Come with us as we dive deeper into season 2 of Deep Space 9! In this episode, we discuss these episodes: Invasive Procedures, Cardassians, Melora, and Rules of Acquisition.

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Tony:

-Carbonation Station: 3D Energy Blueberry Mist

-Smart Phones are risky for kids (duh): https://futurism.com/health-medicine/grim-happenings-kids-smartphones

-Stop me if you’ve heard this one before…: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/researcher-finds-undocumented-microphone-and-major-security-flaws-in-sipeed-nanokvm

-New Amazfit watch leaked: https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/smartwatches/forget-the-apple-watch-se-3-it-looks-like-a-big-sequel-to-our-best-ever-cheap-fitness-watch-has-just-leaked

Jarron: 

-Dell and HP disable HEVC support in their laptops for some reason:

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/11/21/0616243/hp-and-dell-disable-hevc-support-built-into-their-laptops-cpus?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

-Cool gadget:

https://www.theverge.com/news/838885/xteink-x4-e-reader-magnetic-apple-iphone-google-pixel

-Maybe don’t buy that toilet camera. 

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/despite-accessing-user-data-kohler-still-says-its-smart-toilet-cameras-use-e2ee/

Owen:

-Australia bans social media for kids under 16.

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/12/09/2112230/millions-of-australian-teens-lose-access-to-social-media-as-ban-takes-effect

-I would LOVE to see Monsanto get sued out of existence.

https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/12/09/053254/science-journal-retracts-study-on-safety-of-monsantos-roundup

Lando:

-New Smart Ring!

https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/09/pebbles-founder-introduces-a-75-ai-smart-ring-for-recording-brief-notes-with-a-press-of-a-button/ 

OG Star Wars coming back, Netflix/WB, The Batman, Men In Black movie, Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em Robots, Spider-Noir, Hannah Goes To Hell, Robosen's Soundwave, RoboCop, Rebecca reviews Fackham Hall, lots more

-Linux Gaming Round 2

-Black Friday/Cyber Monday pick ups

-Analogue 64 reviews are out: https://youtu.be/wyIDr_PDIbI?si=zhUnqfsHrxAb_V-n

-I don’t think we understand how profitable Valve is: ​​https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/valve-makes-almost-usd50-million-per-employee-raking-in-more-cash-per-person-than-google-amazon-or-microsoft-gaming-giants-350-employees-on-track-to-generate-usd17-billion-this-year

-Console Players are jerks: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/arc-raiders-players-decided-to-test-who-was-friendlier-pc-or-console-players-i-am-never-playing-the-game-on-cross-play-ever-again/

Jarron:

-Super Mario Galaxy movie trailer:

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/11/nintendo-drops-official-trailer-for-super-mario-galaxy-movie/

-A sequel is coming!

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/helldivers-movie-justin-lin-sony-1236438370/

-Ayaneo Next II looks almost perfect. 

https://www.engadget.com/gaming/the-ayaneo-next-ii-is-a-hulking-gaming-handheld-with-a-9-inch-display-175018940.html?src=rss

-Witcher 5 & 6 coming quickly after 4:

https://www.ign.com/articles/cd-projekt-still-plans-to-launch-all-3-games-in-the-new-ciri-fronted-the-witcher-trilogy-within-a-6-year-period

-NBA Jam voice actor didn’t get paid much:

https://www.ign.com/articles/nba-jam-actor-says-he-was-paid-like-800-to-voice-the-games-beloved-announcer

-Marvel Cosmic Invasion looks really cool:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2753970/MARVEL_Cosmic_Invasion/

Owen:

-Good news for steam users using a switch controller.

https://www.techradar.com/gaming/the-nintendo-switch-2-pro-controller-is-now-supported-on-steam?utm_source=chatgpt.com

-Lightning Round: More details on the Operation Infinite.

https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/operation-infinite-preview?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Lando:

-Xbox Crocs!

https://www.theverge.com/news/828175/microsoft-xbox-crocs 

Welcome back to TV Show: In Space! REWIND! In this episode, we cover Star Trek: The Original Series season 1 episodes 26-29: Errand of Mercy, The Alternative Factor, The City on The Edge of Forever, and Operation -- Annihilate!

