You know what happens at the end of the week by now, right? Silicon Tally, the game where Marketplace Tech host Ben Johnson and a worthy adversary try and stump each other with numbers from the week’s tech news. Today it’s Cory Doctorow, awesome science fiction author and co-editor of the group blog Boing Boing. Plus, Reddit’s gift exchange.

When it comes to this week’s holiday shopping plans, we seem to be looking at another year of the tablet. But that isn’t the only shopping trend this year centered around gadgets. I’m talking smart devices. Whether it’s the Wi-Fi capable smoke detector or a home-locking system that talks to your smart phone, there are an increasing number of products for sale. Not all of the stocking stuffers are totally essential, but they do give us a sense of our connected future.

Lots of people are probably preparing to lose sleep tonight while they worry about whether their Thanksgiving feast will come out of the oven OK. Well, we wanted to talk turkey with a techie. So we called up Scott Heimendinger. He used to work for Microsoft and IBM. Today, he’s the director of applied research for the Modernist Cuisine cookbooks. And, we talk with a mathematician from New York University who unveiled a new species of drone this week that flies like a jellyfish.

Gary Vaynerchuk will make a personal video for you. He even sent a guy in Minnesota a cheeseburger once after the guy asked him for one on Twitter. The New Jersey dude’s first really successful business was winelibrary.com. Now, brands like GE, Pepsi, and the New York Jets ask his agency, Vayner Media, to help with their social media mojo. And, whether you’re an iPhone or an Android, one of the features that has had a lot of attention recently is voice recognition. But there’s one problem: If you’re speaking with accented English, your device’s voice recognition won’t work nearly as well.

“Midnight Memories,” the latest album from from One Direction drops today. The new album’s already topped the charts in 10 countries ahead of its release. After several days of testing, New Jersey is scheduled to fully launch its new online gambling system tomorrow. After Nevada and Delaware, New Jersey will become the third to allow gambling on the internet — as long as you’re getting online within state borders. How do they tell? The digital address of your device. And, our first Techsplainer answers your tech questions.

Once upon a time, competition in online retailing was about being able to offer you anything you wanted. Then, it was about free shipping, one-day shipping, free returns… Now, online retailers are trying to stand-out by offering “curated lists.” We give you a list of sites that offered “curated” experiences. And, it’s Friday. Hope you’ve been paying attention to this week’s tech news. It’s time for another edition of Silicon Tally, Marketplace Tech’s weekly quiz.

The domain name mutualfunds.com is scheduled to be auctioned off tonight. And you might have to cash in some of your mutual fund to even take part. The minimum bid starts at one million dollars. We look at the lucrative domain name business. Plus, we talk a lot on our show about new materials we’re discovering and experimenting with, and how those materials might help us take big leaps forward when it comes to new technology. Today we look closely at one of those materials — graphene. 

An online video shows a man running in slow motion while drunk on a treadmill recently and being slapped across the face. Apparently the slap is more likely to sober you up than a treadmill. The man sacrificing his body in the name of science was Adam Savage, who, along with Jamie Hyneman, is host of the Discovery Channel’s “MythBusters.” Savage and his crew employ a lot of technology in their myth busting. And starting tomorrow they’ll set out on a tech-y month-long live tour.

On Capitol Hill today, the House Transportation Subcommittee holds a hearing on autonomous vehicles, or self-driving cars. Across the pond though, the town of Milton Keynes in England is already planning to have a whole fleet by 2015. Plus, the ongoing fight between Apple and Samsung. And, what are the security implications of the botched HealthCare.gov roll out.