This week, Google Glass opens to the public for one day, did the NSA know about Heartbleed…and exploit it?, Google invests in drones, nature docs come to the Oculus Rift, lab vaginas, space twins, and much more…

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What We’re Playing With

Andy: Goat Simulator
Dwayne: Dyson DC44 Animal
Tosin: PAX East

Headlines

• Google sells Glass to anyone in the US on April 15
  • Google Glass post sale report
• IRS misses XP deadline, pays Microsoft millions for patches
• NSA Said to Have Used Heartbleed Bug, Exposing Consumers
  • Obama Lets N.S.A. Exploit Some Internet Flaws, Officials Say
• Adding Condoleezza Rice To Dropbox’s Board Seems Incredibly Tone Deaf Following NSA Concerns
  • Dropbox CEO defends adding Condoleezza Rice to board
• Health Secretary Resigns After Woes of HealthCare.gov

Audible Book of the Week

• Hollow World by Michael J. Sullivan
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Music Break: Time Machine by Robyn

More Headlines

• Google buys Titan Aerospace, the maker of high-altitude drones Facebook was considering
• Report: 44% of Twitter Accounts Have Never Sent a Tweet
• Sir David Attenborough shooting “Conquest of the Skies” documentary for Oculus Rift
  • James Cameron on VR technology
• Finally, stats on what’s really going on with Steam games

Music Break: Space Oddity by David Bowie

Final Word: Science Tech

• Laboratory-grown vaginas offer help for girls born with rare genetic condition
• NASA to conduct unprecedented twin experiment

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

Game Videos from PAX East

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