449: Microsoft Surface Event 2016

This week, The Drill Down co-host emeritus Tom Cheredar joins us as Microsoft gets cozy with creators, AT&T buys Time Warner, the Nintendo Switch, is your webcam part of a botnet?, a self-driving beer truck, Young Lando Calrissian, are aliens talking to us from space? ... and much, much more this week!

What We're Playing With

Andy: Tesla turns profit, Musk says no new capital needed for Model 3

Dwayne: Volkswagen Settlement Calculator. Uber’s self-driving truck company just completed its first shipment: 50,000 cans of Budweiser

Headlines

• This Is Why Half the Internet Shut Down Last Friday
  • Hacked Cameras, DVRs Powered Today’s Massive Internet Outage
• Bad news for Apple: Apple Revenue Decline/ Airpods delayed

Audible Book of the Week

• Time Travel: A History by James Gleick
• Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown

Music Break: Eastbound And Down by Jerry Reed

Hot Topic: AT&T buys Time Warner / Microsoft Surface Event 2016

• AT&T Agrees to Buy Time Warner for $85.4 Billion
  • Regulatory Microscope Lies Ahead for AT&T and Time Warner
• The eight biggest announcements from today’s Microsoft event

• What We Now Know About the Nintendo Switch

Music Break: 3005 by Childish Gambino

Final Word

• Donald Glover Cast as Young Lando Calrissian in Upcoming Han Solo Star Wars Stand-Alone Film
• Aliens may have sent a ‘strong message’ from deep in space, scientists claim

The Drill Down Video of the Week

Trailer For Nintendo’s NX Console, Nintendo Switch

Arrival (2016 Film)

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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.