This week, Jawbone UP is down and out, Intel busts out 10-core chips, does the Hulk Hogan/Gawker suit threaten journalistic free speech?, Google vs Oracle is a victory for fair use, how European hate speech laws will affect US social media …and much more!

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Andy: update on gaming PC; Life is Strange
Tosin: Philips Hue Iris

Headlines

• Jawbone has stopped slowed producing its fitness trackers
  • Jawbone Is Trying to Sell Its Speaker Business
• Intel’s Broadwell-E gaming CPU is a stunner, offering 10 cores for a whopping $1,723
• Push for encryption law falters despite Apple case spotlight

Audible Book of the Week

• Spooky Action at a Distance: The Phenomenon That Reimagines Space and Time-and What It Means for Black Holes, the Big Bang, and Theories of Everything by George Musser
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Music Break: Creep by Scala & Kolacny Brothers

Hot Topic: Tech in Court

• Gawker’s Nick Denton challenges Peter Thiel to a public debate in open letter, says decade-long campaign by Thiel is out of proportion, asks about ultimate intent
  • Tech Titans Raise Their Guard, Pushing Back Against News Media
  • Peter Thiel just gave other billionaires a dangerous blueprint for perverting philanthropy
• How Google’s big court win just made history
  • Why the Very Silly Oracle v. Google Trial Actually Matters
• Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Microsoft agree to EU hate speech rules
  • New Online Hate-Speech Rules Threaten Free Speech

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Giant Gator Walks Across Florida Golf Course
• Giant Alligator in Jurassic Park

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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.