Another new 'Star Trek' show is coming to CBS All Access

[Engadget The Morning After logo]( Now available on your smart speaker and wherever you get your podcasts [Apple Podcasts]( | [Spotify]( | [Google Play]( | [iHeart Radio]( It's Saturday, May 16, 2020. It’s Saturday morning, so we’re looking back at significant stories from Friday and throughout the last week, and just like yesterday’s email, a big acquisition has me wondering about the future. On Thursday it was Apple [snapping up NextVR](, and on Friday [Facebook announced its acquisition of Giphy](. The animated image library went for about $400 million, according to a report from [Axios](, as the social network said it simply wanted to shore up GIF search in some of its products. For outsiders, however, this deal’s impact on privacy is the big concern. 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