This week, was the US election hacked?, Facebook compromises censorship to get into China, auto regulators want you off your apps, Google AI makes its own language, and much more.
What We're Playing With
Andy: Bluedio T2s Turbine Headphones; Netflix download on mobile
Dwayne: Google Home
Headlines
Black Friday online sales to hit a record-breaking $3 billion, over $1 billion from mobile Cyber Monday breaks 2015 Record. CNN acquires social-video startup Beme, co-founded by YouTube star Casey Neistat, for $25M AT&T’s DirecTV Now streaming TV service officially unveiled Problems with the service. Amazon will truck your massive piles of data to the cloud with an 18-wheelerAudible Book of the Week
The Fourth Transformation: How Augmented Reality & Artificial Intelligence Will Change Everything by Robert Scobel & Shel Israel Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDownMusic Break: Black Friday by Steely Dan
Hot Topics
Want to Know if the Election was Hacked? Look at the Ballots Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back Into China Auto Safety Regulators Seek a Driver Mode to Block Apps Google’s AI translation tool seems to have invented its own secret internal language Fitbit is reportedly buying troubled smartwatch maker Pebble for around $40 millionMusic Break: Come Talk To Me by Peter Gabriel
Final Word
Grace Hopper and Margaret Hamilton awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom for computing advancesThe Drill Down Video of the Week
"SEAGULLS! (Stop It Now)" -- A Bad Lip Reading of The Empire Strikes BackSubscribe!
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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.
