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
- Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown
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
The Drill Down Video of the Week
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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, 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
- Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown
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
The Drill Down Video of the Week
Subscribe!
The Drill Down on iTunes (Subscribe now!)
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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439: The Uncanny Valley
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
- Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown
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
The Drill Down Videos of the Week: Uncanny Valley
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The Drill Down on iTunes (Subscribe now!)
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
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441: The Big Payback
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
- Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown
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
Final Word
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