On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, why Game of Thrones was so dark, Amazon aims for one-day shipping, a tech company makes a racist faux pas, Minecraft‘s creator is banned, and all the latest from Facebook‘s developer F8 conference, and much more.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Andy: GoT on HBO:

Why did last night’s “Game of Thrones” look so bad? Here comes the science!

A ‘Game of Thrones’ cinematographer defended the show’s lighting: ‘I know it wasn’t too dark because I shot it’

Dwayne: Apple Down 2 Quarters in a row

Headlines

• Amazon to spend $800 million to make free one-day shipping the default for Prime members
• Walmart Hints at an answer to Amazon’s 1-day free shipping plan
• Telecom giants battle bill which bans Internet service throttling for firefighters in emergencies

Audible Book of the Week

• Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste by Nolan Gasser
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Music Break: Your Racist Friend by They Might Be Giants

Hot Topics

• Microsoft excludes Minecraft’s creator from anniversary event over his “˜comments and opinions’
• Tech Company Apologizes For Requesting ‘Preferably Caucasian’ Job Candidates
• The 5 biggest announcements from Facebook’s F8 developer conference keynote

Music Break: Nothing Breaks Like a Heart  by Mark Ronson (ft Miley Cyrus)

Final Word

• Just relax, our robot is navigating through your heart

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• F8 2019 keynote in 12 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.