On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, the Twitter CEO’s Twitter gets hacked, YouTube fined for violating child privacy laws, Apple finally lets you leave the Genius Bar, how do Hong Kong protestors organize when the State blocks texts? Highlights from PAX West…and much, much more.

What We’re Playing With

TOSIN: PAX West 2019

• Deleveled: 
  • Launch Date: Fall 2019, Windows, Linux, Switch, PS4, Xbox One
  • Cost: TBD

• The Devil’s Calculator: 
  • Launch Date: iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, Github
  • Cost: Free on some platforms, $2.99 on others

• Praey for the Gods: 
  • Launch Date: Available for early access: Windows, Mac, PS4, Xbox One
  • Cost: $29.99

• Creature in the Well: 
  • Launch Date: Sept 6th, Windows, Xbox, Switch
  • Cost: TBD

• Superliminal: (Best in Show – National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers)
  • Launch Date: Late 2019 Epic Game Store, then Consoles, then Steam in a year
  • Cost: TBD

Headlines

• Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account has been hacked
  • Twitter disables tweeting via SMS after CEO gets hacked
• Why Won’t Twitter Treat White Supremacy Like ISIS? Because It Would Mean Banning Some Republican Politicians Too
• YouTube will pay $170 million to settle claims it violated child privacy laws

Audible Book of the Week

• It by Stephen King
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Music Break: Send in the Clowns by Judy Collins

Hot Topics

• China reportedly made an app to show people if they’re standing near someone in debt — a new part of its intrusive ‘social credit’ policy
• Hong Kong Protestors Using Mesh Messaging App China Can’t Block: Usage Up 3685%
  • FireChat: The App That Fueled Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution
• Apple reverses stance on iPhone repairs and will supply parts to independent shops for the first time

Music Break: Light My Fire  by The Doors

Final Word

• Kiwibots win fans at UC Berkeley as they deliver fast food at slow speeds

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• BangBros bought a porn doxxing site just to literally set it on fire

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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.