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On this week’s podcast, the first-ever audience-free Apple WWDC, eliminating racial bias in tech jargon, and the first facial recognition wrongful arrest, ...and much more.

Apple WWDC 2020

• Apple WWDC 2020: the 18 biggest announcements
  • Apple Details iOS 14, Its Next Major Software Update
  • More Varied Memoji Are Coming With iOS 14
  • Apple Maps Is Getting A Dedicated Map View For Cycling And Ev Users
  • Apple Is Debuting Its Digital Car Key, Coming In iOS 13 And iOS 14
  • App Clips Are Coming In iOS 14
  • A Few Changes Coming To iPadOS 14
  • Handwriting With Apple Pencil Is About To Get Better With iPadOS 14
  • Airpods Will Soon Be Able To Seamlessly Switch Devices
  • The Airpods Pro Are Getting Spatial Audio
  • WatchOS 7’s Face Swapping Feature Makes It Easy To Share And Get New Watchfaces
  • The Apple Watch Will Track Dancing In WatchOS 7
  • Sleep Tracking Is Coming With WatchOS 7
  • WatchOS 7 Can Track Handwashing
  • Apple Develops A New Smart Home Standard Alongside Google, Amazon, And Others
  • Apple Tv Is Getting Multiuser Support For Apple Arcade
  • Apple Tv Is Getting Picture-in-picture In tvOS 14
  • Apple’s New MacOS Big Sur Software Looks A Lot Like iOS
  • Apple Is Announcing Its New Silicon For Its Future Computers

Audible Book of the Week

• An Antiracism Listening List
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Music Break:  The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gil Scott-Heron Hot Topics

• Microsoft's Github is removing coding terms like 'master' and 'slave'
  • Tech terms face scrutiny amid anti-racism efforts
    • “'whitelist'/'blacklist'
    • "white hat"/"black hat"
• A black man was wrongfully arrested because of facial recognition

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• WWDC 2020 Special Event Keynote

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On this week’s podcast, our weekly COVID-19/tech sector update, Sony's Playstation 5 is revealed, Twitter adds audio tweets  ...and much more.

• Coronavirus: Dexamethasone proves first life-saving drug
• FUTURE COVID-19 TREATMENTS COULD BE THANKS TO COWS, LLAMAS, AND PANGOLINS
• EPA Tells Amazon, EBay to Stop Shipping Unproven Covid Goods
• VergeSense grabs $9M for its people-counting sensor tech as offices eye COVID changes
• Google bans website ZeroHedge from its ad platform over comments on protest articles

• Digitize and Punish: Racial Criminalization in the Digital Age by Brian Jefferson
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Music Break: Horizon Zero Dawn: Aloy's Theme by Julie Elven

• Twitter starts rolling out audio tweets on iOS

• • Playstation 5 event in 22 minutes (hardware + games)

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On this week’s podcast, our weekly COVID-19/tech sector update, the way Amazon and IBM are halting their facial recognition programs... and much more.

On this week’s podcast, our weekly COVID-19/tech sector update, social media and social responsibility in 2020,  ...and much more.

• Red Dead Redemption 2 Is Now Being Used To Host Work Meetings
• EV and COVID
  • Sweden’s EV Market Share At 23% In April, Doubles Year On Year
  • Australian car sales fall by half in April, but consumers still interested in electric and hybrids
  • Electric vehicles show more resilience than conventional cars during Covid-19 shock
  • Tesla is on the verge of breaking into the S&P 500 index. Here's the last thing it needs to do to be eligible. (TSLA)
• Bots Are Likely Responsible For Nearly Half Of COVID-19 Tweets, Say Researchers

• Slowdown: The End of the Great Acceleration - and Why It’s Good for the Planet, the Economy, and Our Lives by Danny Dorling
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Music Break: Would I Lie to You by Eurythmics

• Twitter flags Trump tweet with fact-checking label for first time
• Trump lashes out at social media companies after Twitter labels tweets with fact checks
• Facebook Executives Shut Down Efforts to Make the Site Less Divisive

• Making History: NASA and SpaceX Launch Astronauts to Space!

• What’s the difference between...HBO GO, HBO NOW, & HBO MAX?

• According to Eli Blumentahl at CNET, Millions of HBO Now customers will be upgraded to HBO Max automatically. After the service launches, many of those users will get an app update that simply transforms the HBO Now app into the HBO Max app.

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On this week’s podcast, our weekly COVID-19/tech sector update, a bikini with a built-in face mask, how animation production works from home, Unreal Engine 5 ...and much more.

• The havoc wrought by covid-19 will spark new concern over bio-weapons
  • Covid-19 being used as weapon in attacks on US police and grocers
• Llama antibodies could help fight coronavirus, study finds
• Apple releases final iOS 13.5 with coronavirus exposure alert support
• Meet the trikini, beach fashion’s answer to coronavirus

• Girl Decoded by Rana el Kaliouby (with Carol Colman)
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Music Break: Girls in Bikinis by Poppy

Interview with editor Andrew Sorcini about Animation Production working from home

• Unreal Engine 5 Revealed! Next-Gen Real-Time Demo Running on PlayStation 5

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On this week’s podcast, our weekly COVID-19/tech sector update, a basketball backboard that won't let you miss, we say farewell to Double Rainbow Guy  ...and much more.

• White-Collar Companies Race to Be Last to Return to the Office
• Twitter Will Allow Employees To Work At Home Forever
• How My Boss Monitors Me While I Work From Home
• Tesla sues California county in virus factory closure fight, threatens to leave
• Uber is trying to buy Grubhub
• Spot the robot is reminding parkgoers in Singapore to keep their distance from one another
• New Genre Emerges In Hollywood: Do-It-Yourself TV
• Jeffrey Katzenberg Blames Pandemic for Quibi’s Rough Start
• The pandemic is giving people vivid, unusual dreams. Here's why.

