On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Tesla reverses course, Boeing’s 747’s control software issues, the potential dangers to Facebook’s pivot, our hangup with robocalls … and much, much more.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Dwayne: Amazon Echo Buttons
Tosin: Lulzbot Taz 6
Andy: Tesla Model 3 order process

Headlines

• Tesla reverses plan to close all stores, will raise the price of higher-end cars
• Boeing is going to update the control software on the 737 Max that may cause the plane to nosedive
• Trump Announces Ban of Boeing 737 Max Flights

Audible Book of the Week

• A Human’s Guide to Machine Intelligence By Kartik Hosanagar
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• Algorithms: Almost Human?

Music Break: Smiling Faces Sometimes by The Undisputed Truth

Hot Topics

• • How Facebook stands to profit from its ‘privacy’ push
  • Your phone and TV are tracking you, and political campaigns are listening in
  • Elizabeth Warren’s new plan: Break up Amazon, Google and Facebook
    • Senator Warren’s proposal would create massive new problems, have significant unintended consequences, and not address the issues she is concerned about

• • Facebook deletes, and then restores, Elizabeth Warren’s ads criticizing the platform, drawing her rebuke

Music Break: Telephone  by Pomplamoose

Final Word

• John Oliver fights robocalls… by robocalling Ajit Pai and the FCC

The Drill Down Video of the Week

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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.