On this week’s podcast, media expert Tom Cheredar joins us to check out: a fan-made shot-for-shot recreation of Toy Story 3, News Corp's new Knewz site, Facebook cuts back on original video content ...and much, much more.

What We’re Playing With

Andy: A Fisherman’s Tale VR game

Tom: Mario Kart Tour for iOS

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• A Fan Remade All 103 Minutes of ‘Toy Story 3’ in Stop-Motion

Audible Book of the Week

• Agency By William Gibson
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Music Break: Hay un Amigo en Mi by Gipsy Kings

Hot Topics

• KNEWZ press release
  • Murdoch's News Corp. launches 'Knewz' aggregation platform as alternative to Google, Facebook
• Facebook Cuts Back on Original Programming for Watch Video
  • Facebook’s new metrics show it’s still a one-trick pony

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In this The Drill Down extra, culled from our outtakes, media expert Tom Cheredar chats with Dwayne about glory that was Babylon 5, and their reactions to CBS All Access' Picard series.

Picard premiere episode (limited time)

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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 social media enthusiast Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Vudu product manager Tosin Onafowokan.

On this week’s podcast, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos gets hacked, Sonos makes its older speakers obsolete, a quiz on Dem candidates, Tesla self-driving, Star Trek & Doctor Who...and much, much more.

What We’re Playing With

Dwayne: Which of these 2020 Democrats agrees with you most? Andy: Tesla self-driving mode; Star Trek: Short Treks; Doctor Who (“New Who” season 12) Audible Book of the Week

• Uncanny Valley: A Memoir By Anna Wiener
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Music Break: Doctorin' the TARDIS by The Timelords (KLF)

Hot Topics

• Sonos will stop updating its 'legacy' products in May
• The Jeff Bezos hack could happen to anyone
  • 1) Free Speech and Khashoggi
  • 2) The rich use what we use (car phones and Concordes)
  • 3) This exploit can get anyone

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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 social media enthusiast Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Vudu product manager Tosin Onafowokan.

On this week’s podcast, we change our format, talk with media expert Tom Cheredar about Quibi, discuss highlights of CES 2020, ...and much, much more.

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Show Notes

• Notes on new distribution, change of format, what’s in store for The Drill Down ahead.

• Thoughts on the past decade in tech, and what to look forward to in the future

• Special guest Tom Cheredar on Quibi
  • Quibi versus the world
  • Quibi's secret weapon: Videos that work in portrait and landscape mode

Audible Book of the Week

• The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil
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• CES Highlights with Tosin & Dwayne

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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 social media enthusiast Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Vudu product manager Tosin Onafowokan.

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast,  Uber’s banned in London, Tesla unveils its Cybertruck, Valve learns to count to three, and a plan to save the web ...and much, much more. 

What We’re Playing With

Dwayne: Philips Hue; Jabra Active 65T headphones

Andy: Luigi’s Mansion 3

Headlines

• Uber loses London license after TfL finds drivers faked identity
• Facebook built a facial recognition app for employees
• Tim Berners-Lee unveils global plan to save the web

Audible Book of the Week

• The Final Empire (Mistborn Book 1) by Brandon Sanderson
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Music Break: Truckin' by Grateful Dead

Hot Topics

• Tesla unveils Cybertruck
  • Elon Musk says Tesla has already received 200,000 orders for the Cybertruck
  • Tesla. The Cybertruck. I slept on it. Here are my thoughts: — Dwayne D.
• Half-Life: Alyx is officially coming March 2020, and here’s your first look

Music Break: A Change is Gonna Come  by Sam Cooke

Final Word

• White nationalists are openly operating on Facebook. The company won't act
• The ‘Silicon Six’ spread propaganda. It’s time to regulate social media sites. by Sacha Baron Cohen

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Cybertruck reveal supercut

• Sacha Baron Cohen addresses ADL

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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 on The Drill Down podcast, Google Stadia launches, 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

• Google Stadia is not the cloud gaming future we were promised
  • A day later, many Google Stadia founders still don’t have their launch codes

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

Dwayne:

1. Philips Hue Smart Dimmable LED Smart Light Recipe Kit, Installation Free, no Hub Required, (Works with Alexa Apple HomeKit and Google Assistant) $35.41

2. Arcade 1Up Pacman Countercade, Tabletop Design $199.99

   1. Upright Classic Arcade Machine $2,699.00

3. Apple AirPods with Wireless Charging Case (Latest Model) (AMAZON ONLY) $164.99

4. Sonos One (Gen 2) - Voice Controlled Smart Speaker with Amazon Alexa Built-in - Black $200

5. Google Nest Wifi $170 to $350 and $150 for every extra module

Tosin:

1. Dyson Pure Hot + Cool Air Purifier ($477)
2. Codenames (12.99)
3. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse -The Art of the Movie ($23.49) / The Stormlight Archive ($24.78 kindle)
4. Control Video Game ($44.99)
5. Milwaukee Drill Set ($200+)

Andrew:

1. IKEA Symfonisk
2. Nintendo Switch/Ring Fit Adventure
3. Escape Room / Journal 29
4. Red Dead Redemption II on PC
5. Oculus Quest

Classic Honourable Mentions:

• Any mainstream streaming service
  • Netflix
  • Hulu
  • HBO Now/Max
  • Disney+
  • Spotify Premium
  • Google Music
• Audible
  • Not quite a streaming service, but an online content nonetheless.
• Streaming Devices 
  • Apple TV 4K
  • Roku
  • Amazon Fire TV 4K
• Smart Speaker
  • Echo Dot
  • Google Home Mini

Audible Book of the Week

• I Am C-3PO by Anthony Daniels
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Subscribe! The Drill Down on iTunes (Subscribe now!) Add us on Stitcher! The Drill Down on Facebook The Drill Down on Twitter 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.

