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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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, 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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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, 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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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 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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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.