This week, Oculus Rift and Windows 10 get launch date and prices, free Amazon shipping for everyone, highlights from Google’s developer conference, MIT’s robot cheetah takes a big leap into the future, and much, much more…

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Andy: AI fiction: Chappie, Äkta människor (Real Humans), Humans, The Matrix, The Animatrix
Tosin: DJI Phantom drones / Apple Watch w/ Milanese loop band

Headlines

• Oculus Rift Total Package Price: Around $1,500
• Yahoo to livestream web’s first NFL game on Oct. 25, pays reported $20M for free broadcast
• Amazon Debuts Free Shipping on Small Goods, No Minimum Order

Audible Book of the Week

• Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future by Martin Ford
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Music Break: Bunsen Burner from “Ex Machina” by Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury

Hot Topic

• The 12 most important announcements from Google I/O 2015
• Dish Network in Merger Talks With T-Mobile US
• Apple’s Tim Cook Delivers Blistering Speech On Encryption, Privacy
• Windows 10 Available on July 29
  • Microsoft prices Windows 10 licenses at $119 for Home, $199 for Pro

Music Break: Clubbed to Death (Kurayamino variation) by Rob Duggan

Final Word

• Parts of Patriot Act Expire Tonight After Senate Fails to Pass Reform
• Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200,000; mystery woman stands to get half

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• MIT cheetah robot lands the running jump

• Sense8 on Netflix

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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.