This week, we put current news aside in order to review the annus horribilis that was 2016, and this year, we’re doing something a little different. Instead of merely having a stack-ranked list of top news of the year, we’re gonna make tech news compete for awards, affectionately called The Drill Bits. So put on your tuxes, get in the limo, and roll out the red carpet, ‘cause the show’s about to begin!

What We're Playing With

Dwayne: AmazFit Phase

Andy: Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture

The Drill Bits Awards  

In Memoriam

Audible Book of the Week

• The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
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Music Break: Finding the Pattern from Everybody's Gone to the Rapture by Jessica Curry

Music Break: An Early Harvest from Everybody's Gone to the Rapture by Jessica Curry

Predictions for 2017

• DWAYNE: Twitter Goes into Acquisition Talks
• TOSIN: Silicon Valley Vs Traditional Business - BIGLY
• ANDY: Model 3 Will Not Ship in 2017
• TOSIN: Nintendo Switch will bring the game company back from the brink
• ANDY: Net Neutrality Naysayers Strike Back
• DWAYNE: Bitcoin will be something to watch

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This week, driverless ride-sharing is emerging, Russia’s part in hacking the US election, President-Elect Trump meets with tech leaders, Bill Gates leads a fight against climate change,  and much, much more.

What We're Playing With Dwayne: Eight Sleep

Headlines

• Yahoo discloses hack of 1 billion accounts
• Samsung confirms it will render the US Note 7 useless with next update
• Google Said to Plan Ride-Sharing Service With Fiat Chrysler
• Uber opens up Autonomous Ride Sharing in San Francisco
  • California says Uber must halt its self-driving car service in San Francisco
  • Driverless Uber Runs a Red Light
• Uber grabs more location data with their new app update
• 5 ex-Uber employees say there was broad access to “God View” and abuse of it to track users including celebrities and politicians, even after initial news broke

Audible Book of the Week

• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story by Alexander Freed
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Music Break: The Imperial March by John Williams

Hot Topics

• Obama orders review of cyber attacks on 2016 election
  • Russian Hackers Acted to Aid Trump in Election, U.S. Says
  • The Perfect Weapon: How Russian Cyberpower Invaded the U.S.
• Tech leaders meet with Donald Trump
  • Critics bash Trump children’s presence at tech meeting
• Silicon Valley Engineers Pledge To Never Build A Muslim Registry
• Bill Gates and investors worth $170 billion are launching a fund to fight climate change through energy innovation

Music Break: Electronic Santa by Blazer Force

Final Word

• XAOMI launches the AmazFit Pace, for all you sad Pebble fanbois out there.
  • Coupon code is “NOTFITBIT”

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Happy Holidays from Boston Dynamics!

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This week, Pebble’s dead, Google goes green, UK’s Snoopers Charter, Amazon Go, a DIY gif bot, some amazing game trailers, and much, much more. Podcast [display_podcast]

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Andy: Westworld, season 1; Westworld soundtrack

Tosin: Box 4.0 for iOS, BATMAN - The Telltale Series' (Steam), Assassin's Creed 3

Headlines

• Google says it will reach 100% renewable energy for its global operations in 2017
• Supreme Court throws out $399M penalty judgment against Samsung in patent dispute with Apple over iPhone design
• New MacBook Pro with Touch Bar suffers from serious battery issues
• Pebble Is Dead, and Its Customers Are Completely Screwed

Correction: It was mentioned that Apple Watch sales dropped 74 or 76 percent year over year. The number is actually 71 percent. 

Audible Book of the Week

• Catalyst (Star Wars): A Rogue One Novel by James Luceno
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Music Break: Time Stand Still by Rush (ft. Aimee Mann)

Hot Topics

• 'Snooper's charter' bill becomes law, extending UK state surveillance
• Fake Or Real? How To Self-Check The News And Get The Facts
• Amazon launches a beta of Go, a cashier-free, app-based food shopping experience

Music Break: The Last of Us by Gustavo Santaolalla

Final Word

• Peeqo - The GIF Bot

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• The Game Awards 2016: Kojima’s ‘Death Stranding’ Trailer With Guillermo del Toro, Mads Mikkelsen

• PSX 2016: ‘The Last Of Us 2’ Confirmed; Reveal Trailer Released

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This week, was the US election hacked?, Facebook compromises censorship to get into China, auto regulators want you off your apps, Google AI makes its own language, and much more.

What We're Playing With

Andy: Bluedio T2s Turbine Headphones; Netflix download on mobile

Dwayne: Google Home

Headlines

• Black Friday online sales to hit a record-breaking $3 billion, over $1 billion from mobile
  • Cyber Monday breaks 2015 Record.
• CNN acquires social-video startup Beme, co-founded by YouTube star Casey Neistat, for $25M
• AT&T’s DirecTV Now streaming TV service officially unveiled
  • Problems with the service.
• Amazon will truck your massive piles of data to the cloud with an 18-wheeler

Audible Book of the Week

• The Fourth Transformation: How Augmented Reality & Artificial Intelligence Will Change Everything by Robert Scobel & Shel Israel
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Music Break: Black Friday by Steely Dan

Hot Topics

• Want to Know if the Election was Hacked? Look at the Ballots
• Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back Into China
• Auto Safety Regulators Seek a Driver Mode to Block Apps
• Google’s AI translation tool seems to have invented its own secret internal language
• Fitbit is reportedly buying troubled smartwatch maker Pebble for around $40 million

Music Break: Come Talk To Me by Peter Gabriel

Final Word

• Grace Hopper and Margaret Hamilton awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom for computing advances

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• "SEAGULLS! (Stop It Now)" -- A Bad Lip Reading of The Empire Strikes Back

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This week, while The Drill Down celebrates US Thanksgiving with our families, Dwayne DeFreitas brings you an interview with Sébastien de la Bastie, Managing Director of Invoxia, creators of the Triby, a voice-controlled speaker with built-in Amazon Alexa Voice Service.

• Invoxia Triby, also on sale at Amazon.
• The Drill Down Holiday Gift Guide 2016

Audible Book of the Week

• The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone
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The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Doom on the MacBook Pro Touch Bar

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This week, Silicon Valley responds to the election of Donald Trump, fake news on the internet, Apple wrote the book on product design...and it’s for sale, and much more.

What We're Playing With

Andy: GE Podcast Theater & Panoply’s LifeAfter podcast

Dwayne: The Handmaiden (Park Chan Wook) ; Arrival (Denis Villeneuve)

Tosin: Dr. Strange, This guy made a Beastie Boys remix album using only Daft Punk samples Headlines

• Tech CEO letters to employees address feelings of unrest after election
• Twitter suspends alt-right accounts
• iPhones Secretly Send Call History to Apple, Security Firm Says

Audible Book of the Week

• Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
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Music Break: Lies by Thompson Twins

Hot Topic: Fake News on the Internet

• Donald Trump Won Because of Facebook
  • Viral Fake Election News Outperformed Real News On Facebook In Final Months Of The US Election
  • Zuckerberg: the idea that fake news on Facebook influenced the election is ‘crazy’
  • Zuckerberg vows to weed out Facebook 'fake news'
  • Facebook's Fight Against Fake News Was Undercut by Fear of Conservative Backlash
  • Renegade Facebook Employees Form Task Force To Battle Fake News
• Google admits it messed up with fake election story
  • Google and Facebook Take Aim at Fake News Sites
• Snowden: Stop Relying On Facebook For Your News

Music Break: Check It Out (Daft Science Remix) by Coins

Final Word

• Apple releases $300 book containing 450 photos of Apple products

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• MacBook Pro with Touch Bar review

• SHOWDOWN: Google Home VS  Amazon Echo!

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This week, Elon Musk says AI can take down the internet, China enacts cybersecurity... and it’s concerning, how a Trump presidency will affect Silicon Valley, there's something fishy with Amazon Alexa, and much more.

What We're Playing With

Andy: Echo Dot; Wacom Intuos 2 0912-U 

Dwayne: Star Wars, The Old Republic - The Comics

Tosin: Samsung Gear VR

Headlines

• Elon Musk Says Advanced A.I. Could "Take Down the Internet"
• Tesco Bank freezes all online transactions after money stolen from 20,000 accounts

Audible Book of the Week

• Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
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Music Break: American Idiot by Green Day

Hot Topics:

• China’s new cybersecurity law is bad news for business
• What does a President-elect Trump mean for Silicon Valley? Nothing very good.
  • Silicon Valley investors call for California to secede from the US after Trump win
  • Tech groups may bring cash piles home under Trump

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Man hacks Alexa into singing fish robot, terror ensues

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This week, Apple refreshes its MacBooks, an October surprise for Hillary Clinton, Tesla launches new products for the home, Google’s AIs are keeping secrets from each other  ... and our annual holiday gift guide!