• How Innovation Works by Matt Ridley
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Music Break: Double Rainbow!! by The Gregory Brothers (ft. Paul "Bear" Vasquez)

• Double rainbow!

• My robotic basketball hoop won't let you miss

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On this week’s podcast, our weekly COVID-19/tech sector update, we compare our work from home experiences  ...and much more.

• Report: Amazon Uses Marketplace Seller Data to Make Its Own Competing Products
• Amid pandemic, U.S. renewable power sources have topped coal for 40 days
• Lyft shares jump 15% as company reports more riders than last year despite coronavirus
• With No Tourists, Australian Scuba Tours Are Planting Coral Instead

• Tom Cruise Plots Movie To Shoot In Space With Elon Musk’s SpaceX
• NASA, SpaceX set date for historic launch of astronauts to ISS

• The Ultimate Engineer by Richard Jurek
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Music Break: Starman by David Bowie

• Facebook Names the 20 People Who Can Overrule Mark Zuckerberg

• United States Space Force recruitment video

• Space Force - Netflix

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On this week’s podcast, our weekly COVID-19/tech sector update, we compare our work from home experiences,  ...and much more.

• "No evidence" that recovered COVID-19 patients cannot be reinfected: WHO
  • Nearly All Patients Hospitalized With Covid-19 Had Chronic Health Issues, Study Finds
• French workers use 'right to walk out' as defence against coronavirus
• Portable 'cold plasma' wand prototype could destroy germs in seconds
• Bill Gates’s vision for life beyond the coronavirus
• MS, TSLA, FB report positive earnings despite pandemics and lock downs.
• Messenger Rooms are Facebook’s answer to Zoom and Houseparty for the pandemic
• Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot is helping hospitals remotely treat coronavirus patients
• YouTube to Host Free Virtual Film Festival With 20 Partners Including Cannes, Tribeca, Sundance
  • As Hollywood Maps Out Its Return, New On-Set Protocols Take Center Stage

• Heroes by Stephen Fry
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Music Break: School's Out by Alice Cooper

• "I just can't do this." Harried parents forgo home school
  • Addressing California students’ loss of learning shapes plan to reopen schools

• Every Covid-19 Commercial is Exactly the Same

• How I'm Handling Online Teaching

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On this week’s podcast, our weekly COVID-19/tech sector update, and the latest reviews of the newly released Tesla Y,  ...and much more.

• Sewage analysis suggests a New England metro area with fewer than 500 COVID-19 cases may have exponentially more
• Free-Falling: U.S. Oil Drops Below $3 Per Barrel As Demand Disappears
• Facebook removes some events calling for protests of stay-at-home orders
  • YouTube will remove any coronavirus content that goes against WHO recommendations
  • Twitter will remove misleading COVID-19-related tweets that could incite people to engage in ‘harmful activity’
• Verizon will buy video conferencing company BlueJeans
• WarnerMedia Sets Late May HBO Max Launch
• Netflix Experiences Incredible Growth Under Pandemic Lock Downs
  • Netflix Plans to Raise $1 Billion Through Debt Offering

• Robot, Take the Wheel by Jason Torchinsky
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Music Break: Why by Annie Lennox What We’re Playing With:

The Tesla Model Y Is the Tesla Everyone Is Waiting For

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On this week’s podcast, our weekly COVID-19/tech sector update, we find time to have fun and game from home  ...and much more.

• The Pandemic Is Turning the Natural World Upside Down
• China factories go to extremes to fend off virus
• Amazon to add 75,000 more jobs amid coronavirus pandemic
• It's Time to Delete Your Delivery Apps
• Google and Apple launching coronavirus contact-tracing system for iOS and Android
• Coronavirus quarantines have made our dreams even weirder

• Soldiers of Science An Interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci
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Music Break: Break My Stride by Matthew Wilder What We’re Playing With: Dwayne: The Nintendo Switch 

• Accessories
  • SanDisk Ultra 400GB MicroSDXC (366GB)
  • Nintendo Joy-Con Charging Grip
  • Nintendo Switch Pro Controller

• amFilm Tempered Glass Screen Protector for Nintendo Switch 2017 (2-Pack)
• Downloading games vs Cartridges 
• Games
  • Cat’s Quest
  • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Nintendo Switch 

Andy: 

• SNL At Home
• Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Half-Life: Alyx
• We Happy Few / ‘cosy catastrophe’ fiction

Tosin:

• Anova Culinary Sous Vide Cooker Cooking container
• Gears of War 5
• FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE
• Announcing the Play At Home Initiative
  • UNCHARTED: The Nathan Drake Collection Game
  • Journey™ Game

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On this week’s podcast, our weekly COVID-19/tech sector update highlights everyday heroes, and media expert Tom Cheredar helps us escape into the fantasy world of superheroes,  ...and much more.

• Why Are Music Streams Down If Everyone’s Home? Experts Weigh in
• These 'disease hunters' developed a novel technique for tracking pandemics after 9/11, but lost funding right before COVID-19
• Disney pushes the release dates of all Marvel movies in the next two years
• Brands turn to livestreaming as China stays home
• Twitter CEO sets aside $1 billion in Square equity for charity, coronavirus relief
• Tesla is cutting salaries and furloughing workers to ‘manage costs’ during pandemic
• UK cell towers torched amid bogus conspiracy theories that link 5G with coronavirus
• An EU coalition of techies is backing a ‘privacy-preserving’ standard for COVID-19 contacts tracing
• After walkouts, Amazon pledges temperature checks and masks in all warehouses
• Tiger tests positive for coronavirus at Bronx Zoo, first known case in the world
• You can’t use ventilators without sedatives. Now the US is running out of those, too.

