Game of Thrones may be over on HBO, but El Kaiser and J.D are still here talking tech, pop culture and everything else in between. This week’s episode ponders the blacklist effect on Chinese telecom company Huawei and potential problems with accurate weather forecasting because satellites measure water vapor in the 23.8 GHz band on the wireless spectrum and the Federal Communications Commission is selling off adjacent frequencies. J.D. also has a suggestion for parents who need a project for their bored kids. All this and more, right here on Episode 309!

Links to News Stories on This Week’s Episode

• Exclusive: Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump blacklist (Reuters)
• Trump Huawei Ban Ripples Across Industry as Supplies Halted (Bloomberg)
• Snapchat’s new gender-changing filter provokes strong reactions (Axios)
• Kissing Babies, Loving Scrapple, Fighting Viral Hoaxes: ’20 Race’s New Routine (The New York Times)
• Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 drops to $999 and adds Qualcomm’s XR1 (VentureBeat)
• Microsoft’s Edge for Mac browser now available in preview (The Verge)
• Your 5G Phone Won’t Hurt You. But Russia Wants You to Think Otherwise. (The New York Times)
• 5G Networks Could Throw Weather Forecasting Into Chaos (WIRED)
• Twitch Streamers Are Getting Paid $50,000 An Hour To Play New Games: They Deserve It (Forbes)
• Tim Cook visits Ellis Marsalis Music Center in New Orleans (9to5Mac)

(Hopefully) Helpful Hint: Give Your Kids A Movie-Making Project

• How to Add Hollywood Special Effects to Your Videos (The New York Times)