This week, Netflix is bigger than Disney (briefly), is Amazon secretly recording your conversations? Has your internet router been hijacked by Russian hackers, why you’re seeing all those pesky privacy notices... and much, much more.
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Headlines
Jury finds Samsung owes Apple $539M in patent case stretching back to 2011 Netflix briefly tops Disney as the biggest pure media company in the world by market value Why Uber’s self-driving car killed a pedestrianAudible Book of the Week
A History of Video Games in 64 Objects by The World Video Game Hall of Fame Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDownMusic Break: I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire by Ink Spots
Hot Topics
Why you’re getting flooded with privacy notifications in your email An Amazon Echo Recorded a Couple’s Private Conversation and Sent It to a Contact. What the What? Here’s Amazon’s explanation for the Alexa eavesdropping scandal U.S. seeks to take control of infected routers from hackers FBI: Kindly Reboot Your Router Now, PleaseMusic Break: Crawl Out Through the Fallout by Sheldon Allman
Final Word
Tesla Model 3 Gets CR Recommendation After Braking UpdateThe Drill Down Videos of the Week
‘Fallout 76’ Announced By Bethesda With First Trailer Sources: Fallout 76 Is An Online Survival RPGSubscribe!
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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.