• Shorter: Work Better, Smarter, and Less - Here's How by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
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Music Break: We Could Be Heroes by Alesso

• ANDY- Watchmen (HBO)
• TOSIN - Sonic the Hedgehog 
• DWAYNE - Marvel’s Runaways (super-light fun). X-Men: The Animated Series, Attack on Titan, Saga.
• TOM - DMZ & Planetary

• Tesla Ventilator

• How a coronavirus 'infodemic' is infecting the internet - CNN Video

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On this week’s podcast, our weekly COVID-19/tech sector update, Plus, is it always necessary to wear a face covering while going out these days?  ...and much more.

• Streaming Continues to Grow With Viewers at Home: Nielsen
• Xerox drops $34B HP takeover bid amid COVID-19 uncertainty****
• Sales Skyrocket at Libro.fm and Bookshop.org
• Mental health care in Colorado has gone virtual thanks to coronavirus. For some patients, it’s long overdue
• Why Instacart and Amazon workers are going on strike during coronavirus
• Utilities Aim To Keep Specially Trained Employees Healthy And Working

• Version Control by Dexter Palmer
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Music Break: Safe and Sound by Capital Cities

• Masks Save Lives - COVID-19
• #Masks4All

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On this week’s podcast, our weekly COVID-19/tech sector update, we compare our work from home experiences,  ...and much more.

• YouTube to Limit Video Quality Around the World for a Month
• Internet Traffic Surges As Companies And Schools Send People Home
• Uber CEO asks Trump to support gig workers impacted by the coronavirus
• Delivery workers rising to meet the pandemic
  • • Amazon workers are on the frontlines of the pandemic
    • Postal workers hoping for community donations to meet sanitizing needs
• Study reveals how long COVID-19 remains infectious on cardboard, metal and plastic
• USPS Statement on Coronavirus

• The Stand by Stephen King
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Music Break: Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Öyster Cult

• • Zoom's Work From Home - Audio/Video Tips

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On this week’s podcast, Tom Cheredar joins us for an update on COVID-19's affect on the tech sector, what to do during a self-imposed quarantine, telecommuting tips,  ...and much, much more.

• • Internet's largest social networks issue joint statement on COVID-19 misinformation
  • Gig workers have created a tool to offer mutual aid during COVID-19 pandemic
  • Lyft & Uber suspend pools
  • Studios releasing first-run movies as VOD
  • U.S. government reportedly in talks to use location data in COVID-19 fight

• Command and Control by Eric Schlosser
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Music Break: Stuck in the Middle With You by Stealers Wheel

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons review: A quarantined life has never been cuter (release date 3/20)
• Shows & films to binge while in COVID-19 quarantine
• Netflix Party lets you watch with friends online
• Sofa King - Roundup of all live streaming performance activities
• Comicbooks:
  • Locke & Key (Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez)
  • Lazarus
  • The Beauty
  • Sex Criminals (Matt Fraction & Chip Zsarsky)
  • The Sculptor (Scott McCloud)
  • Seconds (Brian Lee O'malley)
• Let’s name some classics
  • Game of Thrones (HBO)
  • The Wire (HBO)
  • The Sopranos (HBO)
  • Avatar the Last Airbender (Nick Hits)
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (HULU)
  • Babylon 5 (Purchase on Amazon)
  • Stargate SG1 (HULU and Amazon Prime Video)
• Telecommuting amid coronavirus: Best tech tools for you and the kids to work from home

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On this week’s podcast, an update on COVID-19's effect on the tech sector--and everything else,  and we decrypt the mysteries of encryption...and much, much more.

Dwayne: TONOR Mic and Behringer UCA222 Amp Andy: Oculus Link / Westworld Awakening

• • Pandemic
  • Stock Market Volatility but not mainstreet volatility
  • Campus closings
  • NCAA tournament and Presidential Debates without live audiences
  • Travel ban on people and items from Europe

• About Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) | CDC
• Coronavirus | WHO

• Star Trek: Picard: The Last Best Hope By Una McCormack
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Music Break: Shake the Disease by Depeche Mode

• Leaked documents reportedly show the CIA secretly bought an encryption company and used it to spy on clients — while turning a profit
• Huawei and US surveillance
• Trump Administration Targets Your 'Warrant-Proof' Encrypted Messages
• Canada's cyber intelligence agency working on 'Holy Grail' of encryption
• New flaw in Intel chips lets attackers slip their own data into secure enclave

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On this week’s podcast, Andy & Tosin examine how COVID-19 is affecting tech conferences & supply chains, and how the tech landscape will look as COVID-19 spreads..

• All the ways China’s coronavirus outbreak is affecting tech
  • The world’s biggest phone show has been canceled due to coronavirus concerns
  • Coronavirus 2020 tech conference cancellations list
  • Facebook, Twitter pull out of SXSW citing coronavirus concerns
  • Google cancels ‘physical’ I/O 2020 due to coronavirus concerns

• • How does Coronavirus compare to Ebola, SARS, etc?

• • Ghen Cô Vy' - NIOEH x KHẮC HƯNG x MIN x ERIK (Coronavirus parody of ‘Jealous’)

• Last Week Tonight Segment

• The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History by John M. Barry
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Music Break:Ghen Cô Vy' by NIOEH x KHẮC HƯNG x MIN x ERIK

• Google, Coinbase, Twitter telling employees to work from home amid spread of coronavirus
• Google moves all job interviews to Hangouts ‘for the foreseeable future’ due to coronavirus
• Microsoft asks staff in Seattle area, Silicon Valley to work from home

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On this week’s podcast, a shakeup at the the highest levels of the Disney and Lucasfilm  Empires...and much, much more.

