Taking down the ‘X’, plus a week of AI and EV news

While our reviewers spend time testing the numerous Samsung devices that were just announced, this episode Cherlynn and Sam dive into the relatively slow week in tech. Of course, we can’t escape the onslaught of news coming from X-Twitter-Musk land, just like how residents from a building across from the company’s San Francisco headquarters were unable to escape from blinding lights this weekend. We also go over some updates from Meta and Google and discover why Cherlynn loves clowns.  This week in X/Twitter news: A disturbing strobe-light of a logo and hiding your checkmark – 1:21 Tesla under investigation for steering and battery range issues – 11:31 Half of Meta Threads users are now inactive – 24:16 Meta may be working on an Abraham Lincoln AI chatbot – 29:39 Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman suggests the iPhone 15 could come with USB-C charging – 37:58 Working on – 54:13 Pop culture picks – 56:47