On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Apple gets educational, what will Facebook do after Cambridge Analytica, gas-powered cars feel the threat from electric, a possible cure for blindness … and much, much more.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Amazon Echo Spot
Dwayne: Samson C01u Pro Mic

Headlines

• Mark Zuckerberg says he’s “˜open’ to testifying to Congress, fixes will cost “˜many millions’ and he “˜feels really bad’
  • Why Nothing Is Going To Happen To Facebook Or Mark Zuckerberg
  • Facebook scraped call, text message data for years from Android phones
  • Tim Cook speaks out on the Cambridge Analytica scandal, says Facebook’s collection of user data ‘shouldn’t exist’
  • Facebook is rushing out a new design for privacy settings
• Craigslist Is Shutting Down Its Personals Section
• Mega-hit “˜Fortnite’ game has wiped out $6 billion in market value from industry leader Activision Blizzard

Audible Book of the Week

• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
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Music Break: Pure Imagination by Gene Wilder

Hot Topic: Apple Educational Event

• The 5 biggest announcements from the Apple education event
• Tablet market down 7% year-over-year, though iPad business is up 3% year-over-year

Hot Topic: Electric Cars

• Tesla shares drop to the lowest since April on fatal crash investigation, bearish analyst note
  • NTSB is investigating Tesla Model X that caught fire after fatal crash in Silicon Valley
  • Nvidia plunges after suspending self-driving tests
• Hyundai union chief warns of job crisis, says electric cars are ‘evil’

Music Break: ABC by The Jackson 5

Final Word

• Raytheon’s laser and microwave buggy test brought down 45 drones
• Doctors Have Restored The Sight of Two People in a Monumental World First

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Range Rover P400e: Eco friendly with no compromises

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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.