Headlines

• The 7 biggest announcements from Apple's MacBook event

• FBI probes newly discovered emails tied to Clinton case
• Tesla Powerwall 2 & Solar Roof Launch
  • Why Tesla’s new solar roof tiles and home battery are such a big deal
• Google's AI created its own form of encryption

Audible Book of the Week

• The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
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Music Break: Price Tag by Jessie J (featuring B.O.B)

Holiday Gift Guide

Dwayne:

1. Invoxia Triby ($200)
2. Sony Alpha 6300 ($1,148) / 5100 ($598)
3. Amazon Fire TV ($90)
4. Google Wifi/ Eero 3 Pack ($500) /Luma ($347)
5. (UNDER $50) Moshi Digits ($30)

Tosin:

1. Doom/Gears of War 4/Firewatch $12/Uncharted 4 ($30-60)
2. Adobe Subscription with Lightroom ($9.99+)
3. Char-Broil Classic 3-Burner Gas Grill
4. Xbox One S & Playstation 4 Pro Black Friday $250 -400
5. (UNDER $50) Captain America Civil War/10 Cloverfield Lane $21/$15

Andrew:

1. Masterbuilt 30-inch Front Controller Electric Smoker with Window and RF Controller ($253.43)
2. Microsoft Surface Studio with Dial ($3,000. Dial is $100 but free with Pre-order of Studio)
3. iPad Pro, 12.9-inch w/ Apple Pencil  (Dwayne likes the iPad Pro 9.7)
4. HTC VIVE Virtual Reality System ($800)
5. Whistle GPS Pet Tracker ($80)

Favorites:

• ANDY: VPN subscription - One can’t be too careful these days. Devindra recommends Private Internet Access.
  • Browse anonymously (masked IP) from home without ad trackers, sniffers or the like
  • Unblock all censorship filters
• DWAYNE: Amazon Echo Dot (Now cheaper than last year!)
• TOSIN: Video Subscriptions: Netflix / Amazon / HBO Now
• TOSIN: Media Subscriptions: Comixology / Audible
• ANDY: Travel Chargers: Jackery Bolt 6,000 mAh Ultra-Compact External Battery Charger

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This week, The Drill Down co-host emeritus Tom Cheredar joins us as Microsoft gets cozy with creators, AT&T buys Time Warner, the Nintendo Switch, is your webcam part of a botnet?, a self-driving beer truck, Young Lando Calrissian, are aliens talking to us from space? ... and much, much more this week!

What We're Playing With

Andy: Tesla turns profit, Musk says no new capital needed for Model 3

Dwayne: Volkswagen Settlement Calculator. Uber’s self-driving truck company just completed its first shipment: 50,000 cans of Budweiser

Headlines

• This Is Why Half the Internet Shut Down Last Friday
  • Hacked Cameras, DVRs Powered Today’s Massive Internet Outage
• Bad news for Apple: Apple Revenue Decline/ Airpods delayed

Audible Book of the Week

• Time Travel: A History by James Gleick
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Music Break: Eastbound And Down by Jerry Reed

Hot Topic: AT&T buys Time Warner / Microsoft Surface Event 2016

• AT&T Agrees to Buy Time Warner for $85.4 Billion
  • Regulatory Microscope Lies Ahead for AT&T and Time Warner
• The eight biggest announcements from today’s Microsoft event

• What We Now Know About the Nintendo Switch

Music Break: 3005 by Childish Gambino

Final Word

• Donald Glover Cast as Young Lando Calrissian in Upcoming Han Solo Star Wars Stand-Alone Film
• Aliens may have sent a ‘strong message’ from deep in space, scientists claim

The Drill Down Video of the Week

Trailer For Nintendo’s NX Console, Nintendo Switch

Arrival (2016 Film)

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This week, Donald Trump is insecure, but Peter Thiel is still supportive. Tesla goes fully autonomous, Netflix takes over Hollywood (and CBS steps up to challenge), and Red Dead Redemption shoots for 2017...and much, much more! 

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Dwayne: Vitamix Dry Container - I made almond butter

Headlines

• Donald Trump Is Running Some Really Insecure Email Servers
• Facebook chief explains why Peter Thiel is still on the board
• All new Tesla cars now have hardware for ‘full self-driving capabilities’
• Feds Walk Into A Building, Demand Everyone's Fingerprints To Open Phones
  • Forcing suspects to reveal phone passwords is unconstitutional, court says

Audible Book of the Week

• Surviving AI: The Promise and Peril of Artificial Intelligence by Calum Chace
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Music Break: House of Cards by Jeff Beal

Hot Topic: Netflix disrupts Hollywood

• Netflix Is Taking Over Hollywood, and Hollywood Isn’t Thrilled
  • Netflix To Reportedly Offer Offline Viewing Later This Year
  • Netflix shakes off weak subscriber growth and its stock is skyrocketing
• Report: Google will launch a cheap web TV service in 2017, and CBS is already on board
  • CBS boss suggests Apple's TV streaming service is still stalled

Music Break: Triggernometry by Bill Elm & Woody Jackson (from "Red Dead Redemption" score)

Final Word: Red Dead Redemption 2

• New Red Dead Announcement Teased By Rockstar Games
  • Red Dead Redemption 2? Why people have gone crazy over a teasing image
  • Red Dead Redemption 2 officially announced for next year

The Drill Down Video of the Week 'Mass Effect: Andromeda' Director Teases Big Ship & Character Reveal For N7 Day Announcement

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This week, Russia hacks US elections, The Samsung Galaxy Note is toast, Amazon  comes to your corner, President Obama sends us to Mars!... and much, much more this week.

What We're Playing With

Dwayne: Vitamix Professional 750 (G Series)

Headlines

• U.S. government officially accuses Russia of hacking campaign to interfere with elections
• Oculus Touch will be available on December 6th for $200
• Mercedes EQ brand to capitalise on EV 'tipping point'

Audible Book of the Week

• Driverless: Intelligent Cars and the Road Ahead by Hod Lipson & Melba Kurman
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Music Break: Burning Down the House by Talking Heads

Hot Topics

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Timeline:

• 2 September: Samsung issues Voluntary Recall amid Galaxy Note 7 explosions
• 8 September: Airlines ban Galaxy Note 7
• 15 September: US Government mandatory recall
• 09 October: AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon halt sales and replacements
• 09 October: Samsung Halts Galaxy Note 7 Production
• 10 October: FAA says “Don’t even turn on the new ones in flight”
• 11 October: Samsung permanently stops Galaxy Note 7 production
• 11 October: Samsung Asks All Global Partners to Stop GxN7 Sales and Exchanges

Amazon Making Disruptive Moves

• Amazon announces Unlimited Music
• Amazon convenience stores

Music Break: Drops of Jupiter by Train

Final Word

• Opinion>> Barack Obama: America will take the giant leap to Mars
  • But is Mars the best planet for Colonization?

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• GTA VR (ft. Steven Ogg)

• Samsung's Explosion-Proof Note 7 Return Packaging

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This week, Google’s new toys, Yahoo let the US read your email, Facebook takes on craigslist, Amazon challenges students to get conversational... and much, much more!

What We're Playing With

Andy, Dwayne & Tosin: HBO’s Westworld / Violent Delights

Headlines

• Yahoo secretly scanned customer emails for U.S. intelligence
• With Its Newest Feature, Facebook Takes on Craigslist
• Amazon’s $2.5M ‘Alexa Prize’ seeks chatbot that can converse intelligently for 20 minutes
  • Samsung acquires Viv, a next-gen AI assistant built by the creators of Apple’s Siri
• Google Translation Breakthroughs
  • How Google Used to Translate: Crowd (22 June 2010)
  • How Google Translates Now: Neural Machine Learning (03 October 2016)

Audible Book of the Week

• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
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Music Break: Come Talk to Me by Peter Gabriel

Hot Topic: 'Made by Google' event 2016

• These are the features that make Google's new Pixel phones special
• Google’s “Daydream View” VR headset is smartphone-powered VR for $79
• Google WiFi is a router that simplifies whole-home wireless
• Google Chromecast Ultra brings 4K video and HDR support for $69
• Google Home will be cheaper than the Amazon Echo, available in November

Music Break: Tiny Machine by The Darling Buds

Final Word

• Nanoscale Machines Snag the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Google’s Pixel phone event in 10 minutes

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This week, the largest hack of all time, Twitter & SoundCloud may have new owners, Apple plans its own version of the Echo, Snapchat makes a Spectacle of itself, Humans are one flight closer to Mars ... and much, much more.

Headlines

• Yahoo confirms major breach — and it could be the largest hack of all time
  • Defending Against Hackers Took a Back Seat at Yahoo, Insiders Say
• Twitter may soon get formal bid, suitors said to include Salesforce and Google
  • Disney Is Working With an Adviser on Potential Twitter Bid
• Spotify in Talks to Acquire SoundCloud

Audible Book of the Week

• Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era by James Barrat
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Music Break: Telephone by Pomplamoose

Hot Topic: The Decline of Mobile

• Apple Stepping Up Plans for Amazon Echo-Style Smart-Home Device
• Apple iPhone 7 Sales Hide a Serious Problem
• The global smartphone boom is over — sorry Apple
• BlackBerry bails on building its own phones
• Snapchat unveils $130 connected sunglasses and rebrands as Snap, Inc.

Music Break: Mars: The Bringer of War by Gustav Holst

Final Word: To Mars!

• Elon Musk lays out his vision for a human civilization on Mars

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System

• PPAP Pen Pineapple Apple Pen

• How a 'Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen' earworm took over the internet
• Internet goes crazy for pineapple pen

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This week, Google takes a road trip, North Korea leaks all over the internet, new rules for self-driving cars, GIANT ROBOT DUEL!! ... and much, much more

What We're Playing With

Tosin: Asus Chromebook Flip

Andy & Dwayne: geek Culture and the Emmys Headlines

• Google launches Trips, trip planner and travel guide app, with custom itineraries
• The App economy is slowing down.. Or is it speeding up?
• North Korea Has Accidentally Leaked its Propaganda Websites

Audible Book of the Week

• Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
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Music Break: Cloud Atlas end title by Tom Tykwer, Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek

Hot Topic: Vehicle Tech

• Apple in talks with luxury supercar carmaker McLaren
• We warned Tesla about hands-free Autopilot use
• New rules of the road for self-driving cars have just been released
  • Government Says Self-Driving Vehicles Will Save Money, Time, Lives
• Lyft says robots will drive most of its cars in five years

Music Break: Electric Avenue by Eddy Grant

Final Word

• Quantum teleportation over 7 kilometres of cables smashes record

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Giant Robot Duel update: MegaBots Season 1

• The Marvel Symphonic Universe

• Save The Day

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This week, Elon Musk wants to hack the human brain, Netflix wants to bust a cap in data caps, is Facebook abusing its power as a news source?, ageism in tech, 50 years of Star Trek... and much, much more.

