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
- 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
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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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
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
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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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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443: Where No Burrito Has Gone Before
This week, Elon Musk wants to hack the human brain, Netflix wants to bust a cap in data caps, is Facebook abusing its power as a news source?, ageism in tech, 50 years of Star Trek... and much, much more.
What We're Playing With
Andy: Dolphin Nintendo emulator; Docking Bay 94 (Mos Eisley simulator); iOS 10
Tosin: PAX Titles
- Overload (Coming in 2017 to PS4/XB1/PC/MAC/LINUX)
- Open Sorcery - Available on Android, iPhone, and can be played Online)
- Echo (Spring 2017 - PC and some consoles tbd)
- Oxygen not Included: Space colony simulation game
- 1979 Revolution Black Friday
Dwayne: Uber starts autonomous vehicles in Pittsburg; iPhone 7, one week later
Headlines
- Elon Musk is Looking to Kickstart Transhuman Evolution With “Brain Hacking” Tech
- Tesla Autopilot 8.0 uses radar to prevent accidents like the fatal Model S crash
- Amazon’s connected speaker Echo Dot returns, is now only $50
- Netflix asks FCC to declare data caps “unreasonable”
Audible Book of the Week
- No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald
- Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown
Music Break: Touch of Gray by The Grateful Dead
Hot Topic
- Mark Zuckerberg accused of abusing power after Facebook deletes 'napalm girl' post
- Univision deletes six controversial Gawker Media posts
- It’s Tough Being Over 40 in Silicon Valley
Music Break: 'Star Trek' main title by Alexander Courage (arr. Michael Giacchino)
Final Word
- Google's Project Wing drones will deliver Chipotle burritos at Virginia Tech
- Star Trek 50th Anniversary: personal thoughts
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