On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, IBM buys Red Hat, a right-wing social network ends in the wake of Pittsburgh killings, did Google pay off a harasser?, new products from Apple… and much, much more.

Podcast

Headlines

• China denies report it spies on Trump’s iPhone, suggests he get a Huawei instead
• IBM to acquire Red Hat in deal valued at $34 billion
• Far-right social network GAB goes down in wake of Pittsburgh killings

Audible Book of the Week

• Creative Selection:  Inside Apple’s Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken Kocienda
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Music Break: Somebody’s Watching Me by Rockwell

Hot Topic: Apple October Event 2018

• The 5 biggest announcements from the Apple iPad and MacBook event
• iOS 12.1 Offers Group FaceTime, Dual SIM Support, and More

Music Break: Paranoid Android by Radiohead

Final Word

• How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the ‘Father of Android’

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Apple iPad Pro and MacBook Air event in 9 minutes

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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.