Just in case you have any doubts the GPU Boom is donezo:
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/06/softbank-vision-fund-sells-nvidia-stake.html

I don’t think JP Morgan understands the “crypto” in cryptocurrency:
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/14/18224976/jp-morgan-chase-cryptocurrency-banking-cnbc

The curious drama of the iOS Enterprise certificate
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/30/18203551/apple-facebook-blocked-internal-ios-apps

https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/31/18206020/apple-facebook-internal-ios-apps-restores-enterprise-certificate

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/02/google-and-facebook-werent-the-only-ones-breaking-apples-rules-to-distribute-apps/

Radeon VII:
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/02/amd-radeon-vii-a-7nm-long-step-in-the-right-direction-but-is-that-enough/

Another rung in Microsofts ladder to SaaS:
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/6/18214194/microsoft-office-365-2019-ads-comparing-software-better-word-excell-powerpower

Fuschia Incorporated into Android SDK
https://9to5google.com/2018/12/11/aosp-fuchsia-sdk-device/

Freesync on Nvidia GPU’s:
https://www.techspot.com/article/1779-freesync-and-nvidia-geforce/

LEAK: Microsoft to open source Windows?
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-employee-leaks-windows-core-open-source-components,38476.html

California Judge Says 4th Amendment extends to fingers AND face
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2019/01/14/feds-cant-force-you-to-unlock-your-iphone-with-finger-or-face-judge-rules/#c4091bd42b76

Edge is dead! Long Live Chromium! (monocultures are always fine, right?)
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/12/06/microsoft-edge-making-the-web-better-through-more-open-source-collaboration/

Software Pick: Chromecast for FIrefox Extension
https://hensm.github.io/fx_cast/
Although…:https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/aiswpe/google_proposes_changes_to_chromium_which_would/
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/01/22/future-chrome-update-may-kill-ad-blocking-extensions/

Runners Up:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/01/microsoft-windows-10-mobile-support-to-end-so-use-android-or-ios-instead/

Microsoft will begin charging monthly fee to continue getting Windows 7 security updates:
https://www.pcgamer.com/starting-in-2020-businesses-will-have-to-pay-microsoft-for-windows-7-security-updates/

Yet another reason I don't want Microsoft in charge of my desktop:
https://www-theverge-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/9/12/17850146/microsoft-windows-10-chrome-firefox-warning?amp_js_v=0.1#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2018%2F9%2F12%2F17850146%2Fmicrosoft-windows-10-chrome-firefox-warning

Apple iPhone Event:
https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/12/17842438/apple-iphone-event-news-updates-xs-xr-watch-4-2018
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/9/12/17847226/apple-iphone-xs-vs-pixel-2-galaxy-note-s9-android-best-phone-specs

A friendly reminder: You do not own all of that digital media you paid for:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180912/09473640628/you-dont-own-what-youve-bought-apple-disappears-purchased-movies.shtml

Casting news for Witcher Netflix series:
https://www.polygon.com/2018/9/4/17818520/witcher-geralt-henry-cavill-netflix-series
https://io9.gizmodo.com/a-rumored-casting-call-has-some-members-of-the-witcher-1828911116

Intel offers limited edition i7 CPU with 5GHz frequency:
https://www.anandtech.com/show/12875/intel-announces-the-core-i78086k-coffee-lake-at-5-ghz
And a 28 core CPU coming out in Q4:
https://www.anandtech.com/show/12893/intels-28core-5-ghz-cpu-coming-in-q4
And not to be outdone by Intel:
https://gizmodo.com/amds-status-competition-with-intel-ramps-up-1826599557

California senate passes tough net neutrality laws, heads to assembly:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180522/07230539875/californias-tough-new-net-neutrality-law-takes-another-step-forward.shtml

FCC Lied about DDOS, new FOIA releases show
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180605/07420739969/e-mails-show-fcc-made-up-ddos-attack-to-downplay-john-oliver-effect.shtml

Overall WWDC Roundup:
https://9to5google.com/2018/06/04/wwdc-2018-roundup-photos-notifcations-wellbeing-android/

More details from after the keynote… namely openGL being deprecated on Mac
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/06/the-end-of-opengl-support-other-updates-apple-didnt-share-at-the-keynote/

Microsoft announces it’s scheduled purchase of GitHub:
https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/4/17422788/microsoft-github-acquisition-official-deal
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/06/everyone-complaining-about-microsoft-buying-github-needs-to-offer-a-better-solution/
https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-github-code-moderation/

Overall Roundup of things announced on May 8th:
https://9to5google.com/2018/05/08/google-i-o-2018-roundup/

Google shows off new Android P and it looks like a lot of recycled, outdated “upgrades”:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/05/google-details-new-android-p-features-including-iphone-x-like-gesture-controls/

Confirmed!:
https://9to5google.com/2018/05/08/chrome-os-linux-app-support/

Lots of talk, and some concern, over Google’s AI phone call assistant:
https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/9/17334658/google-ai-phone-call-assistant-duplex-ethical-social-implications

Microsoft Build Roundup:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-io-vs-microsoft-build-dueling-yet-similar-visions-for-developers/

