Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Monday, August 10th, 2020. I'm Brian McCullough.

Today Amazon wants to literally take legal battle with a

Apple at the moment.

Apple is literally doing legal battle with a pair, an app to help guide you on your

psychedelic trips, and why I would personally be in the market for a

foldable E-Ink Notebook. Here's what you miss today in the world of tech. Sources are telling the Wall Street Journal that Simon Property, the biggest owner of

malls in the United States, has explored turning anchor stores previously occupied by department stores

into fulfillment centers for Amazon.

Quote, the talks have focused on converting stores formerly or currently occupied

by J.C. Penny and Sears, the people said.

The department store chains have both filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and as part of their

plans have been closing dozens of stores across the country.

Simon malls have 63 Penny and 11 Sears stores

according to its most recent public filing in May. For Amazon a deal with

Simon would be consistent with its efforts to add more distribution hubs near

residential areas to speed up the crucial

last mile of delivery.

But for Simon, any deal to surrender prime space to Amazon would signal a break from a

long-time business model for malls, reliance on a large

department store to draw foot traffic to neighboring shops and restaurants.

Amazon fulfillment centers wouldn't draw much additional foot traffic to the mall

though some employees could

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