On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks out on freedom of speech and gets grilled in Congress, has Google achieved “quantum supremacy,” a real working invisibility cloak, women walking in space…and much, much more.

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Apple’s new credit card, what’s blacker than black, the first crime in space… and much, much more.

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.

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, does Facebook have a “black people” problem?, Google employees speak out against their own oppressive tech, a stealthy bombshell climate change report, NASA lands on Mars, Climate Change explained with atmospheric scientist Jeff Peischl… and much, much more!

Last month NASA announced the opportunity for anyone fascinated with the universe to submit their name to be sent on a first-of-its-kind trip to the Sun. Now that opportunity is about to disappear.

Later this summer, NASA will send the Parker Solar Probe straight toward our star to study various things. On that very same probe, the names of all who wish to be a small part of the journey will be stored on a microchip. One of those names? None other than Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner, who also filmed a promo for the opportunity.

Continue below for much more info and to watch Shatner’s video.

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, a self-driving car kills a pedestrian, a burger robot is fired, does space travel alter our DNA?, and experts Tom Cheredar and Gina Lee De Freitas help us decide if it’s time to #deletefacebook… and much, much more.

 

On this week’s Drill Down podcast, Dwayne and Tosin are joined by guest Tom Cheredar to discuss: the NSA quits snooping on your emails, HIV gets fried in the CRISPR, Facebook fumbles, Microsoft goes back to school, Man is going to Mars, and much, much more.

Today, September 8, 2016, marks the 50th anniversary of the original Star Trek television series, and fans the world over are celebrating this most special occasion! Facebook got in the game by changing up their “Like” emojis with very cute Trek versions, and offering four different Trek profile frames. People on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are posting selfies giving the Vulcan “Live Long and Prosper” salute. And the folks at NASA thanked the franchise for all its inspiration.

Those of us here at GoD Headquarters today celebrated with some Romulan Ale and a Star Trek marathon.

Here below, check out some of the ways in which celebrities and fans are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Star Trek and watch the video “Celebrating 50 years of ‘Star Trek’ …and Beyond” that Paramount released for the occasion.

On this week’s podcast, join former The Drill Down co-host Tom Cheredar as we discuss Spotify buries musicians who aren’t exclusive, Facebook kills the Trending Topics team, what to expect from Apple, is there a spy in your iPhone? How the Clinton Campaign is foiling the Kremlin, and have the Russians hacked U.S. voting systems? …and much, much more!

This week NASA‘s Juno probe reaches Jupiter, the FBI verdict on the Sen. Clinton email scandal, Apple to buy Tidal while fighting Spotify, A fatality using Tesla autopilot, Air Force AI beats human drone pilots,…and much more this week on The Drill Down.