This week, where Prime Day went wrong, AI in the supermarket, Google’s secret successor to Android, should Amazon replace libraries?... and much, much more. 

What We’re Playing With:

Andy: Super Mario Odyssey

Dwayne: MamaRu 4, by 4 Moms

Tosin: Sony HT-Z9F Soundbar & wireless rear speakers

Headlines

• Internal documents show how Amazon scrambled to fix Prime Day glitches
• How U.S. Retail Giant Kroger Is Using AI And Robots To Prepare For The 4th Industrial Revolution
• Facebook's 'shared viewing' video feature is coming to all groups
  • Steam is rolling out its new Discord-like chat features to all users

Audible Book of the Week

• Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon By Jeffrey Kluger
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Music Break: Fly Me to the Moon by Frank Sinatra

More Headlines

• Project ‘Fuchsia’: Google Is Quietly Working on a Successor to Android
• Apple's iPhones Trail Samsung, Google Devices in Internet Speeds
• Scientists make a transistor from a single molecule

Music Break: Visions (from 'Unbreakeable')  by James Newton Howard

Final Word

• Amazon Should Replace Local Libraries to Save Taxpayers Money
  • Article saying libraries should be replaced by Amazon meets with resounding opposition
  • Forbes deleted a deeply misinformed op-ed arguing Amazon should replace libraries

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• ‘Glass’ 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 Vudu product manager Tosin Onafowokan.

This week, will genetic editing improve humanity, or kill us all. plus Amazon Prime Day results, US election hacking, an Uncharted fan short... and much, much more.

Headlines

• Amazon says this Prime Day was its biggest shopping event ever with 100 million products sold
  • Amazon suffers glitches at the start of Prime Day
  • Is Prime Day worthwhile for subscribers, or a BS marketing gimmick?
• Amazon's Got a Big-Pharma Headache. Is PillPack the Cure?
• Special counsel Mueller charges Russian intelligence officers with hacking Democrats during election
• Putin proposes a joint cybersecurity group with the US to investigate Russian election meddling
• E.U. Fines Google $5.1 Billion in Android Antitrust Case

Audible Book of the Week

• Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
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Music Break: Bad Blood by Taylor Swift

Hot Topic: Genetic Editing

• Cancer cells can be tricked into killing their own using CRISPR
• CRISPR gene editing is not quite as precise and as safe as thought
• Designer babies could be approved in future, says medical ethics panel
• CRISPR CAN SPEED UP NATURE—AND CHANGE HOW WE GROW FOOD

Music Break: Uncharted (Nate's Theme) by Greg Edmunson

Final Word

• Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You — And It Could Raise Your Rates

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• UNCHARTED - Live Action Fan Film (2018) Nathan Fillion

• Gene Editing: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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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 Vudu product manager Tosin Onafowokan.

This week, Microsoft’s Surface Go, AT&T wants HBO to be Netflix, Tesla brings cars to China, Elon Musk brings a sub to Thailand, government surveillance around the globe, robot stuntmen... and much, much more.

What We're Playing With

Andy: Gravity Falls: The Complete Series

Tosin: Blue Planet 2 4K

Headlines

• Microsoft’s Surface Go tablet has a 10-inch screen and starts at $399
• HBO Must Get Bigger and Broader, Says AT&T
• Tesla goes big in China with Shanghai plant
  • Tesla sets up Shanghai beach head with wholly-owned plant in world’s largest electric car market
• Thai cave rescue: Elon Musk sends tiny submarine
  • Why was Elon Musk at the Thai cave rescue?

Audible Book of the Week

• Valley of Genius by Adam Fisher
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Music Break: Yellow Submarine by The Beatles

Hot Topic: Government Surveillance

• Inside China’s Dystopian Dreams: A.I., Shame and Lots of Cameras
• Metropolitan Police's facial recognition technology wrong in 98 per cent of cases

Music Break: In My Feelings by Drake

Final Word

• Albums Are Getting Patches Now

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Disney Imagineering has created autonomous robot stunt doubles

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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.