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Tony:

-Carbonation Station: Gym Weed Tangerine

-Galaxy Z Trifold: https://www.engadget.com/mobile/smartphones/samsung-fully-unveils-its-galaxy-z-trifold-phone-and-itll-be-available-in-korea-in-a-few-days-010000499.html

-Sony V Cox goes to the supreme court: https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/211168.p.pdf

-Scotus Blog: https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/court-seems-dubious-of-billion-dollar-judgment-for-copyright-infringement/

-Deal pick ups?

Jarron: 

-VIZZ review!

-Face worms:

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/11/doctors-pull-4-inch-worm-out-of-womans-eyelid-after-monthlong-incubation/

-The Sony A7 V was announced:

https://www.engadget.com/cameras/sonys-much-anticipated-a7-v-is-here-with-a-faster-33mp-sensor-and-4k-120p-video-140403371.html?src=rss

Owen:

-Have we learned NOTHING from movies?!?!

https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/11/22/2227240/the-strange-and-totally-real-plan-to-blot-out-the-sun-and-reverse-global-warming

-Please… believe in science…

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/11/rfk-jr-s-new-cdc-deputy-director-prefers-natural-immunity-over-vaccines/

Lando:

-New Eye Tranplants!

https://newatlas.com/medical/3d-printed-cornea-restores-sight-first-time/

Wednesday S3, new Exorcist movie from Blumhouse, Far Cry tv series, Rebecca reviews Wake Up dead Man and Eternity, post Thanksgiving hangover, lots more 

Tony:

-Carbonation Station: Monster Orange Dreamsicle Wickedly Creamy (Tony) and Waterloo (Jarron)

-Dangerous Robots: https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/whistleblower-fired-warning-robot-crush-skull

-Robots for the kids: https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/disney-teases-an-olaf-robot-for-its-parks-151017739.html

-Windows is trying to make Explorer faster. Sort of…: https://www.pcgamer.com/software/windows/windows-11-is-going-to-start-quietly-preloading-file-explorer-in-the-background-to-make-it-faster-which-is-a-good-reminder-that-you-should-probably-try-a-different-file-manager-anyway/

-Speculative PC and PC components market says its time to buy parts! (you’re already too late for DDR5 RAM but I did indeed panic buy something…)

Jarron: 

-Missing AirPod features come to Android and Linux, kind of:

https://www.theverge.com/news/824953/librepods-apple-airpods-wireless-headphones-android-linux

-Sounds like Apple won’t be updating the Mac Pro:

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/11/18/gurman-mac-pro

-No matter how bad your life is, it can’t be worse than this guy’s:

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/11/why-you-dont-want-to-get-tuberculosis-on-your-penis/

Owen:

-Pebble goes fully open source

https://gadgetsandwearables.com/2025/11/24/pebble-open-source/

-Lava Power. 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/one-america-most-dangerous-volcanoes-134703593.html

-Even Microsoft knows Windows AI is not good/safe

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/11/23/060221/microsoft-warns-its-windows-ai-feature-brings-data-theft-and-malware-risks-and

Lando:

-New Features for X are making it a slightly better place…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/23/rightwing-influencers-outside-us-x-twitter-tool

-Poets are the biggest threat to AI Yet

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/poets-are-now-cybersecurity-threats-researchers-used-adversarial-poetry-to-jailbreak-ai-and-it-worked-62-percent-of-the-time/

-Trust the ISPs, I am sure they will do the right thing!

https://www.techspot.com/news/110362-fcc-rolls-back-plan-make-cybersecurity-legal-duty.html

We're off to season 2 of Deep Space 9! In this episode, we discuss the three-parter series opener: The Homecoming, The Circle, and The Siege.

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