495: Google Pixel Event 2017

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.