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On tonight's show...

What are we drinking???

Sierra Nevada - Hoptimum (2018) Triple IPA 9.6% 68 IBU
Stone - Stone Farking Wheaton WOOtstout (2018) Imperial Russian Stout 11.5% 45 IBU


- Beer News -

 AI make better beer
https://www.cnet.com/news/brewers-are-using-ai-to-predict-how-your-next-beer-will-taste/

Who Owns What Brewery 
https://vinepair.com/booze-news/craft-brewery-ownership-chart/
https://static.vinepair.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Brewery-Ownership-with-Percents-1-1024x576.jpg

7-Eleven’s Self-Serve beer system goes flat
https://www.cnet.com/news/japan-7-eleven-self-serve-draft-beer-fizzes-out-before-it-starts-pouring/

Lobster Flavored Beer
https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/lobster-beer


- Tech News -

EKWB announces ‘server grade’ CPU water blocks for Intel 3647 (Socket P) Square ILM
https://www.ekwb.com/news/ek-is-announcing-the-annihilator-ex-ep-server-grade-cpu-block-for-square-ilm/

New USB-C Alt Mode connector announced; Universal VR Headset connection
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13088/virtuallink-announced-standardized-connector-for-vr-headsets

Walmart looking to compete with Netflix & Amazon
https://www.cnet.com/news/walmart-may-battle-netflix-amazon-prime-video-head-on/

Western Digital spins down their hard drive factory; will focus on NAND Flash
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/western-digital-hdd-malaysia,37473.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#xtor=RSS-5

Google hit with record $5 Billion fine in the EU
https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/18/technology/google-eu-fine-android/index.html

Apple and BlackMagic Design reveal collaboration on an eGPU dock for MacBooks
https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/18/apple-macbook-egpu-gpu-creative/

Microsoft updating NotePad
https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/12/17563704/microsoft-windows-notepad-app-update

Microsoft also updating CMD (Unicode support)
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/microsoft-is-making-the-windows-command-line-a-lot-better/


- Gaming -

Xaviant pulls the plug on ‘The Culling 2’, re-releases ‘The Culling: Day One’
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-culling-2-is-being-closed-the-original-will-be-rebooted-and-free-to-play/?utm_content=buffer679f9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=buffer_pcgamerfb