The Drill Down
The Drill Down
Andrew Sorcini
The Drill Down is a weekly roundtable podcast where we look at some of the most important issues of the week in tech and on the Web, and how they affect us all.
626: Apple WWDC 2020
On this week’s podcast, the first-ever audience-free Apple WWDC, eliminating racial bias in tech jargon, and the first facial recognition wrongful arrest, ...and much more. Apple WWDC 2020 Apple WWDC 2020: the 18 biggest announcements Apple Details iOS 14, Its Next Major Software Update More Varied Memoji Are Coming With iOS 14 Apple Maps Is Getting A Dedicated Map View For Cycling And Ev Users Apple Is Debuting Its Digital Car Key, Coming In iOS 13 And iOS 14 App Clips Are Coming In iOS 14 A Few Changes Coming To iPadOS 14 Handwriting With Apple Pencil Is About To Get Better With iPadOS 14 Airpods Will Soon Be Able To Seamlessly Switch Devices The Airpods Pro Are Getting Spatial Audio WatchOS 7’s Face Swapping Feature Makes It Easy To Share And Get New Watchfaces The Apple Watch Will Track Dancing In WatchOS 7 Sleep Tracking Is Coming With WatchOS 7 WatchOS 7 Can Track Handwashing Apple Develops A New Smart Home Standard Alongside Google, Amazon, And Others Apple Tv Is Getting Multiuser Support For Apple Arcade Apple Tv Is Getting Picture-in-picture In tvOS 14 Apple’s New MacOS Big Sur Software Looks A Lot Like iOS Apple Is Announcing Its New Silicon For Its Future Computers Audible Book of the Week An Antiracism Listening List Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown Music Break:  The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gil Scott-Heron Hot Topics Microsoft's Github is removing coding terms like 'master' and 'slave' Tech terms face scrutiny amid anti-racism efforts “'whitelist'/'blacklist' "white hat"/"black hat" A black man was wrongfully arrested because of facial recognition The Drill Down Video of the Week WWDC 2020 Special Event Keynote Subscribe! The Drill Down on iTunes (Subscribe now!) Add us on Stitcher! The Drill Down on Facebook The Drill Down on Twitter 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.
Jun 26, 2020
1 hr 12 min
625: PlayStation 5 Revealed
On this week’s podcast, our weekly COVID-19/tech sector update, Sony's Playstation 5 is revealed, Twitter adds audio tweets  ...and much more. COVID-19 Update Coronavirus: Dexamethasone proves first life-saving drug FUTURE COVID-19 TREATMENTS COULD BE THANKS TO COWS, LLAMAS, AND PANGOLINS EPA Tells Amazon, EBay to Stop Shipping Unproven Covid Goods VergeSense grabs $9M for its people-counting sensor tech as offices eye COVID changes Google bans website ZeroHedge from its ad platform over comments on protest articles Audible Book of the Week Digitize and Punish: Racial Criminalization in the Digital Age by Brian Jefferson Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown Music Break: Horizon Zero Dawn: Aloy's Theme by Julie Elven Hot Topic Twitter starts rolling out audio tweets on iOS The Drill Down Video of the Week Playstation 5 event in 22 minutes (hardware + games) Subscribe! The Drill Down on iTunes (Subscribe now!) Add us on Stitcher! The Drill Down on Facebook The Drill Down on Twitter 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.
Jun 19, 2020
28 min
624 - When the Robots Stopped Watching Us
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.
