This week, Google floats the internet over Puerto Rico, Twitter comes clean with political ads, Snapchat’s big fail, Amazon gets fresh inside your front door, tons of Tesla news, Netflix's ‘Binge racing’? and much more.

Headlines

• Google parent turns on internet balloons in Puerto Rico
• Twitter will now label political ads
• It Sounds Like Snap Spectacles Turned Into a Massive Boondoggle
• Amazon Key takes deliveries to new level: Inside your home
  • How Amazon trains its AI

Audible Book of the Week

• The Iron Circlet (Chronicles of the Black Gate, Book 4) by Phil Tucker
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Music Break: She Drives Me Crazy by Fine Young Cannibals

Hot Topic: Transportation Tech

• Tesla strikes another deal that shows it's about to turn the car insurance world upside down
• Geohot: Tesla Autopilot = Apple iOs, Comma.ai = Android (CleanTechnica Exclusive)
• Tesla hit with another lawsuit, this time alleging anti-LGBT harassment
• Report: Tesla fired hundreds of California employees this past week

Music Break: Stranger Things by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein

Final Word

• Facebook translates 'good morning' into 'attack them', leading to arrest

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Netflix reveals viewers' favorite 'binge-racing' series: 'Gilmore Girls'

• Reporting on Las Vegas, Pixel by Pixel

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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, speaking out on sexual harassment, Tesla sends power to Puerto Rico, protected WiFi is now vulnerable to eavesdropping, the battle for the net, giant robots duke it out!, and much more. 

What We're Playing With

Andy: Local Library e-media resources (Kanopy)

Dwayne: Amazon in Denver?

Headlines

• Tesla starts shipping Powerpacks to Puerto Rico
• Movies Anywhere App Launches With Joint Studio Backing
• Severe flaw in WPA2 protocol leaves Wi-Fi traffic open to eavesdropping

• Qualcomm Seeks China iPhone Ban, Expanding Apple Legal Fight
  • Apple to appeal five-year-long patent battle after $439.7 million loss
• Battle for the Net

Audible Book of the Week

• The Siege of Abythos (Chronicles of the Black Gate, Book 3) by Phil Tucker
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Music Break: Fighter by Christina Aguilera Hot Topic: #MeToo

• Celebrities Join Twitter Boycott in Solidarity with Rose McGowan
  • Twitter CEO promises to crack down on hate, violence and harassment with “more aggressive” rules
  • A Black Woman Created the “Me Too” Campaign Against Sexual Assault 10 Years Ago
    • Sexual Assault Movement #MeToo Reaches Nearly 500,000 Tweets
  • On harassment in the film world: where do we go from here?
  • Amazon Studios exec Roy Price resigns after sexual harassment claim

Music Break: A Cruel Angel's Thesis by Yoko Takahashi

Final Word

• How Google’s Quantum Computer Could Change the World

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• The Giant Robot Duel: Megabots vs. Suidobashi

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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, Russian hackers use antivirus software to steal US secrets, Oculus’ new headset, AOL Instant Messenger says, “Goodbye”, the end of Windows phone, and much more.

What We're Playing With

Tosin: Note 8,  Blade Runner 2049

Andy & Dwayne: Blade Runner 2049

Headlines

• Russian Hackers Stole NSA Data on U.S. Cyber Defense
  • How Israel Caught Russian Hackers Scouring the World for U.S. Secrets
• Google uncovers Russian-bought ads on YouTube, Gmail and other platforms
• Oculus announces new $199 self-contained VR headset called Oculus Go, shipping in 2018

Audible Book of the Week

• The Black Shriving (Chronicles of the Black Gate, Book 2) by Phil Tucker
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Music Break: Goodbye, Goodbye by Oingo Boingo

Hot Topic: "Goodbye"

• AOL Instant Messenger is shutting down after 20 years
  • The Rise and Fall of AIM, the Breakthrough AOL Never Wanted
• Microsoft finally admits Windows Phone is dead

Music Break: Amazing Stories by John Williams

Final Word

• Steven Soderbergh and HBO’s mini-series Mosaic will be interactive via an app
• Apple’s big jump into original content will start with Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

Star Wars: The Last Jedi 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, Google updates the Pixel; If you were on Yahoo, you were definitely hacked; Ikea buys Taskrabbit; rocket to work and back, and much more.

Headlines

• Ikea has bought TaskRabbit
• IRS awards Equifax no-bid, $7.25 million contract after hack
• Yahoo Triples Estimate of Breached Accounts to 3 Billion
• Twitter details how Russian-linked accounts bought $270,000 of ads during election
  • Russia-linked Facebook ads seen by 10 million users

Audible Book of the Week

• The Path of Flames Chronicles of the Black Gate, Book 1 by Phil Tucker
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Music Break: Bear Claws by The Academic

Hot Topic: Google Pixel Event

• Everything Google Announced Today
• Everything Google announced at its big hardware event
  • Pixel 2
  • Pixel 2 XL
  • Google Home Mini
  • Google Home Max
  • Pixelbook
  • Pixel Buds
  • Google Clips
  • Daydream View

Music Break: Rocket Man by Elton John

Final Word

• AI told Coca-Cola to make Cherry Sprite. So it did
• Elon Musk proposes city-to-city travel by rocket, right here on Earth

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• The Academic - Bear Claws (Live Looper Version)

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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.