This week, driverless ride-sharing is emerging, Russia’s part in hacking the US election, President-Elect Trump meets with tech leaders, Bill Gates leads a fight against climate change, and much, much more.
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Yahoo discloses hack of 1 billion accounts Samsung confirms it will render the US Note 7 useless with next update Google Said to Plan Ride-Sharing Service With Fiat Chrysler Uber opens up Autonomous Ride Sharing in San Francisco California says Uber must halt its self-driving car service in San Francisco Driverless Uber Runs a Red Light Uber grabs more location data with their new app update 5 ex-Uber employees say there was broad access to “God View” and abuse of it to track users including celebrities and politicians, even after initial news brokeAudible Book of the Week
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Obama orders review of cyber attacks on 2016 election Russian Hackers Acted to Aid Trump in Election, U.S. Says The Perfect Weapon: How Russian Cyberpower Invaded the U.S. Tech leaders meet with Donald Trump Critics bash Trump children’s presence at tech meeting Silicon Valley Engineers Pledge To Never Build A Muslim Registry Bill Gates and investors worth $170 billion are launching a fund to fight climate change through energy innovationMusic Break: Electronic Santa by Blazer Force
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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.