Jun 12, 2020
29 min
623 - Just the Facts, POTUS
  On this week’s podcast, our weekly COVID-19/tech sector update, social media and social responsibility in 2020,  ...and much more. COVID-19 Update Red Dead Redemption 2 Is Now Being Used To Host Work Meetings EV and COVID Sweden’s EV Market Share At 23% In April, Doubles Year On Year Australian car sales fall by half in April, but consumers still interested in electric and hybrids Electric vehicles show more resilience than conventional cars during Covid-19 shock Tesla is on the verge of breaking into the S&P 500 index. Here's the last thing it needs to do to be eligible. (TSLA) Bots Are Likely Responsible For Nearly Half Of COVID-19 Tweets, Say Researchers Audible Book of the Week Slowdown: The End of the Great Acceleration - and Why It’s Good for the Planet, the Economy, and Our Lives by Danny Dorling Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown Music Break: Would I Lie to You by Eurythmics Social Media and Social Responsibility in 2020 Twitter flags Trump tweet with fact-checking label for first time Trump lashes out at social media companies after Twitter labels tweets with fact checks Facebook Executives Shut Down Efforts to Make the Site Less Divisive The Drill Down Video of the Week Making History: NASA and SpaceX Launch Astronauts to Space! What’s the difference between...HBO GO, HBO NOW, & HBO MAX? According to Eli Blumentahl at CNET, Millions of HBO Now customers will be upgraded to HBO Max automatically. After the service launches, many of those users will get an app update that simply transforms the HBO Now app into the HBO Max app. Subscribe! The Drill Down on iTunes (Subscribe now!) Add us on Stitcher! The Drill Down on Facebook The Drill Down on Twitter 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.
May 29, 2020
50 min
622: Sun, Surf & Safety
On this week’s podcast, our weekly COVID-19/tech sector update, a bikini with a built-in face mask, how animation production works from home, Unreal Engine 5 ...and much more. Podcast COVID-19 Update The havoc wrought by covid-19 will spark new concern over bio-weapons Covid-19 being used as weapon in attacks on US police and grocers Llama antibodies could help fight coronavirus, study finds Apple releases final iOS 13.5 with coronavirus exposure alert support Meet the trikini, beach fashion’s answer to coronavirus Audible Book of the Week Girl Decoded by Rana el Kaliouby (with Carol Colman) Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown Music Break: Girls in Bikinis by Poppy Hot Topic Interview with editor Andrew Sorcini about Animation Production working from home The Drill Down Video of the Week Unreal Engine 5 Revealed! Next-Gen Real-Time Demo Running on PlayStation 5 Subscribe! The Drill Down on iTunes (Subscribe now!) Add us on Stitcher! The Drill Down on Facebook The Drill Down on Twitter 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.
May 22, 2020
47 min
621: The End of the Rainbows
On this week’s podcast, our weekly COVID-19/tech sector update, a basketball backboard that won't let you miss, we say farewell to Double Rainbow Guy  ...and much more. COVID-19 Update White-Collar Companies Race to Be Last to Return to the Office Twitter Will Allow Employees To Work At Home Forever How My Boss Monitors Me While I Work From Home Tesla sues California county in virus factory closure fight, threatens to leave Uber is trying to buy Grubhub Spot the robot is reminding parkgoers in Singapore to keep their distance from one another New Genre Emerges In Hollywood: Do-It-Yourself TV Jeffrey Katzenberg Blames Pandemic for Quibi’s Rough Start The pandemic is giving people vivid, unusual dreams. Here's why. Audible Book of the Week How Innovation Works by Matt Ridley Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown Music Break: Double Rainbow!! by The Gregory Brothers (ft. Paul "Bear" Vasquez) The Drill Down Videos of the Week Double rainbow! My robotic basketball hoop won't let you miss Subscribe! The Drill Down on iTunes (Subscribe now!) Add us on Stitcher! The Drill Down on Facebook The Drill Down on Twitter 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.
May 15, 2020
1 hr 11 min
620: Earth Aliens in Outer Space
On this week’s podcast, our weekly COVID-19/tech sector update, we compare our work from home experiences  ...and much more. COVID-19 Update (Good news edition!) Report: Amazon Uses Marketplace Seller Data to Make Its Own Competing Products Amid pandemic, U.S. renewable power sources have topped coal for 40 days Lyft shares jump 15% as company reports more riders than last year despite coronavirus With No Tourists, Australian Scuba Tours Are Planting Coral Instead Tom Cruise Plots Movie To Shoot In Space With Elon Musk’s SpaceX NASA, SpaceX set date for historic launch of astronauts to ISS Audible Book of the Week The Ultimate Engineer by Richard Jurek Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown Music Break: Starman by David Bowie Hot Topic Facebook Names the 20 People Who Can Overrule Mark Zuckerberg The Drill Down Videos of the Week United States Space Force recruitment video Space Force - Netflix Subscribe! The Drill Down on iTunes (Subscribe now!) Add us on Stitcher! The Drill Down on Facebook The Drill Down on Twitter 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.
