573: Let Elon Take the Wheel

This week, an Amazon robot injures two dozen humans, Google’s CEO testifies before Congress, China flexes its muscle against tech companies in the west, Bold statements from Elon Musk, space news... and much, much more.

Headlines

• Samsung delays its $2,000 folding phone after test units break
  • iFixit: Samsung's Galaxy Fold is 'alarmingly fragile'
• TSA Agents Say They’re Not Discriminating Against Black Women, But Their Body Scanners Might Be
• Tesla’s full self-driving computer is now in all new cars and a next-gen chip is already ‘halfway done’

Audible Book of the Week

• Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe
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Music Break: The Avengers by Alan Silvestri

Hot Topics

• Google Walkout Organizers Say They're Facing Retaliation
• Twitter shuts down 5,000 pro-Trump bots retweeting anti-Mueller report invective
• Facebook says it 'unintentionally uploaded' 1.5 million people's email contacts without their consent
• Thousands of leaked Facebook documents show Mark Zuckerberg as ‘master of leverage’ in plan to trade user data

Music Break: Back to the Future  by Alan Silvestri

Final Word

• • Researchers Just Demonstrated Nuclear Fusion in a Device Small Enough to Keep at Home

The Drill Down Videos of the Week: Tesla Autonomy Day

• Watch Tesla Unveil Its Full Self-Driving Computer In Under 5 Minutes

• Deep Analysis of the parts that put Full Self Driving into production

• Full Self-Driving POV with Tesla hardware V3

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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.