On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Microsoft Surface Event 2018 – new products from Microsoft, a Facebook breach exposes 50M users, Amazon hopes to raise minimum wage, bold California tech laws, endless possibilities … and much, much more.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Andy & Tosin: iOS 12
Dwayne: iPhone XS

Headlines

• Facebook Network is Breached, Putting 50 Million Users’ Data at Risk
• Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees
  • Living Wage Calculator

New California Tech Laws

• US Justice Department moves to sue California in order to quash its new net neutrality law
  • Can’t spot the bot? In California, automated accounts have to reveal themselves
  • These CA Tech Companies Will Need More Women on Their Boards

Audible Book of the Week

• AI Superpowers China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order by Kai-Fu Lee
• Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown

Music Break: California by Phantom Planet

Hot Topic: Microsoft Surface Event 2018

• The 5 biggest announcements from the Microsoft Surface event

Music Break: Drive by Cars

Final Word: Tesla SEC settlement

• SEC charges Tesla CEO Elon Musk with fraud
  • Elon Musk and SEC settle; Musk admits no guilt, will remain Tesla CEO, has to resign as Chairman for 3 years, appoint 2 new independent directors, pay $20M fine

Tesla general news

• Tesla confirms that Model 3 production hit its ambitious target last quarter
• Tesla Model 3 = 4th Best Selling Car In USA* (Maybe)

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Highlights from Microsoft’s October 2018 event

• Possibilia on Eko

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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.