This week, Apple ditches Russia, North Korea drops a bomb on Sony… and we sift through the fallout, and 3D printing goes into space. All this, and much much more on The Drill Down.
This week, some retailers ban Apple Pay in favor of an upcoming service that’s already been hacked, YouTube to offer ad-free subscriptions?, AT&T misled millions and the feds are taking them to court, Fitbit joins the smartwatch race, Marvel plans out its next five years of superhero movies, and much more.
This week, Apple‘s iPhone 6 breaks preorder records, Microsoft buys Minecraft, Will you soon be able to subscribe to HBOGo without cable? And man returns to space.
The dry wit of the evil artificial intelligence GLaDOS, voiced with perfect acerbic delivery by actress Ellen McLain, is one of the high points of the Portal video game series. Now GLaDOS has found new purpose as a teaching tool via NASA to discuss the differences between nuclear fusion and fission energy, with McLain returning to provide the distinctive voice. Make no mistake about it, even though this is about learning, GLaDOS is still very much evil!
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The Mercuri Bros.™ comic cover used with permission of Prodigal Son Press