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.

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Uber releases its IPO, China uses AI to profile minorities, Samsung‘s new phone prospects fold after reviews, New Next gen-consoles, and all the details of Disney‘s new streaming service Disney+, and much more.

Netflix had an outsized presence at the 2019 Oscars despite their unconventional way of distributing films.(image Courtesy of Vulture.com)

The 2019 Oscars or Academy Awards were like no other. There was a superhero film up for Best Picture and a superhero film actually won for Best Animated Feature. Among top films to come away a winner this year was an Alfonso Curaón film named Roma. It scored an industry first in that despite the fact that it was available for viewers to stream on Netflix even as it was still playing in theaters, Roma was not only a serious contender for competitive awards like Best Director and Best Picture, it actually won three of the four awards it was nominated for.

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Apple hits one trillion, 3D printing challenges the 1st and 2nd Amendment, the FCC owns up to fake news, will Tesla go private? … and much, much more.

This week on The Drill Down podcast, Hulu‘s skinny bundle, Facebook fixes Live, Amazon has something new to Show, boots that keep you running, and Net Neutrality needs your help again, plus much, much more.