This week, The Onion Router makes the NSA cry, Samsung gets no love from President Obama, the real voice of Siri is found, Nest reboots the smoke detector, everything you assumed about piracy may be wrong, and can you outrun this robot wildcat?

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What We’re Playing With

Andy: Gravity, Building a MAME cabinet

Headlines

• NSA and GCHQ target Tor network that protects anonymity of web users
• Samsung loses bid to stop import ban
• Apple Will Hold Fall iPad Event on October 22
• Why Did Lavabit Founder Shut Down His Company?

Audible Book of the Week

• The Circle by Dave Eggers
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Music Break: That Lady by Isley Brothers

Hot Topic

• ‘I’m the original voice of Siri’

• Piracy Isn’t Killing The Entertainment Industry, Scholars Show
• Nest unveils its $129 Protect smoke and carbon monoxide detector, available from November
• Giant Fox News Touchscreens Are Microsoft Perceptive Pixel Displays Running Windows 8

Music Break: Wildcat by Ratatat

The Drill Down Video of the Week

Boston Dynamics frees its four-legged sprinting robot: Cheetah becomes WildCat

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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 Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor. Occasionally joining them is Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan.