On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Google unveils new Pixel, Nest and Stadia products, Facebook launches its cryptocurrency without some major players, Apple and Hong Kong, Fortnite gets sucked into a black hole, …and much, much more.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Dwayne: iPhone 11 Pro (addendum)

Tosin: Star Wars D-O Interactive Droid (Target Exclusive)

Andy: Gemini Man in IMAX 3D+ in HFR

Headlines

• Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, and eBay all quit Facebook’s Libra in one day
  • Facebook and partners move forward with Libra cryptocurrency after string of exits
• Apple removes app used in Hong Kong protests after pressure from China
  • Tim Cook’s Company-Wide Memo on HKmap.live Doesn’t Add Up
• Apple Safari browser sends some user IP addresses to Chinese conglomerate Tencent by default
  • Here’s Apple’s statement on Safari Fraudulent Website Warning and Tencent

Audible Book of the Week

• Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America by Christopher Wylie
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Music Break: Chinese Democracy by Guns n’ Roses

Hot Topic: Google Pixel Event 2019

• The biggest announcements from Google’s 2019 Pixel event
  • Pixel 4 Cameras
  • Nest WiFi
  • Nest Mini
  • Pixelbook Go
  • Pixel Buds
  • Stadia
• Google Pixel 4 event in 10 minutes

Music Break: Supermassive Black Hole  by Muse

Final Word

• The entire Fortnite ecosystem has been sucked into a virtual black hole, and the game is down

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Fortnite “THE END” Full Live ROCKET Event

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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.