This week, a wiki for fake news, An Amazon Echo with a camera, The Pope gives a TED Talk, an artificial womb, and... yes, Uber’s shenanigans are in the news again,  all this and much much more.

What We're Playing With

Andy, Dwayne, Tosin: American Gods

Headlines

• Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales launches Wikitribune, a large-scale attempt to combat fake news
• Survey: Most Millennials Both Pay For Streaming Services And Use Pirate Streams When Content Isn't Legally Available
• Amazon’s new Echo Look
• As Rooftop Solar Challenges Utilities, One Aims For A Compromise

Audible Book of the Week

• The Circle by Dave Eggers
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Music Break: Private Eyes by Lenachka

Hot Topic

• Uber's Kalanick got caught for tricking Apple, risking expulsion from Apple Store
• Unroll.me CEO says it's “heartbreaking” that users are upset Unroll.me sold their anonymized email data to Uber
• The Pope gave a TED Talk and asked tech companies to do better

Music Break: Plug In Baby by Muse

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• An artificial womb successfully grew baby sheep — and humans could be next

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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, Tosin gives us the lowdown from Star Wars Celebration, Uber stalked Lyft drivers, a killer on Facebook, Facebook’s developers conference, inmates build a secret PC,  all this and much much more.

What We're Playing With Tosin: Star Wars Celebration Orlando

Headlines

• Steve Ballmer’s $10m project will surface everything you wanted to know about government spending
• Elon Musk says Tesla will unveil its electric semi truck in September
  • VW to build a ‘nationwide 150 kW+ fast charging network’ for electric vehicles as part of Dieselgate settlement

Audible Book of the Week

• The Handmaid's Tale: Special Edition by Margaret Atwood
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Music Break: East Bound and Down by Jerry Reed

Hot Topic

• Uber reportedly stalked Lyft drivers using secret ‘Hell’ software
• Facebook releases timeline of murder filmed live on platform
  • Suspected ‘Facebook killer’ found dead
• Facebook F8 Conference
  • Facebook Camera AR
  • Facebook Spaces VR
  • 360 Capture SDK
• Facebook and the Cost of Monopoly

Music Break: Rey's Theme from Star Wars:The Force Awakens by John Williams

Final Word

• Five Inmates Built Two PCs and Hacked a Prison From Within

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Star Wars: The Last Jedi teaser trailer

• The Last Jedi side-by-side with The Force Awakens trailer

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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, Did Russia & China attempt to interfere with the Brexit vote as well? Dallas emergency sirens hacked, Taser offers bodycams to every US police officer, Tesla tops US automakers, and, yes, we’re gonna talk about that United Airlines thing... all this and much much more.

What We're Playing With

Andy & Dwayne: Your Name

Headlines

• FCC head Ajit Pai reportedly outlines plans to roll back net neutrality rules
• Brexit: foreign states may have interfered in vote, report says
• Hackers breach Dallas warning system

Audible Book of the Week

• Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War by Fred Kaplan
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Music Break: Every Breath You Take by The Police

Hot Topic

• Taser International, now Axon, to offer free body cameras for every US police officer
• The buzz around the iPhone 8 is already hurting sales of rival smartphones
• It's time for Google and Facebook to freak out about Amazon
• Tesla passes General Motors to become the most valuable US automaker

Music Break: Come Fly With Me by Frank Sinatra

Final Word

• SpaceX Just Made History By Relaunching A Rocket Into Space For The First Time

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Watch Seattle's Massive Tunnel Borer Finally Emerge From the Ground

• United Airlines dominated online video this week.
  • United Airlines stock loses altitude, sheds $255 million in value

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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, April Fools’ on the web, Android becomes the #1 OS online, AOL & Yahoo’s new post-merger name, did ISPs sell your privacy rights? The FCC chairman pleads his case... and much much more.

What We're Playing With

Dwayne: Rogue One Blu-Ray (Target Collector’s Edition); Pebble Classic Refurb for skiiing.

Andy: Rick and Morty Season 3 premiere

Tosin: Rick and Morty Season 3 premiere, Lootcrate & Lootwear

Headlines

• Twitter stops counting @ Replies towards its 140 characters
• Google’s Android Overtakes Windows as the World’s Number 1 Operating System
• Apple is developing its own graphics chips for the iPhone
  • Apple admits the Mac Pro was a mess
• YouTube TV review: a DVR to rule them all

Audible Book of the Week

• New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
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Music Break: Goodbye Moonmen (from 'Rick and Morty') by Jemaine Clement

Hot Topic

• Trump has officially ended federal online privacy rules
  • No, Republicans didn’t just strip away your Internet privacy rights
• Trump Cracks Down on H-1B Visa Program That Feeds Silicon Valley
• AOL and Yahoo plan to call themselves by a new name after the Verizon deal closes: Oath

Music Break: Diggers, Dumpers and Trucks by Kidzone

Final Word

• April Fool’s Day roundup: The best tech pranks from around the web

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Hilarious Amazon Echo Alexa Fail! - 2016
• Quilted Northern® uSit – World’s first biometric bathroom device

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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.