| The Drill Down 391: Undeletable
This week we’re joined by Greg Davies, host of Blendover & Heavy Metal Historian podcasts (and of course the TARDISBlend podcast hosted here at Geeks of Doom) as we discuss escalating developments in the Ashley Madison hack, Twitter cuts off deleted political tweets, Facebook launches its own virtual assistant, YouTube takes on Twitch, ILM‘s experimental lab… and much much more.
...continue reading » Tags: Alexa, Alphabet, Amazon, Android, Ashley Madison, AshleyMadison, Avid Life Media, Chatroulette, Cortana, Data breach, Diplotwoops, esports, Facebook, first person shooter, Google, Greg Davies, hack, Hacking Team, Industrial Light & Magic, Jurassic Park, M, Microsoft, omegle, personal assistant, Politwoops, Siri, social media, Star Wars, Twitch, Twitter, Video Games, videogaming, virtual assistant, YouTube, YouTube Gaming | |
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| The Drill Down 390: The Cost of Convenience
This week, Gigaom columnist Tom Cheredar is our guest as we discuss hackers posting personal data from infidelity site Ashley Madison, the NSA‘s best friend is AT&T, does Amazon overwork its employees, selections from POTUS’s playlist, giant robots!… and much much more.
...continue reading » Tags: Amazon, Android, Android M, Ashley Madison, AT&T, Comcast, Data breach, edge, Felicia Day, Galaxy, Galaxy Note, Gigaom, Google, Hackers, Jeff Bezos, Megabots, Music, National Security Agency, NSA, Obama, playlist, President Obama, Privacy, robotics, robots, Samsung, smartphone, Spotify, Spying, streaming music, Surveillance, Tom Cheredar, Watchable | |
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| The Drill Down 386: Space Invaders VLA Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI This week, Reddit lays down the law, drones hinder rescue efforts, a cheating site gets hacked, an exploit to hijack a car remotely, Prof. Stephen Hawking joins the search for ET … and much much more.
...continue reading » Topics: Electronics, Features, Gadgets, Movies, Podcasts, Science, Space, Technology, Television, The Drill Down, Video Games |
Tags: ad blocking, Ashley Madison, AshleyMadison, automotive, Data breach, drones, Ellen Pao, Grooveshark, Hacking, Hulu, Pixels, reddit, Star Wars, Steve Huffman, Video Games, videogames | |
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| The Drill Down 378: Leader of the Pac
This week, Charter buys Time Warner Cable, the secret plan to hijack our smartphones, the NSA ends bulk collection of phone records, the IRS is hacked, and Pac-Man turns 35 … and much much more.
...continue reading » Tags: All Things D, Android, Apple, arcade, Charter Communications, Coin-Op, Cortana, Data breach, design, Edward Snowden, Five Eyes, Google, Hacking, Internal Revenue Service, iOS, IRS, Jony Ive, Microsoft, Namco, National Security Agency, NSA, Pac-Man, Patriot Act, Privacy, Re/Code, Samsung, Section 215, security, selfie, smartphone, Smartphones, Time Warner Cable, Toru Iwatani, UC Browser, Video Games, videogames, Vox, Wall Street Journal | |
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| The Drill Down 362: El Capitán America
This week, is Big Brother listening to you through your TV? Swatch takes on Apple Watch, Coca-Cola gets griefed, and Netflix comes to Cuba, and finds Link & Zelda.
...continue reading » Tags: Anthem, Apple, Apple Watch, Coca-Cola, Data breach, Disney, Gawker, GCHQ, heathcare, Legend of Zelda, Marvel, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Netflix, Privacy, Samsung, SmartTV, Sony, Sony Pictures, Spider-Man, Swatch, Twitter, watches, wearables | |
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