This week, windows on Mars made from beer, lab-grown brain bits, cloning your dog, ion thrusters, fuel from the air... and much, much more weird science. 

Hot Topics

• Some Geniuses Developed a Way to Filter Lead Out of Water With Fruit Peels
• Can a new type of transparent gel, made from readily-available beer waste, help engineers build greenhouses on Mars?
• Lab-grown brain bits open windows to the mind — and a maze of ethical dilemmas
• The Real Reasons You Shouldn't Clone Your Dog

Audible Book of the Week

• Prediction Machines by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, Avi Goldfarb
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Music Break: Weird Science by Oingo Boingo

Hot Topics

• Same-sex mice have babies
• Scientists Have Created A Star Trek-Like Plane That Flies Using 'Ion Thrusters' And No Fuel
• How One Company Pulls Carbon From The Air, Aiming To Avert A Climate Catastrophe

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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, an Amazon robot injures two dozen humans, Google’s CEO testifies before Congress, China flexes its muscle against tech companies in the west, Bold statements from Elon Musk, space news... and much, much more. 

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Far Cry 5

Dwayne: Audio Hijack

Tosin: Unifi AP AC-LR

Hot Topic

• New report on Russian disinformation, prepared for the Senate, shows the operation’s scale and sweep
  • Russian 2016 Influence Operation Targeted African-Americans on Social Media
  • Full Report
  • Expert Interview w/ Liz Marasco

Audible Book of the Week

• Christmas Eve, 1914 by Charles Olivier
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Music Break: Stille Nacht by Rolando Villazon

Hot Topic

• As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants
  • Facebook’s Data Sharing: 5 Takeaways From Our Investigation

Music Break: It's Not Unusual  by Tom Jones

Final Word

• 'Fresh Prince' Star Alfonso Ribeiro Sues 'Fortnite' Developer Over 'The Carlton' Dance

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• This fake package covers porch thieves in glitter and fart spray

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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, an Amazon robot injures two dozen humans, Google’s CEO testifies before Congress, China flexes its muscle against tech companies in the west, Bold statements from Elon Musk, space news... and much, much more.

What We’re Playing With

Dwayne: HomePod; Study on Screentime

Tosin: 1Password

Headlines

• 24 Amazon workers hospitalized after robot accidentally tears open can of bear spray
• Microsoft president calls for government regulation of facial-recognition technology to 'ensure that the year 2024 doesn’t look like a page from the novel 1984'
• Google now allows its Chrome browser to remove all ads from ‘abusive’ sites
• Verizon takes $4.6 billion write-down on Oath

Audible Book of the Week

• Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Jason Reynolds
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Music Break: Antarctica by Vangelis

Hot Topics

• Canada arrests Huawei’s global chief financial officer in Vancouver
  • Huawei’s CFO is granted bail by Canadian court
  • Chinese RETALIATION: Former Canadian diplomat held in China
  • Huawei arrest puts 'bullseye' on Apple
  • China bans most iPhone sales after granting Qualcomm an injunction against Apple
• GoPro moving some production out of China to avoid US tariffs
• Marriott Data Breach Is Traced to Chinese Hackers

• Google CEO Sundar Pichai Testifies in front of Congress
  • Google CEO Sundar Pichai refused to rule out launching a censored search engine in China
• Australia Looks to Rein in Power of Facebook and Google: Regulator says tech companies’ opaqueness could warrant establishment of a watchdog to ensure they aren’t abusing power

• Elon Musk is brutally honest about Tesla's board and SEC: 'I can get anything done that I want'
  • Elon Musk takes issue with ‘misleading edit’ of Tesla interview on 60 Minutes, here’s what was really said

Music Break: 2000 Light Years From Home  by The Rolling Stones

Final Word

• NASA’s Voyager 2 probe has entered interstellar space
• Water found on asteroid, confirming Bennu as excellent mission target

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• ERB: Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg

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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, massive identity breaches for Starwood/Marriott & Quora, email leaks show Facebook punishes its rivals, a clever end to a runaway Tesla accident, a sulking AI torments an astronaut ... and much, much more. 

Headlines

• Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th
  • In a Catastrophically Bad Move, Tumblr Will Ban All Adult Content
  • Tumblr's Porn Ban Reveals Who Controls What We See Online

• Ajit Pai admits Russia interfered in net neutrality process amid lawsuit
• How police stopped a speeding Tesla with a sleeping driver behind the wheel

Audible Book of the Week

• Click Here to Kill Everybody by Bruce Schneier
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Music Break: I'll Tumble 4 Ya by Culture Club

Hot Topics

• Marriott says 500 million Starwood guest records stolen in massive data breach
• Quora says 100 million users hacked
• Facebook Wielded Data to Reward, Punish Rivals, Emails Show

Music Break: Yours Truly, 2095 by Electric Light Orchestra

Final Word

• There’s an AI robot sulking in the international space station

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Nvidia has created the first video game demo using AI-generated graphics
  • Research at NVIDIA: The First Interactive AI Rendered Virtual World

• Tom Cruise’s impassioned plea against “motion smoothing” TVs

I’m taking a quick break from filming to tell you the best way to watch Mission: Impossible Fallout (or any movie you love) at home. pic.twitter.com/oW2eTm1IUA

— Tom Cruise (@TomCruise) December 4, 2018

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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.