🤖 Apple’s home robot

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It’s Friday, April 5 — here’s what you’ll find in today’s newsletter:

• The WSJ’s latest swing state poll

• Apple’s rumored home robot project

• 4 quick hits of news from the last 24 hours

- Jeff (co-founder of Shades)

🗳️ The WSJ’s swing state poll

A WSJ poll found that Trump is edging out Biden in key states.

🗳️ As the 2024 election looms, the WSJ says Trump leads Biden in 6 of the 7 key swing states: Blame economic discontent and doubts about Biden's performance.

🗳️ National Review thinks things are looking good for Trump. It's unclear if voters sentiment will change much before November.

🗳️ But a Fairfieldsuntimes.com Op says polls favoring Trump are misleading: Trump's support may be overstated due to polling biases and enthusiastic response rate.

🗳️ A WSJ Op's take: Nothing's set in stone yet. Swing state success hinges on party loyalty and independent wins.

🤖 Apple’s home robot

Apple's is reportedly considering a home robot product.

🤖 After shelving its car project, Bloomberg says Apple is looking into creating a home robot — and it could be the tech giant's “next big thing”.

🤖 Then again, maybe it won't. TechCrunch notes that many tech companies failed to replicate the success of bots like Roomba.

🤖 Tom's Guide believes, though: An Apple home robot makes a lot of sense. While still early in development, it reflects Apple’s pursuit of innovative tech beyond iPhones.

🤖 But Gizmodo thinks it's too soon to say: We'll all have to wait and see if Apple's home robot succeeds where others have stumbled.

Quick hits

🐕 A dog named Mishka missing from California since July was found over 2,000 miles away in Michigan.

🌍 A 4.8 magnitude earthquake has shaken buildings across the American northeast, with no immediate damage reported.

📸 Photographer Stan Honda offers guidance on capturing the upcoming total solar eclipse safely with cameras and smartphones.

🇺🇦 Ukraine's drone attack on a Russian airbase reportedly kills servicemen and destroys aircraft.

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