436: Tech's Master Plans

This week, Wikileaks leaks DNC emails, Verizon buys Yahoo, the future for Tesla & Facebook, can police unlock your iPhone by 3D-printing your fingerprint?  ..and much, much more!

Headlines

• Nintendo Slumps By Most Since 1990 on Dashed Pokemon Go Hopes
• WikiLeaks Emails Show DNC Favored Hillary Clinton Over Bernie Sanders During The Democratic Primary
  • Facebook admits blocking WikiLeaks’ DNC email links, but won’t say why
• Apple Helped Feds Seize World's Largest Torrent Site, Arrest Alleged Owner

Audible Book of the Week

• The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
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Music Break: Extreme Ways by Moby

Hot Topic: The Future of Tech Giants

• Yahoo Cuts $4.8 Billion Deal to Sell Core Business to Verizon
  • Verizon Explains Exactly Why It's Spending $4.8 Billion to Buy Yahoo!
  • Mayer to Yahoos: 'I'm planning to stay'
• Elon Musk's Master Plan, Part Deux
• Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook's next ten years

Music Break: Elevation by U2

Final Words

• Police 3D-printed a murder victim's finger to unlock his phone
• A Plane Just Flew Around The World Without A Single Drop Of Fuel
• Amazon begins testing delivery drone fleets in the UK

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• ‘Star Trek’ TV Series Official Title & New Ship Name Revealed

• Meet Farmbot

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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.