SJ103: Major fails, Xs-ive rumors, Pixel 3 "notch" yet, celebrity shaming, new gear, pulsars, more

After over 100 episodes named after fury rained down from orbit, this week our special guest star is the weather, hurling thunderbolts and lightning (very very frightening) at Mike as if Zeus himself was trying to supplement our meager sound effects budget. Meanwhile, Mike and Charles focus on another officer of the ship who played a huge role in events this week: Major FAIL! If you were a company or government planning to seriously drop the ball, this was the week to do it -- from Qualcomm's bungled legal strategy, to British Airways handing out your credit card info; from Mspy losing a notebook full of login credentials, to Mac apps collecting data they shouldn't; the good news in the tech world is pretty thin on the ground this time around. Mike and Charles make the best of Virginia's angry volcano god by taking a few moments to include Space Javelin's first-ever weather report, and share some mutual memories of Florida (where both used to live) and its notorious storms while the rumblings of our hangry deity make themselves known from time to time. Other topics covered include Apple's new law-enforcement portal and its clearance to buy Shazam, Google's forthcoming reveal of the heavily-leaked Pixel 3, a couple of good deals that are winding down, celebrities caught selling out to Android on their iPhone, a short Engineering Report, we max out our XS pushback, and the tale of a cosmic wrong that has been righted. Is it mere coincidence that the storm abated once we got to that story? You be the judge, cadets, on the latest super-charged surround-sound episode of ... SPACE JAVELIN!