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Samsung's neverending woes, the Soylent sickening, and vegan meat (almost) indistinguishable from the real stuff. Our weekly tech news quiz.

Do You Know What Happened In Tech The Week Of October 9?

A photo showing a blown-up Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone in Gwangju, South Korea.

[Samsung discontinued production and sales](https://www.buzzfeed.com/saraspary/samsung-ends-production-of-galaxy-note-7-amid-fire-fears?utm_term=.jep65MA3vG#.bnd7BvA98y) of the Galaxy Note7 and asked consumers to turn all of their phones in — even the replacement phones.

The phone is down for the count.

Oh, Samsung. What happened this time?

Almost 60 people reported that the bars caused nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Soylent told BuzzFeed News last week that it was "very confident in the safety of the bars." But by Wedneday, the company told buyers to [discard them and offered a full refund](https://www.buzzfeed.com/blakemontgomery/soylent-recalls-bars-after-reports-they-made-people-sick).

THE BAR

There was a second recall this week: What product did Soylent tell customers to stop eating?

Silicon Valley startup Impossible Foods debuted a ["bloody" vegan hamburger](https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemlee/impossible-foods-meatless-burger-that-bleeds) in California that simulates the texture and juiciness of meat.

An all-American, red-blooded burger

What vegan version of a popular American food, engineered to bleed like real meat, hit California restaurants this week?

Supreme Court justices pressed Apple on its claim that [Samsung infringements on the iPhone's design](https://www.buzzfeed.com/hamzashaban/supreme-court-presses-apple-and-samsung-on-the-value-of-desi) entitled the Apple to all the profits Samsung had made from the allegedly copied phones.

~"Design"~

Tech giants Samsung and Apple are fighting in front of the US Supreme Court. What are they arguing about?

The ACLU says the [social data used by law enforcement](https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/law-enforcement-tracked-activists-using-twitter-facebook-and) was provided by Geofeedia, a social media monitoring company that provides information to hundreds of local police departments.

All of them

This week the ACLU alleged that law enforcement monitored activists, particularly those in Black Lives Matter, using data from which major social media network(s)?

You'd rather read a book about Medieval torture than the tech news.

Bye.

You know the latest technology news, for the most part. You likely own the second-latest iPhone.

You keep up.

You're the early adopter among your friends. You're probably living your best life in Silicon Valley. Congratulations!

You're part of the Technorati.

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