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This week, Social media comes before congress, tech finds fake fish, what jobs will be hot in the next 5 years, in-depth look at the Tesla 3, do chimps possess imagination?,  and much more. 

What We're Playing With

Andy & Dwayne: Stranger Things 2

Tosin: Oxenfree, Pixel XL 2

Headlines

• Why Nerds and Nurses Are Taking Over the U.S. Economy
• Fish Fraud’ Is Rampant. Here’s How to Fix It

Audible Book of the Week

• The White Song: Chronicles of the Black Gate, Book 5 by Phil Tucker
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Music Break: From Russia With Love by Matt Munro

Hot Topic: Social Media on Trial

• Twitter is banning all ads from Russian news agencies RT and Sputnik effective immediately
  • Twitter Offered RT 15% Of Its Total Share Of US Elections Advertising
• 5 things we learned when Facebook, Google and Twitter testified to Congress about Russia’s election meddling
  • Trump and Clinton spent $81M on US election Facebook ads, Russian agency $46K
  • Facebook: preventing abuse will cut into future profits
  • Representatives From Facebook, Twitter And Google Testify About Russia's Election Influence
• Forget Washington. Facebook’s Problems Abroad Are Far More Disturbing

Music Break: Monkey Man by The Maytals

Final Word

• Chimp "Girls" Play With "Dolls" Too—First Wild Evidence

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• First In-Depth look at the Tesla Model 3

• It's Mueller Time! Trump Administration Season Ending

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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.