SJ110: Doctor Who, the iPhone XR, iPad Pro predictions, XS benchmarks, IBM, OSU, Samsung fail, more

The sheer amount of tech news and upcoming events are a bit overwhelming, cadets, but Mike and Charles are on the command deck and the burnout shields are in place, so this week the ship boldly goes where every two-bit pundit has gone before to bring you various predictions about Tuesday’s “More in the Making” event (which should yield iPad Pros, a possibly new Apple Pencil, and maybe even some long overdue Mac news), Mike’s latest iPhone (the XR this time), a roundup of reviews and benchmarks (spoiler: Apple has crushed it) and all the rest of the notable tech news — and yet there’s still time to talk about a new Star Trek animated series, and last week’s brain-bending episode of Doctor Who. There’s also more about iOS 12.1 (which is expected out tomorrow), the growing love affair between IBM and Macs (not to mention Ohio State and its iPad Pros), Bloomberg still wrong, Intel sticking to their 10nm guns, Facebook getting the EU treatment, Graykey thwarted, and how much US teenagers would really think you’re cool, Mom and Dad, if you’d just buy them a new iPhone. The shocking truth about the HomePod (it’s probably king of the premium smart speakers), new tidbits about Apple’s car efforts, Yahoo gets a slap on the wrist, pundits who can contradict themselves faster than the White House press office, Windows tech solutions for orbiting mega-telescopes, and a significant Samsung fail: we’re not saying it was the Russians, but … it was the Russians. Cosmonauts and cadets alike, it’s time to fire up the engines, burn through the news, and deliver cold space justice — at warp speed!