532: Eyes On A Billion Faces - a podcast by Andrew Sorcini

This week, Microsoft’s Surface Go, AT&T wants HBO to be Netflix, Tesla brings cars to China, Elon Musk brings a sub to Thailand, government surveillance around the globe, robot stuntmen... and much, much more.

What We're Playing With

Andy: Gravity Falls: The Complete Series

Tosin: Blue Planet 2 4K

Headlines

• Microsoft’s Surface Go tablet has a 10-inch screen and starts at $399
• HBO Must Get Bigger and Broader, Says AT&T
• Tesla goes big in China with Shanghai plant
  • Tesla sets up Shanghai beach head with wholly-owned plant in world’s largest electric car market
• Thai cave rescue: Elon Musk sends tiny submarine
  • Why was Elon Musk at the Thai cave rescue?

Audible Book of the Week

• Valley of Genius by Adam Fisher
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Music Break: Yellow Submarine by The Beatles

Hot Topic: Government Surveillance

• Inside China’s Dystopian Dreams: A.I., Shame and Lots of Cameras
• Metropolitan Police's facial recognition technology wrong in 98 per cent of cases

Music Break: In My Feelings by Drake

Final Word

• Albums Are Getting Patches Now

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Disney Imagineering has created autonomous robot stunt doubles

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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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