This week, where Prime Day went wrong, AI in the supermarket, Google‘s secret successor to Android, should Amazon replace libraries?… and much, much more.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With:

Andy: Super Mario Odyssey
Dwayne: MamaRu 4, by 4 Moms
Tosin: Sony HT-Z9F Soundbar & wireless rear speakers

Headlines

• Internal documents show how Amazon scrambled to fix Prime Day glitches
• How U.S. Retail Giant Kroger Is Using AI And Robots To Prepare For The 4th Industrial Revolution
• Facebook’s ‘shared viewing’ video feature is coming to all groups
  • Steam is rolling out its new Discord-like chat features to all users

Audible Book of the Week

• Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon By Jeffrey Kluger
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Music Break: Fly Me to the Moon by Frank Sinatra

More Headlines

• Project “˜Fuchsia’: Google Is Quietly Working on a Successor to Android
• Apple’s iPhones Trail Samsung, Google Devices in Internet Speeds
• Scientists make a transistor from a single molecule

Music Break: Visions (from ‘Unbreakeable’)  by James Newton Howard

Final Word

• Amazon Should Replace Local Libraries to Save Taxpayers Money
  • Article saying libraries should be replaced by Amazon meets with resounding opposition
  • Forbes deleted a deeply misinformed op-ed arguing Amazon should replace libraries

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• “˜Glass’ 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 Vudu product manager Tosin Onafowokan.