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Monday, January 21st, 2019 at 12:00 pm
On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, we put aside current news in order to review the year that was 2018. And this time around, as we did last year, instead of merely having a stack-ranked list of top news of the year, we’re going to make tech news compete for awards, affectionately called The Drill Bits.
So put on your tuxes, get in the limo, and roll out the red carpet, ’cause the show’s about to begin!
Podcast
Music Break: Every 1s A Winner by Hot Chocolate
The Drill Bit Awards
CATEGORY
NOMINEE 1
NOMINEE 2
NOMINEE 3
WINNER
Wearables
Fitbit Versa Smartwatch
Fitbit Charge 3
Apple Watch Series 4
Apple
Smart Home
Amazon Ring Video Doorbell
TP-Link’s Kasa Cameras
Nest: Connect, Detect, and Nest Hello (doorbell)
Amazon Ring Video Doorbell
Best Voice Assistant Device
Samsung Bixby: Galaxy Home Speaker
Amazon Alexa 60k skills and all new hardware
Google Home: Hub and other screen device,partners
Amazon
Sharing/Gig Economy
Amazon Flex: Use your car to deliver packages
Caviar: Food Delivery from anywhere by regular people
Real Real: Sell Your designer stuff on consignment across the world
Amazon
Streaming Video Subscription Service
HBO: Sharp Objects, Barry, Succession, Westworld II
Amazon Prime: Homecoming, Jack Ryan
Netflix: Bandersnatch, Birdbox, & Roma
Netflix
Worst Cybersecurity(Biggest Hack)
India’s AADHAAR system 1.1 billion people exposed
Exactis Ad tracking platform. 340 mm people exposed
Under Armour 150 million people exposed
AADHAAR
Most Significant Hacks
Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica disclosure 87 million exposed | altered course of 2016 US Presidential Election
Strava’s Military Base Leak. No individuals exposed, but myriad countries experienced security leaks as the locations of their military facilities were unwittingly exposed.
My Heritage leak: Personal information, including passwords were taken and it remains unclear if users’s genetic information and/or medical histories were exposed.
Facebook: Cambridge Analytica
Most Significant Gaming Platform
Microsoft: XBox One
Nintendo: Switch
SONY: Playstation 4
SONY – Access to both popular and exclusive titles: Red Dead Redemption Spider Man God of War Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Most *Impactful* Video Game of the year
Epic Games for Fortnite
Rockstar for Red Dead Redemption 2
SONY Interactive Entertainment for Spider Man
Epic Games for Fortnite
AR & VR
Playstation VR: Affordable VR on an established platform
Facebook: Oculus GO: Affordable device that gets more people into VR
HTC Vive Pro
Playstation VR: Affordable VR on an established platform
Best New Innovation – Science (in the lab)
Scientists Have Created A Star Trek-Like Plane That Flies Using ‘Ion Thrusters’ And No Fuel
Scientists Developed a Way to Filter Lead Out of Water With Fruit Peels
Man paralysed from waist down makes history by walking again using mind-controlled implant to power his legs
Man paralysed from waist down makes history by walking again using mind-controlled implant to power his legs
Best Use of Social Media
Instagram: The World Record Egg
European Union: The GDPR
Facebook: The,Algorithmic Update
European Union: The GDPR
Worst Technology Fail
Facebook: Unsecure Unethical Unworthy
Google Project Dragonfly: Development of a new, restricted, Chinese version of Google for renewed access to the Chinese market
Google Project Maven: Applying Google’s expertise to a DARPA AI autonomous drone capable of deadly strikes against enemies of the United States
Facebook: Unsecure Unethical Unworthy
Most Weird/ Creepy Technology Phenomenon
Instagram: The World Record Egg
Deep Fakes via products like Fake App
Clearing Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez with foot fetishists, and a site called Wikifeet
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