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

This is getting posted so early that you might suspect that we recorded it on Thursday, which we did. This week was another tough scheduling week, so we decided to record early so you could have three of us at once. Imagine that. Our show may be missing Friday's news, but it is filled with disappointing Apple earnings, Netflix on a rampage, and Amazon hardware rumors. Also, we order pizza with our Xbox (and hopefully the new Xbox that finally got an announcement date) and ponder a campaign to stop killer robots. 

Apple: Newest victim of the law of large numbers - CNET

Apple supercharges R&D with extra $500 million spent in last six months - Ars Technica

Apple hints at new products in Q4 and throughout 2014 - Ars Technica

Everything You Need to Know About Apple’s Q2 Earnings - Wired

Netflix added 3 million subscribers worldwide in Q1, will offer a 4-stream $11.99 plan - Engadget

Netflix Spends $2B Per Year On Content, Primarily On Licensing Movies And TV Shows - Tech Crunch

How Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Sees the Future: Netflix Wins, Apps Win and So Do HBO, ESPN and the Cable Guys - All Things D

Amazon Said to Plan TV Set-Top Box for Streaming Video - Bloomberg

Amazon reportedly working on video streaming set-top box to compete with Apple TV, Roku, Xbox - The Next Web

Deutsche Telekom Secures U.S. Position With MetroPCS Deal - Bloomberg

Aereo Brings Free Over-The-Air TV And Cloud DVR To Boston May 15 - Tech Crunch

Aereo Will Expand To 22 Cities This Year - Deadline

Voice-to-text just as dangerous to drivers as texting: study - Reuters

Voice-To-Text Apps Offer No Driving Safety Benefit; As With Manual Texting, Reaction Times Double - Texas AM Transportation Institute

Microsoft set to unveil “a new generation of Xbox” on May 21 - Ars Technica

Galaxy S4 Puts More Features Into the Same Package - New York Times

Samsung Galaxy S4 review - The Verge

Samsung Galaxy S4 review: The everything phone for (almost) everyone - CNET

SpaceX hovering Grasshopper rocket reaches new heights - CNET

Antares rocket soars into space from Wallops, Va. (pictures) - Washington Post

Human Rights Watch launches campaign against 'killer robots' - CNET

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Pizza Hut launching Xbox 360 app that lets console owners order pizza from Xbox Live - Polygon