On this week’s Drill Down podcast, Amazon Goes to the market, Uber calls the ambulance, Apple launches the HomePod, Facebook attempts to validate the news, is there a link between video games and violence? … and much, much more.

Podcast

Headlines

• Uber reduces ambulance usage across the country, study says
• Amazon Go, a high-tech version of a 7-Eleven, will finally open on Monday “” with no checkout lines and no cashiers
  • Someone Already Accidentally Shoplifted at Amazon’s New Cashierless Store
• Apple will release its $349 HomePod speaker on February 9th

Audible Book of the Week

• The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. LeGuin
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Music Break: Mr. Ambulance Driver by The Flaming Lips

Hot Topic

• Facebook to prioritize ‘trustworthy’ news based on surveys
  • 5 Questions About Facebook’s Plan to Rate Media by ‘Trustworthiness’

Music Break: Dirty Laundry by Don Henley

Final Word

• No evidence to support link between violent video games and behaviour

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Burger King Deviously Explains Net Neutrality by Making People Wait Longer for Whoppers

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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.