This week, SpaceX fails an ocean landing, is Bitcoin a failure, Uber gets into helicopters, tech firms may be sourcing from child labor, is it time to rename AOL, and how much video game booty is too much? … All this and more on The Drill Down.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Andy: DIY MAME Arcade
Dwayne: Apple TV 4

Headlines

• SpaceX fails a third time to land its Falcon 9 on a drone ship in the sea
  • Elon Musk on Instagram

Falcon lands on droneship, but the lockout collet doesn’t latch on one the four legs, causing it to tip over post landing. Root cause may have been ice buildup due to condensation from heavy fog at liftoff.

A video posted by Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on Jan 17, 2016 at 7:07pm PST

• Ninth Planet May Exist Beyond Pluto, Scientists Report
• AOL considering brand change
• Microsoft Acquires MinecraftEdu, Tailored for Schools
• GM Acquires Ride Sharing Platform Sidecar’s Tech and Assets

Audible Book of the Week

• The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
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Music Break: Intergalactic by The Beastie Boys

Hot Topics

• Bitcoin expert Mike Hearn: Crypto-currency is a failure
• Airbus to Join Forces With Uber for On-Demand Helicopter Service
• Apple, Microsoft, Samsung And Other Tech Firms Implicated In Child Labor Report

Music Break: The Safety Booty (Bubba Sparxxx vs. Men Without Hats) by DJ Topcat

Final Word

• Where’s Rey?

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Feminist Frequency: Strategic Butt Coverings – Tropes vs Women in Video Games

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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.