This week on Tech's Last Call, we take Labor Day weekend off by recording on Labor Day. We also have a wonderful announcement, we are recording a video version every week, and you can watch us record live every Thursday (mostly) at techslastcall.com/live. With the housekeeping out of the way, onto the tech news. The usual players are at it again. The NSA is having a harder time spying. Apple is a sea of iPhone Rumors. Nintendo is putting out a device that nobody quite understands, and you can now directly control someone else's brain (though I swear we're not doing that right now). However, we make no promises as you listen to this week's Tech's Last Call.

Tech Companies and Government May Soon Go to War Over Surveillance - Wired

Microsoft releases Windows 8.1 to its hardware partners ahead of public launch on October 18 - The Next Web

Windows 8.1 is a 21st Century Windows 3.1 - Win Supersite

BlackBerry looks to spin off Messenger division -- report - CNET

BlackBerry Weighs Messenger Spinoff - WSJ

Exclusive: Google Designing Its Own Self-Driving Car, Considers ‘Robo Taxi’ - Jessica Lessin

Nissan Sets Goal of Introducing First Self-Driving Cars by 2020 - Bloomberg

Chatter surfaces about 'fast' Apple A7 chip for iPhone 5S - CNET

T-Mobile Employee Blackout Dates Support September 20 iPhone Release Date - Mac Rumors

Nintendo Reveals The Hideous $130 2DS, Will Cut Wii U Price To $299 - TechCrunch

Twerk, Selfie, Bitcoin, Others Added To Oxford Dictionary As Silicon Valley, Middle Schoolers Push English Language Forward - TechCrunch

When I think, you move: researchers achieve brain-to-brain interface - The Verge