Dave and @CNET reporter Claire Reilly discuss top tech headlines of the day. This week: New leak purports to show the next iPhone will finally get a USB-C port https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2023/02/18/apple-iphone-15-pro-max-design-leak-usb-c-titanium-chassis/amp/ Meta wants to charge for verification on Facebook and Insta https://www.cnet.com/news/social-media/meta-launches-paid-verification-system-for-facebook-instagram/ Microsoft's Bing AI search appeared to go rogue, so Microsoft put limits on the tech, before reversing course just days later https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-is-already-reversing-some-of-the-limits-it-put-on-bings-ai-chat-tools-212138986.html

Germain Lussier is dialed into blockbusters, Marvel, Star Wars, studios, and the industry in general.  Every week he joins Hotline with previews, reviews, and the insider news on all of your favorite movie and tv franchises.

Dave and Coop pepper each other with questions on topics with two rival subjects forcing their psychology to be laid bare.

Weekley responds to text and social media messages from the past week.

Hotline discussed craft beers in West Virginia before anyone else. #BeerFriday is a weekly segment with marketer and craft beer expert Pat Strader of Digital Relativity. It has been a staple of the show for nearly a decade. Every week West Virginia craft brews, breweries, bottle shops, ale houses, festivals, and other news is highlighted by Dave and Pat.

The Friday game Buy or Sell where the panel consider topics from real life to the absurd and either BUY or SELL the concept. This week: Funny Dogs; Marshall Hoops; AI DJs; Darkness Retreat

Dave Weekley and Kathy Mattea with a nice discussion that includes a preview of the Mountain Stage recording a the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.