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Disney Plus launches with snags, Instagram hides likes, does the Apple Card gender discriminate?, Google secretly collects health data,  ...and much, much more. 

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Disney+ (The Mandalorian, The World According to Jeff Goldblum)

Headlines

• Disney+ launches, then crashes
  • Disney+ surpasses 10 million sign-ups since launch
• Instagram Will Test Hiding 'Likes' in the US
• Sources: Apple is aiming to release an AR headset in 2022 and a sleeker pair of AR glasses by 2023

Audible Book of the Week

• Go Like Hell by A.J. Bairne
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Music Break: Life is a Highway by Rascal Flatts

Hot Topics

• Viral Tweet About Apple Card Leads to Probe Into Goldman Sachs
• Google reportedly collects health data on millions of Americans without informing patients
• Your DNA Profile is Private? A Florida Judge Just Said Otherwise

Music Break: Octopus' Garden  by The Beatles

Final Word

• 90 Minutes a Day, Until 10 P.M.: China Sets Rules for Young Gamers

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Incredible footage captures a sleeping octopus changing colour while dreaming

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On this week’s The Drill Down podcast Number 600, Is it time up for TikTok?, AT&T gets throttled for throttling, lasers hack your smart speaker, a way to preserve big data on glass, how well did Blade Runner predict 2019 ...and much, much more.

Headlines

• The Real Reason Google Is Buying Fitbit
• U.S. opens national security investigation into TikTok
  • Inside TikTok: A culture clash where U.S. views about censorship often were overridden by the Chinese bosses
• AT&T fined $60 million for throttling ‘unlimited’ data plans

Audible Book of the Week

• Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
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Music Break: The Shining by Wendy Carlos

More Headlines

• Hackers Can Use Lasers to ‘Speak’ to Your Amazon Echo
• Waze thinks it can get Americans carpooling again
• Project Silica proof of concept stores Warner Bros. ‘Superman’ movie on quartz glass

Music Break: Tears In Rain by Vangelis

Final Word

• Blade Runner's vision of tech in November 2019

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Teenager solves car blind spots using a webcam and projector

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On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Microsoft gains JEDI powers, Google may get FitBit, the facts on HBOMax, Facebook makes news--literally, rats who drive, ...and much, much more. 

What We’re Playing With

Dwayne: Owlet Smart Sock Baby Monitor

Tosin: Winix C535 Air Cleaner with PlasmaWave Technology

Headlines

• Microsoft beats Amazon for Pentagon's $10 billion cloud computing contract
• Exclusive: Google owner Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit
• Details on HBOMax streaming service

Audible Book of the Week

• The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
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Music Break: Dirty Laundry by Don Henley

Hot Topics

• Facebook Launches News Section to Compensate Publishers
• Over 250 Facebook employees have signed a letter visible on an internal forum that says letting politicians lie in ads is “a threat” to the company 
• Twitter to stop accepting all political ads on the platform globally

Music Break: Rat Race by The Specials

Final Word

• Racial bias in a medical algorithm favors white patients over sicker black patients
• Scientists taught rats to drive little rat-sized cars. It could advance human mental health treatment

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Facebook alters video to make people invisible to facial recognition

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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.

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks out on freedom of speech and gets grilled in Congress, has Google achieved “quantum supremacy”?, a real working invisibility cloak, women walking in space, ...and much, much more.

What We’re Playing With

Dwayne: Elvie

Tosin: raise3d pro2

Andy: Watchmen on HBO

Headlines

• Google confirms ‘quantum supremacy’ breakthrough

• WeWork's had a terrible month, and now the company may be getting bailed out by SoftBank — here's everything that has happened since the embattled company filed to go public

Audible Book of the Week

• The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
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Music Break: Cosmic Girl by Jamiroquai

Hot Topics

• Defiant Zuckerberg Says Facebook Won’t Police Political Speech
  • Mark Zuckerberg doubles down on free speech
  • Mark Zuckerberg took on China in a speech defending free expression
  • The Internet and the Third Estate
• Congress isn’t buying Mark Zuckerberg’s pitch for Libra
  • AOC Blasts Mark Zuckerberg in Testy House Hearing

Music Break: I'm Looking Through You  by The Beatles

Final Word

• NASA’s all-female spacewalk makes history: ‘One giant leap for WOMANkind!’

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• A Canadian company has developed a bloody full blown invisibility shield

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