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This week, Reddit lays down the law, drones hinder rescue efforts, a cheating site gets hacked, an exploit to hijack a car remotely, Prof. Stephen Hawking joins the search for ET … and much much more.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Amazon Prime Day
Dwayne: Ubuntu

Headlines

• New Reddit rules will crack down on some hate communities, leave others standing
  • Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: Let’s talk content. AMA
  • Nothing Ever Changes At Reddit
• Grooveshark co-founder, 28, found dead in home
• Drones interfere with wildfire-fighting efforts in Los Angeles

Audible Book of the Week

• Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
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Music Break: It Wasn’t Me by Shaggy (ft. Rik Rok)

Hot Topics

• Hulu Explores Adding Ad-Free Option to Its Service
• With Ad Blocking Use On The Rise, What Happens To Online Publishers?
• Online Cheating Site AshleyMadison Hacked
• Hackers remotely gain partial control of a Jeep Cherokee on the highway using vulnerability found in 1000s of Chryslers

Music Break: Rapture by Blondie

Final Words

• Stephen Hawking announces $100 million hunt for alien life

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Star Wars: The Old Republic mini movie (all cinematics)

• PIXELS by Patrick JEAN

Drill Bits

• 23 Movie & TV Subplots That Were A Total Waste Of Your Time

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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.