498: Strangest Things

This week, Google floats the internet over Puerto Rico, Twitter comes clean with political ads, Snapchat’s big fail, Amazon gets fresh inside your front door, tons of Tesla news, Netflix's ‘Binge racing’? and much more.

Headlines

• Google parent turns on internet balloons in Puerto Rico
• Twitter will now label political ads
• It Sounds Like Snap Spectacles Turned Into a Massive Boondoggle
• Amazon Key takes deliveries to new level: Inside your home
  • How Amazon trains its AI

Audible Book of the Week

• The Iron Circlet (Chronicles of the Black Gate, Book 4) by Phil Tucker
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Music Break: She Drives Me Crazy by Fine Young Cannibals

Hot Topic: Transportation Tech

• Tesla strikes another deal that shows it's about to turn the car insurance world upside down
• Geohot: Tesla Autopilot = Apple iOs, Comma.ai = Android (CleanTechnica Exclusive)
• Tesla hit with another lawsuit, this time alleging anti-LGBT harassment
• Report: Tesla fired hundreds of California employees this past week

Music Break: Stranger Things by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein

Final Word

• Facebook translates 'good morning' into 'attack them', leading to arrest

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Netflix reveals viewers' favorite 'binge-racing' series: 'Gilmore Girls'

• Reporting on Las Vegas, Pixel by Pixel

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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.