The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss YouTube adding a slew of new TikTok-like features to Shorts, Elon Musk's extravagant 'X' sign, and much more.
We also go through this week's emails. The Samsung fans have spoken.
Further reading:

Elon Musk wants a second chance to fail at X

Elon Musk capitulates: Twitter will default to dark mode but still offer a light option

Twitter Blue subscribers can now hide their blue checks


Elon Musk's extravagant 'X' sign atop the former Twitter HQ has been dismantled 

Elon Musk’s X sues anti-hate researchers for allegedly scraping data from Twitter

Do you want to buy stocks on X?

YouTube is adding a slew of new TikTok-like features to Shorts

BBC launches an ‘experimental’ Mastodon server

LG 27GR95QE-B review: ushering in a new age for gaming monitors


Some details on what Apple needs to ship the Apple Vision Pro developer kits. 

Apple’s Vision Pro platform joins Pixar’s bid to standardize 3D content

The Excel World Championship esport is coming back to ESPN this week

Exclusive: the Sonos Move 2 is coming in September with stereo sound and 24-hour battery life

MrBeast is suing his ghost kitchen partner over ‘inedible’ MrBeast Burgers


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