On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Amazon follows Apple to one trillion, France bans smartphones in school, California fights for Net Neutrality, Social Media comes before Congress … and much, much more.

Podcast

Andy: Information Is Beautiful : Based on a “True” True Story
Dwayne: Luna Display
Tosin: Marvel’s Spiderman

Headlines

• Twitter’s Jack Dorsey reportedly overruled decision to ban Alex Jones
• Amazon just became the second US public company to reach a $1 trillion market cap

Audible Book of the Week

• Democracy Hacked: Political Turmoil and Information Warfare in the Digital Age By Martin Moore
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Music Break: Ça plane pour moi by Plastic Bertrand

Headlines

• France has banned all children under 15 from using their phones in school
  • Having Your Smartphone Nearby Takes a Toll on Your Thinking
• California passes strongest net neutrality law in the country
• Facebook, Twitter Execs Admit Failures, Warn of ‘Overwhelming’ Threat to Elections

Music Break: Echoes  by Pink Floyd

Final Word

• Remember When Everyone Was Buying an Amazon Echo? Here’s What Happened

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Testing the Tesla Model 3’s new Track Mode: Will it drift?

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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.