This week, more tech responses to President Trump actions, Uber vs Google in a self-driving patent battle, PlayStation, Xbox, and YouTube in the news, SpaceX plans moon tourism, and much, much more.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Dwayne: Pandemic (Board Game), Star Wars: The Power of the Costume
Tosin:  Telltale Batman Series, Overcooked

Headlines

• Tech Companies Are Speaking Out Against Trump’s Transgender Ruling
• Trump signs laws to promote women in STEM
• Alphabet’s Waymo is suing Otto and Uber for allegedly stealing the design of a key self-driving system
• Uber CEO Argues With Driver Over Falling Fares

• FCC to halt rule that protects your private data from security breaches

Audible Book of the Week

• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
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Music Break: Virtual Insanity by Jamiroquai

Hot Topics

• Sony’s PlayStation VR turns out to be a big hit, selling close to 1 million headsets
• Xbox apes Netflix with $10 per month, 100-game unlimited “Pass”
• YouTube debuts YouTube TV, a $35/month service
  • YouTube Tops 1 Billion Hours of Video a Day, on Pace to Eclipse TV

 Music Break: Fly Me to the Moon by Frank Sinatra

Final Word

• Internet of Things Teddy Bear Leaked 2 Million Parent and Kids Message Recordings
• SpaceX to fly two space tourists around the moon in 2018

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Introducing Handle

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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.