This week, the NSA tracks your cellphones and knows where you are, Americans boost Black Friday & Cyber Monday to record highs, and the future of commerce is in drones and robots, and it’s not that far off…

This week, the NSA is up to its dirty tricks again & tech companies beef up their security in response, SOPA may be back in a secret treaty uncovered by WikiLeaks, are Amazon employees working themselves sick? and will cellphone use finally be allowed on planes?

The holiday season is coming up and The Drill Down would like you to be ready for it. So as we do every year around this time, we’ve prepared a list of what we consider the perfect tech gifts to give… and get this holiday. So before you stand around for hours this Black Friday, spend some time with The Drill Down.

This week, Twitter stock launches, Snapchat turns down Facebook, a new 3D printer using sound and lasers, Russians bring malware into space, Netflix makes a super deal with Marvel, and as it turns out, This IS The End for DVD rentals…

This week, the Blendover & Tardisblend podcast’s Greg Davies joins us to discuss how tech giants are pissed over NSA snooping and are ready to act, Google launches the Nexus 5, patent war goes nuclear, the end of DVD rentals?, the biggest proposed buildout of citywide fiber yet, and what are those mysterious barges Google has docked off U.S. shores?