This week we’ll be looking back at the year in tech, 2015. We’ll discuss our favorite tech events of the past year, and what we expect in the year ahead.

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Top Tech Stories of 2015

• Data Breaches: Anthem, IRS, VTech, Ashley Madison
• Microsoft’s comeback year
• Release of Apple Watch heralds new wearables era
• Streaming is here to stay – direct from content creators
• USB Type-C: One cable to connect them all

Audible Book of the Week

• Star Wars: Aftermath by Chuck Wendig
• Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown

Top Tech Stories of 2015 (cont’d)

• Google becomes Alphabet
• US Gov’t vs American right to privacy
• Autopilot becomes real with Tesla
• Volkswagen Scandal
• Net Neutrality stands firm

Honorable Mention Favorites

• Andy: Sphero’s BB-8
• Dwayne: Draft Kings and Fan Duel use tech to redefine online gambling
• Tosin: Back to the Future II: What did it get right and wrong?

Honorable Mention Fails

• Tidal
• Flash finally dead
• FBI Director blames cell phone footage for rise in crime
• If you’re a kid, and you sext, you’re a sex offender

Predictions for 2016

• Year of regulation/enforcement
  • Drone policies come to the forefront (or maybe AI policies?)
  • AI – Elon Musk, Peter Thiel create an organization to study AI problems.
  • Uber/Lyft collective bargaining
  • Self driving cars
• Change in law enforcement due to citizen videos
• A New Hope: Batteries finally keep up.

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Star Wars Fans REACT To Phantom Menace

• “˜The Force Awakens’ Cast’s A Cappella “˜Star Wars’ Medley With Jimmy Fallon

Music featured in this week’s episode

DJ Earworm – United State of Pop 2015

Daniel Kim – Pop Danthology Pts. 1 & 2

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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.