On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Australia’s elections are hacked, a Saudi app that tracks women’s movements, Samsung unveils a foldable phone, the perils of AI and machine learning … and much, much more.

Podcast

Headlines

• • Australia’s PM says the country’s parliament and three largest political parties have been hacked by a “sophisticated state actor” ahead of a federal election

• • Senator calls for Google, Apple to drop Saudi app that monitors women

• Samsung’s foldable phone is the Galaxy Fold, available April 26th starting at $1,980

Audible Book of the Week

• The History of the Future by Blake J. Harris
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Music Break: Every Breath You Take by Police

Hot Topics

• • Machine learning ‘causing science crisis’

• • A Crucial Step for Averting AI Disasters

• This Person Does Not Exist Is the Best One-Off Website of 2019
  • This Person Does Not Exist

Music Break: It’s Not Unusual  by Tom Jones

Final Word

• US Copyright Office refused copyright claim for “Carlton Dance”

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Sun Flyer 2 Completes First Flight with Siemens Electric Propulsion Motor

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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.