May 8, 2020
41 min
619: Home Schooled
On this week’s podcast, our weekly COVID-19/tech sector update, we compare our work from home experiences,  ...and much more. Podcast COVID-19 Update "No evidence" that recovered COVID-19 patients cannot be reinfected: WHO Nearly All Patients Hospitalized With Covid-19 Had Chronic Health Issues, Study Finds French workers use 'right to walk out' as defence against coronavirus Portable 'cold plasma' wand prototype could destroy germs in seconds Bill Gates’s vision for life beyond the coronavirus MS, TSLA, FB report positive earnings despite pandemics and lock downs. Messenger Rooms are Facebook’s answer to Zoom and Houseparty for the pandemic Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot is helping hospitals remotely treat coronavirus patients YouTube to Host Free Virtual Film Festival With 20 Partners Including Cannes, Tribeca, Sundance As Hollywood Maps Out Its Return, New On-Set Protocols Take Center Stage Audible Book of the Week Heroes by Stephen Fry Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown Music Break: School's Out by Alice Cooper Hot Topic: Distance Learning "I just can't do this." Harried parents forgo home school Addressing California students’ loss of learning shapes plan to reopen schools The Drill Down Videos of the Week Every Covid-19 Commercial is Exactly the Same How I'm Handling Online Teaching Subscribe! The Drill Down on iTunes (Subscribe now!) Add us on Stitcher! The Drill Down on Facebook The Drill Down on Twitter 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.
May 1, 2020
1 hr 5 min
618: Y Not?
On this week’s podcast, our weekly COVID-19/tech sector update, and the latest reviews of the newly released Tesla Y,  ...and much more. Podcast COVID-19 Update Sewage analysis suggests a New England metro area with fewer than 500 COVID-19 cases may have exponentially more Free-Falling: U.S. Oil Drops Below $3 Per Barrel As Demand Disappears Facebook removes some events calling for protests of stay-at-home orders YouTube will remove any coronavirus content that goes against WHO recommendations Twitter will remove misleading COVID-19-related tweets that could incite people to engage in ‘harmful activity’ Verizon will buy video conferencing company BlueJeans WarnerMedia Sets Late May HBO Max Launch Netflix Experiences Incredible Growth Under Pandemic Lock Downs Netflix Plans to Raise $1 Billion Through Debt Offering Audible Book of the Week Robot, Take the Wheel by Jason Torchinsky Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown Music Break: Why by Annie Lennox What We’re Playing With: Andy: The Lab by Valve The Drill Down Video of the Week The Tesla Model Y Is the Tesla Everyone Is Waiting For Subscribe! The Drill Down on iTunes (Subscribe now!) Add us on Stitcher! The Drill Down on Facebook The Drill Down on Twitter 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.
Apr 24, 2020
53 min
617: Fun and Games
On this week’s podcast, our weekly COVID-19/tech sector update, we find time to have fun and game from home  ...and much more. Podcast COVID-19 Update The Pandemic Is Turning the Natural World Upside Down China factories go to extremes to fend off virus Amazon to add 75,000 more jobs amid coronavirus pandemic It's Time to Delete Your Delivery Apps Google and Apple launching coronavirus contact-tracing system for iOS and Android Coronavirus quarantines have made our dreams even weirder Audible Book of the Week Soldiers of Science An Interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown Music Break: Break My Stride by Matthew Wilder What We’re Playing With: Dwayne: The Nintendo Switch  Accessories SanDisk Ultra 400GB MicroSDXC (366GB) Nintendo Joy-Con Charging Grip Nintendo Switch Pro Controller amFilm Tempered Glass Screen Protector for Nintendo Switch 2017 (2-Pack) Downloading games vs Cartridges  Games Cat’s Quest Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Nintendo Switch  Andy:  SNL At Home Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey Animal Crossing: New Horizons Half-Life: Alyx We Happy Few / ‘cosy catastrophe’ fiction Tosin: Anova Culinary Sous Vide Cooker Cooking container Gears of War 5 FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE Announcing the Play At Home Initiative UNCHARTED: The Nathan Drake Collection Game Journey™ Game Subscribe! The Drill Down on iTunes (Subscribe now!) Add us on Stitcher! The Drill Down on Facebook The Drill Down on Twitter 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.
Apr 17, 2020
1 hr 21 min
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