444: Electric Avenue

This week, Google takes a road trip, North Korea leaks all over the internet, new rules for self-driving cars, GIANT ROBOT DUEL!! ... and much, much more

What We're Playing With

Tosin: Asus Chromebook Flip

Andy & Dwayne: geek Culture and the Emmys Headlines

• Google launches Trips, trip planner and travel guide app, with custom itineraries
• The App economy is slowing down.. Or is it speeding up?
• North Korea Has Accidentally Leaked its Propaganda Websites

Audible Book of the Week

• Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
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Music Break: Cloud Atlas end title by Tom Tykwer, Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek

Hot Topic: Vehicle Tech

• Apple in talks with luxury supercar carmaker McLaren
• We warned Tesla about hands-free Autopilot use
• New rules of the road for self-driving cars have just been released
  • Government Says Self-Driving Vehicles Will Save Money, Time, Lives
• Lyft says robots will drive most of its cars in five years

Music Break: Electric Avenue by Eddy Grant

Final Word

• Quantum teleportation over 7 kilometres of cables smashes record

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Giant Robot Duel update: MegaBots Season 1

• The Marvel Symphonic Universe

• Save The Day

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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.