SJ132: Facebook, Galaxy Fold is terrible, 5G gotchas, Amazon, Apple, Intel, Beyonce & more

We toyed with just calling this episode "the (JC) penny drops," cadets, because of the sheer amount of "oh, didn't we tell you?" going around in the news this cycle. Facebook's in hot water with both the FTC and Canada's government, the full horror of Samsung's #galaxyfoldgate is revealed in a teardown, August halts sales of its defective View doorbell, the heads of every major US carrier unveil a slew of limitations and price hikes to go with the speed of 5G (when it really arrives), and even Apple has some 'splaining to do with regards to its notebook keyboards and travel adapters (though it still got #1 in notebook service & support).

Ming-Chi Kuo goes for the bloody obvious, Intel staves off 10nm like it was a cyberattack, Apple launches a new YouTube channel and is bringing exactly one color of Powerbeats Pro to market in May, and Beyonce capitulates and brings the crew "Lemonade" at last. It's hot up here!

JC Penney desires no more contact, a student (not named Doctor Evil) sues for ONE BILLION DOLLARS, Sprint folds like a Samsung phone doesn't, mockups of the "iPhone XI" arrive on time, plus Mike and Charles speed-date a few new gadgets, testify on the HomePod, shorthand a couple of feel-good Apple Watch stories, plug a Kickstarter iPad Pro case, and make Shakespeare jokes. All this and not even a single mention of Endgame, cadets, so listen with confidence and use the astro-latrine as you like: it's the only throne mention you'll get from us!