526: Polly Want A-Lexa!

This week, Does President Trump have a beef with Jeff Bezos? Amazon sells your face to law enforcement, Elon Musk drives journalists & reviewers crazy, a parrot who uses Amazon Echo... and much, much more. 

What We're Playing With

Andy: Lost Spirits distillery tour; 2001: A Space Odyssey

Dwayne: HALO Bassinest Swivel Sleeper - Premiere Series Bassinet

Headlines

• Trump personally pushed postmaster general to double rates on Amazon

Audible Book of the Week

• Messing with the Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News by Clint Watts
• Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown

Music Break: She Drives Me Crazy by Fine Young Cannibals

Hot Topic: Tesla

• Consumer groups ask U.S. agency to probe Tesla 'Autopilot' ads
  • Controversy - The arguments for (A) (B) and against (C) (D) Elon Musk’s response
  • Purported Tesla ‘Ad’
• Tesla Model 3 Falls Short of a CR Recommendation
  • Tesla CEO Details Plans for Model 3 Brake Fix
• Tesla shares poised to rise after 'fever pitch' of bad news: analyst
• How Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX beat Boeing to become a $28 billion aerospace juggernaut

Music Break: Talking Bird by Death Cab For Cutie

Final Word

• Amazon is selling facial recognition to law enforcement

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• A Florida parrot conquers its household by learning Alexa commands

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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.