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The Drill Down 552: Martian InSight

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!
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Topics: Apps, Computers, Electronics, Features, Gadgets, Podcasts, Science, Software, Space, Technology, The Drill Down
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Tags: algorithm, Alphabet, biotech, Boston, climate change, CRISPR, DNA, Dragonfly, Facebook, gene tech, genetics, Google, InSight, Jeff Peischl, Mark Zuckerberg, Mars, Massachusetts, minorities, NASA, police, Sheryl Sandberg, Space, Surveillance
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The Drill Down 532: Eyes On A Billion Faces

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Microsoft’s Surface Go, AT&T wants HBO to be Netflix, Tesla brings cars to China, Elon Musk brings a sub to Thailand, government surveillance around the globe, robot stuntmen… and much, much more.
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Tags: AI, Artificial Intelligence, AT&T, BBC, Blue Planet, china, Disney, Drake, Elon Musk, Facial recognition, Gravity Falls, HBO, Kanye West, London, Metropolitan Police, Microsoft, Music, Netflix, patches, Privacy, robots, SpaceX, Surface Go, Surveillance, Tesla, Time Warner, UK
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The Drill Down 525: The Struggle Is REAL!

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Facebook purges sketchy apps, net neutrality wins in the Senate, robot dogs are coming to work, congratulations…podcasting is free again!… and much, much more.
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Tags: apps, Atlas, Boston Dynamics, cybersecurity, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Facebook, Google, Hacking, Net Neutrality, Podcasting, podcasts, Project Maven, robotics, robots, Securus, SpotMini, Surveillance
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The Drill Down 510: PAX South 2018

On this week’s Drill Down podcast, Tosin goes to PAX South, the NSA gets to keep spying on Americans, Nintendo switches to cardboard for gaming, how AI is manipulating you into microtransactions … and much, much more.
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Topics: Apps, Computers, Conventions, Electronics, Features, Gadgets, Pax, Podcasts, Software, Technology, The Drill Down, Video Games
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Tags: Amazon, Apple, Echo. Alexa, Facebook, FISA, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Google. Google Home, Labo, National Security Agency, Nintendo, Nintendo Labo, NSA, PAX, Pax South, Pax South 2018, Penny Arcade Expo, Spying, Surveillance
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The Drill Down 404: A Clone Again, Naturally

This week, we recover from Black Friday, the NSA ends mass-surveillance, the private information of 200,00+ kids get hacked, a $5 computer, and the largest cloning factory in the world …All this and more … on The Drill Down.
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Topics: Apps, Computers, Electronics, Features, Gadgets, Podcasts, Science, Software, Technology, The Drill Down, Video Games
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Tags: Amazon, Apple, Apple Watch, Automatic, automotive, Black Friday, cloning, Computer, hacks, identity theft, iPad Pro, Mark Zuckerberg, Mobile, National Security Agency, NSA, Prime Air, Priscilla Chan, PS4, Raspberry Pi, Sony, Steam, Steam Controller, Steam Link, Surveillance, VTech
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The Drill Down 403: Holiday Gift Guide 2015

The holiday season is coming up and The Drill Down would like you to be ready for it. So as we do every year around this time, we’ve prepared a list of what we consider the perfect gifts to give… and get this holiday. So before you stand around for hours this Black Friday, spend some time with us. Here’s the Drill Down’s Holiday Gift Guide 2015.
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Tags: Amazon Echo, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Prime, Anker, Anova, Apple Music, Apple TV, Audio-Technica, Automatic, BB-8, Beats Music, Black Friday, Blu-ray, Chromecast, Chromecast Audio, Codenames, Comixology, Encryption, Exploding Kittens, Holiday Gift Guide, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, Netflix, Pandora, Pebble, Pebble Time, Pebble Time Round, Philips Hue, Pyro Mini, Rdio, Rhapsody, Rocket League, Roku 4, Smartwatch, Sphero, Spotify, Steam Box, SteamOS, Surveillance, Tales from the Borderlands, Telltale Games, Terrorism, The Wire, Valve, Zune
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The Drill Down 400: Watching the Watchmen

This week, YouTube’s new subscription service, tech execs flee Yahoo! in droves, Gamergate at SXSW, some idiot Tesla drivers, and does filming the police contribute to crime? All this and more on The Drill Down podcast!
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Topics: Apps, Computers, Electronics, Features, Gadgets, Podcasts, Software, Technology, The Drill Down, Videos, Viral
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Tags: Apple, Apple TV, autonomous cars, Beasts of No Nation, Buzzfeed, Digital Millenium Copyright Act, DMCA, fair use, GamerGate, iFixit, Marissa Mayer, Netflix, Nexus 5X, online Harassment, police, Sandisk, South By Southwest, Steve Jobs, Surveillance, SXSW, Ted Sarandos, Tesla, The Verge, viral video, Vox Media, Western Digital, Yahoo, YouTube, YouTube Red
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The Drill Down 396: Pandemic-Proof

This week, we’re once again joined by Greg Davies, host of Blendover and Heavy Metal Historian podcasts (and of course the TARDISBlend podcast hosted here at Geeks of Doom) as we discuss Google updates Nexus and shows off a Surface clone, Tesla launches an SUV, Samsung’s $99 VR rig, the Karma Police see all, and The Truth is Still Out There!… on The Drill Down podcast.
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Topics: Apps, Audio, Computers, DIY, Electronics, Features, Gadgets, Podcasts, Technology, The Drill Down, Video Games
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Tags: Android, Apple Music, Arduino, Black Mirror, Chromecast, Chromecast Audio, DIY, Edward Snowden, ELectric Car, GCHQ, Gear VR, Gogle Photos, Google, Google Play Music, Greg Davies, IPv4, IPv6, John C. Dvorak, Karma Police, leo laporte, maker, Marshmallow, Netflix, Nexus, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus Imprint, Nexus Protect, Passwords, Pebble, Pebble Time, Pebble Time Round, Pebble Time Steel, Pixel C, Privacy, Samsung, Smartwatch, Surveillance, Swagway, TARDISblend, Tesla motors, Tesla X, The LEGO Movie Videogame, The X-Files, This Week in Tech, TWiT, Twitter, Virtual Reality, VR, wearables
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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.
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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 353: The Enforcement Awakens

This week, Black Friday sales are up, body cams for cops, more cellphone spying, Sony gets hacked (again), a monumental change for music charts, and Daleks are alive and well — and we’re building them. The Force is strong with this week’s show…
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Tags: Billboard, Black Friday, body cameras, cellphones. privacy, cyberterrorism, drones, Hacking, Knightscope, malware, Music, Netflix, North Korea, robots, security, selfies, Sony Pictures, Star Wars, streaming music, Surveillance, The Force Awakens
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