This week, the Dark Web is down, is Amazon Prime Day a ripoff, FCC buries public protests on net neutrality, the end of MS Paint & Adobe Flash, we go to Comic-con, and much more.

What We're Playing With

Andy: Comic-Con International: San Diego 2017

Headlines

• Authorities Shut Down Two Major Dark Web Markets
• Lyft launches a new self-driving division and will develop its own autonomous ride-hailing technology
  • Didi and SoftBank are investing $2 billion in ride-hail company Grab
    • U.K. Bans Gas And Diesel Cars Starting 2040: Electric Cars Are The Future
• A Wisconsin company will let employees use microchip implants to buy snacks and open doors
  • Foxconn to invest $10 billion on plant in Wisconsin plant
• Amazon jacked up Prime Day prices, misleading consumers, says vendor

Audible Book of the Week

• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
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Music Break: Tom Sawyer by Rush

Hot Topic: FCC & Net Neutrality

• FCC Now Says There Is No Documented 'Analysis' of the Cyberattack It Claims Crippled Its Website in May
  • Record 9 million comments flood FCC on net neutrality
  • Lawsuit seeks Ajit Pai’s net neutrality talks with Internet providers
• Verizon admits to throttling video in apparent violation of net neutrality

Music Break: 'Stranger Things' theme by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein

Final Word

• Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years
  • Microsoft says MS Paint will be available on the Windows Store as a free standalone app
• Get ready to finally say goodbye to Flash — in 2020

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Stranger Things Season 2 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, Oculus VR about  to go wireless, Google Glass comes back, Amazon challenges meal deliveries, suicidal robots, creepy walks, and much more.

What We're Playing With

Andy: Masterbuilt 30” Digital Electric Smoker + Slow Smoker attachment

Tosin: Hidrate Spark

Dwayne: Thermos 24 Ounce Hydration Bottle with Connected Smart Lid, Teal

Headlines

• Facebook Plans to Unveil a $200 Wireless Oculus VR Headset for 2018
• Amazon is already selling pre-packaged ‘Meal Kits’ as it bites into service from Blue Apron and others
• 'Despacito' Quickly Becomes The Most-Streamed Song Ever

Audible Book of the Week

• The X-Files: Cold Cases read by David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson & other X-Files cast-members
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Music Break: X-Files Theme by Mark Snow

Hot Topic: Google Updates

• Google Has Paid Thousands to Academics Writing About Google
• Google Glass 2.0 Is a Startling Second Act
• Google introduces the feed, a personalized stream of news on iOS and Android

Music Break: Despacito by Luis Fonsi (ft. Daddy Yankee)

Final Word

• Security robot 'drowns itself' in office fountain
  • Give robots an 'ethical black box' to track and explain decisions, say scientists

The Drill Down Videos of the Week: Creepy Walks

• Emergence of Locomotion Behaviours in Rich Environments

• "Going to the Store" by David Lewandowski

• Ready to Monday: Take On Me by The Band of the Bold

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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, bad bro-grammers and the victims speaking out against them, Jawbone gives up, Alexa calls the cops, the first teleportation into space  and, much more.

Headlines

• Trump proposes joint cybersecurity unit with Russia, then backtracks as critics squawk
• Fitness-tracking company Jawbone, once worth $3 billion, is shutting down and liquidating its assets
• Smart Home Device Breaks Up Domestic Dispute By Calling the Police

Audible Book of the Week

• Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Music Break: Bad Boys by Inner Circle

Hot Topic: Bad Bro-grammers

• Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe Sexual Harassment
• Dave McClure: I’m a Creep. I’m Sorry.
• Chris Sacca: I Have More Work To Do.
• Silicon Valley's 'bro culture' slammed by Harvey Mudd president
• I'm a startup founder and I had sex with an investor — and I am sorry

Music Break: Beam Me Up by CAZZETTE Final Word

• Scientists Just Teleported a Photon from Earth to Orbit for the First Time

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Net Neutrality explained and why it matters

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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.