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
- 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
The Drill Down Videos of the Week
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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
The Drill Down Videos of the Week
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440: Hello Neighbor!
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
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442: Courage! - Apple's Sept. 7th Event
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
- Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown
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
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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 Tosin Onafowokan.
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