Tosin: Droid building update Andy:  Star Wars: The High Republic is Disney's new Star Wars saga

• Star Wars: The High Republic announce trailer
• The Virtual Production of The Mandalorian

• A Long Time Ago, in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away By Paul Hirsch
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Music Break: Into the Trap by John Williams

• Bob Iger’s Disney Exit Surprised More Than Just Industry Analysts, and He Leaves Some Uncertainty in His Wake

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On this week’s podcast, media expert Tom Cheredar helps us examine the cutting edge of deepfaked video and speech... and its potential benefits and dangers.

Andy:  The Simpsons: The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson

Tosin: live edge slab table

• • Video Deepfake: Robert Downey Jr and Tom Holland in Back to the Future

• Audio Deepfake: Various celebrities reading “Navy Seal copypasta”
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Alec Guinness
  • A Guide to Speech Synthesis with Deep Learning

• The Reality Game by Samuel Woolley
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Music Break: Lies by Thompson Twins

• Twitter Just Released Its Plan To Deal With Deep Fakes
• We've Just Seen the First Use of Deepfakes in an Indian Election Campaign
• Deepfakes, videos manipulated by face-swapping technology, are showing up on the wildly popular 60-second video app TikTok
• Deepfakes and deep media: A new security battleground

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On this week’s podcast, impressions on Samsung's new flip foldable, are digital movie cameras really as good as film?, China hacked Equifax, Tesla giveth...and Tesla taketh away,  ...and much, much more.

Andy:  Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet; Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

ALL: Impressions on Samsung Galaxy Z Flip (and the future of foldable)

• The cinematographer of Knives Out wants to end the film-vs.-digital debate
• Steve Yedlin: Display Prep Demo

• Every Tool's a Hammer by Adam Savage
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Music Break: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by Daft Punk

• Tesla Remotely Removes Autopilot Features From Customer's Used Tesla Without Any Notice
• U.S. Charges Chinese Military Officers in 2017 Equifax Hacking

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On this week’s podcast, what we've been watching at the movies, an 125 year-old film looks like it was shot yesterday, the app that crashed the Iowa Caucus, and much more.

Dwayne: Knives Out/The Gentlemen

Andy:  Suicide Squad (Extended Cut)

Tosin: Parasite/1917/Ford v Ferrari

• Neural Networks Upscale Film from 1896 to 4K, Make It Look Like It Was Shot on a Modern Smartphone

• Forward: Stories of Tomorrow by Various Authors
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Music Break: Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne

• Election tech was supposed to clean up the Iowa caucus — instead, it may have killed it
• The App That Broke the Iowa Caucus

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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.

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

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

• 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.

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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.

• 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

• 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 |

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

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+)

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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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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On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Google unveils new Pixel, Nest & Stadia products, Facebook launches its cryptocurrency without some major players, Apple & Hong Kong, Fortnite gets sucked into a black hole, ...and much, much more.

What We’re Playing With

Dwayne: iPhone 11 Pro (addendum)

Tosin: Star Wars D-O Interactive Droid (Target Exclusive)

Andy: Gemini Man in IMAX 3D+ in HFR

Headlines

• Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, and eBay all quit Facebook’s Libra in one day
  • Facebook and partners move forward with Libra cryptocurrency after string of exits
• Apple removes app used in Hong Kong protests after pressure from China
  • Tim Cook’s Company-Wide Memo on HKmap.live Doesn’t Add Up
• Apple Safari browser sends some user IP addresses to Chinese conglomerate Tencent by default
  • Here's Apple's statement on Safari Fraudulent Website Warning and Tencent

Audible Book of the Week

• Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America by Christopher Wylie
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Music Break: Chinese Democracy by Guns n' Roses

Hot Topic: Google Pixel Event 2019

• The biggest announcements from Google’s 2019 Pixel event
  • Pixel 4 Cameras
  • Nest WiFi
  • Nest Mini
  • Pixelbook Go
  • Pixel Buds
  • Stadia
• Google Pixel 4 event in 10 minutes

Music Break: Supermassive Black Hole  by Muse

Final Word

• The entire Fortnite ecosystem has been sucked into a virtual black hole, and the game is down

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Fortnite "THE END" Full Live ROCKET Event

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On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, technology meddles in global politics, new platforms for Apple & Instagram, Facebook’s cash loses support, the Playstation 5, ...and much, much more. 

What We’re Playing With

Dwayne & Andy: Using the iPhone 11

Headlines

• Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency loses backing from PayPal
• Instagram launches Threads, a Close Friends chat app with auto-status
• Apple releases macOS Catalina
  • What's new in Catalina

Audible Book of the Week

• The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
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Music Break: Clocks by Coldplay

Hot Topics

• US, UK & Australia pressure Facebook to halt end-to-end encryption plans
• Microsoft says Iranian hacking group targeted a 2020 US presidential candidate
• U.S. Blacklists Eight Chinese Tech Companies on Rights Violations
• Blizzard Bans Gamer, Rescinds Money, on Hong Kong Protest Support
  • Blizzard Employees Staged a Walkout to Protest Ban of Pro-Hong Kong Gamer

Music Break: Fly Away by Lenny Kravitz

Final Word

• Exclusive: A Deeper Look at the PlayStation 5

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Meet Alice, the battery-powered plane that could herald the age of electric air travel
• Are Electric Planes Possible?

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On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Net Neutrality loses in the nation, but all hope may not be lost, Mark Zuckerberg becomes a bit more transparent than he expected, what Amazon Go means for the world, and new gadgets from Microsoft...and much, much more. 

