582: Social Media Trumps Hate

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Apple drives itself, reason on social media trumps hate, Americans choose asteroids over mars...and Raspberry Pi... YUM!, and much more. 

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Masterclass

Dwayne: Anker’s ROAV

Tosin: Oculus Quest

Headlines

• $35 Raspberry Pi 4 announced with 4K support and up to 4GB of RAM
• Apple acquires self-driving startup Drive.ai

Audible Book of the Week

• Alien III: An Audible Original Drama by William Gibson
• Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown

Music Break: Bishop's Countdown from 'Aliens' by James Horner

Hot Topics

• YouTube lets you hide channels from your recommendations
• Knitting social network bans all posts supporting Trump and his administration
  • Reddit quarantines Trump subreddit r/The_Donald for violent comments
  • Highlights For Children — Yes, That Highlights — Is Blasting The Trump Administration’s Immigration Policies
• Rivals Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo join forces to come out against Trump tariffs

Music Break: Life on Mars? by David Bowie

Final Word

• Poll: Asteroid watch more urgent than Mars trip

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Bill Gates on Startups, Investing and Solving The World's Hardest Problems

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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.