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On September 8 of this year, Star Trek turns 60. Six decades is an impressive milestone by any standard, even for a franchise that's no stranger to landmark accomplishments. In a nice bit of symmetry, "Balance of Terror," an episode widely regarded as one of The Original Series ' finest hours (no runtime pun intended), celebrates its own diamond anniversary in December. Written by Paul Schneider and directed by Vincent McEveety , Season 1's fourteenth episode introduces the Romulans — who'd go on to become prominent and compelling adversaries — through a tense cat-and-mouse hunt between Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) and an unnamed Romulan commander ( Mark Lenard , also known for playing Sarek in Star Trek: The Next Generation ).

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Volkswagen’s aggressive ID. Unyx 09 is gearing up for launch.

Chinese documents reveal the sporty sedan will offer nearly 500 hp.

The model is larger than the ID.7 and offered with RWD and AWD.

At the Beijing Auto Show earlier this year, Volkswagen unveiled a slew of new models including the ID. Unyx 09. The car was developed with Xpeng, but the company didn’t say much about it other than sales would begin later this year.

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With a launch approaching, the 09 has been detailed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. There will be two variants and the base model will have a rear-mounted motor developing 308 hp (230 kW / 313 PS).

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Customers will also be able to get an all-wheel drive variant, which adds a 188 hp (140 kW / 190 PS) front motor into the mix. This means we can expect a combined maximum output of 496 hp (370 kW / 503 PS).

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Both have a top speed of 124 mph (200 km/h) and a lithium iron phosphate battery sourced from CATL. Since the powertrains appear to be shared with the ID. Unyx 08 , it’s possible the 09 could have 82 and 95 kWh options.

Since we’ve already seen the car before, we’ll briefly note it’s a looker with an aggressive design that makes the ID.7 look like it runs on Ambien. The menacing front end features split lighting units and a subtle shark nose design.

The sporty styling continues further back with blacked out A-pillars, muscular bodywork, and a gently sloping roofline. They’re joined by a panoramic glass roof and 20- or 21-inch wheels.

At the rear, there are slender taillights with a red Volkswagen logo in the middle. We can also see a wide trunk and a black bumper with an integrated diffuser.

The ID. Unyx 09 measures 200 inches (5,081 mm) long, 78 inches (1,980 mm) wide, and 59.4-60 inches (1,509-1,526) tall. The model also has a wheelbase that spans 119.3 inches (3,030 mm). Customers can also expect curb weights of 4,866 lbs (2,207 kg) and 5,086 lbs (2,307 kg).

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To put those numbers into perspective, the model is 4.7 inches (119 mm) longer than the ID.7 and has an extra 2.5 inches (64 mm) between the wheels.

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Laura Fryer, a veteran of the video game industry and one of the founding members of the original Xbox project, is sounding the alarm amidst the industry's shift toward all-digital games.

Fryer recently uploaded a new video to her YouTube channel in which she warns specifically against PlayStation's recent announcement that it's ending production of physical game discs starting in 2028 . She uses a story about her family's Rock Band tradition to make a point about the impermanence of digital-only games, explaining that she once spent "hundreds of dollars on Rock Band songs" only to lose them over a licensing issue. After her original Xbox died and was replaced by a newer model, she was unable to download the songs on her working console because they had been delisted. "Eventually, we just gave up," Fryer says, tragically. "We gave up on our favorite family game."

If you're reading this, there's a good chance you've shared a similar experience with digital games over the years. Publishers have offered fully digital versions of games for decades now, and most purchases made on PlayStation, Nintendo, and Xbox storefronts don't come with any sort of physical token guaranteeing permanent ownership, but with PlayStation moving away from physical discs altogether, it's likely situations like Fryer's will become much more commonplace in the next console generation.

Fryer says her Rock Band story isn't just a "one-off technical glitch," but "the blueprint for what Sony is planning next. "So when people ask me what I think about Sony's recent announcement that they're going all digital, that's all I can think about."

Fryer also wades into the debate about physical's market share compared to digital , which some analysts say is as low as 10% physical vs 90% digital, but Fryer argues that the inclusion of digital-only games in those comparisons makes "digital look way more dominant than it actually is."

She also points to an old promotional video in which then-president of SIE Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida hypes up the PS4's ability to read offline discs when Xbox One's pre-launch plan was to make all games require an internet connection. These days, of course, things are different, with GTA 6 , arguably the biggest game of the century, essentially going all digital. This, in Fryer's view, opened the floodgates.

"Sony waited for Rockstar to make the first move, take the heat, and now they're going all-in to make this the new normal," she says.

Fryer also makes the convincing argument that PlayStation going discless isn't just about reducing production costs for new games and hardware, claiming that it's also about erasing the second-hand market and re-gaining complete control over its ecosystem. "All the major players; Sony, Microsoft, even Hollywood; they're all aligned here. Digital kills the used market and it stops the old library from competing with new games on the next console," she says.

Ultimately, Fryer says a digital future is likely "inevitable" due to convenience, but says even a company as trusted by gamers as Valve is prone to leadership changes that could potentially result in digital libraries like the ones on Steam becoming just as vulnerable as song collections on Rock Band.

"I admit, most of my Steam library is digital too, because I trust they won't pull the games," Fryer says. "But I worry about that, because platforms depend on good leadership. Gabe Newell will not run Steam forever, and we've seen from Xbox how fast priorities can shift when you get new leadership," she adds, seemingly referring to Xbox CEO Asha Sharma's big "reset."

Wrapping up her argument against a digital-only marketplace, Fryer goes full circle with what she calls her "Rock Band warning:

"Digital is convenient until someone else decides you've had enough, and there are some games and movies where I will never have enough," she says. "Physical gives you real ownership, right? And in my case, physical would've protected those irreplaceable memories."

GamesRadar's Dustin agrees: PlayStation killing discs is bad for everyone, whether you care about physical games or not

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Bloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are Winnie Cisar, CreditSights Global Head of Strategy, John Medina, Moody's Ratings SVP, Global Project and Infrastructure Finance, Tom Fitzgerald, TD Cowen VP, Equity Research, Gary Gensler, Former SEC Chair, Jeffrey Sherman, DoubleLine Capital Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Macrae Sykes, Gabelli Funds Portfolio Manager, Chad Mumm, Pro Shop Co-Founder and President, Nora Wittstruck, S&P Global Ratings Chief Analytical Officer for Governments, and Michael Chang, Clear Health CEO. (Source: Bloomberg)

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September is expected to be an unprecedented month for massive video games. Just about every studio has rushed to get their latest titles out of the way of Grand Theft Auto VI , which is shaping up to be the biggest media release of the year and is bound to dominate the conversation once it drops in November. Capcom's Onimusha: Way of the Sword , Nintendo's Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave , Remedy's Control Resonant , and Konami and Annapurna's Silent Hill: Townfall represent just some of the notable launches due for September, with more set to follow in October. Smack in the middle of the month, on September 15, however, is a game that could arguably be the most anticipated of the bunch — Marvel's Wolverine .