This week, GM buys big into driverless cars, Google AI beats a Go grandmaster, Amazon Echo repeats itself, Oculus won’t be on the Mac, Tech encryption vs. the Feds in the news again, and Nike self-lacing shoes are here!

All this and more on The Drill Down.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Andy: The Aliens (Channel Four UK), Knee Deep
Tosin: Knee Deep
Dwayne: MPow Bluetooth Selfie Stick & The Little Prince

Headlines

• Amazon adds the $130 Amazon Tap and the $90 Echo Dot to the Echo family
• Oculus Founder: Rift will come to Mac if Apple “ever releases a good computer”
• PlayStation VR Will Arrive in October for $399
• Xbox Live now supports cross-platform multiplayer with PS4
• General Motors Paid Over $1 Billion For Self-Driving Startup Cruise
• Google’s DeepMind defeats legendary Go player Lee Se-dol in historic victory
  • AlphaGo’s victory means the world is about to change
  • Google’s AI Wins Fifth And Final Game Against Go Genius Lee Sedol

Audible Book of the Week

• Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?: A Neuroscientific View of the Zombie Brain by Timothy Verstynen, Bradley Voytek
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Music Break: Zombie by The Cranberries

Hot Topic: Feds vs. Tech Encryption

• Prosecutors push back against Apple defense in new court filing
  • Apple’s Brief Hits the FBI With a Withering Fact Check
• Justice Department debating how to resolve standoff with WhatsApp over encryption in non-terrorism investigation
• Government Can’t Let Smartphones Be `Black Boxes,’ Obama Says

Music Break: Get It Together by The GO! Team

Final Words

• Silicon Valley Residents Leave for Greener Grass, Cheaper Housing
• Email pioneer Ray Tomlinson dead at 74

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Nike will sell actual self-lacing sneakers, just like Back to the Future

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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 product manager Tosin Onafowokan.