This week, crucial news for Windows QuickTime users, Netflix and Amazon Prime video price changes, BlackBerry‘s encryption key is in the hands of the government, the future of VR, and should all locks have keys? All this and more on this week’s Drill Down podcast!

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Red Dead Redemption (again); Noctua NH-D14 heatsink (for Intel Core i7 Skylake)
Dwayne: Piper IFTTT
Tosin: ARRIS SURFboard SB6183 – Wirecutter recommended

Headlines

• TrendMicro: Uninstall QuickTime for Windows Today
  • Homeland Security urges you to uninstall QuickTime on Windows
• Netflix Prices going up — based on when you joined
• Amazon to offer $8.99/month stand-alone video streaming option in US; Prime membership to be offered monthly for first time for $10.99/month in US

Audible Book of the Week

• How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics by Eugenia Cheng
• Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown

Music Break: Blame Canada from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

Hot Topic: Big Tech vs. Government

• Canadian police have had BlackBerry’s global encryption key since 2010
• Microsoft sues U.S. government over data requests
• European Union hits Google with formal antitrust charges

Music Break: Real World by Matchbox 20

Final Word: VR for Everyday Use

• Virtual Desktop for VR is a glimpse at a future without monitors.
• Magic Leap has created its own HoloLens

The Drill Down Video of the Week

Should all locks have keys? Phones, Castles, Encryption, and You.

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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.