This week, the FBI wants to spy on internet history without a warrant, Snapchat beats Twitter, Facebook’s CEO gets hacked, a way to stop rampant artificial intelligence, and a machine watches Blade Runner and the results may surprise you...and much more!
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E.W. Scripps Buys Podcast Company Stitcher FBI wants access to Internet browser history without a warrant in terrorism and spy cases Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter and Pinterest accounts hacked, LinkedIn password dump likely to blame Blizzard integrates Facebook login and live video into OverwatchAudible Book of the Week
Warcraft: The Official Movie Novelization by Christie Golden Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDownMusic Break: Theme from 'Warcraft' by Ramin Djawadi
Hot Topic: Mobile + Fitness
Pebble's $99 Core music-streaming keychain fitness tracker will integrate Amazon's Alexa Samsung's new smart earbuds track your steps and heart rate Samsung May Release Phones With Bendable Screens in 2017Music Break: Blade Runner Blues by Vangelis
Final Word: A.I. & The Real World
Stop the Bots From Killing Broadway Google has developed a 'big red button' that can be used to interrupt artificial intelligence and stop it from causing harmThe Drill Down Video of the Week
A guy trained a machine to "watch" Blade Runner. Then things got seriously sci-fiSubscribe!
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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.
