Mike Pound returns to the show to join Katie Dudas and Mike Sorg as we take a look at this week's tech news topics, including:

• Katie's Awesome Thing of the Week involved an Animal Crossing New Horizons party!
• Mike Pound is sharing Its Literally Just Mowing as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
• Tired of the same-old-same-old Zoom meetings? Invite a llama or goat with Goat 2 Meeting!
• There's a new iPhone to help you keep in touch while social distancing.
• Katie is sharing the grief of trying to unlock her iPhone while wearing a mask.
• Google is adding some new features to Google Meet.
• Mike Pound is sharing how the Science of Well Being course has helped him with the transition to work-from-home.
• NASA and SpaceX are scheduled for launch on May 27th - - marking the FIRST crewed flight for SpaceX, and the first US launch in about a decade.
• Apple is releasing a new Fraggle Rock series - - filmed entirely on iPhone 11 in creators' homes.
• Lyft is launching an essential delivery service.
• Have you had a chance to check out the Steak Umm twitter account?
• Premier League football (soccer for our fellow Americans) stars face off in an eSports tournament.
• Ever picked up a Starbucks coffee with a drone?

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Chilla signed up for DirectTV Now and he's sharing his thoughts.
All the channels are in alphabetical order on #DirectTVNow? #Genius
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Back on US soil, Sorgatron checked out a Snapchat Spectacles setup in New York City
Thoughts from technology in Thailand
Touchscreen food service kiosks being proposed for McDonald's here are already a reality in Thailand.
Chilla is discussing #Navdy, an installable projection display for your car.
Amazon has a grocery store. That doesn't require a cashier. #GameChanger
Starting this Thursday, Starbucks will have a PokemonGo drink - and stores will be a pokestop or a gym.
Microsoft brought Solitaire to mobile devices.
Control more than your BB-8 with the wrist band, you can control your house or anything through IFTTT.
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