After 3 decades of ignoring the issues it created Microsoft fixes Notepad to include line endings for Unix and and MacOS:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/AMP/2018/05/08/windows_notepad_unix_linux_macos/

We were just talking about this, just one company but it’s a start (Windows only :0( ):
https://www.anandtech.com/show/12709/the-acer-swift-3-sf31541-review-ryzen-meets-laptop

Steam App slated for release this summer will allow library to be streamed to Android and iOS devices:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/39998/

Quick: Apple removing apps that share locations data with 3rd Parties
https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/9/17334602/apple-targeting-apps-location-data-sharing-third-parties

Net Neutrality Death Date set for June 11
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-internet/fcc-says-net-neutrality-rules-will-end-on-june-11-idUSKBN1IB1UN

California becomes first state to require solar panels on every new home built:
https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/9/17335832/california-solar-panel-housing-politics-renewable-energy

Special Guest: Davis.

FTC finally cracking down on “VOID IF REMOVED” Stickers, because, you know, they’re illegal:

Pocket Casts acquired by NPR and other public radio stations

New Windows 10 Update!

There is No longer a Windows Department at Microsoft

Twitter says all 336 million users should change their passwords, like, now

Ubuntu 18.04 Released!

Amazon joins Google in shutting down domain fronting, a huge hit to anti-censorship efforts:

Nvidia ends GPP, bitches the entire time

ChromeOS Canary testing native linux app support

Azure Sphere, Microsoft’s Linux OS

Cambridge Analytica Ain’t Dead Yet

Nothing Wrong with Our Top Men at Equifax

https://news.sky.com/story/scientist-stephen-hawking-has-died-aged-76-11289119

MyFitnessPal breach compromising 150 Million User accounts
https://threatpost.com/under-armour-reports-massive-breach-of-150-million-myfitnesspal-accounts/130863/

AMD CPU vulnerabilities?! Say it ain't so!
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/03/a-raft-of-flaws-in-amd-chips-make-bad-hacks-much-much-worse/
And the plot...
https://www.anandtech.com/show/12525/security-researchers-publish-ryzen-flaws-gave-amd-24-hours-to-respond
Thickens…
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16577433
https://www.anandtech.com/show/12536/our-interesting-call-with-cts-labs

Microsoft going Windowless?
https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/30/17179328/microsoft-windows-reorganization-future-2018

Let's Encrypt wildcard certs go live
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/03/lets-encrypt-takes-free-wildcard-certificates-live/

Oracle Vs Google Round 3? Could go all the way to supreme court
https://mashable.com/2018/03/30/google-vs-oracle-explainer/#4snSc6_KePqW

Microsoft to begin banning a variety of “obscenities” on multiple platforms:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/28/microsoft_services_agreement_bars_offensive_language/

First android go phone available in SU, $80
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/03/you-can-officially-buy-an-android-go-phone-in-the-us/

Sierra Leone Just Ran the first Blockchain-based election
https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/14/sierra-leone-just-ran-the-first-blockchain-based-election/

Generic AOSP image running on new Galaxy S9 thank ti Project Treble
https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-s9-aosp-android-oreo-project-treble/
More googs… New Fuschia OS goes all in on “instant apps”
https://9to5google.com/2018/02/16/fuchsia-friday-instant-apps/

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/03/tesla-recalls-123000-model-s-electric-cars-for-faulty-power-steering-bolts/

UK passes bill to create foundation for commercial space travel:
https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/29/as-uk-fires-up-private-space-industry-space-camp-accelerator-launches/

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/3/30/17180042/macos-external-gpu-support-graphics-card

Microsoft seeks damages against e’waste recycler Eric Lundgren:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2018/02/15/eric-lundgren-e-waste-recycling-innovator-faces-prison-for-trying-to-extend-lifespan-of-pcs/?utm_term=.722f77067106

Disney loses to Redbox in suit over re-selling download codes
https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/21/17036932/disney-redbox-lawsuit-star-wars-marvel-pixar-digital-downloads
Disney and Redbox might accidently reshape copyright law
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/02/judge-slaps-down-disney-effort-to-stop-resale-of-star-wars-download-codes/

Facebook’s VPN service is exactly as intrusive as you (hopefully) think it is:
https://gizmodo.com/do-not-i-repeat-do-not-download-onavo-facebook-s-vam-1822937825

FCC says space startup launched satellites without permission
https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/10/17102888/the-fcc-says-a-space-startup-launched-four-tiny-satellites-into-orbit-without-permission

Twitter battles the bot barrage:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/02/twitter-suspends-thousands-of-accounts-for-bot-behavior-some-cry-censorship/

Anroid P Dev Preveiew 1 Released
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/03/hands-on-with-android-p-is-this-the-beginning-of-a-new-design-language/

GitHub survived the Largest DDOS attack in history
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/03/us-service-provider-survives-the-biggest-recorded-ddos-in-history/

Ghostery is now open source
https://github.com/ghostery/ghostery-extension

Copyright vs. Historical Preservation:
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/02/preservation-or-theft-historians-publishers-argue-over-dead-game-servers/