What We’re Playing With

Dwayne: OCOMMO 2 in 1 Qi Wireless Charging Station for Apple Watch and iPhone XS 

Andy: Tesla's 'biggest-ever' software update: V10 brings Smart Summon, Netflix, YouTube

Headlines

• All Hands On Deck
• Court upholds repeal of Net Neutrality, but rejects FCC attempt to block state laws.

Audible Book of the Week

• Hello World by Hannah Fry
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Music Break: Two Sides by Tobu & Axero

Hot Topic: Microsoft Surface Event 2019

• Here's everything Microsoft announced at its Surface event
  • Surface Laptop 3
  • Surface Pro 7
  • Surface Pro X
  • Surface Earbuds
  • Surface Neo
  • Windows 10X
  • Surface Duo

Music Break: Been Caught Stealing  by Jane's Addiction

Final Word

• Amazon Go, goes mainstream. (What are the implications for the future of work?)
  • We tried to pay $1 in cash for a soda at Amazon’s cashier-less convenience store of the future, and it took way longer than expected
  • An NBA arena is opening an Amazon Go-style store where fans can grab beer and food in under 30 seconds — and never wait in line
  • Trigo raises $22M for an automated grocery check-out platform, similar to Amazon Go

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Microsoft Surface 2019 event in under 11 minutes

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On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, new products from Amazon & Oculus, Google challenges Apple Arcade, WeWork loses its CEO, Boston Dynamics utility robots are now commercial ...and much, much more.

Headlines

• Google Play Pass bundles 350 Android games and apps for $4.99 per month

Oculus Connect 2019

• Everything announced at Oculus Connect 6
  • Oculus Link
  • Facebook Horizons
  • Hand Tracking
  • Oculus Go Apps on Quest
  • Facebook Building AR Glasses

Audible Book of the Week

• Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber by Mike Isaac
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Music Break: Echoes by Pink Floyd

Hot Topic: Amazon Hardware Event 2019

• The top 8 Echo products Amazon announced today

• In the Home

• • Echo Studio
  • Echo Show 8
  • Echo (3rd gen)
  • Echo Dot (w/ Clock)
  • Echo Flex

• On the Go

• • Echo Buds
  • Echo Frames
  • Echo Loop
• The biggest announcements from Amazon’s fall 2019 hardware event
  • Alexa Communications for Kids
  • Echo Glow
  • Alexa Smart Oven
  • Home Mode
  • Ring indoor camera
  • All-New Eero
  • Celebrity Voices on Alexa

Music Break: Working Day and Night  by Michael Jackson

Final Word

• WeWork CEO Adam Neumann steps down
  • WeWork has become poster child for everything wrong with tech unicorns

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Boston Dynamics Spot launch

• More Atlas parkour

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On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, news from Amazon & Facebook, a drone-silencing gun, Uber & Lyft contractor drivers may need to become employees, AI learns how to play hide & seek...and much, much more.

What We’re Playing With

Tosin: Echo Auto

Headlines

• Amazon Changed Search Algorithm in Ways That Boost Its Own Products
• Amazon Music rolls out a lossless streaming tier that Spotify and Apple can’t match
• California Governor Signs Law Protecting Gig Economy Workers

Audible Book of the Week

• The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
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Music Break: Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys

Hot Topics

• Facebook Expands Definition of Terrorist Organizations to Limit Extremism
• Facebook launches Portal TV, a $149 video chat set-top box
• Facebook’s second-generation Portal devices are cheaper, smaller, and support WhatsApp

Music Break: Nowhere to Run  by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

Final Word

• This 'Gun' Can Down Rogue Drones With the Pull of a Trigger

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Emergent Tool Use from Multi-Agent Interaction
  • Open AI: Multi-Agent Hide-and-Seek

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On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Facebook & Google get hit with antitrust probes, vinyl beats CD sales, new iPhones, iPads, Apple watches ...and much, much more! 

What We’re Playing With

Dwayne & Tosin: Amazon Echo Auto

Headlines

• Attorneys General for 48 States Open Sweeping Anti-Trust Probe into Google
• Facebook is under investigation by state attorneys general for antitrust violations

• Facebook Dating launches in the US

Audible Book of the Week

• Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
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Music Break: I Turn My Camera On by Spoon

Hot Topic: Apple Fall Event 2019

• The 5 biggest announcements from Apple’s September 2019 event
  • Apple TV+ One-year Trial Comes With Every Apple Device Purchase
    • AT&T anti-conglomerate share holders
  • The Upgraded Seventh-gen Ipad Has A 10.2-inch Display
  • Apple Watch Series 5 Has An Always-on Display
  • iPhone 11 Improves On The Xr In Every Way, Costs $699
  • iPhone 11 Pro And Iphone 11 Pro Max: They’re Here

Music Break: You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) by Dead or Alive

Final Word

• Vinyl set to outsell CDs for first time since 1986

The Drill Down Video of the Week

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On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, the Twitter CEO’s Twitter gets hacked, YouTube fined for violating child privacy laws, Apple finally lets you leave the Genius Bar, how do Hong Kong protestors organize when the State blocks texts? Highlights from PAX West...and much, much more.

