In this The Drill Down extra, culled from our outtakes, media expert Tom Cheredar chats with Dwayne about glory that was Babylon 5, and their reactions to CBS All Access‘ Picard series.
TDD Extra: Babylon 5 & Picard
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Tag Archives: Star Trek
The Drill Down 605: WhatsOop!
On this week’s podcast, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos gets hacked, Sonos makes its older speakers obsolete, a quiz on Dem candidates, Tesla self-driving, Star Trek & Doctor Who…and much, much more.
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The Drill Down 477: Google I/O 2017 (preview)
This week, a global ransomware hack will make you WannaCry, Google’s I/O Conference, babies made from skin cells, Apple builds a new new spaceship & a pizza box, plus much, much more.
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Geeks Of Doom’s 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 Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Box product manager Tosin Onafowokan.
The Drill Down 443: Where No Burrito Has Gone Before (preview)
This week, Elon Musk wants to hack the human brain, Netflix wants to bust a cap in data caps, is Facebook abusing its power as a news source?, ageism in tech, 50 years of Star Trek… and much, much more.
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What We’re Playing With
Andy: Dolphin Nintendo emulator; Docking Bay 94 (Mos Eisley simulator); iOS 10
Tosin: PAX Titles
- Overload (Coming in 2017 to PS4/XB1/PC/MAC/LINUX)
- Open Sorcery – Available on Android, iPhone, and can be played Online)
- Echo (Spring 2017 – PC and some consoles tbd)
- Oxygen not Included: Space colony simulation game
- 1979 Revolution Black Friday
Dwayne: Uber starts autonomous vehicles in Pittsburg; iPhone 7, one week later
Headlines
- Elon Musk is Looking to Kickstart Transhuman Evolution With “Brain Hacking” Tech
- Tesla Autopilot 8.0 uses radar to prevent accidents like the fatal Model S crash
- Amazon’s connected speaker Echo Dot returns, is now only $50
- Netflix asks FCC to declare data caps “unreasonable”
Audible Book of the Week
- No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald
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Music Break: Touch of Gray by The Grateful Dead
Hot Topic
- Mark Zuckerberg accused of abusing power after Facebook deletes ‘napalm girl’ post
- Univision deletes six controversial Gawker Media posts
- It’s Tough Being Over 40 in Silicon Valley
Music Break: ‘Star Trek’ main title by Alexander Courage (arr. Michael Giacchino)
Final Word
- Google’s Project Wing drones will deliver Chipotle burritos at Virginia Tech
- Star Trek 50th Anniversary: personal thoughts
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Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Box product manager Tosin Onafowokan.
The Drill Down 436: Tech’s Master Plans (preview)
This week, Wikileaks leaks DNC emails, Verizon buys Yahoo, the future for Tesla & Facebook, can police unlock your iPhone by 3D-printing your fingerprint? ..and much, much more!
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Geeks Of Doom’s 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 Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Box product manager Tosin Onafowokan.