This week, we’re joined by tech journalist (and former The Drill Down co-host) Tom Cheredar, as we discuss: Taylor Swift tells Apple Music ‘we ARE getting back together’, French cab drivers are revolting, Netflix is about to be bigger than networks, A.I. sasses back, a real GIANT ROBOT DUEL!! … and much much more.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Humans on AMC; Apple Music (Mashable review)
Tom: Sling, The Cord Cutter’s Guide
Dwayne: Sling, Coin

Headlines

• Taylor Swift says her album ‘1989’ will be on Apple Music
  • Prince Removes Music From All Streaming Services Except TIDAL
• Apple Loses Federal Appeal in E-Books Case, expected to pay $450 M

Audible Book of the Week

• The Fold by Peter Clines
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Music Break: 1999 by Prince

More Headlines

• Netflix Viewing Will Surpass ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC by 2016
• AOL Takes Over Majority of Microsoft’s Ad Business, Swaps Google Search For Bing
• Amid Paris protests, police seize Uber vehicles on sight, and the French Interior minister targets local managers in effort to shut down Uber nationwide

Music Break: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

Final Word

• Artificial Intelligence Machine Gets Testy With Its Programmer
• Google Mistakenly Tags Black People as ‘Gorillas,’ ShowinPg Limits of Algorithms

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• USA challenges Japan to a GIANT ROBOT DUEL!!!

• Steve Jobs – Official Trailer

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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.