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447: Galaxy Supernova
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10/14/16 • 61 min
This week, Russia hacks US elections, The Samsung Galaxy Note is toast, Amazon comes to your corner, President Obama sends us to Mars!... and much, much more this week.
What We're Playing With
Dwayne: Vitamix Professional 750 (G Series)
Headlines
- U.S. government officially accuses Russia of hacking campaign to interfere with elections
- Oculus Touch will be available on December 6th for $200
- Mercedes EQ brand to capitalise on EV 'tipping point'
Audible Book of the Week
- Driverless: Intelligent Cars and the Road Ahead by Hod Lipson & Melba Kurman
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Music Break: Burning Down the House by Talking Heads
Hot Topics
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Timeline:
- 2 September: Samsung issues Voluntary Recall amid Galaxy Note 7 explosions
- 8 September: Airlines ban Galaxy Note 7
- 15 September: US Government mandatory recall
- 09 October: AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon halt sales and replacements
- 09 October: Samsung Halts Galaxy Note 7 Production
- 10 October: FAA says “Don’t even turn on the new ones in flight”
- 11 October: Samsung permanently stops Galaxy Note 7 production
- 11 October: Samsung Asks All Global Partners to Stop GxN7 Sales and Exchanges
Amazon Making Disruptive Moves
Music Break: Drops of Jupiter by Train
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445: Blowing Up Your Phone
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09/30/16 • 86 min
This week, the largest hack of all time, Twitter & SoundCloud may have new owners, Apple plans its own version of the Echo, Snapchat makes a Spectacle of itself, Humans are one flight closer to Mars ... and much, much more.
Headlines
- Yahoo confirms major breach — and it could be the largest hack of all time
- Twitter may soon get formal bid, suitors said to include Salesforce and Google
- Spotify in Talks to Acquire SoundCloud
Audible Book of the Week
- Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era by James Barrat
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Music Break: Telephone by Pomplamoose
Hot Topic: The Decline of Mobile
- Apple Stepping Up Plans for Amazon Echo-Style Smart-Home Device
- Apple iPhone 7 Sales Hide a Serious Problem
- The global smartphone boom is over — sorry Apple
- BlackBerry bails on building its own phones
- Snapchat unveils $130 connected sunglasses and rebrands as Snap, Inc.
Music Break: Mars: The Bringer of War by Gustav Holst
Final Word: To Mars!
The Drill Down Videos of the Week
- SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System
- PPAP Pen Pineapple Apple Pen
- How a 'Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen' earworm took over the internet
- Internet goes crazy for pineapple pen
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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), mark...
446: 'Made By Google' Event 2016
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10/07/16 • 76 min
This week, Google’s new toys, Yahoo let the US read your email, Facebook takes on craigslist, Amazon challenges students to get conversational... and much, much more!
What We're Playing With
Andy, Dwayne & Tosin: HBO’s Westworld / Violent Delights
Headlines
- Yahoo secretly scanned customer emails for U.S. intelligence
- With Its Newest Feature, Facebook Takes on Craigslist
- Amazon’s $2.5M ‘Alexa Prize’ seeks chatbot that can converse intelligently for 20 minutes
- Google Translation Breakthroughs
- How Google Used to Translate: Crowd (22 June 2010)
- How Google Translates Now: Neural Machine Learning (03 October 2016)
Audible Book of the Week
- The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
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Music Break: Come Talk to Me by Peter Gabriel
Hot Topic: 'Made by Google' event 2016
- These are the features that make Google's new Pixel phones special
- Google’s “Daydream View” VR headset is smartphone-powered VR for $79
- Google WiFi is a router that simplifies whole-home wireless
- Google Chromecast Ultra brings 4K video and HDR support for $69
- Google Home will be cheaper than the Amazon Echo, available in November
Music Break: Tiny Machine by The Darling Buds
Final Word
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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
441: The Big Payback
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09/02/16 • 88 min
This week, join former The Drill Down co-host Tom Cheredar as we discuss: Spotify buries musicians who aren’t exclusive, Facebook kills the Trending Topics team, What to expect from Apple, is there a spy in your iPhone? How the Clinton Campaign Is Foiling the Kremlin, and have the Russians hacked US voting systems? ..and much, much more this week on The Drill Down.
