This week, more tech responses to President Trump actions, Uber vs Google in a self-driving patent battle, Playstation, Xbox & YouTube in the news, SpaceX plans moon tourism, and much much more.
What We're Playing With
Dwayne: Pandemic (Board Game), Star Wars: The Power of the Costume Tosin: Telltale Batman Series, Overcooked
Headlines
Tech Companies Are Speaking Out Against Trump's Transgender Ruling Trump signs laws to promote women in STEM Alphabet’s Waymo is suing Otto and Uber for allegedly stealing the design of a key self-driving system Uber CEO Argues With Driver Over Falling Fares FCC to halt rule that protects your private data from security breachesAudible Book of the Week
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDownMusic Break: Virtual Insanity by Jamiroquai
Hot Topics
Sony's PlayStation VR turns out to be a big hit, selling close to 1 million headsets Xbox apes Netflix with $10 per month, 100-game unlimited “Pass” YouTube debuts YouTube TV, a $35/month service YouTube Tops 1 Billion Hours of Video a Day, on Pace to Eclipse TVMusic Break: Fly Me to the Moon by Frank Sinatra
Final Word
Internet of Things Teddy Bear Leaked 2 Million Parent and Kids Message Recordings SpaceX to fly two space tourists around the moon in 2018The 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 product manager Tosin Onafowokan.
