On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Tesla news, Bitcoin keys lose their keyholder, updates from Slack and Twitter, Facebook turns 15, a watershed moment for online events … and much, much more.

Podcast

Headlines

• • Tesla’s $218M Maxwell acquisition aims to give its batteries a boost
    • Volkswagen will use Tesla battery packs in some of its US charging stations

• • After founder’s sudden death, cryptocurrency exchange can’t access $190 million in holdings

• Stock market closes higher as tech shares rally

Audible Book of the Week

• Zucked Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe  By Roger McNamee
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Music Break: Creep by Scala & Kolacny Brothers

Hot Topics

• • Slack Files for Public Offering, Joining Silicon Valley’s Stock Market Rush

• • Facebook and Twitter removed hundreds of accounts linked to Iran, Russia and Venezuela

• On Facebook’s 15th anniversary, Zuckerberg says it will spend more on safety and security in 2019 than it had revenue at its IPO, pans critics’ “negative” focus
  • A defiant Mark Zuckerberg says people are focusing on the ‘negative’ aspects of Facebook’s impact on the world

Music Break: Happier  by  Marshmello (ft. Bastille)

Final Word

• Attacking a Pay Wall That Hides Public Court Filings

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• ‘Fortnite’ Had 10 Million Concurrent Players In The Marshmello Concert Event

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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.