What We're Playing With

Andy: Dolphin Nintendo emulator; Docking Bay 94 (Mos Eisley simulator); iOS 10

Tosin: PAX Titles

• Overload (Coming in 2017 to PS4/XB1/PC/MAC/LINUX)
• Open Sorcery - Available on Android, iPhone, and can be played Online)
• Echo (Spring 2017 - PC and some consoles tbd)
• Oxygen not Included: Space colony simulation game
• 1979 Revolution Black Friday

Dwayne: Uber starts autonomous vehicles in Pittsburg; iPhone 7, one week later

Headlines

• Elon Musk is Looking to Kickstart Transhuman Evolution With “Brain Hacking” Tech
• Tesla Autopilot 8.0 uses radar to prevent accidents like the fatal Model S crash
• Amazon’s connected speaker Echo Dot returns, is now only $50
• Netflix asks FCC to declare data caps “unreasonable”
  • Netflix Subscriber Satisfaction Rises to 94.5%, Despite Price Increase

Audible Book of the Week

• No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald
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Music Break: Touch of Gray by The Grateful Dead

Hot Topic

• Mark Zuckerberg accused of abusing power after Facebook deletes 'napalm girl' post
• Univision deletes six controversial Gawker Media posts
  • Statement from Gawker Media Editorial Union on Univision's Deletion of News Stories
• It’s Tough Being Over 40 in Silicon Valley

Music Break:  'Star Trek' main title by Alexander Courage (arr. Michael Giacchino)

Final Word

• Google's Project Wing drones will deliver Chipotle burritos at Virginia Tech
• Star Trek 50th Anniversary: personal thoughts

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Mad Max: Fury Road raw stunt footage (without CGI)

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This week, The Drill Down co-host emeritus Tom Cheredar joins us for our rundown of Apple's Sept. 7th event, including a new Apple Watch and the iPhone 7. Also, Sony's new Playstation 4 Pro, YouTubers freak out about censorship & monetization, SpaceX destroys Facebook's satellite, and much, much more.

Headlines

• Tim Cook Says Apple Could Send Cash Back to U.S. Next Year
• Samsung is recalling the Galaxy Note 7 worldwide over battery problem
• YouTubers Are Freaking Out About Money and 'Censorship'
• A major SpaceX explosion just destroyed Facebook's first satellite

Audible Book of the Week

• Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
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Music Break: If I Were King of the Forest by Bert Lahr

Hot Topic: Apple's Sept. 7th Event

• Everything Apple announced at today’s iPhone 7 launch event

• Sony Unveils New 4K PlayStation Console PS4 Pro

Music Break: Brave by Sara Bareilles

Final Word

• Netflix saves kids from over 150 hours of commercials a year

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• The award for Best Journalism Film went to TURBOMETAL MOTORBLOG from Hungary at the London Motor Film Festival.

• ‘Westworld’ Trailer: HBO’s Latest Gunslinger Sci-Fi Drama Looks Like Another Hit

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This week, join former The Drill Down co-host Tom Cheredar as we discuss:  Spotify buries musicians who aren’t exclusive, Facebook kills the Trending Topics team, What to expect from Apple, is there a spy in your iPhone? How the Clinton Campaign Is Foiling the Kremlin, and have the Russians hacked US voting systems?  ..and much, much more this week on The Drill Down.  

What We're Playing With

Andy: Playstation Now for PC

Dwayne: SONOS is finally getting smart

Tom: Budget-level Samson Meteor USB Mic Headlines

• WhatsApp to share phone numbers and analytics data of users with Facebook, two years after it said it had no plans to collect data
• Spotify Is Burying Musicians for Their Apple Deals
• Facebook letting go of entire Trending Topics editorial staff
  • Facebook axed human Trending News editors, algorithm immediately goes full-on FAIL

Audible Book of the Week

• Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer by Rob Manning, William L. Simon
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Music Break: Unprotected Sex With Multiple Partners by Against Me!

Hot Topics

• What to expect at Apple’s September 2016 event: iPhone 7 and more
• Apple Owes Ireland $14.5 Billion In Taxes, European Commission Says
• Malware sold to governments could help them spy on iPhones
• How the Clinton Campaign Is Foiling the Kremlin
• FBI says foreign hackers penetrated state election systems

Music Break: Life on Mars? by David Bowie

Final Word

• Mars scientists leave dome on Hawaii mountain after year in isolation

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• EvaBop / Cowboy Bebop Original Intro

• IBM Creates First Movie Trailer by AI for ‘Morgan’

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This week, autonomous Ubers invade Pittsburgh, Nougat is here, Russian hackers hit the New York Times, Mario warps down to Rio, and another earth may be closer than we thought ..and much, much more this week.

What We're Playing With

Andy: Mr. Robot app

Tosin: Teltale Batman

Dwayne: Go90 - Transformers Combiner Wars

Headlines

• Uber’s First Self-Driving Fleet Arrives in Pittsburgh This Month
• New Tesla Model S Now the Quickest Production Car in the World
• Android Nougat comes out of beta
• Doctors can now prescribe Jabra fitness headphones to treat obesity, cancer and diabetes
• How Things Work by Nick Denton

Audible Book of the Week

• The Perfect Theory: A Century of Geniuses and the Battle over General Relativity by Pedro G. Ferreira
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Music Break: Mr. Robot theme by Mac Quayle

Hot Topic: Hackers and Leakers

• The NSA Leak is Real, Snowden Documents Confirm
  • Rogue Insider Could Be Behind NSA Data Dump
• FBI investigating Russian hack of New York Times reporters, others
• Private lives are exposed as WikiLeaks spills its secrets

Music Break: Super Mario 64 theme by Koji Kondo

Final Word

• Earth-Like Planet Found Orbiting the Nearest Star to the Sun

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Love Sport TOKYO 2020

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This week, former TDD co-host Tom Cheredar joins us as we discuss: Intel’s VR rig, Gawker gets a new owner, Twitter’s harassment fails, Facebook vs AdBlock, the NSA gets hacked ..and much, much more.

What We're Playing With

Dwayne: Stranger Things

Tosin: Road to Ballhalla

Tom: Adult Swim’s iOS keyboard

Headlines

• Google has a new plan to bring gigabit internet to your home, and it doesn’t involve wires
• Intel shows off all-in-one Project Alloy virtual reality headset
• Univision is buying Gawker Media for $135 million

Audible Book of the Week

• Pines by Blake Crouch
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Music Break: This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race by Fall Out Boy

Hot Topic

• Inside Twitter’s 10-Year Failure To Stop Harassment
  • Twitter's ex-CEO:Buzzfeed Article 'Laughably False'
• Adblock Plus blocks Facebook block of Adblock Plus block of Facebook block of AdBlock Plus block of Facebook ads
  • Facebook vs. Adblock Plus: Just By Fighting, Facebook Wins
  • Facebook Can’t Win Against Ad Blockers, and Here’s the Proof

Music Break: Human After All by Daft Punk

Final Word

• Hackers Say They Hacked NSA-Linked Group, Want 1 Million Bitcoins to Share More
  • Cisco And Fortinet Confirm Flaws Exposed By Self-Proclaimed NSA Hackers

The Drill Down Videos of the Week: Uncanny Valley

• Uncanny Valley (2015) by Federico Heller

• This robot wants a family...and to destroy humans

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This week, when is a gun not a gun? Who’s riding shotgun with Carpool Karaoke? The Olympic hashtag you’re not supposed to use, Hulu says ‘Aloha’ to free streaming, You won't believe how Facebook tweaked their algorithm ..and much, much more.

What We're Wondering

• Was Delta Hacked?

Headlines: Social Media Matters

• Shocker! Facebook Changes Its Algorithm to Avoid ‘Clickbait’
• Trump’s nice tweets come from Apple iPhone, the not-so-nice ones come from Android phone
• Apple's changing of the pistol emoji to a toy water gun in iOS 10 beta is a potentially dangerous decision
  • Microsoft Changes Water Gun to a Pistol
• Apple Music Buys ‘Carpool Karaoke’ TV Series

Audible Book of the Week

• CTRL ALT Revolt! By Nick Cole
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Music Break: Olympic Anthem and Theme by John Williams

Hot Topic: 2016 Rio Olympics Media Matters

• The Rule 40 Issue
  • Olympic Twitter 'bot' is coming after those tweeting about the Rio games
  • Twitter suspends fake Rio 2016 ‘Rule 40’ Olympic bot account
• NBC Digital Coverage Issue
  • NBC spent $1 billion on olympic streaming, but traditional viewership is DOWN
  • NBC looks to make $1.2 billion in ads, so t in part thanks to ZIKA
  • Users complain about how delayed the coverage is
  • Users think there are too many Commercials
  • But There are actually LESS commercials this time around
  • NBC blames complaints about ads on binge-watching expectations
• Hulu Ends Free Streaming Service

Music Break: "Heroes" by David Bowie

Final Word

• UK copyright extension on designed objects is “direct assault” on 3D printing

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• #RioOlympics2016: Philippine Diving Team

• Social Media: Dolphin STEALS lady’s iPad

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This week, the Russians hack the DNC?, Instagram out-Snapchats Snapchat, Uber bows to China, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, a real-world tribute to Pikachu Who's the most tech-savvy Presidential candidate? ..and much, much more

What We're Playing With

Andy: finished GTA V

Dwayne: Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak

Tosin: Uncharted 4

Headlines

• FBI investigates DNC breach, and its potential ties to Russian hackers
• Instagram Takes a Page From Snapchat, and Takes Aim at It, Too
• Here’s the Samsung Galaxy Note 7
• Tesla misses Q2 earnings, delivers 14,402 vehicles
  • Tesla and Solar City strike a deal.