What We’re Playing With

TOSIN: PAX West 2019

• Deleveled: 
  • Launch Date: Fall 2019, Windows, Linux, Switch, PS4, Xbox One
  • Cost: TBD

• The Devil’s Calculator: 
  • Launch Date: iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, Github
  • Cost: Free on some platforms, $2.99 on others

• Praey for the Gods: 
  • Launch Date: Available for early access: Windows, Mac, PS4, Xbox One
  • Cost: $29.99

• Creature in the Well: 
  • Launch Date: Sept 6th, Windows, Xbox, Switch
  • Cost: TBD

• Superliminal: (Best in Show - National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers)
  • Launch Date: Late 2019 Epic Game Store, then Consoles, then Steam in a year
  • Cost: TBD

Headlines

• Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account has been hacked
  • Twitter disables tweeting via SMS after CEO gets hacked
• Why Won’t Twitter Treat White Supremacy Like ISIS? Because It Would Mean Banning Some Republican Politicians Too
• YouTube will pay $170 million to settle claims it violated child privacy laws

Audible Book of the Week

• It by Stephen King
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Music Break: Send in the Clowns by Judy Collins

Hot Topics

• China reportedly made an app to show people if they're standing near someone in debt — a new part of its intrusive 'social credit' policy
• Hong Kong Protestors Using Mesh Messaging App China Can't Block: Usage Up 3685%
  • FireChat: The App That Fueled Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution
• Apple reverses stance on iPhone repairs and will supply parts to independent shops for the first time

Music Break: Light My Fire  by The Doors

Final Word

• Kiwibots win fans at UC Berkeley as they deliver fast food at slow speeds

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• BangBros bought a porn doxxing site just to literally set it on fire

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On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Apple’s new credit card, what’s blacker than black? the first crime in space... and much, much more.

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Recreating a Vintage TV

Headlines

• Nasa said to be investigating first allegation of a crime in space
• Ex-Google and Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski charged with trade secret theft
• Apple Apologizes Over Siri Privacy and Will No Longer Retain Audio Recordings
• Amazon’s Ring offered a footage request system to more than 400 law enforcement agencies

Audible Book of the Week

• The End of Ice by Dahr Jamail
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Music Break: Melt With You by Modern English

Hot Topics

• Here’s how the new Apple Card could put pressure on Verizon and AT&T
• Alexa, who is Baidu? Chinese firm passes Google to become Amazon’s top smart-speaker rival

Music Break: Paint It, Black  by The Rolling Stones

Final Word

• India Develops the World's First Iron-ion Battery

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Carbon nanotubes built this bizarre ultrablack material

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On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, the White House wants to police social media speech, while the FBI pulls data from Facebook, should schools install facial recognition cameras? Crossing the English Channel via hoverboard and much, much more.

What We’re Playing With

Dwayne: DUST

Headlines

• Verizon agrees to sell Tumblr to owner of Wordpress
• Facebook Paid Contractors to Transcribe Users’ Audio Chats

Audible Book of the Week

• How Music Works by John Powell
  • The Feel Good Song Formula
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Music Break: Mr. Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra

Hot Topics

• White House proposal would have FCC and FTC police alleged social media censorship
• The FBI wants to build a data dragnet on Facebook
• School security cameras add facial recognition software

Music Break: Only Time  by Enya

Final Word

• A Tesla owner implanted the RFID chip from her Model 3’s keycard into her arm

The Drill Down Video of the Week

Flying Frenchman crosses English Channel by hoverboard

Heart-pounding video of a dying drone rescue proves everything is better with Enya

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On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Media journalist Tom Cheredar joins us to discuss: Apple launches its credit card, Disney bundles its subscriptions, a harbor of hate on the web loses its platform, we make time slow to a crawl and much, much more. 

Headlines

• Did you say, ‘Hey, Siri’? Apple and Amazon curtail human review of voice recordings
• The Apple [Credit] Card starts rolling out this week
• Disney Announces $12.99 Bundle For Disney+, Hulu, & ESPN+ Available At Launch

Audible Book of the Week

• The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell's 1984 by Dorian Lynskey
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Music Break: Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four) by Eurythmics 

Hot Topics

• Cloudflare to revoke 8chan’s service, opening the fringe website up for DDoS attacks
  • 8chan loses another ally as Congress demands that the site's owner testify
• Trump, without evidence, accuses Google of 'very illegal' action ahead of election

Music Break: Time in a Bottle  by Jim Croce

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• This fan-made, stop-motion ‘The Shining’ took 60 hours and 10,000 LEGOs to create

• • Einstein’s Camera: How one renegade photographer is hacking the concept of time

Adam Magyar - Stainless, 42 Street (excerpt) from Adam Magyar on Vimeo.

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On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Facebook let kids get exposed to strangers, two new tech bills to help consumers, Capital One gets breached, transforming robots and much more. 

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Oculus Quest

Headlines

• Facebook design flaw let thousands of kids join chats with unauthorized users
• New bill would ban autoplay videos and endless scrolling
• A Bipartisan Bill That Could End Our Robocall Hell Just Passed the House 429-3

Audible Book of the Week

• Medieval Robots: Mechanism, Magic, Nature, and Art by E. R. Truitt
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Music Break: We Are the Robots by Balanescu Quartet

Hot Topics

• Capital One Says Breach Hit 100 Million Individuals in U.S.
• T-Mobile and Sprint Are Merging. What Does That Mean for You?

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Meet Aquanaut, the Underwater Transformer

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On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Amazon grows while Netflix dwindles, Equifax pays, Hackers breach Russia’s FBI, is FaceApp giving your pics to the Russians? and much more.

