414: Force of Gravity

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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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.