The Drill Down

TDD 387

This week, we’re joined by Engadget senior editor Devindra Hardawar for his epic review of newly released Windows 10, Universal leaks its own film to pirates, a nightmare for one Apple Music user, Twitter drops stolen tweets, tech leaders speak out against warfare AI, the Amiga turns 30, ... and much much more

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Andy: Spotify Discover Weekly

Dwayne: Drinkwell Platinum Pet Fountain

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Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Robot Rock by Daft Punk

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Music Break: The Times They Are a-Changin' by Bob Dylan

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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 tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan.

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Category:technology -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

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This week, Reddit lays down the law, drones hinder rescue efforts, a cheating site gets hacked, an exploit to hijack a car remotely, Prof. Stephen Hawking joins the search for ET ... and much much more

What We're Playing With

Andy: Amazon Prime Day

Dwayne: Ubuntu

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: It Wasn't Me by Shaggy (ft. Rik Rok)

Hot Topics

Music Break: Rapture by Blondie

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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 tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan.

Direct download: The_Drill_Down_-_Show_386.mp3
Category:technology -- posted at: 7:30am EDT

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This week, the Internet comes to low-income housing, Reddit’s woes are far from over, is it finally time to kill Adobe Flash? We say farewell to a gaming legend ... and much much more...

What We're Playing With

Tosin: Lightpack / Philips Hue mod

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: The Last Starfighter by Craig Safan

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Music Break: Smiles and Tears from "Earthbound (Mother2)"

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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 tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan.

Direct download: The_Drill_Down_-_Show_385.mp3
Category:technology -- posted at: 7:30am EDT

Reddit_revolt

This week we’re joined by Greg Davies, host of Blendover & Heavy Metal Historian podcasts, and of course, Geeks of Doom's own TARDISBlend podcast. Our topics: Uber is driven away from France, Hacking Team gets...well, hacked, Microsoft hangs up the phone, Reddit users downvote their CEO, Han Solo gets his own anthology movie... and much much more.

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: One Piece At A Time by Johnny Cash

Hot Topics

Music Break: Welcome To My Nightmare by Alice Cooper

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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 tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan.

Direct download: The_Drill_Down_-_Show_384.mp3
Category:technology -- posted at: 7:30am EDT

TDD 383

This week, we're joined by tech journalist (and former The Drill Down co-host) Tom Cheredar, as we discuss: Taylor Swift tells Apple Music ‘we ARE getting back together’, French cab drivers are revolting, Netflix is about to be bigger than networks, A.I. sasses back, a real GIANT ROBOT DUEL!! ... and much much more. 

What We're Playing With

Andy: Humans on AMC; Apple Music (Mashable review)

Tom: Sling, The Cord Cutter's Guide

Dwayne: Sling, Coin

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: 1999 by Prince

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Music Break: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

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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 tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan.

Direct download: The_Drill_Down_-_Show_383.mp3
Category:technology -- posted at: 7:30am EDT

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