Audible Book of the Week

• The Great Acceleration by Robert Colville
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Music Break: If You Want Blood (You've Got It) by AC/DC

Hot Topics

• Uber Said to Merge China Business With Didi in $35 Billion Deal
• Why Oracle needed NetSuite
• Expecting Data From Theranos, Lab Experts Get New Product
• No Matter Who Our Next President Is, They Won't Understand Technology

Music Break: Jump by Van Halen

Final Word

• Illegal Pikachu Statue put up Overnight in New Orleans

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• A guy just successfully jumped from 25,000 ft with no parachute, into a net!

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This week, Wikileaks leaks DNC emails, Verizon buys Yahoo, the future for Tesla & Facebook, can police unlock your iPhone by 3D-printing your fingerprint?  ..and much, much more!

Headlines

• Nintendo Slumps By Most Since 1990 on Dashed Pokemon Go Hopes
• WikiLeaks Emails Show DNC Favored Hillary Clinton Over Bernie Sanders During The Democratic Primary
  • Facebook admits blocking WikiLeaks’ DNC email links, but won’t say why
• Apple Helped Feds Seize World's Largest Torrent Site, Arrest Alleged Owner

Audible Book of the Week

• The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
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Music Break: Extreme Ways by Moby

Hot Topic: The Future of Tech Giants

• Yahoo Cuts $4.8 Billion Deal to Sell Core Business to Verizon
  • Verizon Explains Exactly Why It's Spending $4.8 Billion to Buy Yahoo!
  • Mayer to Yahoos: 'I'm planning to stay'
• Elon Musk's Master Plan, Part Deux
• Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook's next ten years

Music Break: Elevation by U2

Final Words

• Police 3D-printed a murder victim's finger to unlock his phone
• A Plane Just Flew Around The World Without A Single Drop Of Fuel
• Amazon begins testing delivery drone fleets in the UK

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• ‘Star Trek’ TV Series Official Title & New Ship Name Revealed

• Meet Farmbot

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This week, Pokemon fever continues, Social media reacts to an attempted coup in Turkey, an open letter from tech leaders to Donald Trump, Facebook's diversity problem, Netflix boldly goes where noone has gone before ..and much, much more!

What We're Playing With

Dwayne: Ghostbusters

Andy: Ghostbusters; Leslie Jones Leaves Twitter in Tears After Attacks, Twitter CEO Responds; Stranger Things

Tosin: Stranger Things

Headlines

• Niantic CEO says the company is going to add “sponsored locations” to Pokémon Go
  • T-Mobile Is Giving Customers a Year of Free Data to Play Pokemon Go
• Nintendo's Classic Mini is a tiny NES with 30 games
• Twitter now lets anyone request a verified account
• SoftBank to grab chip designer ARM for $32 billion

Audible Book of the Week

• The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek: The First 25 Years by Edward Gross & Mark A. Altman
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Music Break: 'Star Trek' main title by Alexander Courage (arr. Michael Giacchino)

Hot Topics

• Turkey’s President Hated The Internet Until It Helped Save Him From A Coup
  • WikiLeaks Dumps ‘Erdogan Emails’ After Turkey’s Failed Coup
• An open letter from technology sector leaders on Donald Trump’s candidacy for President
• Facebook shows little progress in diversity report, blames lack of available talent
  • The Big Lie: Tech Companies and Diversity Hiring

Music Break: Star Trek: The Motion Picture by Jerry Goldsmith

Final Word

• Netflix Gets the International Rights to All the Star Trek TV Series, Including the New One

The Drill Down Video of the Week Vaporeon Stampede, Central Park, NYC

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This week, Facebook Live’s growing pains as real-time news dominates livestreaming, the first use of lethal robots by a domestic police force, a robot stingray made from living cells, and Pokémon Go is here, and it’s super effective! ..and much more this week!

Headlines

• SEC probing Tesla for potential securities breach with Autopilot fatality
• ‘Secret Conversations:’ End-to-End Encryption Comes to Facebook Messenger
• Controversial livestreams become more frequent on Facebook Live, putting the company's rules and judgment under scrutiny
  • Facebook CEO Comments on Video Showing Aftermath of Police Shooting Philando Castle
  • Use of police robot to kill Dallas shooting suspect believed to be first in US history

Audible Book of the Week

• A History of Ghosts: The True Story of Seances, Mediums, Ghosts and Ghostbusters by Peter Aykroyd
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Music Break: Ghostbusters (For Orchestra) by Walt Ribeiro

Hot Topic: Pokémon GO

• On July 7, one day after its release, Pokémon Go had more Android installations than Tinder in US, and by July 8 it was on 5.16% of US Android devices  
• Nintendo's stock rises over 22% in Tokyo trading
• What We’re Playing With:
  • Andy, Dwayne, Tosin: Pokémon GO
• Pokémon Go shouldn’t have full access to your Gmail, Docs and Google account — but it does
• Pokémon Go Is Having an Effect on Players' Mental Health
• Wyoming teen playing Pokemon GO discovers body
• Teens used Pokémon Go app to lure robbery victims
• Safety tips for playing Pokemon GO

Music Break: Pokémon (For Orchestra) by Walt Ribeiro

Final Word: Apple: App Stores & e-Books

• This Swimming Stingray Robot Is Powered by Real, Living Rat Cells

The Drill Down Video of the Week

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This week, the FBI verdict on the Sen. Clinton email scandal, Apple to buy Tidal while fighting Spotify, A fatality using Tesla autopilot, Air Force AI beats human drone pilots, NASAs Juno probe reaches Jupiter ..and much more this week on The Drill Down.

What We're Playing With

Dwayne: Mr. Robot, season 1 (on Amazon Prime video)

Andy: Steam Summer sale purchases

Tosin: Her Story

Headlines

• Android N is now Android Nougat
• 2nd Hacker involved in ‘Celebgate’ pleads guilty, faces max 5 years in prison
• The FBI recommends not to indict Hillary Clinton for email misconduct

Audible Book of the Week

• Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution: 25th Anniversary Edition by Steven Levy
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Music Break: Mr. Robot by Mac Quayle

Hot Topic

• Apple in Talks to Acquire Jay Z’s Tidal Music Service
  • Spotify says Apple won’t approve a new version of its app because it doesn’t want competition for Apple Music
  • Apple Slams Spotify, Says App Already Violates App Store Rules
• Comcast will let customers get Netflix on its set-top box (which is a very big deal)
• Tesla driver killed in crash with Autopilot active, NHTSA investigating
• Electric car pioneer Tesla misses production targets

Music Break: Jupiter from "The Planets" by Gustav Holst

Final Word

• AI bests Air Force combat tactics experts in simulated dogfights
• NASA's Juno space probe arrives at Jupiter

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Self-driving tractors sow the seeds for high-tech farming (CNET News)
• 20th Anniversary of cloning Dolly the Sheep

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This week, the tech world responds to BREXIT, Microsoft revises Asimov’s laws of robotics, Facebook & YouTube filter out extremist content, Facebook wants you to see more of your friends content, why the car in that ad may not be what you think it is, Boston Dynamics brings a robot to the home, and much, much more.

What We're Playing With

Andy: Mr. Robot, season 1 (on Amazon Prime video)
Dwayne: Sling TV on Apple TV

Headlines

• Follow-up: Industry Out of Harmony With YouTube on Tracking of Copyrighted Music
• Google, Facebook quietly move toward automatic blocking of extremist videos
• Facebook implements News Feed ranking changes favoring friends and family over publishers, lists the “cores values” underlying this move
• Tesla's Model S just smashed the Pikes Peak hillclimb
• Sources: dozens of new brands get Dash buttons this week; companies pay $15 for each branded button sold and 15% of each product sale, atop normal commission

Audible Book of the Week

• Maestro Mario: How Nintendo Transformed Videogame Music into an Art by Andrew Schartmann
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Music Break: Get Busy by Saigon

Hot Topic: Tech in the EU

• Brexit: The tech world reacts to UK's withdrawal from EU
• Amid Housing Shortage, Berlin Bans Short-Term Rentals

Music Break: Robots (The Humans Are Dead) by Flight of the Conchords

Final Word

• Microsoft’s CEO explores how humans and A.I. can solve society's challenges -- together
  • Nadella lays out 10 Laws of AI (and Human Behavior)
• Apple and Microsoft are fighting a secret war for the future of technology

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Introducing SpotMini

• The Mill BLACKBIRD

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This week, Microsoft goes green (sort of), BitTorrent launches a news channel, Tesla invests in solar, Musicians rally against YouTube, Star Wars hits VR ..and much, much more... 