Headlines

• FTC issues (aforementioned on this show) $5B fine against Facebook
• Amazon now fastest-growing music service, outpacing Apple & Spotify
• Netflix is losing beloved shows, subscribers, and confidence

Audible Book of the Week

• Apollo 11: The Inside Story by David Whitehouse
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Music Break: Glenn's Flight from 'The Right Stuff'  by Bill Conti

Hot Topics

• Equifax to pay $700m for breach that exposed 147 million Americans’ data
• Hackers expose Russian intelligence agency's secret internet projects in 'the largest data leak' the group has ever faced
• Panic over Russian company’s FaceApp is a sign of new distrust of the Internet
  • Probably don’t download FaceApp but also definitely don’t panic about it

Music Break: The Times They Are a-Changin'  by Bob Dylan

Final Word

• Photographers, Instagrammers: Stop Being So D*mn Selfish and Disrespectful

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Comic-Con Trailer For HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ Series Doesn’t Do Lollipops and Rainbows

• Supercar Blondie - Groupe Renault Trezor

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On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, POTUS’ racist tweets, trouble for Facebook’s new cryptocurrency & a 5 billion-dollar fine, Elon Musk vs. drug kingpins, tapping into the brain and much more. 

What We’re Playing With 

Andy, Dwayne & Tosin: The Gardens Between

Headlines

• Trump's Racist Tweets Aren't Racist, Twitter Decides
  • Trump’s Tweets So Clearly Racist It’s Spelled Out In Discrimination Law
• Apple will reportedly fund exclusive podcasts to challenge Spotify

Audible Book of the Week

• Talking to Robots: Tales from Our Human-Robot Futures by David Ewing Duncan
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Music Break: For the Love of Money by The O'Jays

Hot Topic: Facebook/Libra

• Facebook is staring down a record-setting $5 billion fine
• Donald Trump is 'not a fan' of cryptocurrency, Facebook Libra
  • Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he has serious concerns about Facebook's Libra, joining Trump and other officials including the Federal Reserve chairman
  • Highlights from Facebook’s Libra Senate hearing

Music Break: Fire  by Ohio Players

Final Word

• Pablo Escobar's brother escalates flamethrower feud with Elon Musk, threatens Tesla takeover

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Elon Musk Announces Plan to 'Merge' Human Brains With AI
  • Watch Elon Musk’s Neuralink presentation

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On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, the FBI & Immigration are using our DMV records for facial recognition, new changes to Facebook & Instagram, we find out where your precious Friends are going, Tesla news, a lighter Switch, and much more. 

What We’re Playing With

Dwayne: Solar-powered Mason Jar Lights

Tosin: FoodSaver 2-in-1 Vacuum Sealing System

Headlines

• Facebook will ban ads that tell people in U.S. not to vote
• Instagram will let you know if you're about to post a hurtful comment
• IBM closes its $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat
• AT&T's WarnerMedia reveals the name, HBO Max, for its streaming service coming next spring with 10K hours of programming, including exclusive rights to Friends

Audible Book of the Week

• The Radioactive Boy Scout by Ken Silverstein
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Music Break: Radioactive by Imagine Dragons

Hot Topics

• FBI, ICE find state driver’s license photos are a gold mine for facial-recognition searches
• Elon Musk: Tesla will stop selling cars [Update: at consumer pricing] once full self-driving is solved - Electrek
  • “Close to 10%” of Autopilot software team reportedly departs after shakeup
  • No refresh. The cars will receive incremental hardware updates.
  • Elon Musk is currently the auto industry’s most tenured CEO
  • 2013 Tesla Model S Beats Chevy, Toyota, and Cadillac for Ultimate Car of the Year Honors

Music Break: Come and Get It  by Badfinger

Final Word

• H. Ross Perot, Tech Billionaire And Populist Politician, Dies Age 89
• Nintendo Switch Lite is a smaller, cheaper Switch built exclusively for handheld play

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On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Apple’s chief designer Sir Jonathan Ive quits, China hacks visitors cellphones, Amazon keeps your Echo voice data indefinitely, why your purchased digital media may one day disappear, and much more.

Headlines

• Twitter will now hide — but not remove — harmful tweets from public figures
• China Is Forcing Tourists to Install Text-Stealing Malware at its Border
• Amazon Alexa keeps your data with no expiration date, and shares it too

Audible Book of the Week

• Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by Serhii Plokhy
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Music Break: Hymn to Red October by Basil Poledouris

Hot Topics

• Jony Ive, iPhone designer, announces Apple departure
  • Jony Ive on leaving Apple, in his own words
  • Sources: since the Apple Watch launched in 2015, Jony Ive began to shed responsibilities, with day-to-day oversight reduced to coming to HQ twice a week
  • Report: Jony Ive was dispirited by Tim Cook's lack of interest in the product development process and frustrated inside a more operations-focused company
  • Tim Cook emails a reporter to say the WSJ report about Jony Ive's departure—and his frustration with Cook's alleged lack of interest in design—is “absurd”
• Apple moves Mac Pro production to China from U.S.

Music Break: You Don't Own Me  by Leslie Gore

Final Word

• Ebooks Purchased From Microsoft Will Be Deleted This Month Because You Don't Really Own Anything Anymore

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Warehouses: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

• Amazon Exec Fires Back at John Oliver After HBO Segment on Warehouses: ‘He Is Wrong’

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On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Apple drives itself, reason on social media trumps hate, Americans choose asteroids over mars...and Raspberry Pi... YUM!, and much more. 

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Masterclass

Dwayne: Anker’s ROAV

Tosin: Oculus Quest

Headlines

• $35 Raspberry Pi 4 announced with 4K support and up to 4GB of RAM
• Apple acquires self-driving startup Drive.ai

Audible Book of the Week

• Alien III: An Audible Original Drama by William Gibson
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Music Break: Bishop's Countdown from 'Aliens' by James Horner

Hot Topics

• YouTube lets you hide channels from your recommendations
• Knitting social network bans all posts supporting Trump and his administration
  • Reddit quarantines Trump subreddit r/The_Donald for violent comments
  • Highlights For Children — Yes, That Highlights — Is Blasting The Trump Administration’s Immigration Policies
• Rivals Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo join forces to come out against Trump tariffs

Music Break: Life on Mars? by David Bowie

Final Word

• Poll: Asteroid watch more urgent than Mars trip

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Bill Gates on Startups, Investing and Solving The World's Hardest Problems

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On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Andrew goes to the edge of the galaxy, leaked Radiohead tracks, Facebook’s Zuckerbucks, counterfeits & fakes, robots are taking your jobs & fighting back, and much, much more. 

