This week, YouTube’s new subscription service, tech execs flee Yahoo in droves, Gamergate at SXSW, some idiot Tesla drivers, and does filming the police contribute to crime? All this and more!
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Andy: Steve Jobs (What Went Wrong)
Tosin: Nexus 5X Headlines
Drivers are being idiots with Tesla’s new autopilot features Western Digital to Buy SanDisk for $19 Billion Netflix’s Ted Sarandos: ‘Beasts Of No Nation’ Seen By Over 3 Million Viewers iFixit App Pulled from Apple's Store Victory for Users: Librarian of Congress Renews and Expands Protections for Fair UsesAudible Book of the Week
Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight Before NASA by Amy Shira Teitel Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDownMusic Break: Space Oddity by David Bowie
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Inside YouTube's new $10 per month subscription service YouTube Red, which removes ads, allows offline viewing, more, available October 28 in US Yahoo Talent Exodus Accelerates as Marissa Mayer’s Turnaround Flounders SXSW Cancels Online Harassment, GamerGate Panels Due To Unspecified Threats BuzzFeed Withdrawing From SXSW Vox Media and The Verge will not attend SXSW unless it takes harassment seriously After Gamergate Misstep, SXSW Weighs An All-Day Online Abuse ForumMusic Break: Sound of da Police by KRS-One
Final Word: Apple
FBI Director Blames Crime On Police Misconduct Videos White House To FBI Director: No, Viral Videos Aren't Causing Crime Get Stopped by the Police? There’s an App for ThatThe Drill Down Video of the Week
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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 tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan.