What We're Playing With
Andy: Playstation Now for PC
Dwayne: SONOS is finally getting smart
Tom: Budget-level Samson Meteor USB Mic Headlines
- WhatsApp to share phone numbers and analytics data of users with Facebook, two years after it said it had no plans to collect data
- Spotify Is Burying Musicians for Their Apple Deals
- Facebook letting go of entire Trending Topics editorial staff
Audible Book of the Week
- Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer by Rob Manning, William L. Simon
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Music Break: Unprotected Sex With Multiple Partners by Against Me!
Hot Topics
- What to expect at Apple’s September 2016 event: iPhone 7 and more
- Apple Owes Ireland $14.5 Billion In Taxes, European Commission Says
- Malware sold to governments could help them spy on iPhones
- How the Clinton Campaign Is Foiling the Kremlin
- FBI says foreign hackers penetrated state election systems
Music Break: Life on Mars? by David Bowie
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440: Hello Neighbor!
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08/26/16 • 64 min
This week, autonomous Ubers invade Pittsburgh, Nougat is here, Russian hackers hit the New York Times, Mario warps down to Rio, and another earth may be closer than we thought ..and much, much more this week.
What We're Playing With
Andy: Mr. Robot app
Tosin: Teltale Batman
Dwayne: Go90 - Transformers Combiner Wars
Headlines
- Uber’s First Self-Driving Fleet Arrives in Pittsburgh This Month
- New Tesla Model S Now the Quickest Production Car in the World
- Android Nougat comes out of beta
- Doctors can now prescribe Jabra fitness headphones to treat obesity, cancer and diabetes
- How Things Work by Nick Denton
Audible Book of the Week
- The Perfect Theory: A Century of Geniuses and the Battle over General Relativity by Pedro G. Ferreira
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Music Break: Mr. Robot theme by Mac Quayle
Hot Topic: Hackers and Leakers
- The NSA Leak is Real, Snowden Documents Confirm
- FBI investigating Russian hack of New York Times reporters, others
- Private lives are exposed as WikiLeaks spills its secrets
Music Break: Super Mario 64 theme by Koji Kondo
Final Word
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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.
439: The Uncanny Valley
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08/19/16 • 85 min
This week, former TDD co-host Tom Cheredar joins us as we discuss: Intel’s VR rig, Gawker gets a new owner, Twitter’s harassment fails, Facebook vs AdBlock, the NSA gets hacked ..and much, much more.
What We're Playing With
Dwayne: Stranger Things
Tosin: Road to Ballhalla
Tom: Adult Swim’s iOS keyboard
Headlines
- Google has a new plan to bring gigabit internet to your home, and it doesn’t involve wires
- Intel shows off all-in-one Project Alloy virtual reality headset
- Univision is buying Gawker Media for $135 million
Audible Book of the Week
- Pines by Blake Crouch
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Music Break: This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race by Fall Out Boy
Hot Topic
- Inside Twitter’s 10-Year Failure To Stop Harassment
- Adblock Plus blocks Facebook block of Adblock Plus block of Facebook block of AdBlock Plus block of Facebook ads
Music Break: Human After All by Daft Punk
Final Word
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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
442: Courage! - Apple's Sept. 7th Event
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09/09/16 • 101 min
This week, The Drill Down co-host emeritus Tom Cheredar joins us for our rundown of Apple's Sept. 7th event, including a new Apple Watch and the iPhone 7. Also, Sony's new Playstation 4 Pro, YouTubers freak out about censorship & monetization, SpaceX destroys Facebook's satellite, and much, much more.
Headlines
- Tim Cook Says Apple Could Send Cash Back to U.S. Next Year
- Samsung is recalling the Galaxy Note 7 worldwide over battery problem
- YouTubers Are Freaking Out About Money and 'Censorship'
- A major SpaceX explosion just destroyed Facebook's first satellite
Audible Book of the Week
- Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
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Music Break: If I Were King of the Forest by Bert Lahr
Hot Topic: Apple's Sept. 7th Event
- Everything Apple announced at today’s iPhone 7 launch event
- Sony Unveils New 4K PlayStation Console PS4 Pro
Music Break: Brave by Sara Bareilles
Final Word
The Drill Down Videos of the Week
- The award for Best Journalism Film went to TURBOMETAL MOTORBLOG from Hungary at the London Motor Film Festival.
- ‘Westworld’ Trailer: HBO’s Latest Gunslinger Sci-Fi Drama Looks Like Another Hit
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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.
