477: Google I/O 2017

This week, a global ransomware hack will make you WannaCry, Google’s I/O Conference, babies made from skin cells, Apple builds a new new spaceship & a pizza box, plus much, much more.

What We're Playing With 

Dwayne: Boulder Startup Week

Headlines

• HP is shipping audio drivers with a built-in keylogger
• WannaCry ransomware: Everything you need to know
  • Massive ransomware infection hits computers in 99 countries
  • Microsoft president blasts NSA for its role in 'WannaCry' computer ransom attack
  • Cybersecurity shares surge as WannaCry ransomware continues to wreak havoc

Audible Book of the Week

• The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
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Music Break: Cry by Godley and Creme

Hot Topic: Google I/O 2017

• The 10 biggest announcements from Google I/O 2017
  • Android surpasses 2 BN devices
  • Google Assistant can see & understand the world around you
  • Google Assistant on iPhone
  • Google Home turns into a phone
  • Home gets way more useful
  • Google Photos adds books & effortless sharing
  • Standalone VR helmets are coming
  • Android O beta is available
  • Android Go
  • Tensor Processing Unit AI Chip
• Google Wants Android and Its Assistant to Power Your Car Too

Music Break: I've Got You Under My Skin by Frank Sinatra

Final Word

• Apple’s New Campus: An Exclusive Look Inside the Mothership
  • Apple patented a pizza box, for pizzas
• Babies From Skin Cells? Prospect Is Unsettling to Some Experts

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Saturday Night Live: Amazon Echo Silver

• Star Trek: Discovery - First Look Trailer

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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.