This week, Apple ditches Russia, North Korea drops a bomb on Sony… and we sift through the fallout, and 3D printing goes into space. All this, and much much more on The Drill Down.

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Headlines

• Apple Stops Online Sales in Russia Over Ruble Fluctuations
  • After ruble’s plunge, Apple reopens Russian online store with big price hike
• Google Top Global Trends 2014

Audible Book of the Week

• Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking by Christopher Hadnagy
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Music Break: Wrapped 2 from “Kreezus“ by Local Business Comedy

Hot Topic: Sony Hack

• Obama says Sony made a mistake to pull The Interview
• Sony Announces Limited Release for ‘The Interview’
• Sony Threatens to Sue Twitter Unless It Removes Tweets Containing Hacked Emails
• Attack Is Suspected as North Korean Internet Collapses
• Google & MPAA Publicly Slam Each Other Over Piracy

Music Break: New Sleighs from “Kreezus“ by Local Business Comedy

Final Word: 3D Printing

• NASA just emailed a wrench to space

The Drill Down Video of the Week

Dog runs for the first time thanks to 3D-printed prosthetics

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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.