What We're Playing With

Andy: New Teaser Trailer For HBO’s ‘Westworld’;

C.H.I.P. (The World’s First Nine-Dollar Computer)

Dwayne: Japanese Trump Video

Headlines

• The First Big Company to Say It’s Serving the Legal Marijuana Trade? Microsoft.
• BitTorrent will reportedly launch a TV news channel on its streaming service
• City Mayors Worldwide Forge Alliance in Response to Airbnb, Uber
• Tesla Makes Offer to Acquire SolarCity

Audible Book of the Week

• Independence Day: Crucible: The Official Movie Prequel By Greg Keyes
• Independence Day: Resurgence: The Official Movie Novelization By Alex Irvine
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Music Break: Elevation by U2

Hot Topic: Music

• Spotify crosses 100m users
• The music industry signs up Taylor Swift and U2 in its fight against YouTube
  • Why Taylor Swift and the Music Industry's New Attack on YouTube Is a Mistake

Music Break: Western Warble from "Westworld" by Fred Karlin

Final Word

• Lucasfilm's ILMxLAB and Magic Leap partner to produce mixed-reality Star Wars content

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• The future of an AR-driven society

• Game of Thrones: Leeroy Jenkins

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This week, the internet is legally free for all, but not for Gawker, Microsoft buys LinkedIn, and all the latest from Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference and the Electronic Entertainment Expo ..and much more !

Headlines

• Federal Court Upholds Net Neutrality
• Gawker files for bankruptcy and says it will sell the company to Ziff Davis or someone else
• Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26b

Audible Book of the Week

• The State of Play: Sixteen Voices of Video Games by  Linus Larsson, Daniel Goldberg
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Music Break: The Last of Us by Gustavo Santaolalla

Hot Topic: WWDC & E3 2016

• The 13 biggest announcements from Apple WWDC 2016
• All the News From Microsoft's E3 2016 Press Conference
• Everything From Sony's E3 2016 Press Conference
• Nintendo at E3 2016: all of the latest news and announcements

Music Break: Heartless by Kanye West

Final Word

• Man lives 555 days without a heart

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• First Film Written Entirely by Algorithm

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This week, the FBI wants to spy on internet history without a warrant, Snapchat beats Twitter, Facebook’s CEO gets hacked, a way to stop rampant artificial intelligence, and a machine watches Blade Runner and the results may surprise you...and much more!

What We're Playing With

Andy: Fallout 4, GTA V (PC)

Dwayne: tech use in Beijing

Headlines

• E.W. Scripps Buys Podcast Company Stitcher
• FBI wants access to Internet browser history without a warrant in terrorism and spy cases
• Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage
• Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter and Pinterest accounts hacked, LinkedIn password dump likely to blame
• Blizzard integrates Facebook login and live video into Overwatch

Audible Book of the Week

• Warcraft: The Official Movie Novelization by Christie Golden
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Music Break: Theme from 'Warcraft' by Ramin Djawadi

Hot Topic: Mobile + Fitness

• Pebble's $99 Core music-streaming keychain fitness tracker will integrate Amazon's Alexa
• Samsung's new smart earbuds track your steps and heart rate
• Samsung May Release Phones With Bendable Screens in 2017

Music Break: Blade Runner Blues by Vangelis

Final Word: A.I. & The Real World

• Stop the Bots From Killing Broadway
• Google has developed a 'big red button' that can be used to interrupt artificial intelligence and stop it from causing harm

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• A guy trained a machine to "watch" Blade Runner. Then things got seriously sci-fi

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This week, Jawbone UP is down and out, Intel busts out 10-core chips, does the Hulk Hogan/Gawker suit threaten journalistic free speech?, Google vs Oracle is a victory for fair use, how European hate speech laws will affect US social media ...and much more!

What We're Playing With

Andy: update on gaming PC; Life is Strange

Tosin: Philips Hue Iris

Headlines

• Jawbone has stopped slowed producing its fitness trackers
  • Jawbone Is Trying to Sell Its Speaker Business
• Intel's Broadwell-E gaming CPU is a stunner, offering 10 cores for a whopping $1,723
• Push for encryption law falters despite Apple case spotlight

Audible Book of the Week

• Spooky Action at a Distance: The Phenomenon That Reimagines Space and Time-and What It Means for Black Holes, the Big Bang, and Theories of Everything by George Musser
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Music Break: Creep by Scala & Kolacny Brothers

Hot Topic: Tech in Court

• Gawker's Nick Denton challenges Peter Thiel to a public debate in open letter, says decade-long campaign by Thiel is out of proportion, asks about ultimate intent
  • Tech Titans Raise Their Guard, Pushing Back Against News Media
  • Peter Thiel just gave other billionaires a dangerous blueprint for perverting philanthropy
• How Google’s big court win just made history
  • Why the Very Silly Oracle v. Google Trial Actually Matters
• Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Microsoft agree to EU hate speech rules
  • New Online Hate-Speech Rules Threaten Free Speech

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Giant Gator Walks Across Florida Golf Course
• Giant Alligator in Jurassic Park

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This week, we’re once again joined by Greg Davies, host of Blendover and Heavy Metal Historian podcasts (and of course the TARDISBlend podcast hosted here at Geeks of Doom) as we discuss Uber tests autonomous cars, Twitter lets you tweet longer, Google’s modular phone Project Ara, will Apple become the next Blackberry, are crime algorithms racist? And why you shouldn’t piss off Peter Thiel  ...and much more!

What We're Playing With

Andy: update on computer build

Greg: Google Project Fi and Nexus 5X

Tosin: Maker Faire & LootCrate

Headlines

• Uber officially confirms testing self-driving Ford Fusion cars in Pittsburgh
• Spotify family plan is now cheaper, $14.99 for up to 6 people
• Twitter won't count photos, videos, @names in replies toward 140 characters “in the coming months”, will allow self-retweets
• Audio fingerprinting being used to track web users, study finds
• Yahoo’s False Prophet: How Marissa Mayer Failed to Turn the Company Around

Audible Book of the Week

• How Google Works by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle
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Music Break: Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode

Hot Topic

• Google teams with IMAX and Yi Technology on new VR cameras
• Project Ara modular phone shipping to developers in Q4 2016, to consumers in 2017; Google is spinning out Ara from ATAP team into a separate business unit
• If Google’s right about AI, that’s a problem for Apple
  • Apple opening Siri to third-party apps, preparing a Siri SDK for release at WWDC, and developing an Amazon Echo rival
• Crime prediction software, increasingly used to guide sentencing in US, found to be biased against black defendants in study of 7K cases

Music Break: Overwatch Overture by Neil Acree

Final Word

• Peter Thiel has been bankrolling Hulk Hogan's lawsuits against Gawker Media
  • How Can We Make You Happy Today, Peter Thiel?

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• What is Overwatch?

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This week, all the best from Google’s developer conference, Twitter lets you tweet longer,  an artificially intelligent lawyer, 50 times faster storage from IBM, and much more!

What We're Playing With

Andy: Gboard, Google Spaces

Dwayne: Boulder Start-Up Week

Tosin: Echo Dot

Headlines

• Facebook's Zuckerberg to meet conservatives on political bias flap
• Twitter to Stop Counting Photos and Links in 140-Character Limit
• Apple updates iTunes with a 'simpler' design that doesn't really help
  • Sources: iTunes 12.4, released on Monday, addresses widely reported music deletion issue

Audible Book of the Week

• The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Music Break: Daydreaming by Radiohead

Hot Topic: Google I/O 2016

• The 10 biggest announcements from Google I/O 2016

• Daydream is Google’s VR platform of the future
• Google made a VR headset… sort of
• Allo is a messaging app with a resident chatbot
• Duo is Google’s FaceTime competitor
• A smart speaker for the smart home
• Google’s assistant is getting smarter and more chatty
• Android N is smarter, faster, better
• Android Wear 2.0
• Android reaches deeper into your car
• Running Android apps without downloading them

Music Break: Lawyers in Love by Jackson Browne

Final Word

• Artificially Intelligent Lawyer “Ross” Has Been Hired By Its First Official Law Firm
• IBM's optical storage is 50x faster than flash, cheaper than RAM

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• How ‘The Simpsons’ Used Adobe Character Animator To Create A Live Episode

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Dwayne DeFreitas interviews Reza Kazemi, Product Strategist at Icontrol Networks, makers of the Piper home awareness and automation device.

This week, the free ride for Windows 10 ends soon, shady news reporting at Facebook, Amazon challenges YouTube, a new intelligent assistant from the mind behind Siri, and Can Apple Music wipe out your collection?   ...and much, much more!

What We're Playing With

Andy: Captain America: Civil War (age regression FX); (Civil War: Comic v Film) Dwayne: Lexi. The App no one should spend $5 on right now.

