On this week’s The Drill Down podcast 439, “The Uncanny Valley,” former TDD co-host Tom Cheredar joins us as we discuss: Intel‘s VR rig, Gawker gets a new owner, Twitter‘s harassment fails, Facebook vs AdBlock, the NSA gets hacked …and much, much more.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Dwayne: Stranger Things
Tosin: Road to Ballhalla
Tom: Adult Swim’s iOS keyboard

Headlines

• Google has a new plan to bring gigabit internet to your home, and it doesn’t involve wires
• Intel shows off all-in-one Project Alloy virtual reality headset
• Univision is buying Gawker Media for $135 million

Audible Book of the Week

• Pines by Blake Crouch
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Music Break: This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race by Fall Out Boy

Hot Topic

• Inside Twitter’s 10-Year Failure To Stop Harassment
  • Twitter’s ex-CEO:Buzzfeed Article ‘Laughably False’
• Adblock Plus blocks Facebook block of Adblock Plus block of Facebook block of AdBlock Plus block of Facebook ads
  • Facebook vs. Adblock Plus: Just By Fighting, Facebook Wins
  • Facebook Can’t Win Against Ad Blockers, and Here’s the Proof

Music Break: Human After All by Daft Punk

Final Word

• Hackers Say They Hacked NSA-Linked Group, Want 1 Million Bitcoins to Share More
  • Cisco And Fortinet Confirm Flaws Exposed By Self-Proclaimed NSA Hackers

The Drill Down Videos of the Week: Uncanny Valley

• Uncanny Valley (2015) by Federico Heller

• This robot wants a family…and to destroy humans

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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.