Technically Correct

Sometimes on a Sunday in between chores, it’s important to lie down on the couch for a minute to see how the Instagram Corgis are doing. It’s not scandalous, it’s called self care. #normalizesiestas.

This week: fancy camera-ing, recycling day market research, and a Disneyland for Tesla drivers except it’s in the Nevada desert to help them test their sketchy af autopilot software. 🚗.

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• Sonos | Wireless Speakers and Home Sound Systems

Variety has off-the-record sources that are totally not us reporting that Oprah and Tom Hanks are in a bidding war to buy the rights to the show for upwards of $220 million. The ball is in your court, Spotify.

This week: direct democracy, accidental Kalanick, and Quibi we hardly knew ye.

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• Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump

You have a new memory! "Existential dread for American democracy through the years."

Would you like to continue receiving those notifications? "No, thanks."

This week: yurt living in rural Idaho, buying wine at a MittMo in Utah, and a speed run through the October Apple event. 🍎.

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• She is proud of her coffee art

The NBA already has a history of theme nights to try to diversify viewership: your throwback nights, your Noches Éne-Bé-A. But why not try to make politicians feel special too?

Picture it. The Miami Marco Rubios. The New York DeBlasios. And our personal fave, the Golden State Newsoms.

This week: debates, services bundles, and one YouTuber's origin story. ☕️.

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• Michael Tannenbaum on Twitter: "https://t.co/a4yomieMva" / Twitter

How to properly eat an ice cream sandwich:

Step 1: grab a steak knife and fork

This week: enhanced self-cash grab, regional food slang, and a preview of Solo Loop: An Apple Watch Story. Beep boop. 🌌.

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• Amazon.com: Harmony — Secondary Hub

In another major bust for US Customs and Border Protection, agents at SFO seized an app labeled "Instagram" that appears to just be an unconvincing counterfeit of TikTok and Snapchat.

This week: Little Free Libraries, fruit company news, and the grossest corporate food brand crossover to date (and yes we're aware of that KFC Cheeto sandwich). 🏔.

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• ‎AirVisual Air Quality Forecast on the App Store

Retail may be dying, but that's not stopping IKEA from opening up urban concept store downtown. Perhaps that's why Herb Caen always lovingly referred to San Francisco as Jokkmokk-by-the-Bay.

This week: an update on Epic Games' $257,000,000 free ride, Consumer Reports gives Tesla FSD the business, and Peloton doubles down on its pandemic prospects. 🏃‍♀️.

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• Thick wildfire smoke blocks sun, turns Bay Area sky orange - SFGATE

Look, it's like Sam Hinkie always said: trust the app review process. Or was that Eddy Cue? Guess we'll never know — there's no possible way of looking it up.

This week: Hue light seances, mixologist plumbers, and a double dose of Still or Sparkling (with a PSL cameo). 🎃.

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• Creative Cocktail Garnish Ideas, According to a Mixologist | FN Dish - Behind-the-Scenes, Food Trends, and Best Recipes : Food Network | Food Network

The NFL is planning to come back this fall with 20% of usual stadium capacity. Risky and dumb? Sure. But the real loser here is Bill Belichick. Cheating is probably way trickier and easier to catch in a socially distanced arena.

This week: air purifiers, Roomba goes back to school and smartens up, and mulling over Phil Schiller’s scorched earth App Store IAP legacy. 🧨 .

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• Quibi Scraps "Quick Bite" Format for Drive-In Debut | Hollywood Reporter

Gen Z is doomed for several reasons. Recessions, the pandemic, the 116th Congress. The biggest, however, is that they never developed the work ethic shaped by blowing on NES cartridges and reinstalling Windows 98 every three months.

This week: symmetrical bandwidth, weather patterns, and the fruit company that kept looking a regulation horse in the mouth. 🐴.

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• darth™ on Twitter: "do not threaten me with a good time ted" / Twitter