In addition to some crazy crypto news, China threatens to enforce their cybersecurity standards amid trade war disputes. By “cybersecurity standards” they mean…hand over your source code. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/15/us-china-trade-war-chinese-cybersecurity-standards-could-be-employed.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/crypto-market-crash-prompts-suicide-concerns-135248250.html https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/15/att_sued_cryptocurrency We also discuss: More MIT weirdness https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/1002422/Apocalypse-2040-MIT-computer-model-civilisation-world-end-Club-of-Rome HPE COTS in Space https://news.hpe.com/spaceborne-computer-still-flying-high-one-year-later/ Tesla goes it alone on AI chiptech https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeanbaptiste/2018/08/15/why-tesla-dropped-nvidias-ai-platform-for-self-driving-cars-and-built-its-own/#74ded4426722 IBM’s Storage Menu https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/15/ibm_pumps_out_storage_software_blast_with_hw_grenade/ IoT […]