Boba Fett, Chinese spies, Amazon lawsuit, Musk tweets, and Space X- TNCS Ep 80

In this week’s episode we cover the latest losses at Disney and the casting of Boba Fett for season 2 of The Mandalorian.  In tech we discuss new EU digital privacy rules and extremely dangerous Chinese spying techniques against diplomats.  Amazon is being sued for taking away digital purchases from consumers.  The U.S. military is upset with the FCC following their recent decision regarding 5G.  Finally we talk about the Elon Musk tweets threatening to leave California and the recent changes in Starlink satellites.

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Links to topics discussed:

• Quartz: Disney is damaged, and no one knows exactly when it will recover.
  • https://qz.com/1851838/disneys-theme-parks-lost-1-billion-in-profit/?utm_source=google-news
• Hollywood Reporter: 'The Mandalorian' Finds Its Boba Fett in Temuera Morrison (Exclusive).
  • https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/mandalorian-finds-boba-fett-temuera-morrison-1293675
• Cookie consent walls are not consent
  • https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/06/no-cookie-consent-walls-and-no-scrolling-isnt-consent-says-eu-data-protection-body/
• Forbes: Chinese Military Cyber Spies Just Caught Crossing A ‘Very Dangerous’ New Line.
  • https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/05/07/chinese-military-cyber-spies-just-caught-crossing-a-very-dangerous-new-line/
• Amazon is sued for taking away movies that you have bought
  • https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200505/23193344443/amazon-sued-saying-youve-bought-movies-that-it-can-take-away-you.shtml
• US Military is angry at FCC for 5G ruling
  • https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/05/millions-of-gps-devices-at-risk-from-fcc-approved-5g-network-military-says/
• CNN: Elon Musk threatens to move Tesla headquarters out of California following extended shelter-in-place rules.
  • https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/09/tech/elon-musk-tesla-threatens-california/index.html
  • Selling all possessions
  • Freedom
  • Overpriced stock
• Starlinks plans make astronomers happy
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/science/spacex-starlink-astronomy.html