The Drill Down
593: Hide and Seek
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 WorkersAudible Book of the Week
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDownMusic 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 WhatsAppMusic Break: Nowhere to Run by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Final Word
This 'Gun' Can Down Rogue Drones With the Pull of a TriggerThe Drill Down Video of the Week
Emergent Tool Use from Multi-Agent Interaction Open AI: Multi-Agent Hide-and-SeekSubscribe!
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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.