Tosin: powerline: zyxel pla5456kit 1800 mbps 2 port gigabit ethernet

Headlines

• The era of free Windows 10 comes to an end on July 30
• Disney Infinity canceled; Sites “Lack of Growth” in the Toys-to-Life Market
• John McAfee’s first move as a new CEO is to rename the company after himself
• Former Facebook Workers: We Routinely Suppressed Conservative News
• Iron Man in SPACE! Marvel Movie Designer To Make Astronaut Outfits

Audible Book of the Week

• Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War: Marvel Cinematic Universe from Marvel Press
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Music Break: Star Spangled Man from Captain America: First Avenger

Hot Topic: The Changing Streaming World

• Apple to Revamp Streaming Music Service After Mixed Reviews, Departures
  • Apple Music’s new student membership option discounts the service by 50%
  • Apple Stole My Music. No, Seriously.
  • No, Apple Music is not deleting tracks off your hard drive — unless you tell it to
• Spotify sees increased subscribers. Claims it’s due to Apple Music competition
• Spotify starts distributing video
• Amazon gets into the YouTube/Vimeo space with Amazon Video Direct
  • TechCrunch write-up
  • @AmznVideoDirect on Twitter

• Music Break: Derezzed from Tron: Legacy by Daft Punk

Final Word

• VIV: Beyond Siri: The World Premiere of Viv with Dag Kittlaus
  • Viv, from Siri’s creators, is the virtual assistant of your dreams
  • WIRED: SIRI Creators left Apple due to trouble with Post-Jobs Apple execs

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This week, SpaceX goes to Mars, a new Nintendo console, Comcast buys Dreamworks Animation, killer robots, can the Government force you to unlock your phone?...and much more this week on The Drill Down.

What We're Playing With

Andy & Dwayne: Microsoft WordFlow; GiphyKeys

Headlines

• Bitcoin's creator unmasks himself...well, maybe
  • The weight of evidence indicates Craig Wright is (still) not Satoshi Nakamoto
• Hulu Is Developing a Cable-Style Online TV Service
• Nintendo NX represents a 'new way of thinking' about console hardware
• SpaceX plans to send a spacecraft to Mars as early as 2018

Audible Book of the Week

• Alien: Out of the Shadows by Tim Lebbon; Directed by Dirk Maggs
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Music Break: Mars from "The Planets" by Gustav Holst

Hot Topics

• U.S. high court approves rule change to expand FBI hacking power
• The government wants your fingerprint to unlock your phone. Should that be allowed?
• Comcast to Buy DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 Billion

Music Break: Test Drive from "How to Train Your Dragon" by John Powell

Final Word

• Weighing The Good And The Bad Of Autonomous Killer Robots In Battle

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Puma BeatBot

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This week, a million Beautiful People get hacked, the FCC & cable boxes, racist apps & services?, how driverless trucks will change the economy, Tron comes to VR gaming  ...and much more this week on The Drill Down.

What We're Playing With

Andy: Game of Thrones season 6 premiere (A Song of Ice and Data; Game Of Thrones Is So Popular It Has An Effect On Porn Consumption)

Dwayne: SHARKK Bluetooth Boombox Buddy System

Headlines

• BeautifulPeople.com Leaks Very Private Data of 1.1 Million ‘Elite’ Daters — And It's All For Sale
• Roku CEO opposes FCC plan to open up cable boxes
  • ANA to FCC: Cable-Box Competition Is Bad for Advertisers
• Nokia enters the digital health realm with $192 million acquisition of France’s Withings
• Apple on the Decline

Audible Book of the Week

• Prince: Inside the Music and the Masks by Ronin Ro
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Music Break: Computer Blue by Prince

Hot Topics 

• Snapchat comes under fire for ‘digital blackface’ filter that turns you into Bob Marley
• Analysis shows that Amazon Prime same-day delivery serves predominantly white neighborhoods better than black ones in cities like Boston, Atlanta, and Chicago
  • When Personalization Leads To Discrimination On AirBnB
• Court: Cops Need a Warrant to Open Your Phone, Even Just to Look at the Screen

Music Break: Get Up, Stand Up by Bob Marley

Final Word

• The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automate millions of jobs
• The Google Island

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Tron-Worthy Gaming Comes to Life in Iceland

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This week, crucial news for Windows QuickTime users, Netflix and Amazon Prime video price changes, BlackBerry’s encryption key is in the hands of the government, the future of VR, and should all locks have keys?

What We're Playing With

Andy: Red Dead Redemption (again); Noctua NH-D14 heatsink (for Intel Core i7 Skylake)

Dwayne: Piper IFTTT

Tosin: ARRIS SURFboard SB6183 - Wirecutter recommended

Headlines

• TrendMicro: Uninstall QuickTime for Windows Today
  • Homeland Security urges you to uninstall QuickTime on Windows
• Netflix Prices going up -- based on when you joined
• Amazon to offer $8.99/month stand-alone video streaming option in US; Prime membership to be offered monthly for first time for $10.99/month in US

Audible Book of the Week

• How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics by Eugenia Cheng
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Music Break: Blame Canada from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

Hot Topic: Big Tech vs. Government

• Canadian police have had BlackBerry's global encryption key since 2010
• Microsoft sues U.S. government over data requests
• European Union hits Google with formal antitrust charges

Music Break: Real World by Matchbox 20

Final Word: VR for Everyday Use

• Virtual Desktop for VR is a glimpse at a future without monitors.
• Magic Leap has created its own HoloLens

The Drill Down Video of the Week

Should all locks have keys? Phones, Castles, Encryption, and You.

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This week, A new HTC phone, Facebook’s developer conference, a camera that’ll kill the green screen, biotech that’s improving lives, DIY braces and...is a proposed bill the end of American privacy?...All this and more this week on The Drill Down.

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Andy: Miitomo

Dwayne: SONY SEL55210 telephoto lens Alpha/NEX - BRAVIA connectivity Headlines

• Lytro’s 755 megapixel Cinema light field camera is going to kill the green screen
• Tesla recalls 2,700 Model X vehicles over potentially dangerous seat flaw
• HTC 10 announced: a modern phone with familiar design
  • "It's very difficult to get excited about smartphone announcements nowadays, even flagship devices," Stuart Robinson of Strategy Analytics

Audible Book of the Week

• The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook by Ben Mezrich
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Music Break: Welcome to My Room from Miitomo Grooves by DJ Cutman

Hot Topic

• 'Leaked' Burr-Feinstein Encryption Bill Is a Threat to American Privacy
• F8 conference 2016: the biggest news from Facebook's developer event
  • This is Facebook's gorgeous, open-source 360-degree video camera
  • Facebook will now let any camera stream to Facebook Live, even a DJI drone
  • Facebook's buried Save feature has 250 million users a month, and a new button to help it spread
  • Facebook launches a bot platform for Messenger

Music Break: The Final Countdown by Europe

Final Word: The Cyborgs Are Coming

• Chip, Implanted in Brain, Helps Paralyzed Man Regain Control of Hand
• Just Like Human Skin, This Plastic Sheet Can Sense And Heal
• Here’s How A College Student Created His Own Braces For Less Than $60

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• SpaceX successfully lands its rocket on a floating drone ship for the first time

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This week, Google’s prank backfires, the FBI flexes their new muscle, Is Nest in trouble?, the largest data leak in history, a new Star Wars movie trailer, and Tesla 3 is coming!...in a couple of years ...All this and more this week on The Drill Down.

What We're Playing With

Dwayne: Amazon Echo Dot

Tosin: Letterboxd

Headlines

• April Fools on the web:  Google reverses Gmail April 1 prank after users mistakenly put GIFs into important emails
• Apple/FBI headlines
  • FBI Tells Local Law Enforcement It Will Help Unlock Phones
  • The FBI can’t hack the iPhone 6s
  • Forget Apple vs. the FBI: WhatsApp Just Switched on Encryption for a Billion People
• Nest is underperforming, and its future at Google is at risk
  • Comments from a Nest engineer (via Reddit)
  • Nest to Disable Revolv Hub, Mulls Paying Back Users

Audible Book of the Week

• Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance
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Music Break: Plug In Baby by Muse

Hot Topics

• Tesla Model 3 announced: Here's what you need to know
  • $35,000.00 for the base level trim. And that’s before tax incentives from federal & state govs.
  • 215 Miles of range - minimum
  • 0-60 mph in less that 6 seconds - minimum
  • Seating for 5 comfortably
  • Front and rear trunks
  • Autopilot hardware standard (needs to be unlocked with paid upgrade)
  • Autopilot safety features (standard)
  • Supercharging services standard
  • Panoramic glass roof as an option

• Tesla Model 3 preorders equaled $7.5 billion worth of sales on day 1
  • Tesla has hit 325,000 pre-orders.
    • That’s $325,000,000 in revenue in their pocket in the first week.
    • That’s at least $11,050,000,000 in expected sales once those that reserved confirm their orders. And that’s after they spend the deposit money.
      • Add in the fact that people will add options.
      • Add in the fact that Tesla stands to gain % points for those who finance the car.
        • Now that’s still tiny compared to Audi, another luxury brand which saw revenue of a little more than $54,613,680,000 in 2012. But Tesla’s expected $11 billion - that’s pre-orders. If the car’s a success, regular orders will add to that.klll
• About the Panama Papers

Music Break: Panama by Van Halen

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ Trailer

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This week, Microsoft’s rampant & silly AI, Google phones home, the Apple/FBI fight is over, Microsoft's Build conference 2016, the smallest cell created, a 3D printed sonograph ...All this and more on The Drill Down.

Headlines

• Microsoft deletes 'teen girl' AI after it became a Hitler-loving sex robot within 24 hours
• Google unveils Fiber Phone, a $10/month home phone service coming to all Fiber cities
• A Lot Riding on Tesla’s Model 3 Unveiling

Audible Book of the Week

• The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts by Richard Susskind, Daniel Susskind
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Music Break: Bunsen Burner by Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow/CUTS (from 'Ex Machina')

Hot Topic

• Apple's San Bernardino fight is officially over as government confirms working attack
  • FBI Accessed San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone Without Apple, Drops Litigation
• The most important announcements from Microsoft Build 2016
  • Windows 10 Anniversary Update
  • Windows Ink
  • Facebook integration
  • Ubuntu Bash
  • Hololens ships
  • Bot SDK & Directory

Music Break: Battlestar Galactica by Bear McCreary

Final Word

• Scientists Build A Live, No-Frills Cell That Could Have A Big Future

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• 3D Printing: Meeting Murilo

Update/Addendum

• FBI agrees to help Arkansas prosecutors open iPhone after hack of San Bernardino device

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This week, Apple’s new announcements, the FBI finds another way into Apple encryption, Google says goodbye to robots, an Intel founder passes on, and absolutely no VR porn...All this and more on The Drill Down.

