On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Disney Plus launches with snags, Instagram hides likes, does the Apple Card gender-discriminate?, Google secretly collects health data… and much, much more.

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Disney+ (The Mandalorian, The World According to Jeff Goldblum)

Headlines

• Disney+ launches, then crashes
  • Disney+ surpasses 10 million sign-ups since launch
• Instagram Will Test Hiding ‘Likes’ in the US
• Sources: Apple is aiming to release an AR headset in 2022 and a sleeker pair of AR glasses by 2023

Audible Book of the Week

• Go Like Hell by A.J. Bairne
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Music Break: Life is a Highway by Rascal Flatts

Hot Topics

• Viral Tweet About Apple Card Leads to Probe Into Goldman Sachs
• Google reportedly collects health data on millions of Americans without informing patients
• Your DNA Profile is Private? A Florida Judge Just Said Otherwise

Music Break: Octopus’ Garden  by The Beatles

Final Word

• 90 Minutes a Day, Until 10 P.M.: China Sets Rules for Young Gamers

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Incredible footage captures a sleeping octopus changing colour while dreaming

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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.