US Justice Department opens criminal probe into bitcoin price manipulation, Echo speaker records woman’s conversation and sends it to a contact, Elon Musk wants to create journalist rating system.
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Show Notes
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Comcast signals its intent for a hostile bid for 21st Century Fox’s assets. What are the implications if its successful and what will Disney’s counter offer be, if it makes one?
VPNFilter malware affects half a million routers and includes a killswitch, TSMC confirms it’s making 7nm processors for iPhones, Facebook Marketplace now includes home professional services. 
Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO mentioned in an investor relations call that the PlayStation 4 was entering the final phase of its life cycle. Cryptic words to be sure but what does this mean for the PlayStation console and does it signal a shift from gaming as a product to a gaming as service for the company?
Instagram now allows muting without unfollowing, Comcast now selling xFI pods for WiFi boosts, ZTE may get US support in a trade deal. 
It’s our end of May DTNS round table. This month we examine technology issues from an Australian perspective like; how is net neutrality viewed in Australia and how does the proximity to Asia influence the direction and scope of tech in the country.
Microsoft buys Semantic Machines, the Obamas ink Netflix content deal, Facebook partners with Qualcomm for Telegraph wireless internet project. 
With recent stories covering data security issues from cellphone location data tracking to PGP and S/MIME vulnerabilities we have Shannon Morse here to break it all down and give us an infosec perspective.
Apple’s HomePod speaker sales are only 6% of global market, Fortnite coming to Android this summer, Cambridge Analytica files for bankruptcy. 
Federal laws restricting Sports Gambling in the United States have been struck down by the Supreme Court. Will this start a new gold rush into online gambling as companies take advantage and who will be the winners and the losers?