Hard gadget news can be sparse in

these deep summer days. The season is a welcomed lull that precedes a furious torrent of product madness that leads into the holiday shopping season. But there’s still lots to talk about in the tech world, so grab a pineapple full of a tropical beverage and peruse the tech stories you may have missed last week.

For the record, the world has about 7.5 billion people

“Despacito” is now the most watched video of all time on YouTube. It has over 3 billion views, which is slightly more times than I’ve heard it on the radio so far this summer.