SJ068: The Last Jedi, Doctor Who, an Intel-gate update, the T2, Spotify, the iMac Pro and more

We’re back, and we only hijacked one other podcast while we were away! Welcome to Space Javelin’s third season, though we’re never going to call it that again — just going with episode numbers from now on (Specials and Special Reports will remain unnumbered). This week, Mike and Charles offer the latest update on Intel-gate, beat the last of the dead horse formerly known as Battery-gate (and pass on some genuinely useful info on how and why this all happened), and explore the new T2 chip found in the iMac Pro. Also on the bill before we go all spoiler-riffic on the latest installment of the Star Wars saga and the Doctor Who Christmas Special are the latest announced chip from Samsung; Spotify’s great big $1.6 billion royalty problem; the truth behind the bad reporting about the Chicago Apple Store’s roof; a nice look at Appleinsider’s fine review of the 10-core iMac Pro, and Mike’s experience with a forthcoming 14-core model; surprising new tests regarding burn-in on the same Samsung displays found in three different OLED smartphones; and a really poorly-reported hit job of a story about Tim Cook that fails every sniff test.

Then and only then does the Space Javelin crew weigh in on their two holiday nerd-film or nerd-TV favorites, The Last Jedi and Twice Upon a Time. There will be plenty of warning to stop listening before they get into the spoilers, but really … you haven’t seen these yet? Tsk tsk. All this and lots more, cadets, so we need all hands back from extended shore leave and on the deck as we head out on our next mission … to planet CES and beyond!