Goodyear develops tires for Electric Cars’ Torque problems
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/goodyear-tire-concept-electric-car-problems-ev/

Linux Apps for ChromeOS
https://www.developer-tech.com/news/2018/feb/27/project-crostini-chrome-os-support-linux-apps/

Artifact “First of several new games” from Valve according to Gabe
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/03/10/artifact-the-first-of-several-new-games-from-valve-according-to-gabe-newell/

Cellebrite claims ability to unlock ANY iphone
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/02/cellebrite-can-unlock-any-iphone-for-some-values-of-any/

Vulkan Coming to macOS and iOS, not by Apple
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/02/vulkan-is-coming-to-macos-ios-but-no-thanks-to-apple/

California Allows Driverless Cars without Human Babysitters
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/02/california-now-allows-driverless-cars-without-any-human-safety-drivers/

EMC, VMware security issues:

Tesla Batteries Beat Expectations in Autralia

DropBox goes Public

Google Bought Startup that turns screens into speakers...

AMD’s 2018 Plans
2018 Roadmap
Alexa to Replace Cortana on certain PCs
New Intel/AMD Chip Partnership

For all of you Hue lights users…

Light and powerful laptops abound:

Oh the Irony… Power outage at CES

Special Guest: Jared Beerman.

Apple slows iPhones over time to preserve battery life, get a Battery replacement for $29 from Apple.

Alexa is the 2017 home-spying device winner

The Most anticipated games in 2018

Is Amazon building a YouTube rival?

ANOTHER MASSIVE DATA LEAK OMFG!!!

FCC is redefining the definition of “broadband” to be slower

New Rules for android Devs requiring a minimum API level

Meltdown and Spectre: the Worst Bugs ever...
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Tip-Git-Disable-x86-PTI
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/01/intel-ceos-sale-of-stock-just-before-security-bug-reveal-raises-questions/
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/security-world/2018/01/meltdown-and-spectre-what-you-need-to-know/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/01/meltdown-and-spectre-heres-what-intel-apple-microsoft-others-are-doing-about-it/

Intel’s initial Statement:
https://newsroom.intel.com/news/intel-responds-to-security-research-findings/
And Follow up:
https://newsroom.intel.com/news-releases/intel-issues-updates-protect-systems-security-exploits/
AMD:
https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/speculative-execution
ARM:
https://developer.arm.com/support/security-update

AMD releasing Open Source Vulkan driver

SEC Statement on Cryptocurrency and ICOs

Star Citizen Makers Sued

Mozilla’s Massive Facepalm Moment

Disney Buys 20th Century Fox… Yes, that includes XMen.

Amazon to start selling Apple TV and Chromecast

Net Neutrality Overturned

BUT State AGs are Fighting Back

OF course the FCC is trying to block Law enforcement’s Investigation

And Netflix Throws down

No Winning for Game Devs:
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/10/overwatch-director-says-its-scary-to-be-open-with-players/

Nobel Prize For Researchers Who Discover How Cells Tell Time:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/10/nobel-prize-goes-to-researchers-who-figured-out-how-our-cells-tell-time/

If You Can’t Beat ‘Em…
https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-surrenders-spotify-kills-groove

https://guacamole.incubator.apache.org/

Linux at nearly 7% market share!?
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/10/linux-marketshare-6-91-percent-september-2017

Special Guest: Jared Beerman.

Firefox QUANTUM BETA DEVELOPER EDITION lands bringing new UI and Speed to Firefox
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/09/26/firefox-quantum-beta-developer-edition/

Google turns off YouTube on the Amazon Echo Show
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/09/27/google-pulls-youtube-amazons-echo-show/

New AtariBox Gaming Console Announced
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcochiappetta/2017/09/26/amd-scores-another-custom-chip-design-win-with-the-upcoming-ataribox-game-console/#104aa07318a4

Bill Gates Switched to Android
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41399823

Twin Peaks Fans: Showtime has been mining Crypto currency on your Computer through the Browser
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/showtime-secretly-generated-virtual-coins-on-visiting-pcs/

EU Attempts to bury study demonstrating Gaming Piracy helps sales
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/09/eu-study-finds-piracy-doesnt-hurt-game-sales-may-actually-help/

Microsoft to release a quantum computing toolkit for writing quantum computing code
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/microsoft-quantum-toolkit/

http://www.zdnet.com/article/android-8-0-oreo-google-says-its-looking-into-buggy-bluetooth-audio-problems/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2017/08/23/apple-iphone8-new-launch-date-leak-rumor/#1e8c0eb54609

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/08/wanted-weaponized-exploits-that-hack-phones-will-pay-top-dollar/

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/08/elon-musk-posts-first-photo-of-spacexs-new-spacesuit/

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/08/verizon-to-start-throttling-all-smartphone-videos-to-480p-or-720p/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/08/microsoft-to-remove-full-refs-support-from-windows-10-pro-push-workstation-sku/

https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/22/16184430/crashplan-home-shutting-down

https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/22/google-launches-chrome-enterprise-for-businesses-that-want-to-use-chrome-os/

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/08/elon-musk-other-executives-want-to-ban-killer-robots/