On this week’s podcast, join former The Drill Down co-host Tom Cheredar as we discuss Spotify buries musicians who aren’t exclusive, Facebook kills the Trending Topics team, what to expect from Apple, is there a spy in your iPhone? How the Clinton Campaign is foiling the Kremlin, and have the Russians hacked U.S. voting systems? …and much, much more!

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Playstation Now for PC
Dwayne: SONOS is finally getting smart
Tom: Budget-level Samson Meteor USB Mic

Headlines

• WhatsApp to share phone numbers and analytics data of users with Facebook, two years after it said it had no plans to collect data
• Spotify Is Burying Musicians for Their Apple Deals
• Facebook letting go of entire Trending Topics editorial staff
  • Facebook axed human Trending News editors, algorithm immediately goes full-on FAIL

Audible Book of the Week

• Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity’s Chief Engineer by Rob Manning, William L. Simon
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Music Break: Unprotected Sex With Multiple Partners by Against Me!

Hot Topics

• What to expect at Apple’s September 2016 event: iPhone 7 and more
• Apple Owes Ireland $14.5 Billion In Taxes, European Commission Says
• Malware sold to governments could help them spy on iPhones
• How the Clinton Campaign Is Foiling the Kremlin
• FBI says foreign hackers penetrated state election systems

Music Break: Life on Mars? by David Bowie

Final Word

• Mars scientists leave dome on Hawaii mountain after year in isolation

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• EvaBop / Cowboy Bebop Original Intro

• IBM Creates First Movie Trailer by AI for ‘Morgan’

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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.