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/23/verifly-launches-a-business-insurance-product-for-gig-economy-workers/

Start investing in masks:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180522/10395139880/aclu-obtains-documents-showing-amazon-is-handing-out-cheap-facial-recognition-tech-to-law-enforcement.shtml

We’ve beat this ISP fuckery horse pretty darn dead but here it is again:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180518/09350339861/verizon-begins-testing-dsl-usage-caps-it-refuses-to-call-usage-caps.shtml

Spectre V4: Speculative Store Bypass
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/speculative-store-bypass-explained-what-it-how-it-works

This guy added a headphone jack to an iPhone.... seriously....
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO8DQrSp5yEP937qNqTooOw

BEHOLD THE NOTCH: Newest iPhone X gets mixed reaction
https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/14/16306298/apple-iphone-x-screen-notch

“Comcast can go F*** itself” - Vermont
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170831/13401538125/comcast-sues-vermont-insists-having-to-expand-broadband-violates-first-amendment-rights.shtml

China to ban major Bitcoin exchange, furthering goal to be super un-cool:
https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/14/china-bitcoin-exchange-suspended-bttc-china/?ncid=rss

Equifax Breach is bananas....b.a.n.a.n.a.s:
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/09/equifax-breach-response-turns-dumpster-fire/
https://www.reddit.com/r/YouShouldKnow/comments/6znofc/ysk_what_your_options_for_responding_to_equifax/

Special Guest: Davis.