Headlines

• Some key Apple engineers tell NYT they would refuse to undermine iPhone security to help the FBI, or even quit
  • FBI backs off Apple, finds another way into iPhone 5c
• Google Puts Boston Dynamics Up for Sale in Robotics Retreat
• Rumor: Red Dead Redemption 2 Details Leaked, E3 Reveal Planned
• US recorded-music revenues rose slightly in 2015 says RIAA

Audible Book of the Week

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
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Music Break: Triggernometry by Bill Elm & Woody Jackson (from "Red Dead Redemption" score)

Hot Topic: Apple March Event 2016

• Everything Apple announced at this week's iPhone SE event
• Everything Apple Announced at its March 2016 Event

Music Break: Computer Talk (Coldplay vs. Kraftwerk) by Party Ben

Final Word

• Silicon Valley legend and former Intel CEO Andy Grove passes away at 79

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• New Model of Solar System

• Caught for the First Time: The Early Flash of an Exploding Star

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This week, GM buys big into driverless cars, Google AI beats a Go grandmaster, Amazon Echo repeats itself, Oculus won’t be on the Mac, Tech encryption vs. the Feds in the news again, and Nike self-lacing shoes are here!...All this and more on The Drill Down.

What We're Playing With

Andy: The Aliens (Channel Four UK), Knee Deep

Tosin: Knee Deep

Dwayne: MPow Bluetooth Selfie Stick & The Little Prince

Headlines

• Amazon adds the $130 Amazon Tap and the $90 Echo Dot to the Echo family
• Oculus Founder: Rift will come to Mac if Apple “ever releases a good computer"
• PlayStation VR Will Arrive in October for $399
• Xbox Live now supports cross-platform multiplayer with PS4
• General Motors Paid Over $1 Billion For Self-Driving Startup Cruise
• Google's DeepMind defeats legendary Go player Lee Se-dol in historic victory
  • AlphaGo's victory means the world is about to change
  • Google’s AI Wins Fifth And Final Game Against Go Genius Lee Sedol

Audible Book of the Week

• Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?: A Neuroscientific View of the Zombie Brain by Timothy Verstynen, Bradley Voytek
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Music Break: Zombie by The Cranberries

Hot Topic: Feds vs. Tech Encryption

• Prosecutors push back against Apple defense in new court filing
  • Apple’s Brief Hits the FBI With a Withering Fact Check
• Justice Department debating how to resolve standoff with WhatsApp over encryption in non-terrorism investigation
• Government Can't Let Smartphones Be `Black Boxes,' Obama Says

Music Break: Get It Together by The GO! Team

Final Words

• Silicon Valley Residents Leave for Greener Grass, Cheaper Housing
• Email pioneer Ray Tomlinson dead at 74

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Nike will sell actual self-lacing sneakers, just like Back to the Future

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This week, Apple/FBI rages on, Google car drives into a bus, the IRS was hacked worse than we thought, 3D printing has your back, a new Phantom follows you around ...All this and more on The Drill Down.

What We're Playing With

Andy: Securifi Almond router

Dwayne: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (Netflix)

Tosin: Blackbox, Firewatch

Headlines

• Hack Brief: Last Year’s IRS Hack Was Way Worse Than We Realized
• Raspberry Pi 3 with 64-bit quad-core SoC, built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth announced for $35
• Sony's next big PS4 update brings Remote Play to PC and Mac
• Google self-driving car crashes into a bus (update: statement)
• Violence in the West Bank after Waze led Israeli soldiers into Palestinian danger zone
• Samsung wins appeal in patent dispute with Apple

Audible Book of the Week

• Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War by Fred Kaplan
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Music Break: Airbag by Radiohead

Hot Topic: Apple/FBI

• Apple Is Said to Be Trying to Make It Harder to Hack iPhones
• FBI Director Comey Admits ‘Mistake Made’ in Changing Apple Password
• Apple Files Motion To Dismiss The Court Order To Force It To Unlock iPhone, Citing Free Speech Rights
• Alphabet, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter in Support of Apple
• Brooklyn federal judge rules in drug case that government can't use All Writs Act to force Apple to unlock iPhones
• FBI Director Comey Admits ‘Mistake Made’ in Changing Apple Password
• Here Are the Most Interesting Things Apple and the FBI Said About Encryption

Music Break: Get Back by The Beatles

Final Word

• Man has 3D-printed vertebrae implanted in world-first surgery

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• DJI's revolutionary Phantom 4 drone can dodge obstacles and track humans

• The hardwired Internet:Visualized

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This week, the Apple/FBI encryption case gets hotter, hundreds of terabytes of storage for billions of years, the next generation of autonomous robots and you don’t have to just ‘like’ us anymore ...All this and more on The Drill Down.

What We're Playing With

Andy: Horace and Pete (Louis CK)

Dwayne: Poldark

Headlines

• Samsung (Finally) Debuts Galaxy S7, S7 Edge With Better Cameras — and Waterproofing!
• Facebook Reactions, the Totally Redesigned Like Button, Is Here
• Sharp Agrees to $6.2 Billion Bailout From Foxconn, Nikkei Says

Audible Book of the Week

• Press Start to Play edited by John Joseph Adams
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Music Break: I Like It Like That by Blackout All Stars

Hot Topic: Apple/FBI Encryption scandal

• San Bernardino Officials: Apple ID Password For Terrorist's iPhone Reset At FBI Request
  • Apple Faces U.S. Demand to Unlock 9 More iPhones
  • Apple Executives Say New iPhones Also Vulnerable To 'Back Door' Requested By FBI
  • Bill Gates says he was 'disappointed' by reports he backs FBI in Apple fight
  • FBI director says Apple encryption demand is 'about the victims'
  • Apple CEO Calls On Feds To Drop iPhone Unlock Order
  • 51% of Americans think Apple should unlock San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, survey says
  • Apple-FBI Fight Asks: Is Code Protected as Free Speech?

Music Break: Bunsen Burner (from Ex Machina) by Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow

Final Word

• 'Five-dimensional' glass discs can store data for up to 13.8 billion years

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Atlas, The Next Generation

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This week, the Feds want Apple to unlock your iPhones, Kanye is broke and calls on Mark Zuckerberg to help, Dr. Dre TV comes to Apple, discrimination for female coders, and... Einstein was right all along!  ...All this and more on The Drill Down.

What We're Playing With

Andy: 11-22-63 on Hulu

Dwayne: Cuisinart CPK-17 Programmable Kettle & Anker PowerCore 10000 Portable Charger

Headlines

• Dr. Dre Filming Apple's First Scripted Television Series
• Kanye West reveals he’s $53mm in debt, asks Mark Zuckerberg for money
• Pandora Is Said to Have Held Talks About Selling Itself
• ASICS buys Runkeeper, eyes running, data, marketing connection

Audible Book of the Week

• 11-22-63 by Stephen King
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Music Break: I Love Kanye by Kanye West

Hot Topics

• Female coders are rated more highly than men—except when people know they’re women
• Judge orders Apple to help unlock iPhone used by Calif. shooter
  • Apple Turns Down FBI Demand For Encryption Key Made Under 1789 Law, Defends 4th Amendment
  • Apple’s Open Letter to Customers - 16 Feb 2016
  • Apple is reportedly giving the Chinese government access to its devices for “security checks”
  • Google’s CEO just sided with Apple in the encryption debate
  • Edward Snowden defends Apple in fight against FBI

Music Break: Upside Down & Inside Out by OK Go

Final Word

• Einstein's gravitational waves 'seen' from black holes

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Why OK Go Went Facebook-Only With the Debut of Its Buzzy, Zero-Gravity Music Video

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This week, Tosin recaps the best from PAX South 2016, Who won the Super Bowl...online?, Are self-driving car systems legally the driver?, Twitter turns things upside-down, Why does Amazon need brick-and-mortar stores?, What happens when you get squashed between two portals? ...All this and more on The Drill Down.

What We're Playing With

Tosin: PAX South recap

• Epistory: Available now on steam (pc, linux, mac) $12.99
• Zombie Night Terror: Video; Not yet available
• Super Slam Dunk Touchdown: Available on steam ($15) or humble bundle
• VirZOOM: Cost: http://virzoom.com/preorder-now.html
• Road To Ballhalla: Video Coming soon to steam
• The Final Station: Available this summer for Windows (Steam)
• Invisigun Heroes: Video: Kickstarter with 9 days to go
• Enter The Gungeon: Video: Not yet available (ps4/pc/mac/linux)

Headlines

• Feds declare that Google's self-driving car is its own driver
  • Semi-Autonomous Cars Compared! Tesla Model S vs. BMW 750i, Infiniti Q50S, and Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG
• Hashtags In Super Bowl Ads Dropped Slightly To 45% In 2016
  • A Skeptical Review Of CBS' Super Bowl Online Streaming Success

Audible Book of the Week

• The Industries of the Future by Alec Ross
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Music Break: Paperback Writer by The Beatles

Hot Topics

• Twitter To Introduce Algorithmic Timeline
  • Here's how Twitter's new algorithmic timeline is going to work
  • Everything You Need To Know About Twitter's New Timeline Tweaks
• Amazon is reportedly planning to open hundreds of bookstores. Here's why.
• Hackers leak DHS staff directory, claim DOJ is next

Music Break: Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin

Final Word

• How To Get Dads To Take Parental Leave? Seeing Other Dads Do It

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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 product manager Tosin Onafowokan.

