SJ078: Peter Cohen, Stephen Hawking, iPad & MBAir talk, Theranos, Amazon recall, Pwn to Own, more

A very special episode this week, cadets, as Mike has had to go below decks for the first time in a very long time -- leaving Charles in charge (you've waited 78 episodes for that joke, haven't you) with only his special guest and fellow MacCentral.com alumni, Apple and tech news journalist Peter Cohen to help out with analyzing the week's top stories. Before that, though, we celebrate the life -- and dedicate this episode -- to Dr. Stephen Hawking, Master of the Universe. With the help of the ship's cafeteria chip lady and ace reporter Malcolm Owen, among the stories the crew cover this week are a huge bio-med scandal from Theranos, the Apple announcements of both the WWDC dates and a surprise educational event in less than two weeks (both with the potential for new hardware), Google Lens coming to the iOS Google Photos app, and Android Wear becoming "Wear OS by Google" ( because you can just never say "Google" enough, apparently). Also covered are some new exploits from the Pwn to Own hacking competition, a first look at a iPhone-unlocking mobile kit from Grayshift, a powerbank battery recall from AmazonBasics, and -- surprise! -- Mike returns via a leftover Engineering Department report from last week looking at a Mantiz eGPU enclosure and a 1TB PCI-E external Thunderbolt drive from Sonnet. We've had many adventures of late, cadets, and there's more coming next week ... and beyond!