This week on The Drill Down podcast, Oculus VR about to go wireless, Google Glass comes back, Amazon challenges meal deliveries, suicidal robots, creepy walks, and much more.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Masterbuilt 30″ Digital Electric Smoker + Slow Smoker attachment
Tosin: Hidrate Spark
Dwayne: Thermos 24 Ounce Hydration Bottle with Connected Smart Lid, Teal

Headlines

• Facebook Plans to Unveil a $200 Wireless Oculus VR Headset for 2018
• Amazon is already selling pre-packaged “˜Meal Kits’ as it bites into service from Blue Apron and others
• ‘Despacito’ Quickly Becomes The Most-Streamed Song Ever

Audible Book of the Week

• The X-Files: Cold Cases read by David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson & other X-Files cast-members
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Music Break: X-Files Theme by Mark Snow

Hot Topic: Google Updates

• Google Has Paid Thousands to Academics Writing About Google
• Google Glass 2.0 Is a Startling Second Act
• Google introduces the feed, a personalized stream of news on iOS and Android

Music Break: Despacito by Luis Fonsi (ft. Daddy Yankee)

Final Word

• Security robot ‘drowns itself’ in office fountain
  • Give robots an ‘ethical black box’ to track and explain decisions, say scientists

The Drill Down Videos of the Week: Creepy Walks

• Emergence of Locomotion Behaviours in Rich Environments

• “Going to the Store” by David Lewandowski

• Ready to Monday: Take On Me by The Band of the Bold

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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.