Doug Derda joins Katie, Sorg, and Chilla as we're all social distancing from our respective studios to talk this week in tech news, including:

• Chilla is sharing something bright as his Awesome Thing of the Week - Five Times August!
• Doug is bringing us virtual playdates with Snapology via Zoom as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
• Katie is bringing us up to date on the changes to TikTok in response to COVID-19 situations.
• Sorg is sharing Quibi as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
• Facebook released a couples-only chat app to help you during quarantine life.
• A mayor in Italy is using drones to scream profanities at residents ignoring lockdown.
• We're crossing our Animal Crossing New Horizons with Zelda!
• Chilla is telling us about people setting cell towers on fire.
• Anyone else notice weird things with your Facebook? Oh, we have! And, we're talking about it.
• Did you know Tesla gives their robots X-Men names?

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