508: Flawed By Design - a podcast by Andrew Sorcini
from 2018-01-05T12:00
This week, Batterygate drains Apple, your CPU has an irreparable flaw in it, internet pranks get deadly, are we in for a digital dark age? ... and much more.
What We're Playing With
Andy: Dark; Black Mirror Season 4
Tosin: Bright
Dwayne: R2-D2™ App-Enabled Droid™
Headlines
- Kremlin trolls burned across the Internet as Washington debated options
- Kansas Man Killed In ‘SWATting’ Attack
- The Logan Paul 'Suicide Forest' Video Should Be a Reckoning For YouTube
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- Clean Meat by Paul Shapiro
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Music Break: Kielbasa by Tenacious D
Hot Topic: Batterygate & Intel flaws
- Apple apologizes for iPhone slowdown drama, will offer $29 battery replacements
- Kernel-memory-leaking Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign
Music Break: Little Dark Age by MGMT
Final Word
- Scientists warn we may be creating a 'digital dark age'
- FDA approves first shock wave device made to heal wounds
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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.
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