415: Life 'Like'

This week, the Apple/FBI encryption case gets hotter, hundreds of terabytes of storage for billions of years, the next generation of autonomous robots and you don’t have to just ‘like’ us anymore ...All this and more on The Drill Down.

What We're Playing With

Andy: Horace and Pete (Louis CK)

Dwayne: Poldark

Headlines

• Samsung (Finally) Debuts Galaxy S7, S7 Edge With Better Cameras — and Waterproofing!
• Facebook Reactions, the Totally Redesigned Like Button, Is Here
• Sharp Agrees to $6.2 Billion Bailout From Foxconn, Nikkei Says

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Music Break: I Like It Like That by Blackout All Stars

Hot Topic: Apple/FBI Encryption scandal

• San Bernardino Officials: Apple ID Password For Terrorist's iPhone Reset At FBI Request
  • Apple Faces U.S. Demand to Unlock 9 More iPhones
  • Apple Executives Say New iPhones Also Vulnerable To 'Back Door' Requested By FBI
  • Bill Gates says he was 'disappointed' by reports he backs FBI in Apple fight
  • FBI director says Apple encryption demand is 'about the victims'
  • Apple CEO Calls On Feds To Drop iPhone Unlock Order
  • 51% of Americans think Apple should unlock San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, survey says
  • Apple-FBI Fight Asks: Is Code Protected as Free Speech?

Music Break: Bunsen Burner (from Ex Machina) by Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow

Final Word

• 'Five-dimensional' glass discs can store data for up to 13.8 billion years

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Atlas, The Next Generation

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Geeks Of Doom’s The Drill Down is a roundtable-style audio podcast where we discuss the most important issues of the week, in tech and on the web and how they affect us all. Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Box product manager Tosin Onafowokan.