SJ092: Intel & Apple's bad week, merger mania, MBP fixes, SCOTUS, AirPower, AirPlay 2 Airport, more

There was a surprising amount of turbulence on the journey through the week's tech news this time, cadets, and we're sorry it happened to come just as you were trying to eat your Space Food Sticks and Dippin' Dots. Oops. From a surprise resignation from Intel to Apple attracting lawsuits like magnets attract science geeks, two of the biggest players in tech had a pretty bad week. It's merger season as well, with the lack of net neutrality in the US acting as an accelerant, so it's getting pretty steamy in the ol' Javelin -- just in time for the solstice!

Among the items forcing us to deploy the heat shielding: T-Mobile and Sprint trying (again) to tie the knot, Disney buying 21st Century Fox, the "failure" of the latest Star Wars-related movie, and how there's now no (safety) net neutrality to cushion the consequences. Apple announced a keyboard repair program for the small percentage of late-model MBPs and MacBooks that have issues, ITC seems to be leaning towards Qualcomm in that lawsuit, and the Supremes have or are going to weigh in on a few related matters (sadly, they will not be singing their opinion).

Tim Cook tumbles like he's born under punches, an iPhone without Lightning is like a Queen song with no thunderbolts, AirPower may have to wait until the fall, GarageBand goes even more free, your phone is your car key, and there are Apple Pay fast lanes for you to zoom through. Nikkei predicts disaster but some analysts aren't buying it, Charles and Mike ponder the ongoing mystery of AirPlay 2 and the old AirPort Express as well as a pair of frivolous Apple Watch lawsuits, and this week sees the shortest Engineering Report ever! All this and more, so take your protein pills and put your helmets on, cadets -- we think our Space Javelin knows which way to go!