On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, trade with Huawei is banned across the globe, unhappy with Game of Thrones? Sign the petition!, the White House launches a site to report censorship, Minecraft is launching a Pokemon Go-style mobile game, and much, much more.

Podcast

Headlines

• White House launches tool to report censorship on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter
• Spotify begins testing its first hardware: a car smart assistant
• Game of Thrones petition demands remake

Audible Book of the Week

• A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1 by George R. R. Martin
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Music Break: The Night King by Ramin Djiwadi from ‘Game of Thrones’

Hot Topics

• China’s Huawei, 70 affiliates placed on U.S. trade blacklist
  • Exclusive: Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump
  • Top U.S. Tech Companies Begin to Cut Off Vital Huawei Supplies
  • Huawei: ARM memo tells staff to stop working with China’s tech giant
  • U.S. eases restrictions on Huawei; founder says U.S. underestimates.

Music Break: Cat by C418 from ‘Minecraft’

Final Word

• Minecraft Earth goes a step beyond Pokémon Go to cover the world in blocks

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Minecraft Earth: Official Reveal Trailer

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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.