This week, Another milestone in AI, your smartphone will replace your ATM card, Obama pledges to reboot tech education, everything we know about the new Tesla, ...All this and more on The Drill Down.

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Andy: Grease! LIVE

Headlines

• In a Huge Breakthrough, Google's AI Beats a Top Player at the Game of Go
• Google parent Alphabet passes Apple market cap at the open
• Android & Apple Pay ATMs coming to Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Chase this year
• Apple Said Developing Wireless-Charged Phone for as Soon as 2017
• Oral Roberts University Requires Students To Wear Fitbit

Audible Book of the Week

• The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes
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Music Break: Grease (Is The Word) by Jessie J (from Grease! LIVE)

Hot Topics

• Obama seeks $4 billion to reboot tech education
• Everything We Know About Tesla’s Secret Model 3...And Model Y

Music Break: I Feel Fine by Riddlin' Kids

Final Word

• Fine Brothers react when backlash over 'React' videos licensing gets heated
  • 7 of the best reactions from big YouTubers to The Fine Bros "React" meltdown.
  • Fine Bros back down, rescind trademark claim on the word “react”

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• The Paralyzed Can Walk Again With This Super-Light Robotic Exoskeleton

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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 product manager Tosin Onafowokan.

This week, The DeLorean rides again, Twitter finds itself short a few characters, Streaming shakes up Sundance, How Google paid big money to be on your iPhone, the intelligence behind Artificial Intelligence has passed ...All this and more on The Drill Down!

What We're Playing With

Andy: Dishonored; The X-Files

Dwayne: Continuum Season 4. Marco Polo (2014)

Headlines

• Report: Google is the default iPhone search engine because it paid Apple $1 billion
• Have we reached peak iPhone? It’s complicated
• The DeLorean Motor Company may soon start building ‘new’ cars
• Twitter pushes out four top executives in surprise restructuring
  • Twitter Appoints Longtime American Express Executive Leslie Berland as CMO

Audible Book of the Week

• Trust No One: X-Files, Book 1 edited by Jonathan Maberry
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Music Break: The X-Files theme by Mark Snow

Hot Topics

• PlayStation’s headquarters is moving to California with the newly created Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Sundance: How Amazon, Netflix Turned the Market on Its Head

Music Break: Power of Love by Huey Lewis & The News

Final Word

• I’m a Woman in Tech, But Even I Didn’t “Get It” Until This Week
• Marvin Minsky, “father of artificial intelligence,” dies at 88

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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 product manager Tosin Onafowokan.

This week, SpaceX fails an ocean landing, is Bitcoin a failure, Uber gets into helicopters, tech firms may be sourcing from child labor, is it time to rename AOL? and how much videogame booty is too much? ...All this and more on The Drill Down.

What We're Playing With

Andy: DIY MAME Arcade

Dwayne: Apple TV 4

Headlines

• SpaceX fails a third time to land its Falcon 9 on a drone ship in the sea
  • Elon Musk on Instagram

 

Falcon lands on droneship, but the lockout collet doesn't latch on one the four legs, causing it to tip over post landing. Root cause may have been ice buildup due to condensation from heavy fog at liftoff.

A video posted by Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on Jan 17, 2016 at 7:07pm PST

• Ninth Planet May Exist Beyond Pluto, Scientists Report
• AOL considering brand change
• Microsoft Acquires MinecraftEdu, Tailored for Schools
• GM Acquires Ride Sharing Platform Sidecar’s Tech and Assets

Audible Book of the Week

• The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
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Music Break: Intergalactic by The Beastie Boys

Hot Topics

• Bitcoin expert Mike Hearn: Crypto-currency is a failure
• Airbus to Join Forces With Uber for On-Demand Helicopter Service
• Apple, Microsoft, Samsung And Other Tech Firms Implicated In Child Labor Report

Music Break: The Safety Booty (Bubba Sparxxx vs. Men Without Hats) by DJ Topcat

Final Word

• Where's Rey?

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Feminist Frequency: Strategic Butt Coverings - Tropes vs Women in Video Games

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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.

This week, Box software engineer Irving Ruan joins us as we tell you how to buy PC games on Amazon & save 20%. Plus, a new Echo in the works, T-Mobile pees on its customers and tells them it's raining data, NYC subways move into the future, Netflix’s secret codes ...All this and more on The Drill Down.

What We're Playing With

Dwayne: CES recap

Headlines

• Amazon to Release Portable Version of Echo Speaker in Coming Weeks
• Amazon Prime members get 20% off games in effort to counter Best Buy, GameStop, and EA Access
• HTC Vive pre-orders to start on February 29

Audible Book of the Week

• Bowie: The Biography by Wendy Leigh
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Music Break: Space Oddity by David Bowie

More Headlines

• EFF blasts T-Mobile's Binge On, calls for FCC investigation
  • T-Mobile admits Binge On throttles all video, blames everyone else for confusion

• The entire New York City subway system will have Wi-Fi by the end of 2016
• You Can Now Autonomously Park And Summon The Tesla Model S

Music Break: Starman by David Bowie

Final Word

• Netflix Secret Code Directory
• Netflix has tons of hidden categories — here's how to see them

The Drill Down Video of the Week

"The Falcon has landed" | Recap of Falcon 9 launch and landing

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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.

Most Americans don't recognize the name, but TP-Link is, at any given time the number 2 or 3 manufacturer of home Internet routers in the nation. The company was founded about six years ago and was recently featured on the Wirecutter for making the "best router for most people." The Drill Down Co-Host Dwayne De Freitas takes a look at what TP-Link is up to for 2016. He tweets @DwayneD.

The Drill Down Co-Host Dwayne De Freitas takes a look at Samsung's connected and smart home devices on display at CES 2016. Of particular it's is Samsung's smart fridge and the way Samsung has partnered with myriad hardware vendors to get the most out of their recent acquisition of Smart Things. Dwayne tweets @DwayneD.

Dwayne De Freitas finds himself surprised to find that Belkin, MAKERS OF WEMO, one of the leaders in connected and smart home technologies at CES 2015, decided to move away from Internet of Things hardware at CES 2016. Neither WEMO, nor its co-branded products from Mr. Coffee or Holmes was present.

Has Belkin regressed to an iPhone accessories maker?

This week, Facebook’s CEO wants to be the next Tony Stark, GM invests in Lyft, Twitter wants you to tweet longer, Oculus Rift gets a price & date, the latest from CES ...All this and more on The Drill Down.

What We're Playing With

Dwayne: Live report from CES

Headlines

• Zuckerberg's 2016 New Year's resolution: JARVIS
• GM Is Investing $500 Million In Lyft To Develop Self-Driving Cars
  • Thanks to Uber, San Francisco's largest yellow cab company is filing for bankruptcy
• Netflix officially arrives in India, Russia, Vietnam and more - totaling 130 new countries
• Twitter 140-Character Limit About to Change

Audible Book of the Week

• The Dip by Seth Godin
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Music Break: Please Mister Kennedy by Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac & Adam Driver

More Headlines

• Pre-orders open for Oculus Rift consumer edition, on sale for $599, shipping in March; orders already backlogged until May
• Fitbit’s new wearable is a fitness watch called Blaze
• Activision Buys Major League Gaming to Broaden Role in E-Sports

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

Please Mr. Kennedy

Honest Trailers: The Martian

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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.

This week, has the glow come off Tesla’s perfect record?, the 1st iPhone jailbreaker has hacked self-driving cars, it’s time for drones to be registered, a fresh batch of data breaches, and streaming music just got a little more Fab ...All this and more on The Drill Down.

What We're Playing With

Andy: Automatic, diagnosing my 2008 Mac Pro, Steam Link

Dwayne: Roomba 880, The Shannara Chronicles

Tosin: BB8 by Sphero

Headlines

• Two-Thirds of Earliest Tesla Drivetrains To Need Replacement In 60,000 Miles, Owner Data Suggests
  • 'Welcome back, baby': Elon Musk celebrates SpaceX rocket launch – and landing
• Early iPhone hacker George Hotz is building a self-driving system using off-the-shelf components
  • Tesla argues George Hotz's homemade self-driving car won't succeed
• Google Pairs With Ford To Build Self-Driving Cars

Audible Book of the Week

• Star Wars: The Force Awakens by Alan Dean Foster
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Music Break: Flying by The Beatles

Hot Topics

• FAA announces drone owners must register by February 19th, 2016
  • The FAA’s Drone Registration Site Is Now Up And Running
• Database leak exposes 3.3 million Hello Kitty fans
  • Dwayne went to the Hello Kitty Exhibit at the Seattle EMP
• Dangerous 'back door' in software used by US govt was caused by NSA
• Database configuration issues expose 191 million voter records

Music Break: Come Together by The Beatles

Final Word

• Beatles arrive on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Google Christmas Eve
  • The Beatles’ songs are played 50 million times in the first 48 hours of their music being available to stream online

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Louis Vuitton Enlists 'Final Fantasy' Character As New Model

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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.