On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, a tragic shooting at an eSports tournament, President Trump says Google is rigged to make him look bad, Tesla stays public, 3D guns, killer robots … and much, much more.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Prey
Dwayne: NETGEAR Nighthawk S8000 Gaming & Streaming Advanced 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch
Tosin: Overcooked 2

Headlines

• Tesla sinks after Elon Musk says the company will stay public
• Trump: Facebook, Twitter, Google are ‘treading on very, very troubled territory and they have to be careful’
• Amazon hired an army of employees to say nice things about it on Twitter, and it shows how big its reputation problem has gotten

Audible Book of the Week

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone By JK Rowling
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Music Break: A Window to the Past from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by John Williams

Hot Topics

• Shooting at ‘Madden NFL 19’ Tournament Live Stream Leaves Multiple Fatalities
  • Jacksonville shooting suspect identified as David Katz, gamer who had lost in Madden NFL tournament
• Plans on making untraceable 3D guns can’t be posted online
  • Owner of 3D-printed guns company says he’s selling instructions despite court order

Music Break: Hyper by DJ Spoiler

Final Word

• Study: Many teens – and parents – feel tethered to phones
• Experts assemble for UN-hosted meeting on ‘killer robots’

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

Cyberpunk 2077 Gameplay Reveal — 48-minute walkthrough

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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.