On this week’s Drill Down, Batterygate drains Apple, your CPU has an irreparable flaw in it, internet pranks get deadly, are we in for a digital dark age? … and much more.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Dark; Black Mirror Season 4
Tosin: Bright
Dwayne: R2-D2â„¢ App-Enabled Droidâ„¢

Headlines

• Kremlin trolls burned across the Internet as Washington debated options
  • A look inside Russia’s disinformation campaign
• Kansas Man Killed In “˜SWATting’ Attack
• The Logan Paul ‘Suicide Forest’ Video Should Be a Reckoning For YouTube

Audible Book of the Week

• Clean Meat by Paul Shapiro
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Music Break: Kielbasa by Tenacious D

Hot Topic: Batterygate & Intel flaws

• Apple apologizes for iPhone slowdown drama, will offer $29 battery replacements
  • Apple makes lower iPhone battery price effective immediately
  • HTC and Motorola don’t slow down phones with old batteries like Apple does
  • Samsung and LG also confirm they do not slow down phones with older batteries
• Kernel-memory-leaking Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign
  • Massive chip flaw not limited to Intel
  • Researchers Discover Two Major Flaws in the World’s Computers

Music Break: Little Dark Age by MGMT

Final Word

• Scientists warn we may be creating a ‘digital dark age’
• FDA approves first shock wave device made to heal wounds

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Flying Bat Drone

• Fetching Omnicopter

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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.