On this week’s Drill Down podcast, Net Neutrality is down but perhaps not out yet, Disney buys Fox (and The Simpsons called it), Facebook admits it’s bad for you, gene therapy to restore sight and hearing… and much more.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Doki Doki Literature Club
Tosin: Amazon Cloud Cam
Dwayne: Beyond Meat debuts their Fake Sausage. And it’s GOOD

Headlines

• Facebook just admitted that using Facebook can be bad for you
• How a Dorm Room Minecraft Scam Brought Down the Internet
• Apple admits slowing older iPhones, says it’s to prevent battery issues

Audible Book of the Week

• The Peripheral by William Gibson
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Music Break: A Whole New World by Brad Kane & Lea Salonga

Hot Topics: Net Neutrality repeal & Disney/Fox

• F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules
  • The next front in the net neutrality war: Feds versus the states
  • Congress could bring net neutrality back, but it won’t be easy
  • Motherboard & VICE Are Building a Community Internet Network
• It’s Official: Disney Buys Fox For Over $52 Billion
  • Everybody Should Be Very Afraid of the Disney Death Star
  • Congressional Democrats Call For Disney-Fox Hearings Amid Antitrust Concerns

Music Break: Listening To You (‘See Me, Feel Me’) by The Who

Final Word

• Gene therapy for rare form of blindness wins US approval
• This gene therapy stopped mice from going deaf — and could save some humans’ hearing too

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Doki Doki Literature Club trailer

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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.