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Oh cadets, this may be one of the crew's finest episodes yet. First Mike and Charles take a moment to let you cult-cool-stuff lovers know about a new radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on BBC Radio 4, the straight into the news -- including the overall trend lines on Samsung S9 reviews (mixed, it would be fair to say), the S9 benchmarks, our shocking guess at the proper name of Android P (and a few comments on what's not making the cut), Alexa's creepy laugh, a Hal-9000 hardware piece you can own, and a discussion about the pros and cons of the "Right of Repair" movement, but that's just the warmup. Our special guest William Gallagher returns to talk about two of his favorite Omni Group apps, plus we have a fantastic bargain for our Deal of the Week. Beyond that, we "bustmyther" a few rumors and lies, including sticking a pin in the balloon of "Android user loyalty" and new rumors about forthcoming iPads, possible future smaller notches on the iPhone X (and whatever happened to in-screen fingerprint sensing?), a claim about a "mini HomePod" and next-gen MacBook Air, or maybe some Apple-branded over-ear headphones. As if that wasn't enough, there's a special "easter egg" after the end credits that will be especially fun for Alexa device owners (hat tip to Peter Pihl for his great video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JepKVUym9Fg). Also included at no extra charge is a warning about a fake IRS tax scam, and a bold announcement last month that "Shure" turned out to be wrong. All this and a MoviePass roast, cadets, so gather by the space fire ... tonight we feast on their investors' tears!