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The Drill Down 571: Black Hole Fun

This week, Tosin goes to PAX, the UK cracks down on net safety, is Netflix killing cinemas…or buying them? Amazon send satellites into space, our first look at a black hole, and much more.
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Topics: Apps, Computers, Conventions, Electronics, Features, Gadgets, Games, Pax, Podcasts, Science, Software, Space, Technology, The Drill Down, Video Games
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Tags: Alexa, Amazon, black holes, electric vehicles, EU, European Union, Event Horizon Telescope, Facebook, games, gaming, Google, internet, Japan, JAXA, Jeff Bezos, Netflix, PAX, PAX East, Penny Arcade Expo, Space, SpaceX, Tesla, Twitter, UK, Video Games, videogames
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The Drill Down 563: Amazon’s Unexpected Package

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Russia unplugs from the internet, Nintendo gives us more to switch for, President Trump supports artificial intelligence, Amazon looks for a new HQ, Jeff Bezos exposes Pecker … and much, much more.
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Tags: AI, Amazon, Apple, Artificial Intelligence, Donald Trump, Eero, internet, iOS, Jeff Bezos, MacOS, Mars, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Enquirer, Nintendo, Nintendo Direct, Nintendo Switch, Opportunity, President Trump, rover, Russia, Space, The Legend of Zelda
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The Drill Down 551: Facebook At War

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Disney’s new streaming service, Elon Musk plans to make your sewers Boring, and launch thousands of satellites into space, Facebook in crisis, poking fun at Amazon … and much, much more.
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Tags: Amazon, Black Friday, Disney, Doctor Who, Elon Musk, Facebook, Google, Jeff Bezos, Privacy, SpaceX, TARDISblend, Tesla, The Boring Company, US Elections
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The Drill Down 549: Beast With Three Head-quarters

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, will genetic editing improve humanity, or kill us all, plus Amazon Prime Day results, U.S. election hacking, an Uncharted fan short… and much, much more.
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Tags: Alphabet, Amazon, Amazon Prime, Amazon Prime Day, Bill Gates, Facebook, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Google, Hacking, Jeff Bezos, robocalls, Russia, Sears, sexual harassment, Uncharted, US Elections
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The Drill Down 544: Microsoft Surface Event 2018

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Microsoft Surface Event 2018 – new products from Microsoft, a Facebook breach exposes 50M users, Amazon hopes to raise minimum wage, bold California tech laws, endless possibilities … and much, much more.
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Tags: AI, Ajit Pai, Apple, Artificial Intelligence, bots, business, California, computers, Cortana, DOJ, Eko, Elon Musk, Facebook. Amazon, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Governor Jerry Brown, headphones, Interactive, iOS, iOS 12, iPhone, iPhone XS, Jeff Bezos, laptops, Microsoft, Office 365, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, spam, Surface, Surface Headphones, Surface Laptop, surface Pro, Surface Studio, Tesla, US Department of Justice
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The Drill Down 526: Polly Want A-Lexa!

This week’s The Drill Down podcast, does President Trump have a beef with Jeff Bezos? Amazon sells your face to law enforcement, Elon Musk drives journalists and reviewers crazy, a parrot who uses Amazon Echo (Alexa!) … and much, much more.
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Tags: 2001 A Space Odyssey, Alexa, Amazon, Amazon Echo, distilleries, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, liquor, President Trump, Privacy, security, Space, SpaceX, Tesla, Tesla Model 3, US Postal Service, USPS
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Amazon In Talks With WB For ‘Lord Of The Rings’ TV Series

Rejoice, fantasy fans! When the final season of Game of Thrones comes to a close, we no longer have to be devastated about it. OK—we don’t have to be devastated for too long, anyway. Let’s be honest, I weep at least once a week just thinking about it. But I swallow a pint of Ben & Jerry’s like it’s an Advil, and move on with my day. Like a responsible adult. Other networks would sacrifice anything adorable you can think of to have what HBO has in Thrones, but instead of finding that next untapped book series to adapt into a hit, one big name is looking to an old classic: The Lord of the Rings.
Amazon Studios has entered into negotiations with Warner Brothers Television and author J.R.R. Tolkien‘s estate in hopes of developing a TV series based on Tolkien’s legendary story.
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The Drill Down 482: Uber and Out

On this week’s Drill Down podcast, is this the end of Uber’s downward spiral?, Amazon buys Whole Foods, most U.S. voters have been hacked, why you can’t be kicked off the Internet, a precedent-setting case of manslaughter via text, and much, much more.
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Tags: Amazon, Apple, Data breach, data leaks, internet, iPad, Jeff Bezos, Joule, President Trump, ride sharing, sous vide, Steam, Tech, Technology, texting, The Witness, Travis Kalanick, Uber, Whole Foods
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The Drill Down 469: Bullseye!

On this week’s Drill Down podcast, Siri & “OK Google†get new AI company from Samsung, Uber management crumbles, the U.S. bans electronics from incoming flights, Resistbot, genetic discrimination, Amazon’s Mecha-CEO, a dartboard you’ll never miss… and much much more.
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Tags: AI, Amazon, Anova, Artificial Intelligence, Bixby, digital Assistant, Digital photography, DIY, eBags, genetics, Google, Google Home, Hyperloop, Intel, Jeff Bezos, Jeff Jones, maker, mech, Mecha, Mobileeye, Netflix, Peak Design, Photography, Resist, Resistbot, robot, Samsung, sous vide, Think Tank, transportation, Uber
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The Drill Down 456: No One Behind The Wheel

On this week’s Drill Down podcast, driverless ride-sharing is emerging, Russia’s part in hacking the U.S. election, President-Elect Trump meets with tech leaders, Bill Gates leads a fight against climate change,  and much, much more.
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Tags: Alex Karp, Alphabet, Amazfit, Amazon, Apple, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Boston Dynamics, Brian Krzanich, Chuck Robbins, Cisco, Data breach, Donald Trump, Eight Sleep, Elon Musk, Eric Schmidt, Facebook, Galaxy Note 7, Ginni Rommety, Google, IBM, Intel, Jeff Bezos, Larry Page, Microsoft, oracle, Palantir, Peter Thiel, President Obama, Safra Catz, Samsung, Satya Nadella, Sheryl Sandberg, Tesla, Tim Cook, Travis Kalanick, Uber, Vladimir Putin, Xaomi, Yahoo
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