This week, Does Facebook have a “black people” problem? Google employees speak out against their own oppressive tech, a stealthy bombshell climate change report, NASA lands on Mars, Climate Change explained with atmospheric scientist Jeff Peischl,... and much, much more. 

What We’re Playing With

Andy: 50 Shades series, the After series, The Martian book

Tosin:  Red Dead Redemption 2 - Xbox One X

Headlines

• Boston Police Has a Secret Point System That Turns Normal Teenage Behavior Into Gang Membership
• Are you a minority borrower? You might want to think twice about using an online lender.
• Google acquires $1 billion Mountain View office park

Audible Book of the Week

• Randomistas by Andrew Leigh
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Music Break: Black Man by Stevie Wonder

Hot Topics

• Former Facebook employee says the company has 'a black people problem'
  • Facebook is failing its black employees and its black users
• We are Google employees. Google must drop Dragonfly
• Chinese Scientist Says He's First To Create Genetically Modified Babies Using CRISPR
  • China baby gene editing claim 'dubious'

Music Break: Life on Mars?  by David Bowie

Final Word

• New federal climate assessment for U.S. released
  • Fourth National Climate Assessment

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• NASA's InSight mission touches down on Mars
  • NASA's InSight craft lands safely on surface of Mars after 'seven minutes of terror'
  • NASA's InSight sends back stunning images as it settles into life on Mars

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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, Disney’s new streaming service, Elon Musk plans to make your sewers Boring, and launch thousands of satellites into space, Facebook in crisis, poking fun at Amazon ... and much, much more.

What We’re Playing With: Don’t get screwed on Black Friday Dwayne: Reviewmeta

Tosin: Fakespot

Andy: CamelCamelCamel

Headlines

• Google’s sexual harassment policy changes fall short of employee demands
  • Facebook’s Too
• Disney’s long-awaited streaming service will be called Disney+

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• It’s Not All Hyperloops: Elon Musk Wants To Dig Your City’s Next Sewer
• FCC approves SpaceX’s plan to launch more than 7,000 internet-beaming satellites
• Tesla's new chair's biggest task: Reining in an erratic CEO

Audible Book of the Week

• The Square and the Tower by Niall Ferguson
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Music Break: Be Thankful for What You've Got  by William DeVaughn

Hot Topic: Facebook At War

• Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis
  • Damage Control at Facebook: 6 Takeaways From The Times’s Investigation
• Facebook responds to the New York Times' blockbuster exposé
• With Facebook at ‘War,’ Zuckerberg Adopts More Aggressive Style
• Who does Facebook fire after a bombshell New York Times investigation?
  • As problems pile up, Mark Zuckerberg stands his ground
  • Tech stocks like Facebook and Apple are getting crushed: Here's what happened

Music Break: Be Thankful for What You've Got  by William DeVaughn

Final Word

• What We're Thankful For

The Drill Down Videos of the Week: Pokimg Fun at Amazon

• Message from Jeff Bezos - SNL

• • Doctor Who: Kerblam!
    • TARDISBlend on Geeks of Doom!

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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, the secret customer score that determines how you’re treated, and The Drill Down’s annual holiday gift guide...

The holiday season is coming up and The Drill Down would like you to be ready for it. So as we do every year around this time, we’ve prepared a list of what we consider the perfect gifts to give... and get this holiday. So before you stand around for hours this Black Friday, spend some time with us.

Headline

• Marvel remembers Stan Lee
  • Stan Lee’s final Marvel cameo

Holiday Gift Guide 1: Smart Home | 2: Interactive | 3: Freestyle | 4: Media | 5: Big Ticket |

Dwayne:

1. The Sonos One is available in 5 new colors for a limited time — here's your first look $250
   1. Douglas Rain, Voice of HAL 9000 in '2001: A Space Odyssey,' Dies at 90
2. Perfect Blend Smart Scale and Recipe App $90
   1. Video
3. Sony 1000X M3 $350
4. Britbox $7/mo or $84/yr.
5. Apple Watch Series 4 Aluminum $500

Tosin:

1. Chromecast Ultra $70
   1. Douglas Rain, Voice of HAL 9000 in '2001: A Space Odyssey,' Dies at 90
2. Spider-man $60
3. Waterpik Water Flosser $60
4. Mission Impossible Fallout $27
5. Sony HT-Z9F Soundbar & wireless rear speakers $1,200

Andrew:

1. Google Hub $150
   1. Douglas Rain, Voice of HAL 9000 in '2001: A Space Odyssey,' Dies at 90
2. PlayStation 4 + Games (Uncharted 4, God of War, Spider-man, Red Dead Redemption II, The Last of Us, part 2) $300
3. iPhone XS $1,000
4. The Beatles (White Album) Super Deluxe Edition $140
5. HTC Vive Pro $1400

Perennial Favorites:

• Andrew: Netflix
• Dwayne: Spotify Family Plan/Spotify Gift Plan
• Tosin: Audible

Audible Book of the Week

• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - Makers, Mysteries and Magic by Pottermore Publishing
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Music Break: Harry Potter theme  by John Williams

Final Word

• On Hold for 45 Minutes? It Might Be Your Secret Customer Score

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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.

What We're Playing With

Dwayne: 2019 Lexus RX 350 L

Tosin: Spider Man 

Headlines

• Facebook blocks 115 accounts ahead of US midterm elections
• Hacked Facebook private messages for sale
• We’re the Organizers of the Google Walkout. Here Are Our Demands
• FCC tells phone carriers to have a system ready to combat robocalls by 2019

Audible Book of the Week

• The Amazon Way 14 Leadership Principles Behind the World's Most Disruptive Company by John Rossman
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Music Break: Telephone by Pamplamoose

Hot Topic: Amazon HQ2

• Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 Evenly Between Two Cities
  • Amazon in advanced talks about putting HQ2 in Northern Virginia, those close to process say
  • Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 Between Long Island City, N.Y., and Arlington, Va.

Music Break: This is the New Shit  by Marilyn Manson

Final Word

• How the Sears catalog transformed shopping under Jim Crow
  • "...what most people don't know is just how radical the catalogue was..."
  • Sears let Black Americans buy what they needed during the Jim Crow era, when stores were allowed to

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Bill Gates talks toilets

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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, IBM buys Red Hat, a right-wing social network ends in the wake of Pittsburgh killings, did Google pay off a harasser?, new products from Apple... and much, much more.

Headlines

• China denies report it spies on Trump’s iPhone, suggests he get a Huawei instead
• IBM to acquire Red Hat in deal valued at $34 billion
• Far-right social network GAB goes down in wake of Pittsburgh killings

Audible Book of the Week

• Creative Selection:  Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken Kocienda
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Music Break: Somebody's Watching Me by Rockwell

Hot Topic: Apple October Event 2018

• The 5 biggest announcements from the Apple iPad and MacBook event
• iOS 12.1 Offers Group FaceTime, Dual SIM Support, and More

Music Break: Paranoid Android by Radiohead

Final Word

• How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the ‘Father of Android’

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Apple iPad Pro and MacBook Air event in 9 minutes

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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.