On this week’s podcast, our weekly COVID-19/tech sector update, the way Amazon and IBM are halting their facial recognition programs… and much more.

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COVID-19 Update

• Apple Warns Looters With Stolen iPhones: You Are Being Tracked
• IU research shows electroceutical fabric eradicates coronaviruses on contact
• New COVID-19 Protective Suit Designed Specifically for Concerts and Festivals
• Germany will require all petrol stations to provide electric car charging
• First Floating Ocean Hybrid Platform Can Generate Power From Waves, Wind And Solar

Audible Book of the Week

• Alaric the Goth: An Outsider’s History of the Fall of Rome
• Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown

Facial Recognition and Racial Bias

• Opinion: IBM, Amazon moves on facial recognition are good baby steps toward removing bias
• IBM’s Withdrawal Won’t Mean the End of Facial Recognition

Video of the Week

• Tesla Can’t Fix My Model Y

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The Drill Down is a roundtable-style audio podcast where we discuss the most important issues of the week, in tech and on the web and how they affect us all.

Hosts are social media enthusiast Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Vudu product manager Tosin Onafowokan.