393: Apple September Event 2015
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09/11/15 • 148 min
This week, Apple’s massive September event, e-book sales fall after Amazon contracts, Comcast wants you to pay to remove data caps, the hottest toy this holiday season ... and much more in this super-sized episode!
What We're Playing With
Andy: Steve Jobs: The Man In The Machine; Sorkin’s Jobs biopic receives high praise from critics, Wozniak likes it too
Dwayne: Sony Alpha a6000
Tosin: Fitbit HR; Belkin Conserve Valet; Luna
Music Break: TV is the Thing This Year by Dinah Washington
Audible Book of the Week
- The Bite in the Apple: A Memoir of My Life with Steve Jobs by Chrisann Brennan
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Apple September 9th Event
- Apple Watch
- iPad Pro
- Apple TV
- iPhone
Music Break: Ridin' by Chamillionaire (ft. Krayzie Bone)
Headlines
- E-Book Sales Fall After New Amazon Contracts
- New Comcast innovation: A $30 charge to eliminate your data cap
- Amazon’s Fire Phone Is Off The Market
- Google’s New Street View App Lets You Browse 360-Degree Imagery, Share Your Own Panoramic Photos
- Syrian refugee: "Without Google Maps we'd be lost"
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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 tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan.
392: ...With Thunderous Applause
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09/04/15 • 92 min
This week we’re once more joined by Greg Davies, host of Blendover & Heavy Metal Historian podcasts (and of course the TARDISBlend podcast hosted here at Geeks of Doom) as we discuss the biggest sausage party online, Google’s new logo, 1/7th of humanity on Facebook, the legality of teen self-sexting, Android Wear comes to iOS, a sneak peek at Apple’s future, Tesla breaks the perfection scale ... and much much more.
What We're Playing With
Andy: I Dream of Wires
Dwayne: Sony Alpha a6000
Headlines
- Almost None of the Women in the Ashley Madison Database Ever Used the Site
- NC Law: Teens who take nude selfie photos face adult sex charges
- 1 in 7 People ON EARTH Used Facebook on Monday
Audible Book of the Week
- Really Professional Internet Person by Jenn McAllister
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Music Break: Silver Apples of the Moon (Part A) [excerpt] by Morton Subotnick
Hot Topics
- Google’s New Logo Is Its Biggest Update In 16 Years
- Microsoft slips user-tracking tools into Windows 7, 8 amidst Windows 10 privacy storm
- Android Wear smartwatches come to the iPhone
- Apple TV 4: Gaming and Siri will be major focuses, expect Bluetooth game controllers + enhanced wireless
- Apple Exploring Original Programming Move, Could Compete with Netflix
Music Break: Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C Minor" (from Well-Tempered Clavier) by J.S. Bach (Performed by Wendy Carlos)
Final Word
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Outro: Themogene (I Dream of Wires theme) by Solvent
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491: Racist Algorithms
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09/08/17 • 82 min
This week, are algorithms racist? The Red Sox think different about cheating, Russians bought 2016 US election ads on Facebook, tech companies want to keep dreamers, and much more.
What We're Playing With
Andy: Eufy Body Smart Scale
Dwayne: Clone Wars ends
Headlines
- Apple announces iPhone event on Sept. 12 in Steve Jobs Theater
- Russians Have Hacked Dozens Of US Energy Companies, Researchers Say
- Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company during 2016 election
Audible Book of the Week
- Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark
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Music Break: Dream On Dreamer by The Brand New Heavies
Hot Topics
- Turns Out Algorithms Are Racist
- Tests show phrases like “I am a gay black woman” deemed “toxic” by Google Jigsaw's Perspective AI tool that's used by some publishers to filter abusive comments
- Tech industry calls for legislative action after Trump administration announces end DACA
Music Break: Centerfield by John Fogerty
Final Word
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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.
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How many episodes does The Drill Down have?
The Drill Down currently has 415 episodes available.
What topics does The Drill Down cover?
The podcast is about Geek, Social, News, Culture, Leisure, Tech, Videogames, Media, Tech News, Podcasts, Technology and Video Games.
What is the most popular episode on The Drill Down?
The episode title '625: PlayStation 5 Revealed' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Drill Down?
The average episode length on The Drill Down is 81 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Drill Down released?
Episodes of The Drill Down are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of The Drill Down?
The first episode of The Drill Down was released on Feb 2, 2012.
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