458: CES 2016 Preview

This week, the US administration is 100% certain the Russians hacked our election...but where’s the evidence, highlights from CES, the electric car to beat Tesla,  and much more.

What We're Playing With

Andy: Anova sous vide cooker; Batman: Arkham City

Dwayne: Serafim Laser Keyboard

Headlines

• White House fails to make case that Russian hackers tampered with election
  • US administration '100% certain' about Russian hacking
• Medium cuts 50 jobs, ditches ad unit

Audible Book of the Week

• A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
• Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown

Music Break: I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World) by Donald Fagen

Hot Topic: CES Preview 2016

• Lenovo launches new Legion gaming notebooks and Alexa-powered speaker
  • Amazon Echo-Style Voice Control Is Coming To More Appliances
• All the craziest announcements from Samsung’s big CES presentation
• Acer announces new PCs for gaming, immersive 4K entertainment and virtual reality

Music Break: Fast Car by Jonas Blue (ft. Dakota)

Final Word

• 2016 Mobile Year in Review

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Faraday Future's FF91 car announcement (in 7 minutes)

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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.