572: A Whole New World

This week, Uber releases its IPO, China uses AI to profile minorities, Samsung’s new phone prospects fold after reviews, New Next gen-consoles, and all the details of Disney’s new streaming service, and much more. 

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Tesla Navigate on Autopilot

Headlines

• Uber releases its long-awaited IPO filing
• One Month, 500,000 Face Scans: How China Is Using A.I. to Profile a Minority
• Several journalists have reported their Samsung Galaxy Fold review unit's screen breaking after a day or two of use

Audible Book of the Week

• Creating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney by Lee Cockerell
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Music Break: Be Our Guest from Beauty and the Beast

Hot Topics

• Disney+ rolls out on November 12th for $6.99 a month
  • All of the shows and films Disney is planning for its Disney+ streaming service
  • Disney says Disney+ will support 4K and HDR video, all content on Disney+ can be downloaded and viewed offline, and that the app will be on Roku, PS4, and more
• Disney, Comcast now Hulu's only owners as AT&T exits
• Netflix says it's not worried about Disney or Apple encroaching on its turf

Music Break: Into The Trap  from Return of the Jedi

Final Word

• Xbox One S All-Digital Edition: Price, availability, games and more
• EXCLUSIVE: WHAT TO EXPECT FROM SONY'S NEXT-GEN PLAYSTATION

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• • Touchdowns! SpaceX Lands All 3 Falcon Heavy Boosters After Launching Satellite
    • SpaceX loses the center core of its Falcon Heavy rocket due to choppy seas

• Mush, Spot, Mush!

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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 Vudu product manager Tosin Onafowokan.