Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Tuesday, July 20th, 2021.

I'm Brian McCullough.

Today Apple puts a pause on its return to the office plans. Rumors of a new iPad mini redesign.

Product Hunt launches an investment fund. If you want a tool to see if you've been poned by

NSO's Pegasus software, I've got you.

And Bezos in space.

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

The stock market fell quite a bit yesterday if you weren't aware and most analysts

were saying it was because investors are waking up to the fact that the COVID crisis is not quite over,

what with the Delta variant leading to what is clearly a fourth wave

in a lot of places, even here in the U.S.

Now, if you remember back to last year

tech was a bit of an early warning barometer when it came to the pandemic.

Tech companies were among the first to close offices and tell workers to work remotely and

Apple especially was a barometer where they closed or opened their retail stores

was often a sign of where COVID cases were beginning

to surge or were ebbing even before lockdowns were imposed.

So take from this what you will. Mark Germin says that Apple is delaying its return to office

deadline by at least a month to October amid rising COVID cases. They say they will give employees a month's notice

before asking them to return to the office for reels.

Quoting Bloomberg.

Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said in June

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