In today’s episode Steve and Ken cover the latest in entertainment and tech.  In entertainment Steve provides his review to the New Mutants.  We discuss the sad news regarding the death of Chadwick Boseman.  Apple continues to crush Epic Games by terminating all Epic owned games and promoting PUBG.  In tech we discuss the big Neuralink event where Elon shows off his favorite pigs.  There is some news regarding potential breakthroughs in batteries that could drastically change electric vehicles.  There was a new prototype for a flying car coming out of Japan and a very odd flying vehicle from the Air Force.  

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Links to topics discussed:

• IndieWire: Film Publications Refuse to Review ‘New Mutants’ Until Disney Offers Safe Screening Options.
  • https://www.indiewire.com/2020/08/film-critics-refuse-review-new-mutants-disney-unsafe-plan-1234582376/
• “Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman dies aged 43” 
  • https://twitter.com/i/events/1299530416668340224?s=07
• Federal decisions on Epic Games
  • https://www.marketwatch.com/story/federal-judge-inclined-to-grant-epic-games-motion-to-block-apple-from-hindering-unreal-engine-2020-08-24?fbclid=IwAR0_RXEmfDF9m1nWm23SEw9CpQ_Tf1cnoYncW7K16GfrIWaihd58KRZQ-jA
• Apple terminates Epic games
  • https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-epic-games/apple-terminates-fortnite-creators-app-store-account-as-lawsuit-proceeds-idUSKBN25O2YM?fbclid=IwAR2DXrIaBZgoanrcJJe1tcmQA88L4ppGjqekUiBeHha-GYQqlf2n4H6bs44
  • https://www.gamesradar.com/apple-pulls-epic-games-developer-account-removing-all-of-the-studios-games-from-the-app-store/?utm_content=buffer1ff27&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=buffer_grfb&fbclid=IwAR3fVBQJoOvMivXMJ8ndwDqKbLNENtyhz6WKjft-3HZDdjYP1OBZqhxguXk
• Elon’s Neuralink demonstrate
  • https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/26/21402240/neuralink-august-2020-event-brain-machine-interface-working-demonstration?fbclid=IwAR2PFnDb34wCTkUnZIEQdel1swBbwFwIXhBM8RwvVyC4HHA3yqvHxL0dlHE
• New York Post : Terminally ill scientist cries over new robot voice ahead of ‘cyborg surgery’.
  • https://nypost.com/2020/08/27/terminally-scientist-cries-over-new-robot-voice-ahead-of-cyborg-surgery/
• Bloomberg: Elon Musk Unveils Brain Computer Implanted in Pigs.
  • https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-28/elon-musk-to-unveil-neuralink-brain-computer-implanted-in-pigs
• Elon Teases a big battery breakthrough
  • https://seekingalpha.com/news/3608500-elon-musk-teases-big-battery-breakthrough?fbclid=IwAR0LSqipT55faNJODcKHFbeyfwa3pRIQ7EARYufjp2kYr2J1BhvZ8Zchfio
• Nuclear waste can make a long lasting battery
  • https://thenextweb.com/shift/2020/08/25/nuclear-waste-batteries-last-28000-years-without-charging/
• Tech Xplore: Japan’s ‘flying car’ gets off ground, with a person aboard.
  • https://techxplore.com/news/2020-08-japan-car-ground-person-aboard.html
• Inverse: New photos show the Air Force’s hunt for a flying car is getting weird.
  • https://www.inverse.com/innovation/air-forces-test-flight-might-be-its-weirdest-yet
• Airbus completes taxi, takeoff and landing autonomously
  • https://www.businessinsider.com/airbus-completes-autonomous-taxi-take-off-and-landing-tests-2020-7?fbclid=IwAR3isnuEnhEHMSd2X61shda1rPIgVbOBAmNStaPPDFozpzPgi7ZL6N9JJZA