Hello, readers. Hallam Bullock here, dialing in from across the pond. 

Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a Chinese spy balloon! It's … just a regular balloon. At least, here in London it is.  

In the US, however, that might not be the case. Three suspicious flying objects have been shot down in as many days — and at least one is believed to be part of a global network spying on military bases. We've broken down everything we know about them here

Now, let's take a look at the week's top tech stories.