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge

You can’t wear Star Wars costumes in Galaxy’s Edge — not even the ones on sale

Headlines

• The Ambitious Plan Behind Facebook’s Cryptocurrency, Libra
  • Facebook's New Libra Coin: How Does It Work, and Should You Buy It?
• Radiohead Release 18 Hours of ‘OK Computer’ Material After Leak

Audible Book of the Week

• To Pixar and Beyond by Lawrence Levy
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Music Break: Paranoid Android by Radiohead

Hot Topics

• Millions Of Jobs Have Been Lost To Automation. Economists Weigh In On What To Do About It
  • States Where Jobs Are Most Vulnerable to Automation
  • By 2025, machines will do more work than humans, a new report says
• Bodies in Seats [Interviews with 12 former Facebook content moderators from Tampa, three on the record, where working conditions are appalling and many experience PTSD]

Music Break: Everything in its Right Place  by Radiohead

Final Word: Counterfeits & Fakes

• Congress grapples with how to regulate deepfakes
  • New software designed to help media detect deepfakes – but it's just a "drop in the bucket"
• Lyrics Site Accuses Google of Lifting Its Content

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• TRUCKLA: The world's first Tesla pickup truck

• Boston Dynamics: New Robots Now Fight Back

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This week: a high-rise helicopter crash casts doubts on Uber’s new service, one hundred thousand travelers’ IDs hacked, all the highlights from this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, and much, more.

What We’re Playing With Andrew: Pig0ut plant-based chips Dwayne: Automatic Pro

Headlines

• Helicopter Crashes Into NYC High-Rise, Causes Two-Alarm Fire
  • Corey Johnson questions safety of Uber Copter after fatal helicopter crash
  • Uber’s air taxis will resemble really nice helicopters on the inside
• Hackers steal 100,000 traveler photos from border patrol database

Audible Book of the Week

• Getting Gamers by Jamie Madigan
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Music Break: MEGALOVANIA from 'Undertale' by Toby Fox

Hot Topic: E3 2019

• The 14 biggest announcements for Microsoft Xbox at E3 2019
  • Keanu Reeves Reveals Cyberpunk 2077 Release Date During Microsoft's Xbox Conference
• The 9 biggest announcements from Bethesda’s E3 2019 keynote
• The 7 biggest announcements from Square Enix’s E3 2019 press conference
• The 9 biggest announcements from Ubisoft’s E3 2019 press conference
• The 14 biggest announcements from Nintendo’s E3 2019 presentation
• The five best games from the PC Game Show

Music Break: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate theme  by Hideki Sakamoto

Final Word

• Police Use of DNA Leads to Backlash, Changes to Big Database

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Cyberpunk 2077 cinematic trailer

• Cyberpunk 2077 - Mike Pondsmith about Cyberpunk World

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On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Tech giants under scrutiny for antitrust, Tesla’s new pickup truck, What is 5G exactly?, and Engadget Senior Editor Devindra Hardawar joins us to review Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference.

Headlines

• Facebook, Google and other tech giants to face antitrust investigation by House lawmakers
  • Congress Just Said Tech’s Least Favorite Words: Antitrust Investigation

Audible Book of the Week

• Artificial Intelligence in Practice by Bernard Marr, Matt Ward - contributor
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Music Break: In the Dark by Nina Simone

Hot Topic: Apple WWDC 2019

• The 9 biggest highlights from Apple WWDC 2019
  • A $999 monitor stand is everything wrong with Apple today
• Apple WWDC 2019 keynote in 13 minutes

Music Break: Truckin'  by The Grateful Dead

Final Word

• Tesla Pickup truck to cost less than $50,000, 'be better than F150', says Elon Musk

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• If You Don’t Know, Now You Know: 5G

• Spotify - Time to Play Fair

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On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, China heats up the trade war, the most dangerous laptop ever, Facebook's own Bitcoin, a collision of Tesla news ... and much, much more.

Headlines

• China Gears Up to Weaponize Rare Earths in Trade War
• Auction for a laptop full of malware closes at $1.3 million (updated)
• Amazon defeated Rekognition revolt by a large margin
• Facebook plans to launch 'GlobalCoin' currency in 2020

Audible Book of the Week

• Fire & Blood by George RR Martin
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Music Break: Light of the Seven by Ramin Djawadi

Hot Topic

• Elon Musk Says ‘Hyperloop’ Tunnel Is Now Just a Normal Car Tunnel Because ‘This Is Simple and Just Works’
• There's a 'crisis of confidence' in Tesla
• Tesla's Chinese-built Model 3 could cost almost $10,000 less than imported versions
  • Tesla makes people guess made-in-China Model 3 price ahead of announcement
• New lawsuit against Tesla alleges pregnant woman was pinned against the wall by her Model X, breaking her bones and sending her into premature labor
• Tesla's New Autopilot 'Violates State Laws' According To Consumer Reports

Music Break: Killer Cars  by Radiohead

Final Word

• Why It's Time To Think About Self-Driving Cars In Regards To Parking

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• • Doctored Pelosi video highlights the threat of deepfake tech

• Doctored Pelosi Video Virally Shared
  • Original Pelosi Video
  • Doctored Pelosi video is leading tip in coming disinformation battle
  • Why Facebook is right not to take down the doctored Pelosi video

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