This week, ten percent of everything watched is Netflix, Amazon, AT&T & Google vs consumers, the beauty of our planet & outer space... and much, much more.

What We’re Playing With

Dwayne:  Dyson Pure Cool, TP04 - HEPA Air Purifier and Tower Fan

Headlines

• • Amazon’s cashierless Go stores could be a $4 billion business by 2021

• • AT&T says it’ll stop selling your location data, amid calls for a federal investigation

• • French data protection watchdog fines Google $57 million under the GDPR

• Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome

Audible Book of the Week

• The Radical King by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Cornel West - editor
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Music Break: Spiritual High (Part III) by Moodswings

Hot Topics

• • Netflix says it has 10% of all US TV time, discloses huge numbers for its shows

• • Netflix says Fortnite is bigger competition than HBO or Hulu

• The MPAA has added Netflix as a member, the first internet-based service to be added

Music Break: Where We're Going (from Interstellar) by Hans Zimmer

Final Word

• • This 9-Gigapixel Image —With 84 Million Stars— Of the Milky Way Will Give You Goosebumps

• Lose yourself in our planet’s beauty with the winners of Wiki Loves Earth

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Sci-Fi Short Film "FTL" presented by DUST

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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, we put current news aside in order to review the year was 2018, and this year, as we did last year, Instead of merely having a stack-ranked list of top news of the year, we’re gonna make tech news compete for awards, affectionately called The Drill Bits. So put on your tuxes, get in the limo, and roll out the red carpet, ‘cause the show’s about to begin!

Music Break: Every 1s A Winner by Hot Chocolate

The Drill Bit Awards 

Audible Book of the Week

• Raising Humans in a Digital World by Diana Graber
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Music Break: I.G.Y. by Donald Fagen

Last Year’s Predictions (2018)

• DWAYNE: Twitter Goes into Acquisition Talks NOPE
• TOSIN: AR is going to blow up NOPE
• ANDY: Net Neutrality defenders strike back NOPE
• TOSIN: Disney will announce an Original, unEdited Star Wars trilogy NOPE
• ANDY: Model 3 *will* finish shipping in 2018 (all pre-ordered reservationists only) NOPE
• DWAYNE: Clean, green tech will go mainstream in building codes. NOPE
  • SCORE
  • Andy 0
  • Tosin 0
  • Dwayne 0

We all lose

Coming Year’s Predictions for 2019

• • DWAYNE: Lots of integration into the smart home space w/ IOT encryption

• • TOSIN: Major innovate tech from locations unknown (such as africa), and we’ll see an explosion of embracing tech exploration in undeveloped regions

• ANDY: I will receive my standard battery Model 3 Tesla in 2019.

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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, Dwayne reports from CES, Apple’s iPhone problem, is your weather app spying on you? Vehicular robot-slaughter?... and much, much more. 

What We’re Playing With Dwayne: CES Update

• Nvidia launches the $349 GeForce RTX 2060
• Amazon's Ring unveils a $199 Door View Cam, which captures peephole video and detects knocks, alongside several new devices for smart outdoor lighting and more
• HTC unveils Vive Pro Eye, a new VR headset with eye-tracking capabilities, coming in April, and teases the Vive Cosmos, a new consumer-friendly headset
• Sony says its new 4K and 8K TVs launching later this year, which run Android TV, will support AirPlay 2 and HomeKit
• Google makes over a dozen announcements for Google Assistant at CES, including Google Assistant Connect for third-party developers and flight check-ins
• CES 2019: 'Award-winning' sex toy for women withdrawn from show

The Google Assistant Ride 360° Tour at CES 2019 Audible Book of the Week

• Ethical Hacking by Lakshay Eshan
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Music Break: Digital Love by Daft Punk

Hot Topics

• Apple's iPhone sales problem goes beyond China
• Lawsuit Accuses Weather Channel App of Misleading Users and Profiting From Their Location Data
• A Major Hacking Spree in Germany Gets Personal
• Album Sales Are Dying as Fast as Streaming Services Are Rising

Music Break: Get on Your Feet  by Gloria Estefan

Final Word

• A Fake Nude of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Was Debunked By Foot Fetishists

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Self-Driving Tesla Mows Down And “Kills” AI Robot At CES Tech Show

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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, luddites take aim at next-gen cars, a malware attack against the nations newspapers, a new look at the big bang, AI face technology... and much, much more.

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Oculus Go; Black Mirror: Bandersnatch [How the Surprise New Interactive Black Mirror Came Together]

Headlines

• Wielding Rocks and Knives, Arizonans Attack Self-Driving Cars
• Truck owners are blocking Tesla Superchargers in 'ICE-ing' protests
  • Tesla shares tumble as much as 10% as company misses Wall Street vehicle delivery estimates, cuts prices
  • Tesla reports record production numbers in 2018

Audible Book of the Week

• The New Childhood by Jordan Shapiro
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Music Break: Here is the News by Electric Light Orchestra

Hot Topics

• Malware attack disrupts delivery of L.A. Times and Tribune papers across the U.S.
• Amazon Plans to Add Whole Foods Stores

Music Break: Smiling Faces Sometimes  by The Undisputed Truth

Final Word

• Big Bang Was Actually a Phase Change, New Theory Says

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Nvidia’s Scary AI Generates Humans That Look 100% Real

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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.