587: Transformers Under the Sea

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Facebook let kids get exposed to strangers, two new tech bills to help consumers, Capital One gets breached, transforming robots and much more. 

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Oculus Quest

Headlines

• Facebook design flaw let thousands of kids join chats with unauthorized users
• New bill would ban autoplay videos and endless scrolling
• A Bipartisan Bill That Could End Our Robocall Hell Just Passed the House 429-3

Audible Book of the Week

• Medieval Robots: Mechanism, Magic, Nature, and Art by E. R. Truitt
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Music Break: We Are the Robots by Balanescu Quartet

Hot Topics

• Capital One Says Breach Hit 100 Million Individuals in U.S.
• T-Mobile and Sprint Are Merging. What Does That Mean for You?

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Meet Aquanaut, the Underwater Transformer

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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.