603: Truck to the Future

The Drill Down

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Uber’s banned in London, Tesla unveils its Cybertruck, Valve learns to count to three, and a plan to save the web ...and much, much more.

What We’re Playing With

Dwayne: Philips Hue; Jabra Active 65T headphones

Andy: Luigi’s Mansion 3

Headlines

• Uber loses London license after TfL finds drivers faked identity
• Facebook built a facial recognition app for employees
• Tim Berners-Lee unveils global plan to save the web

Audible Book of the Week

• The Final Empire (Mistborn Book 1) by Brandon Sanderson
• Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown

Music Break: Truckin' by Grateful Dead

Hot Topics

• Tesla unveils Cybertruck
  • Elon Musk says Tesla has already received 200,000 orders for the Cybertruck
  • Tesla. The Cybertruck. I slept on it. Here are my thoughts: — Dwayne D.
• Half-Life: Alyx is officially coming March 2020, and here’s your first look

Music Break: A Change is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke

Final Word

• White nationalists are openly operating on Facebook. The company won't act
• The ‘Silicon Six’ spread propaganda. It’s time to regulate social media sites. by Sacha Baron Cohen

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Cybertruck reveal supercut

• Sacha Baron Cohen addresses ADL

Subscribe!

The Drill Down on iTunes (Subscribe now!)

Add us on Stitcher!

The Drill Down on Facebook

The Drill Down on Twitter

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 Vudu product manager Tosin Onafowokan.