PTJ 347: Out With a Bang

As 2020 winds down to its final weeks, El Kaiser and J.D. discuss the recent spate of bad news regarding national security, pandemic spread and video-game fails. But as depressing as the news can be, there’s new hope for 2021 — at least when it comes to decent Star Wars movies and shows. Punch up PTJ 347 and join us for the ride!

A huge THANK YOU to BROS for hosting us and all our faithful listeners for riding along with us here in the Q-Zone. We’ll be back in January, so Happy New Year!

Russia’s Hacking Frenzy Is a Reckoning (WIRED)
Trump Contradicts Pompeo Over Russia’s Role in Hack (The New York Times)
The Great iPwn: Journalists Hacked with Suspected NSO Group iMessage ‘Zero-Click’ Exploit (Citizen Lab)
Al Jazeera journalists ‘hacked via NSO Group spyware’ (BBC News)
The Antitrust Case Against Big Tech, Shaped by Tech Industry Exiles (The New York Times)
Google’s Legal Peril Grows in Face of Third Antitrust Suit
(The New York Times)
U.S. and States Say Facebook Illegally Crushed Competition
(The New York Times)
Tim Cook tweeted about App Tracking Transparency and it’s easy to see the target (iMore)
Facebook’s Laughable Campaign Against Apple Is Really Against Users and Small Businesses (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
COVID-19 closes nearly 100 Apple Stores during holiday season peak (9to5Mac)
Cyberpunk 2077 Was Supposed to Be the Biggest Video Game of the Year. What Happened? (The New York Times)
A Complete Guide to Every Star Wars Show Coming to Disney+ (Esquire)
‘Star Wars’ and Marvel’s Futures Now Flow Through Disney Plus (Variety)

PTJ 346: Pour One Out For Arecibo

After long, unintended absence, El Kaiser and J.D. are back to praise The Mandalorian, chew on the news, talk audio hardware and mourn the loss of the iconic radio telescope at Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory. As 2020 continues its quest for Worst Year Ever (Modern Edition), we remind ourselves to stay flex in the Q-Zone. PTJ 346 is here for you.

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