There is little that could make me feel bad for Intel, but this comes close

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/05/how-qualcomm-shook-down-the-cell-phone-industry-for-almost-20-years/

Really nice, detailed look at Judge Koh’s ruling in an antitrust case against Qualcomm. I had been, obviously, happy that my husband’s company had recently being doing better than it usually did in competing against Intel, however, I had also been sitting around wondering what on earth was distracting Intel to the point where it was making the kinds of errors they made that allowed my husband’s employer to eat some of their market share.

I guess this provides a partial answer to that question.

Anyway. Qualcomm engaged in a lot of cartoonishly obvious antitrust behavior, and, subject to what happens on appeal, it may finally have to stop and at least pretend to behave better, which might lead to less of a monopoly on modem standards compliant cell chips. Maybe. If we are lucky.

_Triumphant_, Jack Campbell

I think this is the wrap up of the Genesis Fleet series by Jack Campbell aka John Hemry. I would not recommend starting with this book. It has a

SPOILERS

Super awesome epilogue in which Tanya and Jack from the original series that this series is a prequel to, are chit chatting about this book / series, which is referred to as an unpublished memoir by Mele Darcy, IIRC. I get a pretty good kick out of authors tying their universes together through genealogy, which is basically what happened here.

Lochan Nakamura gets to Eire and convinces Eire to cough up a couple warships, along with a bonus from Benten. We also learn a bit more about the relationship between Freya Morgan and Eire (ha ha ha ha). Anyway. They go back to Kosatka, but Carmen Ochoa and company have wrapped up the last of the invaders in Ani, so the four warships head over to Glenlyon, in time to rescue Saber, and Mele Darcy and company on the station (she must be getting awful tired to extended Last Stands on orbital stations. Altho she is getting really good at it).

The attacking mercenaries at Glenlyon, while extremely by the book, are better behaved than the people who showed up at Kosatka. A lovely little deal is cut to let them leave with all their weapons to go unleash unholy hell on their nominal employers at Hesta. Meanwhile, before they get to Hesta in a freighter and therefore at risk from any remaining warships of Apulu, Turan, etc. there, the Eire ships, the Benten ship and the Shark all sweep through to clean out the last of the pirates, enabling trade to re-open.

Really pretty hilarious that when the joint fleet shows up at Kosatka, they really do arrive with chocolate and coffee.

I sort of wished that Jayne Redman had turned out to be either completely faking her resume and/or fronting for bad guys from Apulu or whatever, but no such luck.

I will happily read more in this universe. I really enjoy reading this author.