On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Facebook and Google get hit with antitrust probes, vinyl beats CD sales, new iPhones, iPads, Apple watches…and much, much more!

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, we put aside current news in order to review the year that was 2018. And this time around, as we did last year, instead of merely having a stack-ranked list of top news of the year, we’re going to make tech news compete for awards, affectionately called The Drill Bits.

So put on your tuxes, get in the limo, and roll out the red carpet, ’cause the show’s about to begin!

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, windows on Mars made from beer, lab-grown brain bits, cloning your dog, ion thrusters, fuel from the air… and much, much more weird science.

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, the secret customer score that determines how you’re treated, and The Drill Down‘s annual Holiday Gift Guide…

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.

This week, The Drill Down podcast celebrates our 500th episode! Andy, Dwayne, and Tosin reminiscence over the past ten years in tech and social media — since July 2007– with original TDD co-hosts Reg Saddler and Muhammad Saleem, and past co-hosts Lidija Davis, Tom Cheredar, Devindra Hardawar, and Christopher Burnor!