On this week’s Drill Down podcast, Pebble‘s dead, Google goes green, UK’s Snoopers Charter, Amazon Go, a DIY gif bot, some amazing game trailers, and much, much more.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Westworld, season 1; Westworld soundtrack
Tosin: Box 4.0 for iOS, BATMAN – The Telltale Series’ (Steam), Assassin’s Creed 3

Headlines

• Google says it will reach 100% renewable energy for its global operations in 2017
• Supreme Court throws out $399M penalty judgment against Samsung in patent dispute with Apple over iPhone design
• New MacBook Pro with Touch Bar suffers from serious battery issues
• Pebble Is Dead, and Its Customers Are Completely Screwed

Correction: It was mentioned that Apple Watch sales dropped 74 or 76 percent year over year. The number is actually 71 percent. 

Audible Book of the Week

• Catalyst (Star Wars): A Rogue One Novel by James Luceno
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Music Break: Time Stand Still by Rush (ft. Aimee Mann)

Hot Topics

• ‘Snooper’s charter’ bill becomes law, extending UK state surveillance
• Fake Or Real? How To Self-Check The News And Get The Facts
• Amazon launches a beta of Go, a cashier-free, app-based food shopping experience

Music Break: The Last of Us by Gustavo Santaolalla

Final Word

• Peeqo – The GIF Bot

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• The Game Awards 2016: Kojima’s “˜Death Stranding’ Trailer With Guillermo del Toro, Mads Mikkelsen

• PSX 2016: “˜The Last Of Us 2′ Confirmed; Reveal Trailer Released

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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.